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Steam News3 December 20257mo ago

Steam Playtest Kicking Off Later This Month!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to make a quick announcement that we are planning to launch our first free Steam Playtest later this month!

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changedI just wanted to make a quick announcement that we are planning to launch our first free Steam Playtest later this month! Make sure you sign up for the playtest by hitting the signup button on our store page. We plan to release the playtest to everyone who signs up.
addedWe hope to launch it before Christmas. It will consist of four trails on our prototype map with the first version of our new environment art that our artist Maggie has been working hard on.
changedWe can't wait to get Cranked into more players' hands so we can gather valuable feedback to help improve the game. This playtest will be a small preview mostly focused on the gameplay physics and environment art.
addedCan't wait to see some new crushers on the leaderboards! Will there be some new top players? Or will our OG Patreon members still take the top spots? Time will tell!

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changedI just wanted to make a quick announcement that we are planning to launch our first free Steam Playtest later this month! Make sure you sign up for the playtest by hitting the signup button on our store page. We plan to release the playtest to everyone who signs up.
addedWe hope to launch it before Christmas. It will consist of four trails on our prototype map with the first version of our new environment art that our artist Maggie has been working hard on.
changedWe can't wait to get Cranked into more players' hands so we can gather valuable feedback to help improve the game. This playtest will be a small preview mostly focused on the gameplay physics and environment art.
addedCan't wait to see some new crushers on the leaderboards! Will there be some new top players? Or will our OG Patreon members still take the top spots? Time will tell!

I just wanted to make a quick announcement that we are planning to launch our first free Steam Playtest later this month! Make sure you sign up for the playtest by hitting the signup button on our store page. We plan to release the playtest to everyone who signs up.

We hope to launch it before Christmas. It will consist of four trails on our prototype map with the first version of our new environment art that our artist Maggie has been working hard on.

We can't wait to get Cranked into more players' hands so we can gather valuable feedback to help improve the game. This playtest will be a small preview mostly focused on the gameplay physics and environment art.

Can't wait to see some new crushers on the leaderboards! Will there be some new top players? Or will our OG Patreon members still take the top spots? Time will tell!

See you on the trail,

Joe

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Steam News / 3 December 2025

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