Hey all. Always enjoyed reading everyone’s suggestions on more unknown games available during big steam sales.

I’ll start off with one that I have been a fan of for a long time: Death Road to Canada

This game is like a zombie action Oregon Trail like game, where you manage supplies and fight through hordes of zombies on your way to the safe haven of Canada. Only US$3.74 right now and well worth it imo!

  • altz3r0@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    EXAPUNK - 50% - 96% Positive

    If you like old time puzzle games, and have a pinch for programming, then you will love this. In this game you control bots by creating algorithms to extract data and other challenges. The cool part is you must study the game language and learn the lore from manuals and magazines that the game provides.

    SHENZHEN I/O - 50% - 93% Positive

    From the same creator of EXAPUNK, only the thematic here is electronics.

    Road 96 - 50% 91% Positive

    Summer 1996, Today is the day! You hit the road. Adventure. Freedom. Escape. Run. Flee the Regime. Try to survive.

    On this risky road trip to the border, you’ll meet incredible characters, and discover their intertwined stories and secrets in an ever-evolving adventure. But every mile opens up a choice to make. Your decisions will change your adventure, change the people you meet, maybe even change the world.

  • Aurora_Borealia@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I highly recommend CrossCode, currently only costs $6 (It also has a free demo if you want to try it first). It’s a really well polished game with a great story, and the action is amazing too. It also includes difficulty settings you can change if you feel yourself getting too frustrated (as I did sometimes). This video also sums it up pretty well. Hope you enjoy!

    • rjh@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I don’t understand how it’s not a classic. The music and art is amazing, the story and characters are charming, the battle system is fun, it’s full of side quests and places to explore. Maybe it’s because the dungeons are literally 2 hours of non-stop puzzles (they went a bit hard on the puzzles), but if you can get past that, it’s definitely worth your time!

  • Whirlgirl9@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    just grabbed god of war, disco elysium, and hellblade senuas sacrifice…

    as far as recommendations go, Mass Effect legendary edition and dragon age are very enjoyable if you like RPG with a focus on lore, story and characters. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a wonder and a steal at $20. Witcher 3 for $12. Horizon Zero Dawn for $16.50

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Red dead 2 is available for less elsewhere.

      IRC Witcher 3 is available for the same price on GOG, DRM free. Same goes for Disco Elysium.

      TLDR: do your research. Other stores do offers during the steam summer sale

      • eu@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I love GOG and their anti-DRM stance but I just can’t bring myself to buy games there when they don’t even have a native Linux launcher. Steam, on the other hand, just works.

  • CyanPurple@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    1. Roadwarden($7.36) - A text based RPG wherein you play as a roadwarden and influence the future of the land with a 40 day time limit. Good story

    2. Fear and Hunger 1 & 2($5.59 & $9.59) -The dark souls of rpgmaker games. Loot is randomized for each playthrough. There’s a dismemberment system that also applies to you. You lose your legs, it’s gone for good the entire playthrough.

    3. Frostpunk($5.99) - You manage the last city on earth in the middle of the eternal frost.

    4. FTL: Faster than light($2.49) - 2d Spaceship simulation rougelike with randomized map. Your goal is to reach the last star sector and defeat the mother ship.

    5. Fran Bow ($3.74) - 2d Point and click psychological horror where you play a young girl with an unfair destiny

    • Phoenix [she/they]@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      From the same people as FTL, Into The Breach is one of the only games I consider a “perfect game” — there is almost nothing about it that could be improved without it just being a different game. I 100%'ed that game 1.5 times and it’s absolutely amazing.

      It’s a turn-based tactics game with absolutely perfect interface (the way they went about its design is a whole interesting thing in itself); like chess but you only need to think 1.5 moves into the future.