Recommend checking sales over at GOG, only DRM free games π
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I grabbed a bunch of smaller games for my steamdeck that Iβve been wanting to try:
Noita - youβre a wizard in a rougelike physics sandbox environment
Super Meatboy - precision platformer ($1.25)
Cave Story+ - old Metroidvania platformer I never got around to finishing on console years ago
Fez - 2D/3D puzzle platformer
DIG - βSpelunky meets Enter the gungeon & Broforceβ action rougelike platformer
Super Blood Hockey - old school arcade style hockey, pixel graphics (and has multiplayer split screen)
Binding of Isaac - never played it, gonna see what all the hype is about. Action rougelike
Tunic - old school LoZ style RPG
Pizza Tower - sonic the hedgehog on crack
Dave the Diver - dive, catch fish, sell fish in restaurant, buy better gear, dive, catch bigger fish, repeatβ¦
Cursed to Golf - deck building rougelike with golf mechanics
Monster Sanctuary - 2D PokΓ©mon platformer
Resident Evil 3 - cause it was $10 and I just finished 2
I highly recommend Monster Sanctuary. The story is okay but the gameplay is wonderful.
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Disco Elysium is 75% off.
Prey (and Mooncrash) are 75% off. Most other Arkane games are too, and they're all top notch (except Redfall :/)
Killer7 is 75% off.
Ace Combat 7 is 85% off.
Dying Light (and The Following expansion) are 80% off.
CONTROL is 75% off.
All the Deus Ex games are >80% off, really can't go wrong here.
Pillars of Eternity I and II are 75% off.
Lots of great deals on high-profile games this sale, and I highly recommend everything on this list.
Isn't there something with disco elysium and whoever is profiting off of it now is not the original creators?
Yeah, iirc the developers, who'd spent bloody ages developing the world for the game, we're effectively kicked out during a hostile publisher takeover. They're seeing none of the money from sales, nor do they hold the rights to their own property.
I might be misremembering some parts here, but the main point is that the devs were fucked over, aren't profiting off their property, can't do anything new with the property.
π΄ββ οΈ it is then.
It's a clusterfuck really, but yeah the lead writer, designer and artist were all fired and lost the rights to the IP. Litigation is still ongoing I think, and hopefully Kurvitz, Hindpere and Rostov can regain the right to at least produce more work in the IP in the future. Heartbreaking for Kurvitz especially since he's built the IP with and for his friends from the age of 15.
The original developers were forced out of the studio, allegedly through fraudulent means, but I'm not sure whether they lost royalties from sales as well. I can't find anything confirming one way or the other, unfortunately.
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Control is great!
All time favorite game. Cannot wait for AW2.
I loved Discord Elysium! Going to pick up Pillars of Eternity because of your comment. Never heard of those games and looks cool.
Going to try these on my Steam Deck, not sure how the controls work with controller yet. ProtonDB gave both a platinum rating, yet Steam says playable lol. If it's anything like Divinity Original Sin 2 then I'm excited.
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Hades is a great action rpg with rouge-lite elements. The power up combinations and synergies are near limitless and the writing is fucking fantastic. It's like 13 bucks right now.
7 days to die is my favorite survival game, it combines minecraft-like building with a looter shooter and a horde-survival element. Very addictive, if a bit old. It's 5 bucks which..like you can't even get a Sammy for 5 bucks anymore.
Disco Elysium at 75% off is a steal!
Also, Kingdom Come Deliverance, 75% off and rven cheaper than Disco Elysium. This one is hands down one of the best modern rpg games I have played, especially because you can play without the minimap relying on directions given by NPCs, it is so inmersive and it has a plethora of interesting mechanics and an amazingly beautiful world.
Disco Elysium has sleazy publisher issues though, doesn't it?
Yes, pirate it
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Can't recommend Disco Elysium enough, it's a truly brilliant game.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the righteous is right up there too.
Pillars of eternity games are a close second to that.
Seconded, unequivocally! Disco Elysium was such an experience.
I remember the first time I saw it.. it looked so terrible at first glance. My husband was playing it and he said it was so good, but when I came over to check I was like.. "ehhh if you say so." I mean, let's be honest, a casual glance might make it seem like it's some crappy game.
But my husband was adamant, so I got the game too and I'm sooooooo happy I did. It's honestly one of the (if not the!) best written games I've played. The monologues are beautiful, the dialogues are superb. This game has made me laugh so hard I had tears running down my cheeks, and it has made me cry for real. It's funny, it's tragic, it's melancholic, it's remarkably 'deep' and it touches on so many important subjects in a non-lecturing way.
Anyone who wants to experience the entire rainbow of emotions should definitely buy this. It's brilliant.
Edit just to say: You can never go wrong with Slay the Spire. I've spent hours upon hours playing it, off and on, and it's great!
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Just bought this, thanks for the recommendation
The Valve Complete Pack is 96% off for a total of $6.54. Portal 1+2, Half-Life 1+2+episodes, Left 4 Dead 2 are all must-haves if you don't already have them, fantastic games that explain why people clamor for Valve to make more games.
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I was mostly a playstation user, so I never play any Halo game. So as soon as Halo: The Master Chief Collection (includes 6 remastered games) get 75% discount I immediately grabed it.
Also, I've been looking forward to try Sleeping Dogs as I played True Crime a lot back then. It's now 85% off so I immediately grabbed it.
This thread is terrible for my wallet and backlog.
To contribute to the discussion, I bought an old PopCap game called Insaniquarium recently for around 60c, but there a demo version if you want to try it.
It isn't just nostalgia; The game is actually still fun after all these years.
Someone from the review section burned 1800+hrs on it, which I think is actually insane.
Yo I remember that game! I owned it at one point too
I never heard of it until my girlfriend bought it on steam about a week ago
Resident Evil 7 is $8 its really fun but I can only play like an hour at a time or I feel like my heart will pop out of my chest.
Subnautica is $10 I haven't gotten it yet but heard it's really good.
Deep Rock Galactic $10
Valheim $12
Hollow Knight $8
Fallout New Vegas $7
Slay the Spire $9 rogue like deck builder
Castle Crashers $3
Batman Arkham Collection $9 four great games for that price is an amazing deal
Spyro Trilogy $10
Undertale $3
Sleeping Dogs $3
Death's Door $8
Slay the Spire is SO worth it. There's so many hours of entertainment in that little gem.
Sleeping dogs is a great game. I never liked any GTA games or anything else in that style but I fell in love with that game. Great combat, fun story, great atmosphere and and beautiful representation of Hong Kong.
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Haven't played Castle Crashers / Death's Door, but otherwise that is a phenomenal selection of games - can't go wrong with any of those.
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I get most of my games from Humble Bundle now days but I grabbed:
Hades - great roguelite from steam deck
Subnautica below zero - subpart continuation of one of the best games this millennia
Technomancer - purely because mortismal gaming suggested it
24 euros. Worth it.
Hades is a phenomenal roguelite. Canβt wait for the sequel!
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Brotato - > 3.99β¬
Vampire Survivors - > 3.74β¬
Stardew Valley - > 9.23β¬
Three games i have poured several hours (+-100) in. I think they are one, if not the best in their genres.
Divinity Original Sin 2 is 60% off and easily the best RPG I've ever played. You get a ridiculous amount of freedom as if it's a DnD campaign, and you're on a quest to become god.
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Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper, portal 1 and 2, Undertale, Katana Zero, Fallout 4, Skyrim, RimWorld, and if you want nsfw ones I can recommend in private.
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Signalis is $16 for 7-10hrs of Silent Hill/Resident Evil creepiness. Has a similar aesthetic to Evangelion too!
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Everyone should try Sekiro! Especially the folks who slept on the Souls-Borne genre before Elden Ring.
The combat system is punishing. And it ain't Dark Souls. But when it clicks you get the power fantasy of Sanjuro, Seven Samurai, Kill Bill, and Star Wars.
Killer7. The craziest game ever released, the weirdest gaming experience I've ever had. It's glorious.
I thought I was sick of top down building games like this until I tried AtS and it has been a blast
I recently bought Dave the Diver (even though it is not discounted by that much) and Iβm having a blast playing it.
Itβs a mix of rouge lite, exploration, farming and restaurant sim with a ton of exploration, interesting characters and a nice art style. The sense of progression is very addictive. Would definitely recommend.
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Any have any VR recommendations?
I do some
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Half life alyx, 60% discount. More than the game itself I find the mods to be really impressive. Of course the main game is cool, and because it's a prequel you don't really need to have played previous hapf life titles.
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Into the radious, 40%. One of my favorite vr games. Its a survival, based on the stalker games. The game is slow, methodical, the weapons are satisfying, it forces you to think ypur approach and navigating the world with a map that doesn't show you where you are is really cool and immersive.
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Superhot vr, 60%. Although be warned that if I were you I would pirate it, the devs removed some suicide related scenes that were cool to play from the game, which you can still play if you were to download an older version. If you don't mind that, then by all means buy it, it is one of the best introductory vr games after all
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Walkabout minigolf, 50%. If you are getting a single game of what I recommend PLEASE BUY THIS ONE. It is one of the best games I played on vr, playing minigolf is so damn fun. You barely need space on your room and there is a big skill curve to learn the game, maybe I liked it this much because I had never played minigolf, but the game feels genius to me.
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In death, 50%. It is a game where you are an archer and you have to battle through procedurally generated levels, also you move by shooting specific arrows or a dagger you can throw, it is really an intense game.
If you have a steering wheel consider getting dirt rally 2 and Asseto Corsa (the original one)
It is a shame that beat saber (hands down the best and most addictive vr game out there) is not discounted.
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Mass effect: legendary edition
Against the Storm. Fantasy rogue like city builder/resource sim with a Warcraft 3 aesthetic. So good.
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