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Gaming News #13

20 August 2026

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Twisted Tower Launches Very Positive as a $13 Carnival Horror Shooter

Twisted Tower, a first-person horror shooter from developer Thomas Brush and publisher 3D Realms, launched on Steam on August 18 to a Very Positive rating around 94% from players and a 79 Metacritic across ten critics. It is a BioShock-style game, meaning an atmospheric single-player shooter with a strange setting, here a haunted carnival built around imaginative toy weapons and short, focused runs. A launch discount drops it to $13.49 through September 1.

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Discussion Topics

  1. Short, cheap, and Very Positive: is Twisted Tower the perfect stream palate cleanser?
  2. Toy weapons and carnival horror: fresh idea or BioShock cosplay?
  3. Does a short shooter justify $13, or do you want more meat for your money?