Andrea Shearon

Andrea Shearon

Evergreen Writer

Andrea has been covering games for nearly a decade, picking up bylines at IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, and Destructoid before joining the PC Gamer team in 2025. She's got a soft spot for older RPGs and is willing to try just about anything with a lovey-dovey "I can fix them" romance element. Her weekly to-do always includes a bit of MMO time, endlessly achievement hunting and raiding in Final Fantasy 14. Outside of those staples, she's often got a few survival-crafting games on rotation and loves a good scare in co-op horror games.

Latest articles by Andrea Shearon

Enshrouded - The Huntress and Blacksmith standing outside
'There is a world beyond Embervale': Enshrouded dev diary paves the way to 1.0 in fall of 2026, says 'development will continue for years to come'

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Twitch Drops, Patch 13, and a new system for sharing creations are on the horizon.

News
Arknights: Endfield - A young woman with cat-like ears staring off into the distance.
Arknights: Endfield launch times and release date

By Andrea Shearon Published

⌚ Plus details on preloading and early registration.

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Hytale Kweebec NPC selling eggplants
Hytale console commands to give yourself any item, teleport around the map, and swap between game modes

By Andrea Shearon Published

get crafty Including a list of item IDs to spawn ingots, tools, and other loot.

get crafty
A Hytale player character holding a shield and axe standing in front of some of the blue trees to cut down for Azure Logs.
How to get Azure Logs in Hytale

By Andrea Shearon Published

🪓 Blue are the streets, and all the trees are too.

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A Hytale player character holding a Repair Kit beside a workbench.
How to repair in Hytale

By Andrea Shearon Published

Deep Dive Bits of linen, iron, and leather do the trick.

Deep Dive
A player standing beside a block of iron in Hytale.
How to get iron in Hytale

By Andrea Shearon Published

Deep Dive We're going splunking, so grab a torch and pickaxe.

Deep Dive
Four ghostly figures in Luto, viewed from the perspective of someone standing on the other side of a door and looking through broken glass.
Luto is an underappreciated 2025 horror gem with the perfect mixture of Stanley Parable narration and P.T. ambience

By Andrea Shearon Published

Cyclical The horrors of being held hostage by your own home.

Cyclical
The 99 Nights in the Forest deer close-up that triggers when all players die and get the game over screen.
99 Nights in the Forest—Tips for surviving The Deer, Owl, and Cultist invasions

By Andrea Shearon last updated

Forest Ranger Keep your campfire burning and beware of what's lurking in the night.

Forest Ranger
A player looking at a Schedule 1 mushroom bed
How to get mushrooms in Schedule 1

By Andrea Shearon Published

Fungiform Meet Fungal Phil, your new Schedule 1 bestie.

Fungiform
Dr. Cahn from Abiotic Factor with a player behind him holding a spear
It was a good year for survival crafting sickos, and I'll be playing some of these well into 2026

By Andrea Shearon Published

Building Blocks Lego-Dinosaur kids become Ark adults.

Building Blocks
Hazel Flood from South of Midnight holding a glowing blue bottle with the PC Gamer "Personal Pick GOTY" banner overlay on top.
Like a good ol' southern potluck, South of Midnight had me going back to play for seconds, and then thirds, thanks to all its little details

By Andrea Shearon Published

🏆 Lemme holler at your momma 'n' 'em about this one.

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The Arcane Pickaxe from The Forge - A glowing yellow mining tool with a purplish gem in the center
How to get the Arcane Pickaxe in The Forge

By Andrea Shearon Published

Star Bright It's the best Pickaxe in The Forge, for now.

Star Bright
A Roblox player character with the Cyborg class equipped standing beside a red present in the 99 Nights in the Forest Christmas update.
99 Nights in the Forest Christmas update—Everything to know about the elves, candy canes, and weekly updates

By Andrea Shearon last updated

🎁 The Deer gets coal, but the rest of you get presents if you survive.

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A Roblox player standing beside the Ranger in 99 Nights in the Forest
All 99 Nights in the Forest classes in an overall tier list for beginners, team players, and solo survivors

By Andrea Shearon last updated

Best in Class Save yourself some diamonds and buyer's remorse.

Best in Class
The Forge's Bard NPC strumming the guitar after you find and return it to him.
Where to find the Bard's lost guitar in The Forge

By Andrea Shearon Published

Strum Along We're going back to the caves with a new tune.

Strum Along
The Forge NPC, Tomo, sitting on the rockwall with his lantern and the cat on his shoulder.
Where to find Tomo's lost cat in The Forge

By Andrea Shearon Published

Here Kitty Finding the feline ties into the Goblin King's quests.

Here Kitty
The Goblin King from The Forge, a green goblin wearing a gold crown.
How to complete the Goblin King quests in The Forge

By Andrea Shearon Published

Troll Toll The Goblin King has five painfully expensive quests on his to-do list.

Troll Toll
An elf-like character in Ashes of Creation
Ashes of Creation early access launch times and release date

By Andrea Shearon Published

🕥 And when the MMORPG fully commits to Steam.

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A player character holding a pickaxe in front of a fire in The Forge
The Forge—Tips for beginner miners, crafting recipes, and picking your next equipment upgrades

By Andrea Shearon Published

⛏️ Because pickaxe upgrades get pricey, and some recipes call for a calculator.

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A Roblox player with long black and green hair holding a pickaxe in The Forge. There's shiny stars all around her as she uncovers a Stone.
How to get Stone in The Forge

By Andrea Shearon Published

Forge Ahead Grab your Pickaxe and get to minin'.

Forge Ahead
Whiskerwood key art with a royally dressed cat offering a tiny slice of cheese to a sad mouse with its hand extended
Whiskerwood looks like an adorable game of cat and mouse, but in reality it's a brutal city builder where my grossly incompetent governance never goes unpunished for long

By Andrea Shearon Published

Don't let its adorable mousy colonies fool you.

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City Builder
Beat, the pink-haired protagonist of Unbeatable, looking confused and staring straight at the camera against a blue background
The PC game releases we're most excited about in December

By Andrea Shearon last updated

📅 We're ending the year with a handful of possible gems and more time for the 2025 backlog.

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A 99 Nights in the Forest player standing with her pet wolf and bunny in the dark. She's also holding the Taming Flute.
How to upgrade the Taming Flute in 99 Nights in the Forest

By Andrea Shearon Published

Wild Things Get your own wolf pack.

Wild Things
The black and grey wolf standing in the snow from 99 Nights in the Forest
Every animal you can tame in 99 Nights in the Forest

By Andrea Shearon Published

Domesticated It's a mammoth undertaking.

Domesticated
99 Nights in the Forest Kraken Kid sitting with their arms over their legs, they have a Kraken-themed hat on and their eyes are swirls
How to find the missing kids in 99 Nights in the Forest

By Andrea Shearon Published

Deernapped Missing: Dino Kid, Squid Kid, Kraken Kid, and Koala Kid

Deernapped
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