The way it goes: Suggest games, ideally the kind that you believe would have relatively broad appeal. Don't feel bad about downvotes, but do downvote any game that's suggested if you have heard of it before (Perhaps, give some special treatment if it was literally your game of the year). This rule is meant to encourage people to post the indie darlings that took some unusual attention and discovery to be aware of and appreciate.

If possible, link to the Steam pages for the games in question, so that anyone interested can quickly take a look at screenshots and reviews. And, as a general tip, anything with over 1000 steam reviews probably doesn't belong here. While I'd recommend that you only suggest one game per post, at the very most limit it to three.

If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago

Bugvasion TD (9 reviews)

It's a charming little tower defense game where you fight bugs with very fun abilities. I also play tested it so I may be a tad biased but I think it's underated and fun :3

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

Megabyte Punch is a side scrolling fighting game where you build your robot with different parts salvaged from fought robots that give you different abilities and powerups.

It is a super fast, casual game that you can bang out in a few nights. It has a pretty good electronic soundtrack, boss fights feel weighty even if they are relatively simple.

One of my favorite games as far as just fun and de-stressing!

[–] DeLacue@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I recommend Scavenger SV4 It's a very unique game where you send a rover down to a planet to grab what alien artifacts you can before your radiation exposure gets past the point it can be treated. You can bolt some of them onto your rover to make it better and send it down again. It also has several hundred different endings that are decided by how much radiation you absorbed and how much loot and what loot you brought back.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Dink Smallwood is an old fantasy role playing game. It has a small community that makes mods for it. It's really dumb but it's free to play and very short if you have nothing better to do.

edit: Wow! I didn't realize a lot of people here know this game. That's actually cool.

[–] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Dude I loved that game back in the day. So many great mods for it too

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Damn, I remember that game being included as a bonus in an old magazine CD with lots of RPG Maker 2000 stuff

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[–] all-knight-party@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Voices of the Void a free (likely while it's in pre-alpha) light simulational game about receiving outer space signals and recording them to sell. You use the currency to clean up, upgrade, and decorate your small facility while moving around the Swiss forest valley you're in to repair and upkeep the satellite dishes that make the operation function.

It sounds very purely simulational, but there are a lot of secrets and interesting signals that are more than signals. It's also an Unreal engine game, but features a lot of Source engine love, for example the art style is reminiscent of Half-Life 1, all of the sound effects are EXTREMELY Source game nostalgic, and there's crouch jumping.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

Minishoot Adventures is a twin stick shooter with a 2D Zelda-style map.

[–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

One Way Heroics+

Semi-Rogue-like RPG, flee away from the darkness on the leftside of the screen, try and defeat demonlord and save the world. (Multiple endings)

One of my favorite games ever, guy made his own engine.

It does have design flaws, don't get me wrong. But this is is really novel and has enough content to get somewhat deep into it.

Eventually you start seeing the same things but for essentially a one man team it's really impressive.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

To me, Ctrl Alt Ego is not well known enough. It is an immersive sim in the style of Prey. You play as a robot roaming a station, where your Ego (like a spirit) can pass into and control all sorts of objects to solve puzzles, evade, control or kill enemies. The graphics aren't impressive (it was made by a 2-person team) but the gameplay is so interesting and the story is surprisingly compelling and funny!

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