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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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[–] jwphinia@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia. Sort of a recent fangame title, by today's standards, but if you're looking for some cool mid-to-late-1990s-inspired PC dungeoneering action (Shin Megami Tensei being a heavy inspiration), it's currently at ninety-two percent off.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Touhou... Now that's a name I haven't heard since 2010

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cant go wrong with Grim Dawn. One of the best modern arpgs with regular huge updates, expansions and modding support.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 minutes ago

I played through it again a couple months ago but when I went to check the DLC it looks like they haven't ever done more than 35% discount even though they came out in 2017 and 2019. Meanwhile the base game has done 90% off in the past (also the current price). Guess they figure if you like it enough to go looking for DLC you'll probably pay more.

[–] bobotron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Just when I thought I kicked that game they bringing out a new expansion

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Picked up Firewatch and Divinity Original Sin 1&2.

FW is a short and sweet walking sim. Well worth the £1.60 or whatever I paid for it.

No opinion on DOS yet because I doubt I'll play that before the new year.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Divinity 2 is great, it's similar to BG3 (since the same studio made it) just not as long / expansive. The main gimmick of the game is you can spill shit on the floor to change how the next battle plays out, barrelmancers will love it.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 day ago

Patient in that it came out way back at the beginning of twenty ‘ought twenty-four, cheap in that its fifty percent off; the new prince of Persia game is precisely correctly priced at twenty dollars and fun as hell.

[–] loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Any of the classic valve games (half life, portal, and their sequels). If auto shooters are your thing, vampire survivors is less than a small coffee. Dead space (the remake) is $15. Halo MCC is $10. Titanfall 2 is $3. The “new” tomb raider trilogy are all less than $5 each or get the bundle. Alan wake is $5. Prey is $3. And Batman Arkham origins is $2.

Just a handful of good games for cheap. There’s many more out there.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish Halo MCC had split screen on PC

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

there's a mod that works pretty well for that... nucleuscoop (it might have rebranded... haven't loaded it in a bit)

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[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lot of great suggestions here- I grabbed MCC myself. Was kinda stunned that it's... I think five games ranging from absolutely era defining (at least for me) to solid games. For $10 I'm not sure that can be beat.

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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

From that list :

  • Keep talking and nobody explodes: incredible fun with friends, even better if the help has the documents physically printed, there's this magic that happens when you frantically search for the right page and try to keep calm
  • Titanfall 2 : worth it just for the campaign, I don't know about the state of multiplayer anymore (servers are back i think, no more need for a custom client), I last played it last year, people were understandably sweaty, movement and gameplay is unparalleled
  • Vermintide 2 : in its best state ever it seems, hours of fun and great challenges, interesting mods for qol and to add to the game's longevity, I dream of when Darktide will reach that point- Firewatch : nice story, beautiful art direction, ending is "controversial" in that it is kind of abrupt with little payoff, but the journey is great, imo a really good walking simulator
  • Metro Exodus : superb open world, great conclusion to the series, pays off even more if you read the book, day night cycle, each map feels handmade given the amount of details, best "skewmorphic" interface in games

Edit : fuck me i edited my comment and accidentally deleted the paragraph about Firewatch, tldr beautiful art direction

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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shamelessly copying my comment:

In order,

Chorus - AA paranormal 3d spaceship combat game
Cyber Hook - First person grapple hook platform racer
Tangle Tower - Charming point and click detective game
Patch Quest - Bullet hell roguelike
Subsurface Circular - Robot murder mystery visual novel
Yes Your Grace - Addictive story driven king resource management game
They Bleed Pixels - Brutal 2d action platformer
Devil Daggers - Single arena fps where you try to survive 500 seconds (and fail)
Loop Hero Soundtrack - The game is pretty well known, but its soundtrack is amazing enough to buy or pirate even if you don't want to play it

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Grim dawn is the best arpg of all time imo even better than d2

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] weew@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

But the DLC is 10x that

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[–] ragica@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My suggestion for the steam winter sale is chech out the GOG winter sale. But maybe that's just me.

Maybe make a separate post for it?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From The Depths.

Half off, stupid time sink.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Incredibly hard an unintuitive though. Expect to need to watch countless tutorials before you build something usable. Defo not really for people who game like 3hrs a week.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yes, the learning curve is almost a wall.

[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Ballionaire is a pretty great stoner game. It's a pachinko roguelite--excuse me, autobonker

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a great RPG. You don't have to be a South Park fan to enjoy it, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

And if you are a fan, the game feels just like playing maybe a half season of the show. Jumping right in to episode after episode!

[–] camr_on@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Xcom 2 complete for like 10 or so. Excellent deal

[–] grandkaiser@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Gonna shill for war of the chosen real quick:

WotC fixes a lot of serious integral problems in the base game. In my opinion, XCOM enemy unknown is better than XCOM 2, but WotC easily beats both. So if you've heard bad things about XCOM 2, then keep in mind it's probably fixed in WotC.

[–] donio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The Binding of Isaac Rebirth Complete Bundle as well as its individual components are at a new all time low. The game is an absolute classic and IMO it's still the best at what it does. It's perfect on the Steam Deck too.

If you like the base game I highly recommend all the DLCs. Besides a ton of new content they also add many quality of life changes that make the game even more enjoyable.

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Last Case of Benedict Fox being around 90% off was the only one with an acceptable price tag for me. Got it even cheaper via a bundle because I already owned Arise.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought the game was okay. Combat was a bit wonky and the story a bit hard to follow, but do to the length it may be worth it. Especially if your into occult magic/cthulu themes.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If looking for a good "actual fox" game I'd recommend tunic!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Played it! Very cute!

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

These are the ones I was interested in.

I went for a few bundles because I already owned thief sim and one of the metro games, so the bundles were an even better deal.

I checked the steam db website and a lot of these were all time low.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

At first I thought you had “CHANGED” and immediately thought “ah, fellow degenerate”

That game is way too hard tho

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

Yay for state of decay 2!

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pillars of eternity series. $25.

Europa Universalis Ultimate is like $45 Gonna see if i have the patience for that map game madness.

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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Planetcoaster for 1,89€ is hard to beat

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