Let's share some obscure, under the radar games that normally don't get brought up and highlighted on this board. The more autistic, the better.

Copying from the last OP
>BABBY MODO: 1000-500 reviews
>NORMAL MODO: 499-250 reviews
>HAADO MODO: 249-100 reviews
>NIGHTMARE MODO: 99-10 reviews
>LITERALLY WHO???: less than 10 reviews

reposting some bangers from the last thread

https://store.steampowered.com/app/304850/Worlds/
>Worlds
>63 reviews
>$1.99 (80% off)
kinda like Metal Gear Solid but with a Newgrounds aesthetic

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1372210/Dap/
>Dap
>132 reviews
>$3.49 (75% off)
basically horror Pikmin

https://store.steampowered.com/app/992730/Neckbreak/
>Neckbreak
>376 reviews
>$3.99 (75% off)
Hotline Miami if it were an FPS, used to be called Project Downfall.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1406810/After_Us/
>After Us
>282 reviews
>$7.49 (75% off)
if you liked Journey or any of thatgamecompany's other titles, this is right up your alley. very beautiful platformer with some light puzzles.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2063480/Voltage_High_Society/
>Voltage High Society
>81 reviews
>$5.99 (60% off)
melee-focused sorta-not-quite-boomer shooter with metroidvania elements. really cool artstyle, it's also heavily inspired by Tetsuo.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/390720/Anarcute/
>Anarcute
>527 reviews
>$1.49 (90% off)
very cute isometric riot simulator.

Reposting from last thread:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704730/Vacant_Kingdom/
Twinstick shooter full of personality. Really wish the dev made another game.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1673560/Murder_on_the_Marine_Express/
Short VN (kinetic, you have no choices) about a murder case. The mystery is fine, the characters and their interactions are the highlight.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/657060/Himegimi_Detective/
Fun underrated detective game. Cases are not hard and difficulty goes up a bit by the end of it.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107590/_/
For those that know japanese. It is a very addictive game and once you start it gets hard to put it down.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2149870/Closer_To_Home/
Schizo game. Interesting visuals, characters, presentation and story. It feels very unique

(2/2)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224600/G_String/
>G String
>919 reviews
>$15.29 (15% off)
the highest reviewed one I've got, and also the most expensive, but very worth it if you like the look and feel of Source Engine games and the grimy, seedy cyberpunk style of the original Blade Runner. not the best choice of title though.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1521810/Salamander_County_Public_Television/
>Salamander County Public Television
>136 reviews
>$2.99 (70% off)
weird minigame compilation game similar to WarioWare, also reminded me a lot of the best game on PSP, WTF: Work Time Fun. pretty funny story too. that's beans.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1616110/Glitch_Busters_Stuck_On_You/
>Glitch Busters: Stuck on You
>75 reviews
>$4.99 (75% off)
charming third person co-op shooter/platformer with a lot of co-op interactions/mechanics. i wouldn't really recommend it solo though.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/512490/Zombie_Estate_2/
>Zombie Estate 2
>575 reviews
>$1.24 (75% off)
if you ever played XBLIG games on Xbox 360 then you might recognize this one. very fun top-down Killing Floor-like wave-based zombie shooter with a ton of unique weapons.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1876560/Save_the_Reactor/
>Save the Reactor
>102 reviews
>$1.24 (75% off)
very stressful multi-tasking work simulator where you need to keep a reactor from overheating. lots of satisfying buttons, switches, and doodads to press.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1037080/Zedfest/
>Zedfest
>194 reviews
>$4.64 (69% off, nice)
very similar to Killing Floor except third person and wackier.

Reposting this since I posted it at the tail end of the thread.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1822450/The_Slaverian_Trucker
Slaverian Trucker, barely fits into the babby modo with 505 reviews.
It's a cool soviet style post-apocalyptic game where you can build trucks and cars, do deliveries, purchase factories, supply those factories with supplies and take the produce into towns, take parcels around, do rally, drag racing, go hunting, scavenging, smuggling drugs.. There is a lot of shit you can do.
Also, the building system for the cars and trucks is pretty insane and you can end up with some mad max tier vehicles, ever felt like making a three wheeler Polski Fiat 126p with a fuckhuge diesel V8 from a truck and twin turbos? Go ahead, any part fits any car.
The best way I could describe the game would probably be a mixture of mad max, stalker, my summer car and euro truck simulator, it's very great.
It's still in early access but the next update will be the full release, it's more or less finished by now.

any good twin-stick shooters x metroidvanias? Minishoot' Adventures blew me away and made me want more of this combination
(definitely not a hidden gem, just using it as an example)

Reposting from last thread some kino which I still can't get out of my head:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281270/Fatum_Betula/
>Cool first-person adventure with great atmosphere and ps1-like graphics. It's a short game (about 4 hours), but if you want mediative lo-fi expirience this game is a must.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1490060/Disillusion/
>A somewhat unique dungeon crawler which takes inspiration from LSD Dream Simulator, inlcudes great soundtrack and cute anime waifu. Gives a truly CARMIC experience like nothing else.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2775370/Disillusion_ST/
>Sequel for the previous game, has better graphics (more cute waifus and now in 3D with cutscenes), but lost a bit it's atmoshere because levels is randomized now. Still worth a try if you loved first game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2431100/That_Which_Gave_Chase/
>Short game about sled dogs. Creates great tension and thrilling vibe, just play it and experience yourself, absolutely worth it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/725330/Zelle/
>Short RPG-maker game with unique art and creative ideas. Awesome music as well.

Please redeem

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124080/Cardaire/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2059660/Cavern_of_Dreams/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/256460/Cosmic_Star_Heroine/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/18040/DeathSpank/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139160/Divided_Reigns/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2382520/Erenshor
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1830040/False_Skies/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1338940/Head_AS_Code/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2294160/Isle_of_Swaps/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/257690/JULIA_Among_the_Stars/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2801620/Look_Inside/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450650/Osteoblasts/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/506510/Shadows_of_Adam/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289810/Siralim_Ultimate/

>>714209653
what gaem?

>>714208836 (OP)
Megaman + Lost Vikings + Metroid
Very fun

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046400/Astalon_Tears_of_the_Earth/

this thread is so gay

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2435900/SharpShooter3D/

>>714209824
Godfall

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3130660/Sunken_Veins/

Really neat horror/resource management game where you work as a maintenance worker for a deep sea factory and you have to repair generators, fix floods, and gather minerals to get better upgrades for your tools one of which is a drone that you can customize.

Any creeper world fans? Tower defense meets its, pretty chill

>>714209939
this thread is specifically focused on highlighting obscure, autistic games for giganerds, of course it's gay

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903910/Slave_Zero_X/
>Slave Zero X
>332 reviews

I'm tapped out, I'll sit this one out.

>>714210428
c'mon anon-kun, you can't share one (1) game rec?

>>714210150
Love it except that you figure out the best way to not get into wars of attrition is to speed the beginning which is decidedly uncomfy. Still love it though

>>714210428
Here, have just the one, and one that's not a repost. The coop Maze of Galious sequel we never got:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966220/Pampas__Selene_The_Maze_of_Demons/

Here's the games I bought:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488590/Dungeons_of_Blood_and_Dream/
Trippy Roguelike about a wizard trapped in a mind prison. Pretty interesting so far, albeit a bit difficult.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026400/TAMASHII/
Schizo religion platformer. If what you see in the trailer looks interesting to you, then you'll probably like it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196580/The_Pale_City/
RPG Maker with some cheap looking visuals, but is written incredibly well. Combat is a little tough (for an turn based RPG), but not really remarkable. The real draw here is the fantastic prose and atmosphere, both of which this game has in spades. Probably the most hidden of gems. Play this one if you want to be a hipster when this game finally gets a light shined on it by some youtuber.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3103780/DRAPLINE/
EARLY ACCESS. Daughter raising simulator where what you feed your dragon daughter impacts her growth... and it seems like you can feed her ANYTHING. Haven't tried this one yet, but it looks cute. Only negative reviews are about a hard lock, so I think I'm gonna sit on this until the dev finishes it, since it seems it's gonna have a short dev time. I already know I'll like this kinda game already.

Bought, but refunded:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/444590/Skautfold_Shrouded_in_Sanity/
2D Bloodborne. Combat was really clunky so I figured out super quick that I'm not gonna be a fan. Worth the try for the price.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779180/Knights_Try/
The idea of playing an onion knight in a precision platformer with classic music midi sounded like it was gonna be right up my alley. Unfortunately, it's not really a precision platformer as much as it's a rage bait troll platformer from what I can tell. Refunded pretty quickly after the second "hide a trap where you can't see it" gimmick.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2789770/Epigraph/
>Epigraph
>153 reviews

Puzzle game in which you have to decipher an ancient language by filling out murals, obelisks and the like.
The only help you get is your own Rosetta Stone in the form of a tablet that has text on it in both the ancient language and a known language, the name of 2 kings and a location, and a few words in the language of a tribe that lived close to this one.

>>714209359
bullet witch

>>714211107
if you want a good platformer with a classic feeling I recommend this one, if you haven't played it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2575900/Corn_Kidz_64/

it's very good but sadly very short

>>714211082
seconding this, awesome game

>>714211380
not interested in gooner games, thanks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2454350/REDLINE_CROOKS/
Micro-machines-like racing beat-em-up where you spend health to go faster and destroy other cars to regain health. You can continue boosting at 1 HP at the cost of max health and continue screaming along at 1/1 HP if you want to live on the edge.

>>714209359
The Knight Witch
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872680/The_Knight_Witch/

Beware this game is fucking hard.

Reposting from last thread. And replying to this anon just in case >>714200081 Yes, you CAN romance the main vampire girl now.
RAVENSBURG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314710/RAVENSBURG/
Vampire themed and Gothic 2D RPG about a gnostic cult. Just 27 reviews currently, is 35% off while being already affordable. But most importantly, it got updated specifically for the SUMMER SALE with new content by the developer which is nice.

Jet Lancer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/913060/Jet_Lancer/

It's like Luftrausers with a story mode.

>>714209606
Great list, Disillusion, Disillusion ST and Zelle are all great. Didn't like Fatum Betula much personally, but it's worth a try for $3.

>>714209010
Had my eye on Neckbreak for a while. Played the demo years ago, but it wasn't all that amazing, very janky and with a lot of bullshit instant deaths, is the finished game better?

>>714209975
This one's good fun, despite how short and janky it is. Kind of less insane, melee-focused version of Grezzo 2, but themed around russian hooliganism.

>>714209010
>basically horror Pikmin
was excited until I saw it was 2D

you're going a bit hard on the threads anon, a couple per big sale is what I usually see, having what amounts to a general probably isn't healthy

>>714209939
t. giant faggot

>>714209113
How much combat is in it? I love open world sandboxes / lifesims, but only when the core game is filled with conflict. I don't like Stardew Valley likes where you're just living a civillian life.

>>714211990
>currently unavailable in your region
Man, I don't even know why I stay in this country anymore, just stealing my tax money and not letting me spend it on cool vidja.

I'm on the fence with ANEURISM IV. Opinions?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393820/Prodigal/
Top-down puzzle/rpg like the GBC Zelda games. Rudimentary dating and marriage. Cute girls, fairly easy. Lots of postgame content which is harder including some NG+ options. -90%, $1.50, 20-30~ hours. Has a short sequel called Veritus.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726760/Curse_Crackers_For_Whom_the_Belle_Toils/
Same dev, but a sidescrolling platformer. Lots of secrets and time trials. -75%, $3.74.
Great soundtracks for both.

>>714215303
really like those devs its a crying shame they have so few reviews

bumping this because I need more shit

>>714214640
does playing darkrp with people that are somehow even more autistic than darkrp players sound fun?

I'll repost it again from the last thread:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3103660/Arks_Wonder_Dungeon/

Roguelike made in RPG Maker for $2, even if you're not a fan of the MS Paint art style it's one of the better RPG Maker games I've played just in terms of gameplay.

>>714216723
there are at least two past 500+ threads you could lurk through in the meantime

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3392510/Zexion/

One of the best metroid clones I've played in recent years, with really clever use of the various fire modes for puzzles and an awesome map. The boss design is a bit horseshit but that feels intentional.

>>714211107
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488590/Dungeons_of_Blood_and_Dream/
Pirate this. It's made by a degenerate tranny that deserves no financial support

>>714220287
that was lunacid, you dumb bitch
stop thinking about trannies

>>714220369
No I'm serious look him up. He made tweets about how developing this game made him gay

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3362340/Survive_Society/
>dress up as a clown
>ride in a neet mobile
Didn't try it because its LITERALLY WHO but it gave me a giggle

>>714220428
>He made tweets about how developing this game made him gay
Happens to more people than you realize

>>714220643
how

>>714213965
The combat is limited to killing agressive wildlife, but there is agressive wildlife in pretty much every place worth scavenging.
Then again, I haven't checked the nuclear bunkers that got added in one of the more recent updates, might be some mutants or something hiding in those, who knows.
Just a heads up, the combat is quite jank and definitely not the main selling point of the game as can probably be inferred from the name of the game, but rather just one more thing to do along the myriad of other things you can do.

>>714209359
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1727180/NeverAwake/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/981450/GeminiArms/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2268960/GyroGunner/
Sorry, I missed the metroidvania part.

I just started playing this 4X type game. Funny writing and solid mechanics. But I only did a few missions.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704830/DR4X/

>>714220785
game development turns people gay
everyone knows that

>>714217279
I bought this last sale and haven't played it yet, bumpan it up my backlog

>>714211827
I refunded this piece of shit last week. One of the worst metroidvanias I played this year.

>>714222403
Any particular reason? I tend to shy away from bullet hell metroidvanias on principle so I'm curious what made it strikingly bad.

Any gens I could play both solo and with friends? Damn I miss the times of getting a 4-pack of risk of rain and duck game on steam.

>>714223671
Too hard.

>>714223671
Your hitbox is fucking gigantic, too many sections with no healing items and filled with hazards like spikes on walls, a shitty morality mechanic that punishes you for being honest (as in, it gives you less XP to level up), your movement speed is atrociously slow, godawful writing and one of the sections forces you to pilot a submarine where your shooting is restricted while fighting enemies on a very small arena.

>>714223785
https://store.steampowered.com/app/371970/Barony/
I've had some fun with this one.
I bet it would be even better if I had friends to play with.

>>714224049
Sounds like a notfun issue

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2764460/Sandustry/
It's Factorio + Noita + Terraria. Only a demo so far but it's really cool, haven't played any factory games with meaningful vertical elements you need to work around. FortressCraft had its lifts and height-based temperature system I suppose.

>>714224049
Yeesh. I can see how that'd kill it. I really thought we'd moved on from moral choices being tacked on to games and every time I run into it I'm baffled.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2788360/CULT_VS_GAL/
Fun little boomer shooter that plays like a fast paced version of the original wolf 3d. Fun way to kill a couple hours, worth the sale price. I picked up the creators other fps but haven't played it yet

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957800/PROXIMATE/

>>714226802
erm... no??

>>714226858
Seek professional help

I like autismo games you can really sink your teeth into with customization and depth.
Give me either games with character customization even close to games like Troubleshooter and Pathfinder:WotR, or games that have a lot of mechanics like Paradox simulators and Rimworld.
For a trade, I will give you a game with over 20000 reviews but you've probably never played before, because it's chinese
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1948980/Heros_Adventure_Road_to_Passion/

>>714226930
>n-no you have to consume gay trannyslop!
when "they" develop a game without their fetish in it, I'll consider it

>>714226802
erm... no??

What was the game from old persona team? It was like his pet project. It looked interesting.

>>714227017
you replied in less than a minute. You saw nothing of the game. just got scared of a word. just like a pussy

>>714227218
Cry more, nobody wants to touch your mentally ill fetish game.

>>714227218
you're thinking of the wrong phobic
the phobic in "transphobic" (which I am) is the "aversion" definition

>>714226802
Any game that advertises itself like this is guaranteed to have the most insufferable writing imaginable

>>714227142
not sure, is it the gacha?

>>714211318
You might like https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/Chants_of_Sennaar/

>>714228639
What a great game though it's a shame the final area is essentially barren if you've completed everything prior to that.

Thea the Awakening, a dark fantasy RPG game where you live out of a small village, everything in it is narrated by the same guy putting on different voices and it's extremely well done

Combat is auto resolve or a card game, the crafting is very good and the art is also very good.

ITS AN ACTUAL HIDDEN GEM

>>714227697
Not that guy.
It's short enough that the characters don't really have time to become "THE INSUFFERABLE GAY." Two of them are gay, have a falling out, then the game ends (not cause of their falling out).

>>714228731
3.3k reviews.

But are there actually any REAL sandbox indie games with content. That's what I like sandbox build type games such as gmod, besiege,or sandbox RPG's/FPS with story like fallout new vegas, deus ex, arma 3

>>714209359
that game is so fucking dull. what do people see in this shit?

Age of Barbarian. If you like the Sword and Sorcery genre like Conan, this game is pretty much a side scroll platform love letter to it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/402880/Age_of_Barbarian_Extended_Cut/

>>714226802
>2D simulation game

Hard pass. What good games are even non 3D that are text walls? Even papers please is 2D mostly but has 3D elements and visuals

>>714230212
low effort slop

>>714230567
Sword and Sorcery is OG fantasy slop. If anything the game is being consistent with the genre.

>>714230172
stop being contrarian

>>714214640
It's just a cops vs criminals game in a dystopian city, at the moment. You can't do anyting worthwhile thats not grinding to get to the PVP, or PVP itself, the ENTIRE game revolves around PVP.

The entire game is working jobs to get job points to PVP and there's no content beyond that outside of social interactions.

There's a reason it only has 200-300 players at any time, there's no real content. Despite the devs promising to add apartment customization, more jobs, more areas of the map, etc they haven't done any of that, just a handful of bad balances and the game still is unbalanced.

They instead went and added cosmetics and steam marketplace. I think its a cashgrab with lazy devs despite the unique aesthetic. I don't like the devs I think they are trying to cashgrab and I think they will abandon the game

It got a massive shilling by the youtuber reggie WITH OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS and even then it only has 400 players at any time. Make of that what you will, whether the video is botted or not. The whole thing screams scam and scummy devs.

https://youtu.be/29k3BGVmVc4

>>714214640
You're better off playing DarkRP

>>714230663
50% off for a 2018 game is scammer tier
it might be hidden but its not gem

>>714227697
"Any game that advertises itself like this is guaranteed to have the most insufferable writing imaginable"

alright, i'm sold. buying it

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1490060/Disillusion/
For those that like those weird otherworldly vibes from RPG maker games, give it a go. Definitely a neat experience and the soundtrack really adds to it.

>>714229758
Still a hidden gem because I never see it ever posted here on /v/

>>714231737
this shit is only waifu bait, don't kid yourself

>>714232014
Same could be said of quite a few games.
For example, Dysmantle is a game I enjoy that has never gotten a serious discussion on /v/ despite being over 10k reviews.
It's not hidden, it's just a different demographic.

>>714227218
Not him but trannyslop automatically marks a game as shit. Trannies are too stupid and/or evil to make good games. Cope and seethe.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/645720/Fabular_Once_Upon_a_Spacetime/
Check this weird thing out. You pilot a mech-spaceship-knight thing fighting enemies in melee. It feels pretty unique. Combat is very ungainly and unwieldy but that's on purpose to make you feel like you really are piloting a massive chunk of steel. It starts to feel real nice once you get used to it.

>>714232014
There are many popular games that don't get talked about on /v/ regularly.

>>714233882
looks int-
>early access
...nevermind

Cheating a little since it's only a couple weeks old, but Cell Command is great fun.
Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident roguelite clone but it does it well. It also does some cool stuff with story progression, and the big bad shittalking you as you play (better than it sounds).

>>714234048
Aye, fair enough. The poor cunts haven't even finished all the maps yet. For what it's worth, even though they got ditched by their publishers (presumably because 100 reviews lole lmao) and had to cut down to like 3 people, they're still working on it as much as they can. Just a few days ago they released the 4th region out of 5 and it was pretty good. Wishlist it at least, maybe buy it on release.

play northern journey
the sound track is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yBiiaCQDU

>>714234416
2nded

>>714234416
Sorry, too hidden for this thread

>>714232014
>slampig
I will now play you're game.

>>714234416
Great game

>>714208836 (OP)
Is Of the Devil any good? Kind of looks like VA-11 Hall-A on the surface

>>714209010
>>714209073
I wish people would just post one game at a time, with a nice screenshot and short description maybe, no one is gonna read all that shit, makes those threads almost completely useless.

i vouch for Felvidek
It's basic bitch rpgmslop, but it's charming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQfpeFgLXds

>>714237895
Nothing like that, it's a detective game. It's pretty neat, the judgebot is cute.
There's a demo with one case, give it a go if you're interested.

Repostan from 2 threads ago
>BABBY MODO: 1000-500 reviews
Machinika Museum [984 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507190/Machinika_Museum/
Neat puzzle game where you do reverse engineering on alien tech

>NORMAL MODO: 499-250 reviews
Märchen Forest [340 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507720/Mrchen_Forest/
Cute RPG with a nice story

CARNAL [299 reviews]
Quake-styled shooter with a cool OST.

Rosenkreuzstilette [392 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/564150/Rosenkreuzstilette/
Solid megaman style game

Rum & Gun [332 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210800/Rum__Gun/
Fun ARPG with pirates

Heroine of the Sniper [359 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/851950/Heroine_of_the_Sniper/
Arcade style Sniper game based on the flash game Material Sniper. Very fun, but short

>HAADO MODO: 249-100 reviews
Ultra Cop [141 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274790/Ultra_Cop/
Very fun retro FPS made by the same dev as CARNAL where you play as a Cop. You can use various weapons and vehicles. Also has various soundtracks to choose from. It's short though.

Shirone the Dragon Girl [106 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1805200/Shirone_the_Dragon_Girl/
A fun & cute puzzle game I got recommended during the Spring Sale threads. It's quite charming, and it has chorogon.

>NIGHTMARE MODO: 99-10 reviews
Kharons Crypt Even Death May Die [87 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/793830/Kharons_Crypt__Even_Death_May_Die/
Zelda-like metroidvania where you can possess your enemies

Saga of Sins [34 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2094550/Saga_of_Sins/
Fun platformer with religious themes and stained glass art style.

>LITERALLY WHO???: less than 10 reviews
POWERNAUT DECAY [8 reviews]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2650320/POWERNAUT_DECAY/
Exploration-based platformer where you can level up and collect new equipment. It's also hard.

>>714238142
>GOTY 2024
>hidden gem
come on man

>>714208836 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257850/SOLAS_128/
Cool laser redirection puzzle game. Decently challenging with a good atmosphere and clever design.
Demo is basically the first area

https://store.steampowered.com/app/758870/Kynseed/

Picked this up expecting a stardew-like game, and was pretty surprised how different it was. in a good way. It does a lot of things differently, combat especially. the general tone is very different too, feels closer to Fable. ended up liking it a whole lot. Married the crazy cat lady with the big boobs.
The biggest turn off I could see for it is that every time you craft something it's a mini game, where the better you do at it the better quality the item. it's become less of an issue now that they added batch crafting, which allows you to make 10 items with one minigame screen.

even then theres a mod on nexus to disable it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325040/Keylocker__Turn_Based_Cyberpunk_Action/
>turn based rpg with timed hits and blocks
>music minigames
><200 reviews

>>714238402
some of those backgrounds are beautiful
shame about the character sprites

>>714238246
okay I'll check it out

>>714220369
Speaking of Lunacid

>>714238559
oh yeah it's a heavily mixed bag

>>714239031
problem, chuddy?

if there are no limits in fantasy, then there is no intrigue
simple as

>>714239031
no matter what pronouns you pick Clive will always call you 'sonny' when you first meet him.

Not this shit again.

Question:
Why do PC gamers treat a moron like some kind of deity just because he's selling games that they'll definitely buy but never play?

Because yes, these morons worship the moron Gebe Newell like a god just because he sells games for less than normal, and then PC gamers don't even play those games.

Not this shit again either.

>>714238312
what? no it didn-
>look it up
>it's real
holy shit dude

>>714208836 (OP)

2D retro furry puzzle platformer, it's literally a atari 7800 game
like 2 bucks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/893690/Rikki__Vikki/

or least listen to the OST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4vRom26hNgHy-4gYB3j5uhtyf8gGe7u

I liked Lunacid

russian FPS/RPG ludo pseudo-series:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000760/Boiling_Point_Road_to_Hell/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/546230/Xenus_2_White_gold/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/547930/Precursors/

>>714239031
Anon i just like Kings Field, i dont care about the tranny or no tranny thing

>>714239606
I tried it but not being able to bind controls to mouse buttons and the seemingly very stiff combat turned me away.

>>714239703
>russian FPS

vomit.jpg

>>714240024
Controller is superior for those sorts of games in my opinion.

>>714220287
Thank you for the warning, will not buy. Or play for that matter, dont want to be anywhere near something tranny hands coded

It's kinda wild how in a lot of these games i can see work has been put in, but yet they still have this amateurish feel to them, and i guess thats why it translates to few sales.

>>714238089
>no one is gonna read all that shit
anon it's a single sentence description per game, are you really struggling to read "all that shit"

>>714239031
please just kill yourself

>>714230754
>whether the video is botted or not.
>includes paid promotion
Likely botted to ensure maximum payment.

>>714237506
Thea also has an attractiveness attribute for your characters, in some instances if you can let your attractive party member get her brains fucked out to survive some difficult encounters, and they can end up pregnant

https://store.steampowered.com/app/889080/Deity_Empires/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481720/ShemHaMephorash/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361010/Vampires_Dawn_3__The_Crimson_Realm/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/209330/A_Valley_Without_Wind/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/228320/A_Valley_Without_Wind_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/237950/UFO_Afterlight/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/70900/Star_Ruler/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623210/Soulash/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058570/Rift_Wizard_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/409870/Phantom_Brave_PC/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/650670/Grimoire__Heralds_of_the_Winged_Exemplar_V2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/422510/DEMONS_TILT/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/306290/762_Hard_Life/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/486720/Bastard_Bonds/

All under 1K reviews, all games I've played and would recommend to at least check out.

>>714231186
Show us the receipt then you triple tranny

>>714211082
why the fuck don't you unlock achievements when playing in co-op? co-op is the main focus!

>>714217324
Link?

>>714238312
Felvidek was so good.

>>714239031
Whoops forget I was still had this game followed after this.

I am once again telling you to play Voidigo

>>714242159
was oddly addicting for a time
i personally didn't get a lot of milleage out of it, but i did have fun with the time i had with the game

>>714239703
Road to Hell is fucking garbage, even after I downloaded a bunch of user-made shit to stop it from crashing constantly.

Brutal Orchestra
just play it

>>714208836 (OP)
it'd be a good idea to link to the previous thread in the OP when starting a new one
>>714209010
>>714209073
thanks for reposting my list! you forgot the images tho :(

>>714242609
>Troondev
>4 niggas in a row
no thanks

>>714208836 (OP)
project silverfish. 20+ hours in early access. fun.

>>714242830
>furry characters
>no hands, just floating guns
shame, other than these two things it looks decent.

>>714208836 (OP)
>single player
lame... that could've been fun with friends.

>>714228731
>>714232014
For some reason this alaways ran like shit on my rig ,both the old and the new one.I always thought it was because my old one was shit but it turns out the game is the one that is coded to run like shit.

>>714239096
the left one is cute enough

>>714239031
>Talks about adding them to make people mad
>Chooses to get mad about it, giving him exactly what he wants

Real chuds mod the file to get the pronounce nig/ger.

Is Pseudoregalia a hidden gem?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2365810/Pseudoregalia/

>>714238402
this game sucks cause you can't marry your sister

>>714244176
not hidden at all
I enjoyed it though

>>714244176
>14k reviews
>around 500k-1mil copies in sales
uhh

>>714244176
retard

>>714234416
I don't like the art style

>>714234416
i cannot handle the spiders in that game, they move so impressively lifelike it's awful

I've got $5 left on my steam giftcard, what am I getting?

>>714246474
these two are good and stupid cheap
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1789670/Me_and_my_eldritch_parasite/
>18 reviews

https://store.steampowered.com/app/426050/LEGIE/
>144 reviews

>>714209037
>it feels unique
mhmm

Anything like coffin of andy? I mean more from the art style/writing viewpoint and less the incest part.

>>714246575
>LEGIE
I was literally in the middle of posting that. Good one.

Half-adventure game, half-dungeon crawler set in a medieval Czech town. The Steam trailer shows what it's like pretty well.

>>714246474
Prodigal's going for about $1 at the moment
>>714215303

>>714234086
dev here - someone else saw this and told me, glad you're diggin it man.

>>714246746
Have you played her other games already?

>>714208836 (OP)
Sonar Shock
>193 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2673660/Sonar_Shock/

>>714213780
Yeah dumbasses. We will run out of games. If we run out of games then gaming is over. You're trying to start gaming war 3.

>>714210113
>maintenance worker
>have to pay for your own upgrades
Is this late stage capitalism? Is it part of the horror?

>>714209010
>anarcute
just gave me a great idea for a roguelike

This one was pretty fun and is the closess I have to a hidden gem I think.

>>714230663
Swap to slop
Swap 2 Slop
Swap 2: Slop

>>714208836 (OP)
All right it has more than 2000 reviews but i dont think this game is nearly as popular as other MMO's, especially for one with no mandatory subscription.

made by old EQ devs, it has a mix of EQ and runescape mashed together in writing and quest design, especially in the tutorial area.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/342940/Project_Gorgon/

>>714240872
Kinda wild kinda wild kinda wild

No one is a more obscure game player than I am.

>>714209073
>G String
bruh
that's one of the worst possible name they could have chosen

>>714226930
the irony is mindboggling

>>714248308
It'd be fine if people were posting new recommendations, but most anons are just lazily copypasting the stuff they already lazily copypasted in the previous thread from the one before that.

>>714249237
What if they chose the name firework button limousine 72 versus prestige chalkboard nails and tails(spin)

>>714228639
Already did. It's a shame these 2 and Heaven's
Vault seem to be the only language deciphering games out there.

>>714249401
Unironically better than G String

>>714211082
UnMetal is also great

>>714249385
Does it really matter when most of the first page on /v/ is copypasta? People are at least discussing games and obscure ones when normally the thread would immediately die. Besides, it's only going realistically going to last until the end of the sale.

this was a comfy afternoon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1519710/SCHiM/

>>714249891
It matters because everyone has to post the way I like it or else you are killing hidden gem threads. Here's the rules:

Survival Horror only
Femtagonists only (men can't get scared, and the generally kick ass so horror is only realistic when women are the PC)
Upskirts
Popcorn with butter
Nebulous archeology

https://store.steampowered.com/app/888990/_Ameagari_no_Hanaby/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1126710/_Hanaby_the_Witch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1579850/_Hanabys_Summer_Festival/
Play her games.

>>714248702
This was a fun little game, good taste

car platforming
it's also 50 cents

>>714249891
Well, I prefer fewer higher effort threads with one or two days of "rest" between them for people to play the games so they can talk about them in the next one. Check for instance https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/682046363 from last year, with most single recs taking a whole post with a handmade capture showing the game name, desc, and review rating; instead of the link dumps we're getting here.

I'm a bit of an elitist cunt, what can I say.

any good roguelikes like sts, loop hero, rimworld, ftl?

>>714250569
Check to Wreck. Thread is Dead. Posting is Wrong, dumb gong. Wordcount is spoonfed.

picture speaks for itself
alice and you in the planet of numbers
solve number puzzle with alice

>>714247758
Yeah ran through them, they were great. I really like how low stakes they are at the beginning and in terms of power scaling. No good noelle with the ability to explore town would be amazing too.

Any good games where you can marry your sister? Not VNs but real games

>>714250593
you might like this
https://store.steampowered.com/app/329970/KeeperRL/

>>714250569
Guys a fag, here's a link dump just to piss him off:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595390/Castle_Dornstein/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2349570/onewayexe/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2094740/Dead_Heat/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1825620/Blank_Frame/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2660230/Kill_The_Shadow/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1811740/The_Plague_Doctor_of_Wippra/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1358530/Saint_Kotar/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1770280/Without_Judgement/

https://www.coldandafraid.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985290/Reality_Layer_Zero?snr=1_25_4__318

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2817030/LunarMirrorMoonNightWithoutLight/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/The_Sance_of_Blake_Manor/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2771220/The_Tragedy_at_Deer_Creek/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2848750/Things_Too_Ugly/

>>714250679
fire emblem

>>714250687
omg is this dungeon keeper but for zoomers with no micro transactions (i never played the original and avoided the new one because of microtransactions)

>>714250593
Not a single one of those games is a roguelike, so no.

>>714250739
...no

>>714250740
there's 3 roguelikes there at minimum

give me some good fps games I never heard about

>>714250739
Same concept, I guess.
If you're looking for an actually dungeon keeper spiritual successor, I heavily recommend War for the Overworld
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/War_for_the_Overworld/

Dungeons 2 and 3 are pretty good too. Save for the irony poisoned meme humor, anyway.

>>714250702
>Steam hidden gems thread
>Non-steam link to vaporware
Buy a fucking ad, dev.

>>714250930
Giving reccomebdains ruins the hidden gem thread. Stop ruining things

>>714250959
whats wrong with dungeons 1 and 4

>>714250984
Bro your ruining it you ruined it. It's ruined now.my virginity is gone.

>>714250984
https://www.wretcher.com/

>>714251030
why
niggas are gonna post games anyway, they could (You) me if they have an fps
could be useful for other anons too looking for a specific genre in this thread

Japanese VN originally released in the 90s but remastered for Steam. Short, sweet, and cheap.

>>714251247
Oops, forgot link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/564700/Scar_of_the_Doll/

>NIGHTMARE MODO: 99-10 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3087810/Recesses/
Single player card game with a side of VN. You're a kid fighting other kids with silly alien cards, looking for your missing best friend in the process. Win or lose, they will spontaneously go off into philosophical rambles at the drop of a hat.

>>714209010
>Worlds
Based Worlds shilling bro

>>714251210
Asking me why ruins the hidden gym thread. Stop running thins.

>>714251609
ok I'll ask others then

>>714241907
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/subject/Steam%20Hidden%20Gems/

SENTRY is cool but it's not quite optimized, also early access

>>714241907
he come to town

>>714250190
question - why is the sexy fireworks squirrel needing to dodge getting crushed by a hitachi magic wand

>>714251156
never played 4, I assume its like 3 from what I've seen but I'm not sure.

1 is confusing and borderline unplayable, has a retarded mechanic where you need to give adventurers a 'good dungeon experience' of finding loot and killing monsters to make them 'fat for the slaughter' and collect a lot of spiritual energy when you do kill them. Even once you get the hang of it you're just sending them in circles waiting for their soul meters to fill up so you can eventually walk in and kill them yourself. It's not fun.

it IS $2 if you really wanna try it though.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/57650/Dungeons/

Dungeosn 2 is 4:99 right now, which imo is the best one in the series
https://store.steampowered.com/app/262280/Dungeons_2/
The only thing that pisses me off is that you need to get the fucking A Game of Winter DLC to finish the game's story. I get that it's suppose to be a nod to the frozen throne but it's still irritating. Reign of Chaos had an actual ending, it didn't end abruptly and go "be sure to get frozen throne next ;))"

>>714228731
>Thea the Awakening
Just check this out and one of the dlc called multiprayer, kek.

Recommend me games where you unlock improvements/get stronger with each failed run ex Loop Hero Astral Ascent.

>>714250984
https://www.kn56k.xyz/knight-on-the-moon

>>714252170
Rogue legacy?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1005450/Vision_Soft_Reset/

4D metroidvania where you have to both figure out how to navigate the world but also curate a branching timeline so that you know where and when you need to be, in what order. Some upgrades survive time travel and some you have to recover in your current timeline in order to use them, making the routing very interesting.

>>714252170
That's most roguelites these days given the state of metaprogression. If you liked Astral Ascent take a look at Trinity Fusion and the Rogue Legacy games.

>>714237895
It's a detective game. For whatever reason I loved the first case, convinced me to wishlist it and I normally don't like these kinds of games. I'd try to go in as blind as possible, don't read much of the steam page if you're interested

>>714252393
Gouge eyes out and take dictation ideally

>>714232014
And LoL would be a hidden gem by that metric because there's only a thread once every 3 weeks on /v/.
Shut the fuck up and follow the thread rules. Sub 500 only or you're a fucking retard.

Any good base building and/or city management games

>>714252170
see
>>714217279
Not only do you unlock new items via achievements but also character upgrades and zone upgrades.

>>714252259
It depends, some roguelites prefer to go for the item pool/event approach where you unlock more stuff but your power is relatively static at the start like most card roguelites. Rogue Legacy is pretty good scaling via meta progression but sometimes it can feel like you lost due to getting stat checked.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/319170/Disney_GForce/

>>714252614

>>714250930
Call of Duty

Halo

Doom

Quake

>>714252468
I enjoyed this one but i also haven't played it in like two years and they've definitely changed a lot since then. should pick it up again sometime.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/693580/Goblins_of_Elderstone/
manage a goblin village, engage in either trade or war with neighboring races, try to please your gods, etc

>>714252215
That one is finished, anon, you're getting sloppy

>>714252692
Call of Duty
Call of Duty
sports
sports
TV
sports
Call of Duty
Call of Duty

Xbox, go home

AHHHH SO MANY GAMES!

>>714241568
>A Valley Without Wind
Remember reading about this game in an Australian gaming magazine a decade ago, something about the name lodged itself in my mind.

>>714252692
erm I heard about those albeit?!

>>714252792
I know right? a /v/ thread where people talk about games?

Hard to believe but it still happens

>>714252738
Swap to slop.

>>714239674
I did too before learning it was a troonslop game. Promptly refunded and marked ignore

When I get home from my field deployment I will resume my deep dives into the bowels of steam. Most of the people who post copy pasted lists originally got the games for their lists from me. Or one of the other 3 guys around here who actually tries out games no one reccomends to them.

>>714242680
>it'd be a good idea to link to the previous thread in the OP when starting a new one
nah, if you do that it can become confused for a general and the mods will auto-purge them

>>714242830
>early access
no thanks, I'll check it out on release though

>>714242680
Link to shrink. It'd be a good idea to kill yourself.

Guys, hidden gems are supposed to be good.

>>714253667
Try out some games anons have made.
https://made-by-agdg.vercel.app/

>>714253801
link my nuts on your face

>>714253872
the only one I'm really looking forward to is Poke ALL Toads. The demo completely sold me, hard to beat gigasmug fairies

>>714248831
looks like a game bro team would play for 2 minutes, shit on, then uninstall after his entire possé gets manually banned by some fucking retard tranny server owner

>>714253845
Guys,yeast makes my bread rise.

Potatoes make my French fries.

Guys

>>714253872
This.
Support your local schizo devs. Here's the curator's page.
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39041835-Amateur-Game-Dev-General/#browse

>>714253872
Had no clue Mystery of the Malign was from an anon. One of my favorite games from the recent next fest.

>>714254875
>bug fables mention
Let's fuckign gooooooo


Also Vampire of the Sands mention, that game was cool

>>714254875
you'd think they would do a better job of promoting /agdg/ games on /v/. First time I'm seeing a lot of these

>>714255087
Because you are a bad gamer. Has nothing to do with anyone else. Pathetic. Your first reaction is to blame others.

Bad gamer bad gamer bad gamer

>>714255204
p-pls no bulli...

>>714254875
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3634550/Ninja_Game/
I was about to talk shit about stealth in brightly colored print silks, but then I saw enemy friendly fire and 4 player split screen coop.
You're looking alright, Ninja Game.

Alright, well, there's Ghost at Dawn. 27 reviews only. It is notable for actually being quite frightening. Most resident evil ripoffs forget to do that or don't even try. They are just 3D metroidvanias. But Ghost at Dawn goes for real terror and succeeds.

Also I think in the original version Adolf Hitler was one of the subliminal images that flashed on the screen if your sanity got too low. But I think it ended up getting censored. I only play games once, really. Generally right when they get released. Before people can complain about the difficulty and get it nerfed. By playing obscure nonsense on day one I get the games in their raw unfiltered state because even games with 27 reviews have people trying to censor them.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153190/GHOST_at_DAWN/

>>714250930
Calcium Contract
CARNAL
DESYNC
Hands of Necromancy
Herald of Havoc
SharpShooter3D
The Spy Who Shot Me
Ultra Cop
Vomitoreum

>>714256919
thanks, you're a real MVP, brother

>>714256596
Yeah it's listed here in the patch notes at the bottom that the ww2 stuff got canned.

>>714238089
zoomer take

>>714250391
I think this used to be free on phones like.. close to 15 years ago?

Can people post/host half a game at a time, with a screenshot of a redheaded women with breasts, a short description of their preferred suicide methods, so that no one will read them, because I don't care. I really don't give a darn how you end your life. It makes the threads useless.

>>714251801
>come to save

I'm trying to find a game that looked like pentiment but with a cute vampire girl, anyone know what I'm talking about?

Have some dignity, anon, quit it with the pathetic obvious bumping and let the thread die

>>714261349
>bumps it after no posts for 25 minutes

>>714260140
I don't know anon but sounds interesting. I assume it's not the vampire girl game that was shown previously in this thread?

As for recommendations:
>Banquet for fools
>Early access but making good progress; cool RPG with lots of neat mechanics and a nice artstyle.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172700/Banquet_for_Fools/

>PAWARUMI
>Shmup with a cool futuristic aztec aesthetic. The game has a neat RPS mechanic too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/610410/PAWARUMI/

>Mu Cartographer
>Weird experimental game, I had a great time with it discovering what every button did.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/513360/Mu_Cartographer/

>>714256919
based jg roos enjoyer, both carnal and ultracop are short, cheap games but they're absolutely worth playing

anyone mentioned Underspace? less than 500 reviews, early access freespace made by 1 dev. pretty good.

>>714261495
>Doesn't know about the options field
Are you lost, newfag?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061180/Crumble/
best 3d platformer in the history of humankind

>>714261787
>he uses the 'log instead of leaving 10000 threads open
buy some ram saar

I got lazy about making a thread. But am I the only one who thinks that this campaign to change to “AA gaming” is just people clinging to that weird parasocial relationship with corporations? I just played Ghostwire Tokyo and it was the most mind numbing 7th gen game I've ever played. And that “low budget” game doesn't run well on my pc for some unbelievable reason. Like, out of 10 “AA” games I played this week, I only liked 2. The problem with “AA” is that it's still corporate bullshit. Indie games and what people used to call “middleware” companies are better because they give extended support and they have a strong vision. Of course, Ghostwire has a lot of compromises that come from the top of the company. AA still largely produces mediocrity after mediocrity. For every ‘'Goty’' you'll get other slop

>>714262478
what do those A's stand for anyway

>>714260140
I found it, it's called cabernet but it's still too expensive for me to take a punt on

not sure if its considered a hidden gem. but how does /v/ like dokimon? its 67% off right now. looks kinda cool

>>714256596
Watched a playthrough of this because of permadeath mechanics filtering me mentally.
Was alright, but the boss fights seemed a bit memey with the defeat lines.

Play COTTON
>70 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364760/COTTOn_RocknRoll_SUPERLATIVE_NIGHT_DREAMS/

59 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1656820/COTTON_REBOOT/

>>714220369
if they would stop ruining games anons would stop talking about them

>>714262478
I don't like AA games by default just like I don't dislike AAA games by default.
I use my brain to find games I'm likely to enjoy, those happen to be mostly indie games or medium size productions. If a big company makes something I'd like, I'll notice it with all the marketing shit anyway, so I'm not paying a lot of attention to big studios, but smaller ones sometimes don't market at all, so to even have a chance to find those games I'd likely enjoy I have to engage a lot with blogs, patreons, itch pages etc.
It's not parasocial, I got friends and family. It's just a fucking necessity.

>>714210159
I wouldnt say the games posted here are autistic. most of them are just bad but zoomers want to feel like they discovered something cool

Fortune Summoners, the source of the holy crackers girl. Pure soul.

>>714261349
Watch out for demoralizers who try to get threads shut down. Their lines are usually about how the thread is being done wrongly, or that it needs to die, as if saving space on an internet garbage heap is a legitimate concern.

>>714256082
Halfway through the trailer I was convinced I was looking at a guy.

>>714262478
Swap to slop.

>>714263486
Western release censored btw.
Also fuck me it's harder than it looks (not my cock).

>>714259532
nah it was like a buck or two
still, it's fun

>>714263314
They're in my emulation backlog, but I remember one of those Steam releases had input lag or some other related issue.
Maybe they fixed it by now.

>>714210159
not really
it would be better if that was the thread was, but 70% of ITT is actual slop
I have a hard time posting in these threads, every time i find some actually good shit at 5-100 reviews, it ends up reaching thousands of reviews over time

>>714263751
>but I remember one of those Steam releases had input lag or some other related issue.
Those are the city connection ports

>>714263601
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2999832957
apparently it's 1 image, and there's a restoration patch

>>714263843
Swap to slop. Slopter Copter.

>>714249237
I get what you are saying but not really. It fits for the game. Easy top 10 best games for me and a huge update is coming sometime next year I would guess. Dev posts the progress on her discord almost every week.

Norgame is some game by a guy from Norilsk.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1819610/Norgame_Gorod_polyarnoj_nochi/
Katamari clone:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/15500/The_Wonderful_End_of_the_World/
Polish tactical thing:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/253920/Gorky_17/
Teleglitch barely qualifies:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/234390/Teleglitch_Die_More_Edition/
Chink game inspired by Sienkiewicz:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2092850/Krzyacy__The_Knights_of_the_Cross/

>>714263843
The quantity of reviews don't have any impact on game quality. You're just an angry slowpoke. Can't play what's popular because you are too contrarian, but too slow to play games on release day. It pleases me that your retardation makes you suffer.

>>714252456
That's because lol is so popular it needs a constant general on /vg/.
Gem. Simple as.

>>714264479
Youre just putting words in my mouth. Im playing mainstream games right now, like pic related
>Can't play what's popular because you are too contrarian
No, but im not gonna post games that are already known in a thread specifically about ""hidden gems"" you brain damaged faggot
To name some recent examples, I was playing Balatro back before any of you heard of it, i started shilling Intravenous when it had 50, i started shilling Project Silverfish recently at 120~ reviews but stopped once i realised its guaranteed to get popular at the rate it gets better and out of EA, i found Void Stranger before it even fucking released, and so on

When i post an ACTUALLY hyper-autistic thread in these threads, (ex: Tactical Nexus, a free to play 3000+h of autism game) usually nobody notices, because these arent actually autism threads. They are 80% people who seem to enjoy low quality forgettable shit a lot, 20% people posting genuinely great games

>>714226802
>>714226858
>>714226930
I saw a video review about it. The game's plot is explained through text logs. A large part of it revolves around a tranny and a lesbian's relationship drama. It's a shame since the premise of the game is very unique.

>>714265651
Forgot to add a recent memory
I played Peripeteia on release, lots of sovl but the game itself is mediocre as hell, and it was hard to shill it to people with good taste when everyone else shilling it here were being obnoxious retards

>>714265651
This isn't about "actually autistic" shit, it's just about games any anon likes that aren't well known. Stop overthinking it, retard.
Not to mention 99% of the posts don't get any replies, so your "gem" not getting any replies is perfectly normal. The idea of the thread is to contribute, not to get upvotes.

>>714209010
>>Voltage High Society
>>81 reviews
>>$5.99 (60% off)
>melee-focused sorta-not-quite-boomer shooter with metroidvania elements. really cool artstyle, it's also heavily inspired by Tetsuo.
Damn, this sounds right up my al-
>Early access
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER AAAAAAAAH

I wish there was a way to filter all the twinstick shooters shmup metroidvania recs from these threads desu

>>714266097
can you even read you illiterate buffon
Im saying im not posting shit specifically because the games i find at low reviews that are genuinely great tend to automatically reach thousands of reviews over time
>to contribute
Yeah and ive contributed more than you thats for certain, by posting actual kinos unlike the sea of shabby cheap forgettable 2-5 hour shit
If i wasnt willing to sift through the lame games and sometimes post my good finds i wouldnt be following these threads, nothing stops you from posting 10+ games and simultaneously complaining

The autism part was only an objective fact. These ITT are mostly not autistic games, practically 100% of games listed ITT have an extremely low barrier of entry, and are just unpopular due to a lack of merit rather than anything else

>>714266384
>inb4 the other anon replies to the above post with "but what does it matter if it have thousands of reviews???"
THAT MEANS ITS NOT A HIDDEN GEM RETARD. Literally the fucking OP of the thread, get it through your thick skull, nobody is a contrarian here

dont know if anyones heard of souldiers but it looks like a cool metroidvania
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1419160/Souldiers/

A cool game where you can assemble a combat truck from Mad Max and drive through the desert killing everyone around.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2078230/Badlands_Crew/

>>714266384
As someone who frequents them, go back to the deltarune threads anon. Those threads can handle this kind of retardation, you're only making these threads worse.

Anyway I'll recommend Helen's Mysterious Castle. It's an RPG Maker 2000 game with an entirely custom combat system, which is an autistic feat if you know anything about the game engine, and it's pretty unique when it comes to turn based battle systems, its only fault being that common enemies get boring fast once you've figured out the optimal strategy to beat them with whatever build you cultivate.
Very short, might take around 3-4 hours to beat depending on if you do the hidden dungeon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/418190/Helens_Mysterious_Castle/

>>714266828
aw I got excited until I saw you don't actually drive around, it's a strategy game

>>714267009
>which is an autistic feat if you know anything about the game engine,
I used that engine a bunch, its not all that autistic, not compared to making games *in general* which is actually autistic by default
The problem with it though is precisely what you described. Most of the time, hammering yourself against such an engine just ends up with an overall weak game with one unique thing, where the surrounding content is lame and doesnt elevate it as high as it should, and its probably like 3 hours long.
When it comes to wanting to upgrade and battle a barebones/limited engine from scratch, youre better off picking something more competent like love2d

>>714267364
No you do actually get to drive the thing.

>>714264358
It is not a TOP 10 game for me but i absolutely loved the game. Insanely good art direction and atmosphere, great duration.

>>714267364
There the controls are like a sailing ship.

>>714267660
>I used that engine a bunch
the 2000 version or 2003 version? Because the 2000 version doesn't have as much functionality as the 2003 version, primarily in the lack of customisable spritesheeting for Pictures, which makes the game animating battle participants pretty whack.

>>714208836 (OP)
Copying from Steam sale thread.
Goblin Autoclub Manager
Looks sick, sounds very original. Fuck it, i am buying it over Golden Lap, EGA style is to good to skip and i have a free F1 manager from Epic if i need something more realistic anyway.

>>714268026
both, mostly 2003 but still know some 2000
Thats the problem really, you can either spend a lot of laborious repetitive work to circumvent what the engine is lacking, or you could just spend all this time focused on making the game great
Take LOVE2D for example. I dont recommend it for elaborate games, but you can do great action games in it just fine. You will need to spend a lot of time making your own shit, but that effort goes directly into tech/systems and gameplay content, its cool in retrospect if you can actually make it to the end. But it you set out to make unique stuff like that in the 2000 you will spend so long doing annoying spaghetti and strapping together bs all around the game instead of just... having stuff that works properly and using it to make better gameplay without worry

Its pretty much the same logic as a huge developer with 100 members and piles of budget struggling to focus on the gameplay because tech and graphics are too unique and expensive. Its still admirable but id rather have the better game

>>714268571
Looks neat, that's MCGA though.

Mundaun. Light survival horror set in the Swiss Alps with a compelling narrative steeped in the religious folk myth of the Romash speaking Grisons. Voice-acted in Romansh too, which you've probably never heard before. Knows how to pull its punches when setting down the spooks.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/720350/Mundaun/

>>714268681
Fair enough then, and I partly agree. I think I just have a soft spot for these kinds of hobbyist indie games circumventing the restrictions of the very engine they use, so much so that I'm honestly annoyed that later versions of RPG Maker handled opening up the engine itself so terribly. Not only in giving too little access to the engine, and being inflexible in the languages they use, but actively removing features from the non-coding commands in some horrible attempt to appeal to beginner devs.
I really think RPG Maker could have been something greater than it is, but that's neither here nor there for this thread.

if the anon that posted
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141290/Tactical_Nexus/
is around, I'm enjoying the puzzles but is the endgame collecting thousands and thousands of medals one at a time?

>>714269479
Damn, and I just removed it from my cart because I had enough games to play and Fall sale isnt that far away. Now I want to add it again

>>714209113
theres a game coming out like this, called FUMES
beta was fun, although they need to add a lot more content

>>714269830
i think its more about trying to do all the towers rather than all medals, all medals sounds insane
but i havent made it that far to know for sure

>>714252830
It's an acid trip, but it's one of those games you either like or hate. No middle ground.

>>714270554
just worried that you'll need to farm 10000 sunwishers before you can complete later towers or something

>>714208836 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/341870/TEMBO_THE_BADASS_ELEPHANT/
a very fun platformer, it's very simple but i enjoyed it a lot
PC port is pretty garbage tho, only full hd resolution max, and there are some errors in text
highly recommend

>>714271025
I can believe that, at the time I only had like four screenshots to go off of so the text describing the game made it sound wild.
I also read about Fortnite back when it was just meant to be a horde survival game in the same magazine. Felt surreal seeing it become one of the biggest gaming franchises years later

>>714248702
I first read it as Tomboy Tyrants and now I'm disappointed.

>>714270425
FUMES is purely a vehicular combat game, Slaverian Trucker is My Summer Car in a post-apocalyptic world.

Is Space Marin II good if I never playted the first one?

>>714272354
121k reviews makes it not a hidden gem, heretic!

>>714273081
damn I wish I bought her dollfie and jerk off to her in a lingerie bikini

>>714248831
I played this back in the day on 8kunt with people
It was fun but the moderation was cancerous which killed all goodwill

what are some hidden gem?

This one barely qualifies as hidden anymore

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1628610/Paquerette_Down_the_Bunburrows/

It's a very cute sokobon game where the blocks are bunnies that run away from you. There was some debate at one point about adding the MC to the C-team IIRC but it never panned out.

After some googling it looks like it is included in this month's "prime gaming" if you are a cuckold who gives bezos money.

>BABBY MODO: 1000-500 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747550/Bloodshed/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307690/The_Darkest_Tales/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2468100/Pyrene/
>NORMAL MODO: 499-250 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/867960/Remorse_The_List/
>HAADO MODO: 249-100 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706090/Bean_and_Nothingness/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1909770/Aim_Climb/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977110/Line_Path/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/262240/SUGURI/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492620/Jelly_Is_Sticky/
>NIGHTMARE MODO: 99-10 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1561660/The_Lightbringer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185740/Mira/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569150/Glyph/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3094150/Take_Notes/
>LITERALLY WHO???: less than 10 reviews
-

I'm so burnt out from gaming bros...my backlog is endless and I keep browsing these threads hoping to stumble on something that'll reignite that spark for me again...

>>714240247
Well yeah, because the retards developing these games can't even FATHOM playing them on the keyboard. You have to be a special kind of perverted to play games with both hands on your keyboard. Let me tell you as a KBM purist, the moment these "controller-targeted" games allow binding to the mouse - they become silky smooth on KBM.

>>714264395
>Teleglitch
I got a Teleglitch that qualifies https://store.steampowered.com/app/912550/Savage_Vessels/
I find it more fun than Teleglitch, personally.

>>714266828
I removed it from my wishlist when I played the demo, tried to customize my crew, and then suddenly
>body type: A and B

>>714208836 (OP)
Gonna shill this awesome turned based RPG till I die. Based off the Deathbulge comic, but you don't need to know anything about it to play.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1083790/Deathbulge_Battle_of_the_Bands/

Greek-themed Sokobon, hard and unique
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1655890/Sokobos/

>>714262012
Isn't this the fag that spammed his shit on /vg/ and would throw autistic tantrums about other devs

>>714268945
>that's MCGA though
My bad, thanks.

>>714272332
I heard they are adding side quests in the full version.

>>714280103
Yes, he still does it

>>714233882
I am waiting for it for more than a year. I really REALLY need another dose of Hammerfight and that seemed like a right stuff but
>early access
...yeah.

>>714208836 (OP)
Any good couch coops I am bringing my steam deck for my brother and want a few games to play with him.

>>714281819
You'll probably be waiting for even longer than that. They only just now released the fourth region out of five, and they got cut down to a skeleton crew of 3 after being ditched by their publisher.

>>714281949
Escape Academy, Monaco, Rabbit & Steel, Spelunky, Nuclear Throne

play reagan gorbachev. twinstick shooter where you play ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev teamed up to fight terrorists. fun game, good for co-op, and it is 75% off right now. very cheap, very good.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/364720/Reagan_Gorbachev/

Battletech has been sitting on my wishlist for years now. I'm feeling nostalgic for an old mech PC game I played as a lad (Cyberstorm?) and want to finally pull the trigger. $10 for base game or $34 for base + DLCs?

Not on sale but why not
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1253520/Heidelberg_1693/
Heidelberg 1693
Platformer in the vein of Maldita Castilla but with fucked up late XVII century France, with interesting shooting.

>>714282808
I played it on release and it was a pretty awful experience. Mods are supposed to fix a lot of the game's issues but I'd check if these require you to have DLC or not.

I feel like im looking for a game that doesn't exist
>RPG with tons of loot, gear, builds, stats and maybe classes
>Not a roguelike game that is just one sessions that resets, I want a long term journey
>Not sidescrolling
>NOT an isometric ARPG but still very fast battles
Bonus but not necessary:
>Co-op
>Stylized graphics
The closest I have come to finding this was something like Metaphor where you could 1-2 tap enemies out of combat to grind weaker enemies below your level. But even then Metaphor was really railroaded by its story/calendar.

>>714285269
Check out Airship Syndicate's stuff. Battlechasers and Ruined King were both really solid RPGs with a cool combat rhythm, though the fights can be a bit slow if you really try to finesse the mana system.

>>714285269
Sounds like any dark souls game with a coop mod fits the bill.

>>714286724
Elden Ring seamless was fun but honestly I kinda want something faster paced and more grindy. Another great example to me was FF12. I loved how you could just farm for ages and even speed up the game when grinding and setting your skills to gambits.

>>714252614
fucking jerma game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958790/Cyclopean_The_Great_Abyss/
Very cool first person dungeon crawler set in the H.P. Lovecraft universe. still EA but is discounted and I think is close to being done? Dev says it's complete but uses EA as essentially extended testing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217580/New_Star_GP/
>New Star GP
Great arcade F1 racing game with a surprisingly robust career mode. You race through 5 seasons of F1, with each season representing a new decade. Each progressive decade gets harder, with faster cars and the tracks evolve each decade to get more complicated. You buy upgrades for your car and choose perks for your crew.
The handling feels great; it's arcade but you still need brake and follow a racing line. There is tire degradation and fuel weight, and there is pit stop strategy with 3 different tire types and refueling.
Genuinely one of the best singleplayer racing games on steam.

Which Mount and Blade do I buy? Warband or Bannerlord?

>>714291213
Warband, it's not even a question. There's enough Total Conversions that you'll be getting dozens of games for the price of one.

>>714282293
Already bought it days ago, bro

>>714263314
Big thanks for posting Cotton's games, fellow Cottonfag
>>714263751
Reboot and Rock 'n Roll are fine and are native ports, some people think they're bare-bones but I think they're perfectly serviceable.
Cotton 2 and Boomerang are the shit ports, some people have said they've been fixed but IMO you're better off just pirating the Saturn versions and using Mednafen, Saturn Tribute isn't in English despite a translation patch being out for years.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2928330/MASH_VP_ReVISION/

Rhythm game from Naoki Maeda one of the key dudes behind DDR. It's got a ton a songs and has a mashup mode with several remixes for each song.

>>714291213
Warband is older and jankier but it has a million mods that give it features Bannerlord still doesn't have, in dozens of different settings.
It's also definitely way cheaper, so play it first, get a gillion hours and then give bannerlord a spin after your warbanded out.

>>714285269
These are not really hidden but your demands are way too specific for that.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224290/Horizons_Gate/
Only part about this one that doesn't fit is turn-based battles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768430/ATLYSS/
Not a ton of loot, gear, builds, stats, or classes, but that ought to change when it hits release. Still worth the money right now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040/Necesse/
It's a terraria-like rather than an RPG, but unlike Terraria it actually has a lot of potential for cool builds. No classes though.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/747200/Keplerth/
Same as Necesse but they haven't added a similarly robust settlement system yet. Build potential is pretty good though.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/269770/Secrets_of_Grindea/
No classes, not many stats, but decent buildcrafting potential.
If you ignore this post I will break into your house and shit in your kitchen sink.

I see Cotton I must post.

shilling this goofy ass game again because i just think the development story is kind of interesting
>Insecticide Part 1, 70 cents USD
>noir detective story set in a world of bugs, the game is divided up into terrible shooting/platform segments and classic point and click investigation segments with dialogue and light item combining.
>The game was meant to be released in two episodes but part 2 never materialized after the publisher got acquired by another company and the poor sales figures of Part 1 on PC couldnt justify even the shoestring budget of this game.
>Meanwhile, the DS port was finished and shipped before the cancellation of part 2, so despite the fact that this game ends abruptly halfway through, the rest of the story and more point and click gameplay is available on the Nintendo DS, albeit with heavily downgraded graphics and no voice acting outside of pre-rendered cinematics.
>The game is LucasArts alums all the way down, some artists coming fresh off Psychonauts.
>Veronica Taylor voices the main character, you would probably recognize her as Ash from the Pokemon anime.
>The IP holders have expressed vague interest in rebooting the whole concept as a purely point-and-click experience but nothing has materialized in years.

>>714293069
If it's only night then why the fuck are people living day in/day out?

>>714293891
I assume the days go by, but it's eternal night.

>>714254169
i have delayed this game by months by making the dev play dota with me when he should be working on his game
sorry anon, i hope you'll forgive me

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2832620/Stray_Shot/
Shoot em up where your missed bullets become enemies.

>>714294498
Eh should have probably said it's a twin stick shooter. I locve punkcake.

>>714208836 (OP)
yni^
Is this the most fashionable /v/game ever?
YAY2PLAY, btw it's my game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2278390/_/

YNI: Evolution

2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcEi-rs9sw

2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpAxnvAL_E

2025:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yPJS0sk8M
^

How do I present my notoriously deviantlyySubculturarial outstanding project to employers like FROM SOFTWARE, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Blizzard, SEGA and more respected companies?

>visit their offices and project your game into them with a powerful projector.

>ask to join a playtester then after some years climb the ladder.
>your best shot is to start at the lowest entry level junior positions, then gain experience and build a resume.

Thanks for your replies and continued support.
I guess those options are hard for me really, cause I am in Russia now and getting hired as a junior and get a visa is berry hard. Even though I have been living in Japan legally for more than 7 years on student visa I still could not get a permanent residency or citezenship because they require at least 2 years on work or mariiage visa and so on even though I am culturally Japanese and full-time sigme idol those options are way too fragile for me cause I worked so hard and smart on my resume and portfolio on many years and still working yayly I did not even pass to the interview stage in a fwe Japanese companies probably fue to my unique cute and kind, funny subculturarial UNIQUE personality. Let that sink in.


Now. I need to highly JUMP straight to Middle or Senior positions on some MMO games or live services from my background as CEO of fruityEcology since 2017^
https://www.igdb.com/companies/fruityecology
https://www.igdb.com/games/yni
^ not only as a programmer but may be as an artist or designer or so called "fake" yay jobbies like influencer or diversity manager as well. I'll do it!
·͜･·˚˪৹ೕ⋆
YNI LOVE
thx for
making
my life
colorful

>>714294453
it's ok, the seething rage from playing DOTA translates over nicely to the smugness of the fairies in the game

>>714277486
I got this on the winter sale, it has some quirks, most notably antispace warps and can rubber band kill you, but very good.

>>714254169
smug fairies need correction

>"hidden gems"
>it's just indie game slop that should have been released for free on itchio

>>714208836 (OP)
has there ever been a hidden gem that blew up after it got posted here?

>>714222403
Offtopic but I saw this and got interested.
What are your all time worst metroidvanias?
Mine are Chasm 1st and death's door 2nd
Or maybe environmental station alpha at the 0th spot, I had to drop it because the backtracking and abnoxious map design triggered me too much.

>>714297619
Not that anon - Chasm was ass, fully agreed there, but Death's Door was generic at worst. I'd have to say Iconoclasts or Timespinners. It's not enough for the game to be generic and bad, it needs to be just barely almost good to the point I'm suckered into tolerating its mediocrity for longer. Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is a perfect example.

>>714297373
Fear & Hunger was posted a few times during steam sale hidden gem threads before youtubers found it.

>>714297373
Northern Journey

>>714297821
Death's door disappointed me with the way it had very clear separation between zones and progression and no real reason to explore with your unlocked abilities, it was a waste of time. the combat was one noted as well. I can't speak for the other ones. I enjoyed gestalt, it was simple but well made and short.

>>714251301
>>714251247
is the remake any good, aside from this generic art style?

>>714211990
the dev of this is a faggot attwhore that should kill himself :)

>>714285269
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1131920/LABYRINTH_OF_TOUHOU__GENSOKYO_AND_THE_HEAVENPIERCING_TREE/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289810/Siralim_Ultimate/

>>714304783
I tried Siralim ultimate like a year ago and a character dropped an unironic "well, THAT just happened..." in the first three minutes of the game and I refunded it.

should I give it another chance?

>>714294948
The void retreats around very large objects. If some massive container is drifting into space - be sure not to hang around it.
Funnily enough, unlike Teleglitch, the void has a plethora of tactical applications due to everyone having high momentum and imprecise movements. Also since nobody can turn on a dime, you can occasionally save time and ammo ramming an enemy's bum until it gets swallowed by the void. Never been able to do anything like that with the spastic enemies in Teleglitch.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2200580/Pocky__Rocky_Reshrined/
Not sure if I could call it "hidden" since the original games were pretty popular but it only has 185 reviews on Steam.
It's not on sale but this game is really good and on par with the original games, it's effectively the Pocky & Rocky equivalent of Sonic Mania. There used to be some controversy on the western release of the game censoring Ame no Uzume's tits for the Switch but the Steam release is completely uncensored.

>Sole Iron Tail
> 16 reviews
>3.99 0% off
Cute jump & run

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3491230/Monster_Girls_and_the_Mysterious_Adventure_Remastered_Edition/
Cute mystery dungeon roguelike where you befriend monster girls. Has a sequel too.

>>714306753
Seconded.

>>714307338
>0% off
no thanks

>>714306396
Both games are grinding and party building autism simulators. You should not care about the writing on those games, and if you simply can't, then just avoid them, I guess. That said, Siralim story only lasts for the main campaign, which is pretty much the tutorial, before you get into the "totally not Maps from Path of Exile".

You can take a look at this spreadsheet and decide for yourself. 18 traits and 36 spells to choose from per team, plus a bunch of other stuff.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qvWwf1fNB5jN8bJ8dFGAVzC7scgDCoBO-hglwjTT4iY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Anyone have any obscure games with local competitive modes? One that came to mind is Witchball, weird racing game that also has a copy of pong being played on top of it and you can hit the ball with your character on either side of the screen. Other strange shit like that would be appreciated
https://store.steampowered.com/app/768580/Witchball/

>>714308371
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004770/Maiden_and_Spell/ is a bullet hell fighting game.

I'm not autistic enough to try https://store.steampowered.com/app/2212330/Your_Only_Move_Is_HUSTLE/

Also their not niche but Lethal League and Rivals of Aether are both really solid series

>>714239606

I've logged so many hours into this game, it's a bit unforgiving at first but once you get used to it it's so fun with others. I still see rooms open for it to this day

>>714309883
I wanted to like Vagante but the way I see it a permadeath game get to pick either instakill spikes or ladders that are inconsistent dogshit to grab onto. They picked both.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250440/Garlic/
A roguelike that focuses on its core mechanic of dashing into a surface and exploding off of it, and chaining them together through levels. Challenging but in a fair and fun way. Also a pretty charming artstyle.

>>714310291
>roguelike
I meant platformer, it's not a roguelike at all. Not sure why I typed that

>>714309883
The melee where it's this goofy gloaty overhead swing feels really weird.

Tower of Kalemonvo is a pretty fuckin' decent Diablo 1 style game. Has a demo.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2351860/Tower_of_Kalemonvo/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634080/Nocturnal/

2 hour platformer with some absolutely gorgeous flame effects. Combat was decent but mostly you're here for the visuals.

>>714239375
it's accumulated goodwill over the years, Valve used to put out incredible games and the steam sales felt more exceptional in the early days.

>>714252830
>gaming magazine
do these still exist? I haven't been to a newstand in ages. Got a lot of nostalgia for stuff like OPS2 but reading back issues I have it was mostly just hyping up shit games.

>58 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2493160/1_Bit_Survivor/

Roguelike with guns, pretty neat

>>714311753
>58 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2984660/He_is_Coming_Demo/

It's a demo but it's somehow nearly half the game included. Basically an autobattler roguelike where you try to build synergies with a ton of equipment. Really well thought out QOL features for something like this imo, doesn't waste your time

You guys got anything reminiscent of say... Champions of Norrath?
>Dark Alliance
I already own those and I was thinking more along the lines of indies.

>>714289340
This looks pretty neat, but good god the widescreen aspect ration makes reading the text a pain.
Is there an option to just put it to 4:3 instead and adjust the font sizes? The tiny, spread out text really bothers me.

>>714294753
I thought you got drafted
also this shit reminds me of your posting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCTyaa2S5Q

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1831700/Tin_Hearts/
>Tin Hearts
>57 reviews
>70% off

really sick Lemmings style 3D puzzler with great production value and a pretty decent story to boot
The puzzles really open up and have you navigating your little dudes all across the house
I can normally understand how some games full under the radar, but this one really baffles me

>>714312749
I'm surprised that didn't get more buzz, I don't even like lemmings games and I'd heard about that one being solid

easy nightmare mode:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280510/Side_Scape/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2324610/Xanthiom_Zero/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1459540/Elephantasy/

>>714312934
Xanthion Zero is great, I just beat it a few days ago. The gun customization was really cool even if some of the puzzles were a little too prescriptive in which mods to use. Take a look at Zexion, it's very similar in being pure metroid but is 10-15 hours long.

>>714313260
based, i'm glad there are more fellow xanthiom zero enjoyers here
i assume you are excited for the sequel just like i am?
>Take a look at Zexion, it's very similar in being pure metroid but is 10-15 hours long.
thanks for the rec, this looks right up my alley

>>714312103
You might like this one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258780/B100X__Auto_Dungeon_RPG/
Similar concept.

>>714312749
This is very underated game great fun relaxing something a bit quicky and differnt .

well worth a buy if you want something bit new interesting and not standard shooting game.

>>714313415
I am! Picked up Side Scape a few days ago as well but am working through some other metroidvanias first. Angel's Gear was aesthetically amazing but too buggy to play, Metro Gravity is melting my brain, and I just started Ex Nitro so all I can say is it's "Metroid-inspired" to the point of having spinjumps and aiming with the triggers. I also tried Princess Pomu but that game just straight up isn't finished, and Mobius Machine was good for the first few hours but way too willing to waste my time so I dropped it pretty close to the ending out of frustration.

Next up on the shortlist is Inayah though that's actively getting updates so I don't want to get started until it's a bit more stable.

>>714313872
i'll keep in mind all those games that you've mentioned
also, play elephantasy if you haven't, it's one of the best metroidvanias i've ever played

>>714307442
I want this but you sexfriend monster girls instead of just befriending them. Too bad 90% of monster girl stuff is mean spirited.
I just wanna be friends with benefits dammit

I picked this up for under a buck

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028300/Katana_Soul/

Seems like a fine Shinobi/ninja gaiden style game, bit slower paced

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15895/Death_To_Spies_123_bundle/
a series of hitman clones that are more difficult but very fun, i strongly recommend these
if you don't want to play all three, at least play the second game (moment of truth), it's genuinely one of the best steath games ever made thanks to its phenomenal level design

>>714314782
It's been on the wishlist for a while, but I have been jonesing for one or two more. I'll give it a whirl.

Also for the record those are just what I've been playing recently, not my recommendations. On that front I'd recommend checking out Vision Soft Reset, Moonlight Pulse, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Thread, Cosmobreeder Yiffai (I know it's a furfag game but the map design is stellar), and Blade Chimera.

>>714315398
thank you, based metroidvania scholar

>>714315470
Someone has to be out here fighting the good fight.
I won't pretend to be an expert but it's rare for something to be 100% off my radar.

when you look outside tm

>>714311123
waiting for the release, still not out yet huh?

aight bros recommend me something i really liked witcher 3 and resident evil 4 remake

>>714315289
Take a look at https://store.steampowered.com/app/340580/Armed_with_Wings_Rearmed/ . Been years since I played it but if you're looking to do stylistic katana stuff it was neat.

>>714315596
keep on keeping on, anon

It's an absolute steal at 3.99 if you like DMC

>>714315629
RED EYES,
BURN


kino

https://store.steampowered.com/app/205230/Hell_Yeah_Wrath_of_the_Dead_Rabbit/

This one makes me nostalgic for newgrounds days.

Really cool Shmup by a Vanillaware dev:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2882440/DEVIL_BLADE_REBOOT/
>Shooting enemies while being close to them gives you up to a x4 score multiplier and builds BERSERK
>Hold bomb button to use a bomb as a Boost instead that makes you rapidly build BERSERK
>At 100% BERSERK you get a 4x multiplier on your multipier (meaning it goes up to 20x) and enemies get powered up
>Very satisfying explosions and cool presentation
>Tons of midbosses
>Creative patterns

>>714209359
Enter the Gungeon but it's a roguelite

>>714315005
This game is wholesome platonic friendship only. No seggs. They even make a point of explaining that your weapons have rounded edges so nobody is actually getting hurt.

>>714317540
This is nice but I want friendly seggs
(I'm still getting it)

>>714318251
On the bright side, the sequel implies that friendly seggs happened off-screen between games. Dev also mentioned the possibility of mixed bathing at the onsen being a feature in the upcoming third game.

>>714317540
Stop shilling this garbage

>>714208836 (OP)
Downloaded demo. Shit title btw.

>>714317540
Keep shilling this treasure

>>714320403
yea the name is fucking awful

>>714227697
it has to be queer as in odd/weird, no way they actually say their cast is just faggots

>>714320820
that's how fags advertise themselves now, like blacks calling each other nigger

>>714311123
based

>>714211990
BUY AN AD, you FUCK

>>714224514
>Factorio + Noita + Terraria
What a combo. Might be too autistic for me. I'm glad it exists though.

I know every nearly every game mentioned ITT.
I've had the hobby of playing zero & low review games for 6 years now consistently and monitoring new Steam releases constantly.
There are a lot of games I could contribute of various scopes of interestingness and fun. There's some really good ones. However, I despise 99.9% of the scum that populate this site and the internet in general and I believe in gate-keeping, because majority of "people" are undeserving of anything good, because of their own lack of initiative, authenticity and individuality.

>>714321850
based spite enjoyer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/92600/Xotic/

Weird ass biopunk score attack shooter with a lot of levels and powerups

I've played and beat some of these games before popular. For example, there is a game mentioned some posts above, it has gained popularity only because the author has made a successful shooter couple years ago, whereas I've played and beat it way before, when it had just the lower half of double digits in it's review counts. In fact, there was no english language walkthrough for that game, at a certain point had to manually translate it from the native language and comprehend. When the author made the shooter, for me it was an "oh, the guy is making another game, finally" moment, rather than "oh wow look at this trendy new indie game :-)" moment that it was for the subhuman faggot scum like you anons.

>>714252218
No time travel but you may check out Miegakure for 4D stuff
https://store.steampowered.com/app/355750/Miegakure

https://store.steampowered.com/app/811870/Verlet_Swing/

Time attack swinging game with a vaporwave aesthetic, later levels get pretty damn hard and precise

>>714322306
mommy's little special snowflake

https://store.steampowered.com/app/693950/_VS/

Arena brawler where you fight a bunch of mechanical monkeys as a crab man

>>714322604
Aww

>>714264395
>Chink game inspired by Sienkiewicz:
>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2092850/Krzyacy__The_Knights_of_the_Cross/
What the fuck. Wishlisted.

>>714271261
>PC port is pretty garbage tho
why do you post it then

>>714306396
No. I uninstalled that action MMO Terra because some fantasy peasant told me this wasn't his first time at the rodeo. You did the right thing.

>>714321220
Have fun, it's pretty cool. A bit brutal and unforgiving but that's what you'd expect.

>>714208836 (OP)
Never seen these mentioned, the time-travel in this is cool.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/250700/Super_Time_Force_Ultra/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/274190/Broforce/

>BABBY MODO
Scene Investigators (741): gives you a crime scene and lets you answer deductive style questions about it. One of my absolute favorite deductive mystery games, but the reviews are middling. I think some people just don't enjoy deduction for the sake of it, and they were expecting something more story-driven, like Painscreek Killings (the previous gameb by the devs.

Turlock Holmes (703): Contrary to the description, this DOES have an English translation even though its not supported. You are given a story with blanks you have to fill in wordle style.

Nameless/Dandelion (634/616): By the same devs as mystic messenger, just some quality otome games. Dandelion has some mild stat building elements. Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (737), Hakuouki Edo Blossoms (822), Bustafellows (847) also fall in this category/genre.

Casecracker 2 (574): One of my favorite games of all time. A mystery game that is very heavy on the deduction and on the meta mysteries. I wish there was a Casecracker 3 but I guess not.

Lucifer Within Us (545): Another crime scene investigation game. Its very good. Got middling reviews for being "too short" which maybe it is, you can tell they probably wanted to do a 7 sins motif but never did all 7. The scenes are good though.

Hon Mentions: Cabernet (901), Werewolf Heart of the Forest (713), Magical Diary Horese Hall (701), Soulslayer (594), Princess Maker 5 (533).

>>714283284
Heidelberg is a german city thobeit.

>>714249490
Did you try Tunic? Its kind of similar.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3050600/Exorcist_Reviewer_of_Minds/
Check this out too.

>>714209010
great list!

>>714323836
>Broforce
>Hidden
Really, nigga?

>>714323906
NORMAL MODO
Cinders (484): Choose your own adventure style Cinderella with tons of different endings and combinations. Gorgeous art. I liked it.

Yotsume God Reunion (334). Love this game, difficult puzzles, cool story about a haunted shrine, then when you are all done the roles switch around.

Dry Drowning (374) . Another investigation style game. Interesting art and story and atmosphere.

Hon mentions: Last Express (295), Eternal Threads (429), Fashioning Lil Miss Lonesome (324). Enjoyed all these for what they were

"""""HAADO"""" Modo:
Darkest Files (227): Very very good mystery game set in post-WWII Germany. Its similar to ace attorney but you're a prosecutor. Just a lot of fun, a decent amount of deduction, and I like the historical setting and real stories.

Daemon Masquerade (175): More deduction style mystery, crass humor but a lot of fun, nice art too. And the sappiest ending of all time.

Hon mentions: Date Warp (153). Root Letter Last Answer (135). Black Closet (240), Keyword (233), Silicon Dreams (210) Ever17 (101)

""""""""""""""""""""""NIGHTMARE""""""""""""""""""""""""" MODO:

Utter a Name (88): Just a smaller Obra Dinn style game, if you are itching to play an obra dinn style game. Spooky and fun.

Midnight Sanctuary (25): 3D visual novel you can "play" in VR. Its just a movie, but its a sweet and haunting story about a village in Christian Japan

Detective Kobayashi (18): Another detective mystery game with a really rough translation but whatever, I had a lot of fun playing it. Has the lowest review count of any video game I've genuinely enjoyed,

Hon mentions: Butterflys Poison Blood Chains (67), Castle Doombad Classic (67), Blankspace (65), Gothic Murder (63)

>>714323836
dude...

>>714324843
oh wtf? did anyone know the other game at least tho

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2092000/Calamity_Sanctuary/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3174830/Throne_Requiem/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379880/Neon_Survivors/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/565490/Tier_1/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363430/Temple_of_Aeryn/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2125370/Cubenomics_A_puzzle_game/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/684980/Sudokube/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1799730/Fall_For_You/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2910830/Feed/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595460/Haywire/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/966180/Slime_Research/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488940/Afterlife_Gladiator/

>>714249347
You are more mentally ill than you perceive the trannies to be if you can't go 10 seconds without being inundated with thoughts about them

29 reviews, Mario RPG-like. Can't vouch for it, just a game I've seen on previous threads like these.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016190/Another_Crusade/

>>714209073
i can't believe G string is still so obscure. I've recommended that game to 919 people myself

>>714238089
I read all of them :)

>>714324931
we call it hellboy syndrome on /co/.
when a property is generally well liked enough so no one complains about it, but theres not much to say about it otherwise, making it seem like its obscure but everyone knows it.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/312560/Xanadu_Next/

I know Xanadu is not exactly obscure, but I don't see this one talked about a lot. Fun ARPG, with that old school charm, and all of the dated mechanics. Loved this one. I believe it was originally an Ngage title?

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1909770/Aim_Climb/

This one I love, I just noticed it has less so little reviews. Whole concept is to test your aim to try to climb a tower. Really difficult, really addictive and has a cute aesthetic. Highly recommend it.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/603100/ATOMINE/

Rougelite twin stick shooter with a polygonal aesthetic. Kinda challenging if you're not too familiar with the genre. Interesting concept, tons of upgrades from what I remember, a little frustrating at times.

Any Horror or Puzzle games to watch out for?

Any turn based RPGs anyone here would recommend?

>>714250930
amid evil

>>714239031
Woah, a tranny faggot was close to reaching 41%?
But his depression and his gender wankery couldn't possibly be related, right? It couldn't possibly be that he's a depresses nutter, and depressed nutters need to feel special, because the root of all their issues is unfulfilled narcissistic desire for acceptance, right?
Nah couldn't be...

>>714226858
>pic
Eww, not gonna play that. Thanks, Anon.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/598550/HUNTDOWN/

i dont like the limited amount of publicity this game got

https://store.steampowered.com/app/420520/Lost_Technology/

this is for the few amount of anon's who are in a relationship or still have friends (IRL and available)

2p
>huntdown
>cuphead
>outward
>blazing chrome
>metal slug anthology
>samurai gunn
>obscure 1&2
>nidhogg
>Gekido:Kintaro’s Revenge
>A Way Out
>It takes Two
>Resident evil 5,6, & The Revelations duology
>mighty goose
>Portal 2
>Untitled Goose Game,
>Double Dragon Neon,
>Guacamelee 2
>XenoCrisis
>Fury Unleashed
>splinter cell blacklist
>Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light
>Pixeljunk Shooter
>sonic mania
>river city girls
>Any Fighting Game
4p
>mother russia bleeds
>Full Metal Furies
>Gauntlet
>Monaco
>Streets of Rage 4,
>Broforce,
>Castle Crashers
>GigaBash
>TMNT:Shredders Revenge
>Human Fall Flat,
>Jamestown
>Ascent
>Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris,

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3416070/Ropukas_Idle_Island/
Idle on-screen game with a cute frog cutting grass, regular updates, slow progression, great for glancing once in a while while you browse /v/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1480560/Lawn_Mowing_Simulator/
It does what it says on the tin. When you want some "brain off" game and can't be arsed with another ETS2 route.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/379210/Wayward/
(picrel) Top-view, turn-based (optional) survival game for the fans of the grind and slightly autistic crafting. All items have rarity/quality levels and higher quality ends up with better quality items, including random enchants, so you want to try crafting things again to get the enchants you really want.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040/Necesse/
Already mentioned by other anons. What I like about it is that you build your own village and you have villagers there who farm, chop trees and, most importantly, can sort your chests. The feeling of coming back to your base, dumping all of your load into the chest and seeing NPCs neatly sort it into other chests - priceless. Also very active development, 1.0 coming soon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/Gnomoria/
DF-clone before DF-clones were cool. No longer updated. You may also try game Ingnomia which I haven't played but has goal of reaching feature parity with Gnomoria and further updates.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/595690/One_Hour_One_Life/
Very curious take on multiplayer survival, your life is only 1 hour long, if you're unlucky your mother (other player) may just abandon you and you'll die in couple minutes. Hand-drawn graphics but very simple. Kinda jank. Dev has a sequel planned and in the works.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/471550/Nine_Parchments/
Twin-stick wizard simulator, great for playing with friends. Looks lovely. Quite difficult at times.

>>714208836 (OP)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1584690/TrinityS/

>>714208836 (OP)
Extra points if the game has mixed reviews but you like the game.

>>714329815
>>714208836 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517970/Aeterna_Noctis

hands down the best metroidvania i've ever played, completely shits on hollow knight, i didn't realize hollow knight was a 5.5/10 til i played this, to be honest though 99% of /v/ doesn't have the gamer cred to even challenge this game, it's actually hard. it's like path of pain from hollow knight except an entire game, it's fun, massive world, super varied environments, fun bosses and super-bosses, lots of upgrades, i really liked it a LOT. one of the best games i've played

>>714232014
Can you sexo the giant though? Too many vidya these days teasing hot fem goblins, giants, trolls, monsters etc. that you can't fuck.

>>714329815
This one's my lot
https://store.steampowered.com/app/408990/Timber_and_Stone/

Mixed because it was sadly abandoned in EA. sucks cause it had a lot of potential.

there IS A a based autist modder who's been keeping it alive, though
https://www.youtube.com/@timberandstonemithril

>>714330445
>>714330263
Hell yeah, I wasn't expecting replies this late in the thread. Ty.

>>714329173 cont.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2917350/Spin_Hero/
Roguelike deckbuilder, where your cards are put into the spinning machine. Pretty allright for what it is, played 25h, beaten some lower difficulties with all characters and had my fill.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/760650/Hammerting/
You may like it if you remember the old Diggles/Wiggles game. No longer updated but fun enough for what it is.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2529820/Wedding_Witch/
An curious little Vampire Survivors clone, with booba (though no nudity and very little art). Gameplay is fine too. Took me 16h to 100% and that's mostly because of one annoying achievement, not that much replayability once you get the hang of it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/598960/Mashinky/
100th take on OpenTTD formula. Early Access.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059980/Just_King/
Brotato but you have team of 4 minions instead of weapons. I should replay it sometime. Regular updates.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/218090/Unity_of_Command_Stalingrad_Campaign/
Operational level wargame with supposedly very good ai. Didn't play enough to make a judgement.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/774351/Citystate/
Simplified SimCity but you can affect more political stuff. Also has a sequel.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2395470/DungeonSmash/
Arkanoid clone. I've beaten it in below 2 hours, don't remember even buying it, but it's super cheap anyways.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/357070/UBERMOSH/
Fast paced 2d twin-stick shooter where you can deflect bullets with your sword. Has a bunch of sequels.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/357300/Snakebird/
Puzzle game where your character is a snake.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1610/Space_Empires_IV_Deluxe/
Space 4X autism. May have trouble running on modern systems, but remember it being fun.

Recommend me some ecchi games. Hard mode: nudity but no sex.

>>714328562
wrong thr... actually, wrong website

Nice thread fellas, added a lot of these in my list.