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  • FREE GAME: Lost in Anomaly

    From Spalls Hurgenson@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 10:18:20

    For a while, the Indie-darlings were horror-themed platformers; then first-person puzzlers, then openworld-survival, and then a whole bunch
    more. What I'm trying to say is Indie games go through fads, and the
    newest one seems to be SCP-themed games. Case in point:


    * Lost in Anomaly
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3312020/Lost_in_Anomaly/
    A first-person horror game with SCP themeing with a hint
    of backrooms/liminal horror. Wander an abandoned office
    building and spot anomalies. Mostly a walking simulator
    in gameplay. This is an early access game and doesn't look
    too bad (if you enjoy the theme) but neither does it stand
    out from the crowd; it's another follow-the-leader game
    (and not even a very good one, if the reviews are anything
    to go by) that you only play if you adore the genre, rather
    than something you play for its own intrinsic value. Not
    terrible, but incredibly niche.


    This one is free-to-keep, but you only have until Monday to claim it.



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  • From Ant@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 17:26:25
    FYI: "...Note: The last update made by the developers was over 14 months
    ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may
    no longer be up to date..."


    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    For a while, the Indie-darlings were horror-themed platformers; then first-person puzzlers, then openworld-survival, and then a whole bunch
    more. What I'm trying to say is Indie games go through fads, and the
    newest one seems to be SCP-themed games. Case in point:


    * Lost in Anomaly
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3312020/Lost_in_Anomaly/
    A first-person horror game with SCP themeing with a hint
    of backrooms/liminal horror. Wander an abandoned office
    building and spot anomalies. Mostly a walking simulator
    in gameplay. This is an early access game and doesn't look
    too bad (if you enjoy the theme) but neither does it stand
    out from the crowd; it's another follow-the-leader game
    (and not even a very good one, if the reviews are anything
    to go by) that you only play if you adore the genre, rather
    than something you play for its own intrinsic value. Not
    terrible, but incredibly niche.


    This one is free-to-keep, but you only have until Monday to claim it.



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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 15:11:11
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:26:25 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
    this thing:


    * Lost in Anomaly
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3312020/Lost_in_Anomaly/


    FYI: "...Note: The last update made by the developers was over 14 months >ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may
    no longer be up to date..."


    Ooh, how exciting! An _abandoned_ early-access game. A game even the
    developers don't have any faith in either. A must-add for every
    library.


    (No, I didn't take it either... but more because of the reviews than
    anything else. I actually sort of like SCP-related stuff. It's a shame
    I keep getting burnt on the genre because so much of its games are
    just terrible. But this one looked so bad I didn't even feel like
    giving it a try)







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  • From Justisaur@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 07:26:37
    On 2/12/2026 12:11 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:26:25 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
    this thing:


    * Lost in Anomaly
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3312020/Lost_in_Anomaly/


    FYI: "...Note: The last update made by the developers was over 14 months
    ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may
    no longer be up to date..."


    Ooh, how exciting! An _abandoned_ early-access game. A game even the developers don't have any faith in either. A must-add for every
    library.


    I normally don't take early access stuff. But my kids are into SCP etc.
    so I took it.

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