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Probably a bit late to the party, Reus 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875060/Reus_2/
Lovely puzzle/god game with eco/environmental themes. Really fun to chase all the achievements as they encourage you to try different things.
Great on the steam deck too!
Project Gorgon or, as I like to call it, Project Gorgonzola. Its an indie MMO, but its possibly my favorite MMO and I play a lot of them. Its very unique feeling. Has a lot of jank, but also a lot of charm. Come play with me :3
I found the game through a review recommending it to "Paper Mario" fans, but that video was so obscure I failed to ever find it again. The platforming is jank, the story compares unfavorably to another game with the same first 2 syllables, and the switch port is terrible with its load times. But I like the combat system, and while it starts fairly generic, each area becomes more and more visually intersting. Also we play as a silent protagonist, but they still gave them so much personality in the form of a hint system notebook, most devs would do that as generic as possible to not confuse anyone but I love them for not doing that.
A true 7/10 game.
I learned a shitload about geography and culture from an old board game called "Globetrotters".
Street Uni X is a really good action sports game of the Tony Hawk variety, but this time on a unicycle.
I've recommended this before, so it's possible people will have heard of this from me, but Gateways by Smudged Cat Games is pretty great. It's a puzzle platformer but it gets very, very complicated as you go on, especially once you unlock the ability to use all the different mechanics at once. It's a pretty smooth learning curve up to that point, though.
Maybe Ten Bells
Solo dev who was pretty sad that it had slow traction on release because he put so much work into the game. I can see it now has over 500 reviews, so perhaps he got the reaction he wanted!
After reading a good review I tested it with my horror-loving gf, but we found it kind of mid.
I'm not familiar with anomaly horror as a genre, but it sounds like a very well-made game. I'm scared that I'd be too scared though
While looking for the link, I found out it's a sequel... but it's game where you play as a gator going through short-ish 3D levels in order to get your stolen swamp deed back.
Rad Venture ( just a demo ):
For a demo, it requires a LOT of storage ( ~13GB ). It's a demo with a ton of exoloration to be had in an open environment. But basically you play as a green Rayman like lizardy dude named Rad and go around finding collectable mcguffins. The start to the demo was a little constricting because it puts you in a tutorial-esque situation with a lot of invisible walls, but after that section, there's quite a bit to explore. Good idea to turn settings down on a normal LCD Steam Deck. Figured that ine out real quick.
It's a fast paced 3D platformer. You play as some sort of antivirus program cresture and you can jump on enemies to disinfect or do something like a standard spin attack. There's rewards for beating a level quick, not taking damage, and for defecting and leaving all enemies alone. Pretty fun platforner, IMO.
Cyber Hook. 1st person grappling hook 3D platforming speed runner with an 80s retro futurism aesthetic.
The Sea Will Claim Everything / The Lands of Dream - a very crusty "window" into another world, made by one of the writers for The Talos Principle. Quite personal, too, as you'll find out if you stick with it.
Thanks! The vibe of the graphics and UI reminds me of an early 2000s Hungarian browser MMORPG, Larkinor.
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Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages - I remember enjoying the writing in this one, as well as quite detailed ship customization. A weird lil shmup RPG, not even sure what to compare it with. A slow burner for sure though, give it some time to open up. Also on Steam, but seems like it's restricted in some regions there.
Wow in this thread I don't know a single game
Let me try with this game that I bought a decade ago for 1€: Pizza Express - very nice chiptune music that matches the gameplay that is a mix between a visual novel and a simulation
What a great post idea, thanks OP!
My contribution is NeonXSZ, a 6DOF open-world ARPG by a solo dev. It's been a decade since it released, but IIRC, the dev cited Quake and Diablo as primary inspirations and the game has a native Linux version.
I have that, I should probably play it sometime
Message Quest - a silly little medieval PnC adventure with a stained-glass art style and a lazy squire as protagonist
Knytt Underground - lovely little metroidvania by Nifflas. I expect some people to know this one, but it does have only 226 reviews on Steam and deserves more. Bundling this one with Ynglet - another game by him (and some other devs)
A Family of Gravediggers
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers - left my favourite for last, a free pixel art PnC horror adventure with beautiful graphics and great writing. I was so blown away that a game of such high quality was free, that I ended up buying the supporter pack :)
The Dweller - you are the eldritch monster hidden in the ruins, hunting down archaeologists, mechanically a puzzle-platformer (may have served as the inspiration for Carrion)
And my last post since I could recommend games for days xD.
Demonstar: Original Missions (1999 re-released in 2024 with some fine upgrades) not on sale but only 3 euros.
Supercow originally released in 2005 or something.
Re released: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883570/Supercow/
Eh, I guess I toss out one of my favorite DS games as a break from my previous Steam recommendations, so Retro Game Challenge 2, the fan translation of GameCenter CX: Arino no Chōsenjō 2. This actually may get downvoted a fair bit, because the Game Center CX show that inspired the game has a dedicated cult following in the United States and Retro Game Challenge 2 has been played by some fairly big streamers.
Anyway on to the game itself. Retro Game Challenge 2 is a collection of NES and SNES styled mini games loosely bound together by a fairly non-nonsensical meta plot and a ton of nostalgia. You're assigned "challenges" for the various games that you have to beat, think NES Remix if you've played that, it's actually from the same developer. But not only that there's a ton of nostalgic little touches, all the mini-games have in game "manuals" to read, there are also in game "gaming magazines" that offer tips and tricks for the games you play, as well as hinting about "up-coming" games. There's also a "daily challenge" which is a... well challenge that is issued daily, with difficulty that ramps up as you beat them.
The best part of the whole game/micro games is that you can freely play them after they've been unlocked. None of the NES Remix's "We've got the whole game here, but you can't do anything but the challenges" bullshit. You want to play though the entirety of the ten-ish hour NES styled JRPG? Go for it. Indieszero also included some "challenge mode" versions of games from the first Retro Game Challenge game.
Anyway, as the wall of text may have clued you in, I really like this game.
A game that holds a fantastically emotional spot in my heart is Jason Oda’s CONTINUE?9876543210. It has a mixed rating by the general public, but holds the very core of my faith.
At the start, a video game character dies, and is scheduled for deletion. Eventually, the garbage collector that filters through the computer’s RAM, deleting levels that have served their purpose, characters of memory damage and mangled speech, and reflections on what it it is to be dying, all deleted. The goal of the game is to find peace in the milliseconds of afterlife, however that happens.
we all fear deletion
those who were deleted
i took with me
their lightning, their prayer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/263340/Continue9876543210/
(yes! I got a downvote! Someone else knows this game!)
I discovered totally by accident Proverbs.
Proverbs is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle, inspired by Bruegel the Elder's 1559 painting "Netherlandish Proverbs".
In short, it's minesweeper with a twist. It's pretty relaxing, you can do it while listening to podcasts or YouTube. Also, what I like is that you never have to make hypotheses. Everything is solvable just by looking.
Cinders - a low-fantasy exploration of the story of Cinderella, as a non-anime visual novel with many decisions and endings
zero-k is very nice, opensource too. I think it started as mod for total annihilation or supreme commander and developed into its own thing.
Not sure if this qualifies for the thread but on my phone, I've been playing Afterplace. It's a Zelda-like designed for portrait playing. Great little time sink.