38 docs tagged with "getting-started"

Essential real-time strategy fundamentals, Dark Age opening routines, Town Center hotkeys, and common mistakes in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

Master the early turns of Border Pioneer with essential tips for development packs, farming, and managing your first town.

Learn the Burglin' Gnomes core loop, run your first heist, understand the progression penalty, and avoid the mistakes that end early runs.

Start Castle Crashers right. The core loop, stat priority, first-hours tips, and how to prepare for the Insane Mode difficulty wall.

Survive your first nights in CastleMiner Z. Gathering resources, upgrading tools, building a safehouse, and basic defense against night spawns.

Learn the Mini Motorways core loop, grid mechanics, demand and the big pin, and the early game strategies that keep your city flowing.

Start Monster Hunter Rise right. The core loop, Village versus Hub quests, early priorities, Spiribirds and Petalaces, and pouch management.

Learn the Necrosmith 2 core loop, first hour strategy, map reveal control, and how to prepare for the Key Disc difficulty spike that stops runs.

Start Palworld right. Gathering first materials, catching your first Pals, unlocking accessory slots, and setting up a working first base.

Run your first Phasmophobia investigation. Truck setup, finding the ghost room, evidence testing, surviving hunts, and beginner mistakes.

Survive your first days in Project Zomboid. The day one priority list, managing needs, and the sneaking and evasion that keeps you alive.

Start RimWorld without losing your colony. The core loop, day one priorities, and the early game traps that kill most first playthroughs.

Start Rise to Ruins without losing your first village. The shore trap, day one priorities, nightfall prep, and food and water storage.

Learn the Risk of Rain Returns core loop, how time pressure works, and the single mistake that ends most new players runs before stage four.

Start Sea of Thieves right. The Maiden Voyage, choosing a ship and a sea mode, how gold and reputation work, and the traps that sink new crews.

Start Stardew Valley right. The daily core loop, energy management, first-spring priorities, and the early-game traps that waste your year one.

Start Swag and Sorcery right. The core loop, first priorities, the eight heroes, how stats work, and the retreat mechanic that saves runs.

Survive your first nights in Terraria. Gather wood, build a valid shelter, craft starter gear, and set the habits that speed up every run.

Everything you need to know before your first raid. The extraction loop, free loadouts, Speranza, squad play, and survival basics for ARC Raiders.

Everything you need to know to start Ball x Pit strong. Core mechanics, first-run priorities, and the systems the game does not explain.

Start Barony without dying on floor two. The Hall of Trials, character creation, hunger, item identification, and core survival mechanics.

Everything before your first drop in Far Far West. The real core loop, starter loadout, death penalties, and the mistakes that keep you broke.

Your first rounds in Golf With Your Friends. Controls, shot power and aim, the jump ability, camera use, scoring, and lobby setup explained.

Learn the Halo Wars: Definitive Edition core loop, controller versus keyboard layouts, first-hour priorities, and PC troubleshooting fixes.

Start Hunt Showdown right. The bounty hunt loop, game modes, hunter economy, why sound is everything, and what to do in your first hours.

Start I Am Bread without rage quitting. How the game works, controls, core mechanics, the rating system, and your first Kitchen level.

Your first hours in Monster Hunter Wilds. The hunt loop, Seikret mount, Palico, base camps, Focus Mode, and a roadmap for new hunters.

Survive your first hours in Noita. The core loop, levitation management, water flask basics, and the early deaths that end most runs.

Everything you need to know before your first march. Core rhythm mechanics, the four drums, Fever Mode, and what changed in the 1+2 Replay remaster.

Everything you need to know before your first climb. Stamina, climbing controls, co-op basics, hunger, campfires, and survival tips for PEAK.

Everything you need to know before your first test chamber. The portal gun, momentum conservation, Aperture Science, GLaDOS, and survival basics for Portal.

Everything you need before your first test chamber in Portal 2. New puzzle elements, Wheatley, GLaDOS, gels, co-op mode, and tips for a blind playthrough.

Learn the Rogue Command core loop, how Time Focus works, early game strategy, and which path to choose on your first serious attempt.

Your first hours on the island in The Survivalists. Survival basics, hunger and stamina, early crafting, shelter, and monkey recruitment.

Learn the Tricky Towers core loop, stable building basics, the nudge, common beginner mistakes, and online versus local play.

Your first run in Unrailed 2: Back on Track. Resource gathering, track crafting, train maintenance, the cartridge system, and meta-progression.

Your first run in Unrailed! Resource gathering, track crafting, train maintenance, tools, controls, difficulty modes, and the save system.

Learn the Roboquest core loop, why you never stop moving, ability management, mid-run saves, and the secrets worth detouring for.