{"id":1449030,"date":"2026-01-03T17:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fK52DB6aazDWeNLWxLXonV"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:40:19","slug":"2025-was-so-stacked-with-great-games-i-missed-the-free-ass-kicking-christmas-update-to-its-best-singleplayer-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-was-so-stacked-with-great-games-i-missed-the-free-ass-kicking-christmas-update-to-its-best-singleplayer-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 was so stacked with great games I missed the free, ass-kicking Christmas update to its best singleplayer shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The boomer shooter renaissance continues to ferment and flourish with great new games each year, and a particular highlight of last year was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/cultic-review\/\">Cultic<\/a>. PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield called it &#8220;one of the best shooters of 2025&#8221; that, even among the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dusk-review\/\">Dusk<\/a>s and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/that-one-fps-with-the-chainsaw-legs-dropped-and-people-are-loving-it\/\">Turbo Overkill<\/a>s of the world, &#8220;distinguishes itself by executing everything at a very high level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s been no better time to try it than right after Christmas\u2014er, &#8220;Cultmas&#8221;\u2014as the game&#8217;s holiday update came with a host of changes and a bonus map called &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be Home For Cultmas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The update is detailed in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1684930\/view\/512977944075830317?l=english\" target=\"_blank\">Steam community news post<\/a>, which notes that the bonus map &#8220;features its own unique arsenal with some new toys to play with, as well as a new enemy type.&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YVijkBFPCMc\" target=\"_blank\">A trailer<\/a> shows off the new map, which looks both suitably snowy and deeply reverent to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/nightdives-remaster-of-blood-is-getting-an-overhaul-with-built-in-mods-in-blood-refreshed-supply\/\">Blood<\/a>, what with all the dynamite tossing and pitchfork-skewering of brown-robed cultists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVijkBFPCMc\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for the changes I mentioned, there&#8217;s been a slew of optimization tweaks and changes to balance\u2014burn damage has been totally reworked, for example, now dealing direct damage rather than requiring a hidden ignite meter to be depleted first. The patch notes state it should be easier to &#8220;hose enemies with damage while burning to melt them even faster.&#8221; How Christmassy!<\/p>\n<p>I fear I may never catch up on all the boomer shooters I&#8217;ve missed at this point, but maybe that&#8217;s a good thing. Even if we all agreed to stop making videogames tomorrow, I&#8217;d probably still degrade into dust from old age before I run out of great games to play.<\/p>\n<p>Cultic and Cultic: Complete Edition (the latter of which includes both chapters and constitutes the full game) are available to buy <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1684930\/CULTIC\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Steam<\/a>. The second chapter, released in 2025 as DLC, is not required to access the Cultmas map from the &#8220;new game&#8221; menu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"c881f706-b95a-4c82-b174-b4ba966b3c80\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-was-so-stacked-with-great-games-i-missed-the-free-ass-kicking-christmas-update-to-its-best-singleplayer-shooter.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"c881f706-b95a-4c82-b174-b4ba966b3c80\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/2025-was-so-stacked-with-great-games-i-missed-the-free-ass-kicking-christmas-update-to-its-best-singleplayer-shooter\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boomer shooter renaissance continues to ferment and flourish with great new games each year, and a particular highlight of last year was Cultic. PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield called it &#8220;one of the best shooters of 2025&#8221; that, even among the Dusks and Turbo Overkills of the world, &#8220;distinguishes itself by executing everything at a very high level.&#8221; And there&#8217;s been no better time to try it than right after Christmas\u2014er, &#8220;Cultmas&#8221;\u2014as the game&#8217;s holiday update came with a host of changes and a bonus map called &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be Home For Cultmas.&#8221; The update is detailed in a Steam community news post, which notes that the bonus map &#8220;features its own unique arsenal with some new toys to play with, as well as&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2025-was-so-stacked-with-great-games-i-missed-the-free-ass-kicking-christmas-update-to-its-best-singleplayer-shooter\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1449031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1449030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2025 was so stacked with great games I missed the free, ass-kicking Christmas update to its best singleplayer shooter | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The boomer shooter renaissance continues to ferment and flourish with great new games each year, and a particular highlight of last year was Cultic. 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