diff --git a/src/GameOptions/ui/CreditsModal.tsx b/src/GameOptions/ui/CreditsModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b894865c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GameOptions/ui/CreditsModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Modal } from "../../ui/React/Modal";
+import { Typography, Link, Button } from "@mui/material";
+
+import { CONSTANTS } from "../../Constants";
+
+interface CreditsModalProps {
+  open: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}
+
+const enclosed = /(\([^)]+\))/gm; //grab all filled () pairs
+const recentPatchData = Array.from(new Set(CONSTANTS.LatestUpdate.match(enclosed)));
+
+const isDate = (data: string) => {
+  const regex = /^\(last update/gm; //(this) isn't @name, but may be useful
+  return regex.test(data);
+};
+const updateMessage = []; //store last update message, eg (last updated 9/12/23)
+if (isDate(recentPatchData[0])) updateMessage.push(recentPatchData[0]);
+
+const handle: string[] = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < recentPatchData.length; i++) {
+  const atName = /(?:^[(]?(@[^\s),]+)[),]?)/gm; //make an array of only unique @handles
+  const whatWeWant = recentPatchData[i].replace(atName, "$1");
+  if (isDate(recentPatchData[i]) || !recentPatchData[i].includes("@")) continue;
+  if (recentPatchData[i].includes(", ")) {
+    //if (@1, @2, ...@n)
+    recentPatchData.push(...recentPatchData[i].split(", "));
+    continue;
+  }
+  if (!handle.includes(whatWeWant)) handle.push(whatWeWant);
+}
+
+export function CreditsModal(props: CreditsModalProps): React.ReactElement {
+  const leadDevs = `danielyxie
+Olivier Gagnon
+@Snarling
+`;
+
+  const currentMaintainer = `@Snarling`;
+
+  const handles = handle.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join(", ");
+  const contributorsURL = `https://github.com/bitburner-official/bitburner-src/graphs/contributors`;
+  const contributorsMessage = `Visit GitHub to see all contributors
+or to participate yourself`;
+  const maxEM = Math.floor(contributorsMessage.length / 2);
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      open={props.open}
+      onClose={props.onClose}
+      sx={{
+        textAlign: "center",
+      }}
+    >
+      <Typography alignContent={"start"} variant="h3">
+        Bitburner
+      </Typography>
+      <Typography sx={{ textDecoration: "underline" }}>Original Code and Concept</Typography>
+      <Typography>danielyxie</Typography>
+      <br />
+      <Typography sx={{ textDecoration: "underline" }}>Lead Developers:</Typography>
+      <Typography style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>{leadDevs}</Typography>
+      <br />
+      <Typography sx={{ textDecoration: "underline" }}>Current Maintainer</Typography>
+      <Typography>{currentMaintainer}</Typography>
+      <br />
+      <Typography sx={{ textDecoration: "underline" }}>Recent patch contributors:</Typography>
+      <Typography style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap", maxWidth: maxEM + "rem", textOverflow: "clip" }}>
+        {/*rem unit = character px based, dynamic with font. balance contributor overflow vs longest other message*/}
+        {/*textoverflow "clip" forces very long @names to stretch a single line, it's silly*/}
+        {handles}
+      </Typography>
+      <br />
+      <Typography style={{ whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>
+        <Link href={contributorsURL} target="_blank">
+          {contributorsMessage}
+        </Link>
+      </Typography>
+      <br />
+      <Typography fontSize={"large"}>
+        <Button onClick={props.onClose} size="large">
+          Thanks for Playing!
+        </Button>
+      </Typography>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/GameOptions/ui/GameOptionsSidebar.tsx b/src/GameOptions/ui/GameOptionsSidebar.tsx
index 4f2a7b4e6..2a5301d3b 100644
--- a/src/GameOptions/ui/GameOptionsSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/GameOptions/ui/GameOptionsSidebar.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import { BugReport, Chat, Download, LibraryBooks, Palette, Reddit, Save, Upload } from "@mui/icons-material";
+import {
+  BugReport,
+  Chat,
+  Download,
+  LibraryBooks,
+  Palette,
+  Fingerprint,
+  Reddit,
+  Save,
+  Upload,
+} from "@mui/icons-material";
 import { Box, Button, List, ListItemButton, Paper, Tooltip, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import { default as React, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { FileDiagnosticModal } from "../../Diagnostic/FileDiagnosticModal";
@@ -6,6 +16,7 @@ import { ImportData, saveObject } from "../../SaveObject";
 import { StyleEditorButton } from "../../Themes/ui/StyleEditorButton";
 import { ThemeEditorButton } from "../../Themes/ui/ThemeEditorButton";
 import { ConfirmationModal } from "../../ui/React/ConfirmationModal";
+import { CreditsModal } from "./CreditsModal";
 import { DeleteGameButton } from "../../ui/React/DeleteGameButton";
 import { SnackbarEvents } from "../../ui/React/Snackbar";
 import { ToastVariant } from "@enums";
@@ -49,6 +60,7 @@ export const GameOptionsSidebar = (props: IProps): React.ReactElement => {
   const [importData, setImportData] = useState<ImportData | null>(null);
 
   const [confirmResetOpen, setConfirmResetOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [creditsOpen, setCreditsOpen] = useState(false);
 
   function startImport(): void {
     if (!window.File || !window.FileReader || !window.FileList || !window.Blob) return;
@@ -225,7 +237,8 @@ export const GameOptionsSidebar = (props: IProps): React.ReactElement => {
           sx={{
             gridArea: "links",
             display: "grid",
-            gridTemplateAreas: `"bug bug"
+            gridTemplateAreas: `"credits credits"
+            "bug bug"
         "discord reddit"
         "tut tut"
         "plaza plaza"`,
@@ -233,14 +246,20 @@ export const GameOptionsSidebar = (props: IProps): React.ReactElement => {
             my: 1,
           }}
         >
-          <Button
-            startIcon={<BugReport />}
-            href="https://github.com/bitburner-official/bitburner-src/issues/new"
-            target="_blank"
-            sx={{ gridArea: "bug" }}
-          >
-            Report Bug
+          <Tooltip title={<Typography>Start a GitHub issue to help the devs find bugs!</Typography>}>
+            <Button
+              startIcon={<BugReport />}
+              href="https://github.com/bitburner-official/bitburner-src/issues/new"
+              target="_blank"
+              sx={{ gridArea: "bug" }}
+            >
+              Report Bug
+            </Button>
+          </Tooltip>
+          <Button startIcon={<Fingerprint />} onClick={() => setCreditsOpen(true)} sx={{ gridArea: "credits" }}>
+            Credits
           </Button>
+          <CreditsModal open={creditsOpen} onClose={() => setCreditsOpen(false)} />
           <Button startIcon={<LibraryBooks />} onClick={() => setConfirmResetOpen(true)} sx={{ gridArea: "tut" }}>
             Reset tutorial
           </Button>