Steam Sale Hidden gems

Keep it under 500 reviews.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1819460/Mika_and_The_Witchs_Mountain/
A short flyformer about a witch in training doing deliveries on a comfy island.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166690/Savage_Ultimate_Boss_Fight/
A really fun single player pseudo-MMO bossrush game where you control both a knight and an archer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140170/Arietta_of_Spirits/
Cute, short, action game, dealing with themes of death and loss.

egg platformer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2617090/Fowl_Damage/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825110/Technotopia/
Tetris City Builder, kind of

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1910600/ONE_BTN_BOSSES/

Very neat one button boss rush. Has tranny flags if that bothers you

>>713792306
this looks interesting, def looking into it more

>>713791008 (OP)
What makes this game good?

Challenging turn based tactical roguelike with modular drones wrecking each other in a cave complex / nuclear silo. You get to kill the Killdozer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1117480/Dead_Hand/

>>713793112
Flying is fun and unique, there aren't many games with flying, much less satisfying one. there's a skill ceiling to do skips or speed techs and the game is comfy.

>>713793509
why would i want to do that? I want to team up with the killdozer and wreck government corruption

>>713793793
The Killdozer is a tragic figure, it has to die.

>>713791008 (OP)
Last update ruined this game for me but I'm sure there someone out there who enjoyed it I guess.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2454350/REDLINE_CROOKS/
top-down destruction derby racing game. smash everything in your way ranging from cops to ambulances. it feels very crunchy to control and feedback on impact feels visceral. It tickles my lizard brain when I land a big hit on a group of enemies and a bunch of hitstop and screenshake punctuated the impact of that hit
the playable character's vehicles feel pretty different from another too so I appreciate the variety even if I don't gel with all of them
>very fast sports car, grappler forklift, bomb-placing spy car, BIG RIG, rocket jumping military vehicle, grappling hook boat with wheels, slavic mario kart double dash, sword van, slot machine car
the bomb car is my favorite

>>713791008 (OP)
>Hidden gems
>Keep it under 500 reviews.
it's so easy to find these
https://steamdb.info/upcoming/?displayOnly=Game&max_reviews=1000&min_followers=600&sort=rating_desc&tagid=-113%2C-21978%2C-9130&week=2025W25
use the calendar buttons to go back 1 week and check the top for literal gems

>>713794618
way too effective

>>713794618
that's still driven by an algorithm, data that's been scraped and collected into a convenient format
what people want out of a hidden gem thread is for an anon's personal recommendation, preferably with a bit of an explanation instead of just a link to a store page and an unspoken "trust me, bro" that it'll be enjoyable enough to justify

>>713794728
Didn't like it much. Convoluted mechanics (the skill grid) for the sake of being weird. Also, when it comes to DRPGs turn based combat > real time > hybrid.

They should add a way to sort games by number of reviews, in both my library and my wishlist. Anyway I dunno if this is a gem because I haven't played it, but it's the game with the lowest reviews on my wishlist I think.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031320/Malevolence/

>>713794416
What did they do? I played it on EA release.

>he didn't copy a random screenshot from the steam page to ctrl+v it into his post
sorry anon, but I guess your recommendation is being ignored

>>713791008 (OP)
A very charming game where you guide a girl around using a light
https://store.steampowered.com/app/368640/htoLNiQ_The_Firefly_Diary/

>>713791008 (OP)

HorrorVale is a VERY comfy and funny.

The soundtrack absolutely slaps too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114650/HorrorVale/

>>713795756
Looks mega comfy, wishlisted. Thanks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2564520/Lost_in_Random_The_Eternal_Die/

Really optimized. Runs like a charm on the 'ecker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCI0-QTFik

>>713791008 (OP)
Suggest some classic pc games on steam.

Competent point & click adventure game. Sadly, as with the previous game, it starts strong with the detective/investigative elements, but the weak supernatural ending detracts from it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466390/Kathy_Rain_2_Soothsayer/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622310/Kity_Builder/

This might be the most important game of the year.

>>713797481

>>713799030
Interesting, that's also the same exact reason I couldn't enjoy forza