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2D retro Haunted Lands is one of 2026’s hardest video games

Random Select is a new column from Polygon about under-the-radar video games. Every week, Polygon’s editors assign a writer to check out a game at random, downloading the game without knowing beforehand what it is. The catch? They have to play for at least an hour and report on their thoughts — honestly. This week’s game is the 2D shoot -em-up platformer Haunted Lands. Steam has more than 12,000 games with the “shoot ’em up” tag. Some of the most iconic arcade games are in the genre, and they’ve inspired plenty of games aiming to replicate that same charm over…

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