MISERY

If you like co-op survival games where every run can go sideways, MISERY is worth a look. You head out for supplies while radiation, desperate survivors and strange anomalies all work against you, and some of those anomalies can save your run while others can ruin it. The mood is bleak, but the rush of a lucky expedition outweighs the grim parts. The highlights: - Your first sessions go to learning which anomalies hurt and which help, and how not to lose your gear on the very first trip out. - It's more fun with friends: two people can cover each other and split loot, and deciding who carries the heavy finds becomes part of the fun. - Locations are generated fresh, so an abandoned station or village feels different every time instead of looking like the same map. - The bunker grows with you: trophies from raids let you furnish rooms, set up generators and grow food, and the shelter gradually starts to feel like home. You get it as a Steam gift: send your quick invite link, the bot adds you as a friend and sends the game to your account as a gift. Buy MISERY as a Steam gift here, with no extra back-and-forth needed. MISERY is a co-op rogue-lite survival game. You play as PMCs guarding a secret research institute in the Republic of Zaslavie. The Scientific Institute for Research of the Zaslavie Exclusion Zone (SIRZEZ) was built before the war to study anomalies and artifacts. Over time, these artifacts became the cause of conflict between international military blocs. Neither side could allow artifacts to fall into enemy hands, ultimately leading to nuclear war. A siren sounds - a nuclear bomb is incoming! You have 60 seconds to grab whatever you can and make it to the bunker. Then, the survival begins. Each day, you venture into the Exclusion Zone to scavenge procedurally generated locations: abandoned military bases and research stations, radioactive wastelands, and ruined cities. The Zone is full of secrets and deadly traps, and radiation is far from the only threat. You’ll encounter other survivors ready to kill for food and resources, weird mutated creatures with unique behaviors, and various anomalies. No one knows how exactly anomalies work or their origin. Some phenomena can help you, others will tear you apart. Anomaly areas often hide artifacts - rare, valuable items distorted by anomalies and charged with unique effects. The bunker is your new home. Expand it room by room: install generators (gas, solar, or gnome-powered), build crafting stations, grow food, cook meals, and decorate your shelter with whatever you drag back from raids: a table, a dresser, a worn-out sofa, or even a cozy rug. Don’t worry, the previous owners won’t be needing them anymore. After each raid, you can unwind and chill at the bar in the basement of the institute: have a drink, talk to other survivors, and trade your loot and rare artifacts with the merchant. Remember, watch your vitals. In the Zone, people can easily die from hunger, thirst, radiation sickness, or lose their minds and turn on their teammates. Go out looting during the day, and return to bunker before nightfall. And one last thing: the Zone plays with your mind. Too much stress and you’ll start hearing whispers, seeing things that aren’t there, and feeling someone watching you. Lose your grip, and not even the bunker will save you. Nothing will. Life in MISERY isn’t easy. But there’s nothing better than going through it all together. Exploring bandos with friends, watching each other’s backs, sitting by the fire, drinking whatever’s left, and exhaling smoke into the cold rain - in moments like these, you can feel alive again!