Steam games now include four newly added indie free to play titles, GameRant reported, and each can be claimed without a deadline. AngryBread Limited released Escape Up as a fast paced 2D action platformer about climbing out of a locked tower through progressively harder floors. Donut Tail Studio published Dog's Walts, a late February 3D smashing game with 2D style controls that lets a hammer swinging dog clear hordes of foes. Nathan released Crimson Loop as a rogue like action game with waves of monsters, character upgrades, and an underlying mystery to uncover. Jose Santos offered Ze Gunner, a first person turret defense game where players manage unlimited ammo and must vary tactics against different enemy types.
FBI Investigation And Reported Malware Impact
The FBI's Seattle Division said it is investigating seven Steam games that installed information stealing malware between May 2024 and January 2026. The bureau listed BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse or DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova as titles of interest and asked potential victims to fill out an online form. Researchers linked the operation to a threat actor called EncryptHub, which used multiple tools including Vidar, HijackLoader, and a custom program named Fickle Stealer to harvest cryptocurrency wallets, browser cookies, and stored credentials.
BleepingComputer and other notices reported that some malicious builds also covertly mined cryptocurrency on infected devices and that Valve removed the offending games from Steam. The FBI said affected users may qualify for restitution or other protections and supplied a reporting form at forms.fbi.gov and an email contact, Steam_Malware@fbi.gov. Valve did not publicly comment, according to the reporting.
The investigation highlighted several concrete harms. One Twitch streamer, Raivo Plavnieks known as RastalandTV, lost US$32,000 during a live cancer fundraising stream after malware from BlockBlasters activated on his computer, reporting showed. PirateFi may have been downloaded by as many as 1,500 users during about one week in February 2025, and Steam warned players who launched some of the titles to run antivirus checks, review installed software, and consider reinstalling their operating system.
