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Chaotic co-op, cozy bug collecting, and a brutal bullet hell: these 5 ID@Xbox titles have dominated my gaming sessions this month (and they should take over yours, too!)

Creative, colorful, and chaotically charming indie games from the developers behind hits like Peak and Minami Lane pair well with some singleplayer bullet hell and survival horror action. There's something for everyone in this roundup of 5 indie gems that are available now on Xbox.

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'Any update is a bonus not a right': Peak devs snap back at ungrateful players demanding more updates, 'Neither us or Aggro Crab are live service studios'

How much are you entitled to for an $8 game?

PC Gamer

"Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio

Peak has "had sooo many updates tho!"

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Peak's new update gives you the keys to the climb with a suite of custom settings, including the option to turn on 'Grapple Mode (Stupid)'

Spiders will always be turned off in this household.

PC Gamer

Peak is coming to Fortnite in what could be the collab of the century depending on the amount of Bing Bong: "If there is no Bing Bong back bling, we're rioting"

The bundle arrives March 21

GamesRadar

Peak devs say "we have no plans to go to mobile" as fans spot another "fake" version, this time on the App Store: "They take FOREVER to get removed"

Lookalikes of the co-op climbing game are relentless

GamesRadar

'We never had plans to update Peak at all': Aggro Crab reveals that it doesn't want 'to be a studio that works on one game forever'

There's a timeline where we never got that blursed bbno$ concert and cannibalism.

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'Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't': Valve gives a box of sweets to Steam's biggest breadwinners every year, and Peak's devs finally got one after years of jealously watching their Slay the Spire office mates enjoy GabeN confections

It's okay, they finally got it.

PC Gamer

Peak shows you don't need horror or quirky party games to be one of the best co-ops in years

Be prepared, be Peak.

PC Gamer

Peak is "not going to be a forever game," but the viral co-op climbing game's devs don't want to "leave anything on the table" either

Peak's studio head knows they could "milk" the game forever, but they have restraint

GamesRadar

Peak devs have been "running on pure adrenaline" since the co-op game went viral, so "the frequency of patches and updates will be slower" in 2026

"Doing frequent updates with a team of just a few people takes it's toll"

GamesRadar

Peak devs rebut claim their award-nominated multiplayer game uses AI: "We might be slop, but we're human-made locally-sourced artisanal slop"

Aggro Crab is having none of it

GamesRadar

How to find and use the Book of Bones in PEAK

New achievement to unlock

Dot Esports

How to cook and eat a Mandrake in PEAK for the Cryptogastronomy badge

They scream.

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GamesRadar

After a few months of work led to 11 million copies sold on Steam, Peak devs embrace what many companies refuse to learn: "We're not going to continually have a graph go up"

Interview | Aggro Crab's next game Crashout Crew doesn't need to be a Peak-sized hit

PC Gamer

Peak dev says the 'tornado hell' of its newest biome wasn't actually a bug: 'We really did just make it that evil'

Landcrab has nerfed it a little, though. For all our sanities.

GamesRadar

"I'm here to interrupt the Silksong": Peak devs echo Team Cherry by telling players the game is just "that evil," tease "the next biome" already in the works

To misquote Hornet: "Git gud"

GamesRadar

"We hope you enjoy Peak for the next two weeks": Co-op comedy devs acknowledge the incoming Hollow Knight Silksong-shaped black hole in style

Peak recognizes peak

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GamesRadar

Forget Elden Ring Nightreign or Expedition 33, the toughest boss fight I've faced this year is a slippery rock face on an empty stomach

Indie Spotlight | Peak's rocky heights have hooked me

GamesRadar

After 5 million sales, dev of hit underwater Soulslike tells people to just pirate its new viral mounting climbing game Peak instead of wasting time and money on "microtransaction-riddled Roblox slop" ripoffs where you can buy a win

Just play Peak

PC Gamer

'Chat do I go to the office on Saturday to fix this:' The clock is ticking on Peak accidentally hitting players with a map that's impossible to beat

You might have a hard time completing your next Peak run.

GamesRadar

Echoing Nier's Yoko Taro, Peak devs blast "puritan" group behind recent Steam and Itch game takedowns: "It'd be foolish to assume that any game is safe"

"It threatens video games' ability to operate as art in any way whatsoever"

GamesRadar

Viral co-op game Peak used to have a fatal flaw - playing in French would "instantly crash the game" because of a code instructing it to "Frenchify"

Sacré bleu!

PC Gamer

Peak review

Ain't no mountain high enough.

Destructoid

All PEAK game difficulties, explained

It only gets harder from here.

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