Wow, this is an awesome move! We are honestly so lucky that Valve hasn’t enshittified like so many other gaming companies out there.

Damn, it is actually scary that they managed to pull this off. The backdoor came from the second-largest contributor to xz too, not some random drive-by.

I think it’s worth getting. I liked how they made it so different from the base game, and still managed to create an interesting mystery for you to unravel that gives background to the base game’s story.

I didn’t like how heavily it leaned into horror though. Horror’s just not really my thing - there was one section in particular that was super stressful for me. But if you can tolerate (or enjoy) the horror elements, then you’ll like the DLC.

My top three would be Rimworld, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Metroid Prime.

Honorable mentions to Outer Wilds, Hollow Knight, Windwaker, Subnautica… There are so many great games out there that it’s hard to pick a top three!