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

Stardew Valley farmer and Sam standing on the beach during the Summer
Only expert farmers will harvest a high score in our Stardew Valley quiz sown for Pelican Town veterans

By Andrea Shearon Published

Town Gossip Celebrate Stardew Valley's 10th anniversary with trivia.

Town Gossip
Phasmophobia player holding a lantern in the dark, standing inside the Tanglewood map living room.
Phasmophobia's most popular map is getting a major rework, making this the only acceptable time to be excited by the phrase 'a new surprise in the basement'

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Train's haunted.

News
Modded Stardew Valley farmer standing beside her custom horse and farm layout
A beginner's guide to installing Stardew Valley mods: SMAPI, Stardrop, and more

By Andrea Shearon Published

Renovations Set up SMAPI, find your mod folder, and use the Stardrop mod manager.

Renovations
Aphelion's protagonist Ariane
Life is Strange developer Don't Nod adds a dash of Alien: Isolation anxiety to its usual cinematic formula, and I think it works

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Ariane is a scientist through and through.

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News
Ark 2 - Vin Diesel riding a dinosaur
Everything we know about Ark 2

By Morgan Park Last updated

DINO DIESEL Ark: Survival Evolved 2 is real, and it stars Vin Diesel.

DINO DIESEL
Marathon
Marathon: Everything we know about Bungie's sci-fi extraction shooter

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Run Everything you need to be prepared for launch in March.

Run
Leon Kennedy close up from Resident Evil Requiem (PC Gamer quiz logo in the top right)
Can you guess which videogame these zombies are from? Take our quiz and evaluate your mastery over the undead!

By Andrea Shearon Published

Bite me Or at least zombie adjacent.

Bite me
Final Fantasy 14 - A miqote doing the loveheart emote with a cake behind her
Final Fantasy 14's Valentine's Day event is a Mario Party-lite encounter that reminded me it's actually quite fun to do some socializing in an MMO

By Andrea Shearon Published

News I am become Cake Boss.

News
Final Fantasy 14 Miqote and her ghost minion doing a silly, creepy pose in front of a white wall.
This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

By Andrea Shearon Published

News I'm requesting Y'shtola hold my hand for this one.

News
Chillet, the new Pal mount added to Terraria
How to get every Pal in Terraria's Palword crossover

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Catch 'em all Foxparks was easier to catch in Palworld.

Catch 'em all
Rust player tinkering with a motor onboard a ship, there is a crafting hammer in his free hand.
The Rust Naval Update is here with base boat building and an optional plank meant to 'settle minor disagreements' with friends

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Oh, and the scientists also have boats.

News
Terraria 1.4.5 - Character standing beside a Lucky Clover
How to get a Lucky Clover in Terraria

By Andrea Shearon Published

Feelin' Lucky Reverse your bad luck with a happy little plant.

Feelin' Lucky
Leon Kennedy in Resident 9: Requiem trailer as he stands outside in the dark and looking older
The PC game releases we're most excited about in February

By Andrea Shearon Published

📅 My perfect date: Leon Kennedy, weird cats, and The Sims.

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Creature Kitchen
February is surprisingly light on cozy game launches but we're looking forward to these chill picks you shouldn't miss

By Lauren Morton Published

Cozy calendar A quiet month for cozy games means we get to dig deeper into the wonderfully small and weird games coming this month.

Cozy calendar
Phasmophobia - A player holds up a voodoo doll
Phasmophobia's roadmap includes evidence of a 1.0 launch in 2026: a player character overhaul, new event, and Horror 2.0

By Andrea Shearon Published

News And Tanglewood is next on the list for a rework.

News
Hytale player with two skeletons they summoned standing behind them
Hytale update adds a new weapon for summoning undead hordes, but keep your early access expectations in check

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Mine walked into a campfire and died.

News
Arknights Enfield character Chen Qianyu with her hand on her hip, facing the main character when she first meets them
Everything you can get from Arknights: Endfield Twitch Drops and how to link accounts

By Andrea Shearon Published

Endmin Controls Free Oroberyl, T-Creds, combat records, and more.

Endmin Controls
Enshrouded - Character setting playing the ukulele while wearing the Flame Pact gear from Twitch Drops
You can get Enshrouded Twitch Drops today, tomorrow, and next month—even for that one outfit you missed years ago

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Fashionably Late Nothing stands between me and a fluffy hoodie.

Fashionably Late
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.

⌚
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
A Stardew Valley farmer and her horse standing outside of a red and green farmhouse. It's spring, and there are a few texture mods to the surrounding assets in place.
The best Stardew Valley mods

By Lauren Morton Last updated

Updated! All the best Stardew Valley mods, from flowery retextures to easier fishing.

Updated!
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