>day 3248 of 3250 of Steam Summer Sale
>cart still empty
>already got all the games I want
>nothing to play

>>714669474 (OP)
If you have nothing to play, then you need to install something that you'll want to play.

>>714669474 (OP)
>37.5$
>7 new games that will last me until another sale
Feels good

>>714669837
How do you even learn about these games? Did you just search the store?

>>714670031
NTA but try this:
https://store.steampowered.com/recommender/

>>714670390
I'm not looking for games and I was just making conversation. I've never heard of those games he bought, so I thought maybe he went through the store manually.

>>714669474 (OP)
Did you find any good boat games?

Any other game like backpack battle?

Any good roguelites / roguelikes?
Bonus points for shootan stuff

>>714671336
I've played one or two games with boats in them. There's Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and Pillars of Eternity 2.

I've an itch for space / sci-fi, any recommendation? No star wars or mass effect.

I'm going to play one dumb horror game after another each one dumber than the one before it let's get started here.

>>714671892
this one had a guy get blinded in an eye-stabbing accident, and then he asked his doctor friend to do him a solid and find a person to murder and steal their eyeballs and transplant them into his sockets so he can see his pretty wife again which isn't actually how eyes work but I think we can let that go.

In a shocking twist, his buddy does not do him a solid and murders his wife and takes her eyes because he had the hots for your wife or something, and this is revealed to you when you look at your new eyes in the mirror and they sort of...look familiar... where have I seen these eyes before? It was actually a pretty good reveal even if the whole thing was kind of dumb

>>714671878
Echo Point Nova

>>714671690
Jupiter Hell

>>714671878
Everspace

>>714670031
Mostly /v/ and some low view count YT vids.

>>714669474 (OP)
>The sale is halfway over
>Only bought one thing so far
>Unsure if I even want anything else
Also, the artwork for this sale is pure corporate slop. That cute girl last year was soulful, this shit screams woke retard with a lisp in charge of the art.

>>714672110
You might think that she could just close the blinds, but the game elegantly addresses this plothole by making the protagonist a woman who is incapable of getting the blinds to descend. She eventually calls a repairman to get her blinds fixed and I'm not even making this up. Somehow the repairman doesn't actually engage the blinds in the process of fixing them and so the reveal that there was a warning written in blood on the blinds that you could only see properly if you close them was preserved for only her to see.

And uh, the warning said to keep the blinds open so after all that we still don't actually block the light shining in our window because we trust vague messages written in blood on our window blinds. God it was fucked, why didn't she just go outside to see where the light was coming from? Points to them for making a brightly lit horror game though, generally everyone goes for the dark being scary.

Anyway, yeah, at the end I tried to run away from the light or something I actually sort of already forget even though I just played it but you end up falling in a hole that you never actually saw and got imprisoned by shadow monsters or something but there's probably a good ending you could get but I didn't save so I'd have to do the whole game over.

>>714672445
It's absolutely awful. Clearly made by someone picked for what they claim to be rather than what they can produce.

>>714672553
Nah, I've already seen this episode. Just switch apartments with Jerry. Game's over in five minutes. Giddyup.

>>714672553
god did this game ever had a lot of fucking stairs, almost reminds me of that horrible book, House of Stairs by William Sleator, which, good god, never ever read that book.

anyway that out of context Smoky the Bear commercial that played on the television actually really got me. I can honestly say I was not expecting that.

https://youtu.be/nQ7OxEKac4M

>>714669474 (OP)
Curator for cheap and/or good value games ($5/£4/€5 on sale):
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45021728/

Been playing this recently, it's great. Bullet time FPS with lots of movement options. Bargain.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690

I have bought these games

>>714672987
I actually did get the good ending in this one on the first try, because it tells you at the start there is no saving the game and you can die so as soon as some monster tried to climb through the window I did not stick around and ran away immediately. I think that was probably the right call.

Anyway, it was like a worse version of Rear Window. It had a good setup with some sort of gigantic cabinet that fell from above for no reason trapping you in your apartment. You enlist the neighbour lady you have a crush on to help you out and the segment where you can see her from above but cannot actually come to her aid is tense but it just kind of fizzled out when nothing happened. In Rear Window,well, you can just watch the scene I mean:

https://youtu.be/dbaICo8g88s

>>714670031
That is what these threads are for.

>>714669837
Blood West was interesting, but quickly lost its charm. Have you played Metal Garden yet?

What are some really good dating sims to get that are on heavy discount? Already got Doki Doki, MiSide, and Clannad.

>>714673443
hecking spooky. it's kind of like the monster on the side of the plane.

>>714669474 (OP)
It's not your fault. There's like 1 good game released every 3 years now

>>714673958
So? Games are for buying, not playing.

>>714674036
no

>>714674048
Retard

>>714674120
>pls feel bad I really need this :(
try again

>>714674048
Your backlog
It has to grow.
You must feed it

>>714674207
still not buying

>>714674241
You have to

>>714674048
It hurts less if you accept it sooner.

>>714673443
>>714672987
>>714672553
>>714672110
>>714673915

I don't know why people are so obsessed with minmaxing that they would rather spend hours trying to find one decent game to play rather than just playing 5 bad ones and having way more fun. If every game you play has to be good, are you even playing any good games at all?

>>714674386
I agree with your conclusion, but more because I just love variety and experimenting.

>>714674386
Life is short, don't waste it with bad games

>>714674340
3 terrible games nice

>>714674528
they're good and worth the price

>>714674827
Retard

>>714674851
?

Tactics game that isnt xcom or troubleshooter? I hear phoenix point and jagged alliance 3 are meh. It seems like a dead genre now that new xcom games are dead.

>>714673543
Not yet but will probably do so tomorrow.

>>714669474 (OP)
Toxotransmosis moment.

>>714674991
Troubleshooter
Crystal project
Feil seal arbiter's mark

>>714674892
Retard

>>714675208
I know you are lil nigga

>>714671336
I thought Dredge was good fun

>>714674851
>>714675208
>>714674120
what the hell's wrong with this indian tranny

>>714675343
>Indian

>>714675343
>DO NOT REDEEM THOSE THREE GAMES SAAR!

>>714671690
Returnal

>Dragon's Dogma 2 58% off
>Diablo 4 50% off

Buy or no buy?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/
Is it as good as the reviews say it is?

Thinking of adding doloc town or drapline and maybe surroundead cause I want to play some survival slop.

>>714675606
>Dragon's Dogma 2 58% off
maybe if you have a very good pc and know the game is a little a let down
>Diablo 4 50% off
fuck no

I was thinking of buying Rune Factory 4, but I see it's published by XSneed. How is the localization?

>>714674386

I just assume they're poor and want to maximize what little tendie money they have.

>>714675606

DD2 you can have some fun but realize there's a reason for the steep discount.

I played D4 for free on Gamepass I feel like you just kept doing the same shit over and over.

What should I remove/add /v/ros?
>Vanquish
>Necrovision/Necrovision Lost Company
>Serious Sam First Encounter
>Call of Juarez
>Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
>Soulbringer
>Condemned: Criminal Origins
>Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
>Blood: Fresh Supply
>FEAR 2
>Binary Domain
>Death to Spies
>Project: Snowblind
>XIII - Classic
>Pathologic
>Nioh

Tempted to get the Nier games, never played them and people say they're great. I am hesitant because most of the time a game is supposed to be some "great art" it sucks.

Either them or Hitman Woa. Already played 1-2 on PS4 but it would be nice to replay them on good hardware and play 3 for the first time.

>>714676267
Nioh 1 is really fucking rough. If you don't know what you're getting yourself into and haven't played Nioh 2 first, reconsider.

any good jrpgs for sale? anything like chrono ark?
or 4 niggas in a row? just finished exp 33.

>>714675606
>dd2
if your pc is a beast then sure. combat and exploration is the ONLY thing worth experiencing in this game. the story is DOGSHIT, so is the content desu.

>>714676301
both Nier are great but the combat can be somewhat basic if you played DMC before, note that there's a lot of lore in the background so you might miss out references and such, but Automata is still a great entry point into the series imo

>>714669474 (OP)
bought 2 games and I already beat them

Can you guys recommend anything? looking for racing, action or adventure games.

My grabs this sale.

>>714676629
An anon told me to played Replicant until ending E, then Automata, then the last bits of Replicant which is was I was planning to do. I could just try Automata since it's cheaper I suppose.

I tried Wizordum demo and realised that I have an itch for fantasy. But not another grimdark but something bright (it still can have serious plot with deaths and other serious buisness ).
Any games you can recommend which aren't a comedy?

>>714676774
Yeah, that's also an option since Replicant came first

>>714669474 (OP)
Any Rimworld/Dwarf Fortress clones that are actually fun and not eternally stuck on early access hell?

>>714676774

Automata is the kino one, I'm about ot play Replicant

>>714676267
I've got a little change left, so I might pick up some very cheap games out of curiosity. Any recommendations for under £1? I think that's about 1.2 USD or so.

Some that piqued my interest:
>Civ III Complete
>Reciever
>SNKRX (reminds me of a flash game I used to play with a big kaiju made of multiple colored components, the name escapes me)
>Force Reboot
>The Vagrant
>Omikron: The Nomad Soul
>Reventure
>The Block

>>714676267
Some excellent choices. Keep Necrovision, CoJ, DDDA, Condemned, Blood, Binary Domain, XII Classic for sure.
FEAR 2 is fine. I guess you could do better.

>>714676690
https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/colorgrave/#browse
Prodigal is $1.49 o/

/shill

>>714677110
you're asking for games that are like games that are unlike other games on the market?

>>714677198
damn, now I kinda want to play nier too

>>714675487
so what are you then

pls recommend a very simple and fun game to distract me from looming toil
like a platformer, no city builder shite

>>714677110
>Rimworld/Dwarf Fortress
Those are the gold standard, most of what you will find will be subpar and might make you want to play one of those two instead.

But you can try:
>keeperrl
>Judgment
>Space Haven
the last one has been in EA for a while but it's updated often

>>714677198
>Replicant
Interesting writing, dogshit gameplay

>>714677110
I just noticed there is like 10 judgment on steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/455980/Judgment_Apocalypse_Survival_Simulation/

>>714669474 (OP)
all because of the shitty woke games. on the ai tool or gacha, i'm not tired at all

>>714677490
kero blaster

>>714677481
Indian

>>714671690
i really enjoyed enter the gungeon

>>714677490
20 minutes till dawn
Crazy juicer
Nomad Survival
Orbital Bullet
Infra

>>714677348
Have you played Veritus? Looks similar to Prodigal, I wonder how good it is.

>>714678025
I have not. I heard it's a bit of a step down from Prodigal but probably still worth playing eventually.

>>714677490
the messenger

>Went ahead and bought System Shock 2 Remastered anyway
Fuck it. I have no interest in most of the games offered in the sale, but a slightly shinier excuse to replay one of the best immersive sims of all time was too good to pass up.
I went Navy, because I remember hacking being OP.

>>714671690
Shiren the wanderer 6

>>714671690
Shootan as in FPS, or just anything range and aim based?

>>714674991

Showgunners but it's only 20hours max including the free dlc content

>>714676267
>Call of Juarez
What, the first one? There are 4 of them.

I'd drop FEAR 2 and Necrovision
Hold on to Blood and Serious Sam.
Check pcgamingwiki for Binary Domain, the port is a bit shit, and don't bother with voice commands.

>>714680036
I never understood the mid point "plot twist"
>Come and meet me in person!
>AHA! I'm really AI Hitler who almost murdered all of humanity!
>I did all this so you'd trust me!
What? I trust you less now you've revealed yourself to be SHODAN. Also, how the fuck were you able to speak normally impersonating a human but your voice fucks up again once the disguise is gone?

>>714669474 (OP)
I got the Warhammer: Rogue Trader and Pathfinder WotR bundle.
I don't know when I'm going to get a chance to play them, it's too hot at the moment.

Not quite sure

>>714669837
Adventure of Nayu will last you like barely an hour, confirmed

What happened to the events during steam sales?

>>714669474 (OP)
I can recommend everything in this pic.

>>714681535
>our adventure guild
There are so many of those indie tactical japanse rpg, did you play one on a bigger discount already?

>>714681535
Crow Country is good

>>714673379
buy an ad, tranny

>>714669474 (OP)
is house flipper worth getting or is it just streamer slop

>>714683169
>unchartedslop
i don't trust you, awful taste

>>714674991
Jagged alliance 3 is legitimately a great game. Better than any of the games you mentioned alongside it.

>>714683169
Can you sell me on Final Fantasy X and Scarlet Nexus?

>>714684392
Stfu retard

>>714673379
All shovelwareslop

>>714683169
I trust you because I'm absolutely loving Astlibra

>>714685416
Not a single of those games are shovelware

>>714671690
Deadzone Rogue maybe? It seems kind of shallow, but I guess it counts.

>>714674991
this was linked in a hidden gems thread it's ghostbusters xcom
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279310/RESEARCH_and_DESTROY/

>>714674386
Eh, I don't want to flood my library with garbage. My first couple of steam sales over a decade ago resulted in some 10/10 classics like Thief, Quake, Half-Life 2 and such, but also resulted in pure garbage like Save The Queen and RymdResa floating around on there.

>>714671690
Roboquest is excellent

>>714685416
Stfu poorfag

>>714669474 (OP)
Reversion of cart after experiencing a bout of FOMO about the japs deciding 10 bucks was too low for Labyrinth of Refrain and never dropping the price so low again.

>>714684628
Fight me, whore. I have 1-3 on rpcs3 and golden abyss on vita3k. You have dogshit taste.
>>714685008
It's the last FF by squaresoft, has prerendered backgrounds, and uses the classic combat system. It's regarded as the last good FF game. Scarlet Nexus was an original IP with a fun combat system and story that goes hard on numerous occasions. It's a good AA game.
>>714685493
Based. It's such a great game.

>>714677857
Yeah, while indie games have a better chance of being good than AAA, we still have to contend with 90% of those being :
>This game is actually all about my depression as a trans "woman"
>Game where it hits you over the head with how I WAS RAPED! (I was just as drunk as he was that night but as a woman I only have free agency and responsibility for my actions when it suits my cause, meanwhile men should be 100% responsible for their and my actions at all times)
>Hey hey! Another mascot horror game for Markiplier to play for his 12 year old audience!
>A Minecraft rip off (thankfully dying out)
>Retro FPS throwback that should have been a Doom mod, or worse IS a Doom mod only now you pay for it
>I made a shitty joke game ON PURPOSE!
>Remember Cave Story. I liked Cave Story. I'm going to make a SNES style platformer like Cave Story.

>>714671690
Gunfire Reborn, Roboquest, Zigguraut

>>714669837
Cruelty Squad is kino

>>714681535
Sanabi's not very long but it's a fun linear platformer with some great moments.

>>714686594
Oh you can emulate uncharted on rpcs3 now? I need to check that out I wanna play Uncharted 2 again.

>>714686146
I tried out Spartan Strike and it seems like mobile slop. It also had some of the worst twin-stick aiming I'd ever seen, but maybe I should have tried the mouse-aim if I had played more

>>714674851
the irony of this response

>>714669474 (OP)
you own nothing
one real physical game in your hands would give you more joy then all the thousands on your steam scrollbar

>>714683205
Yeah. I am a sucker for them.

>>714684045
What's the replay value like?

>>714687364
Anything you'd compare it to?

Looking for obscure metroidvanias.

>>714685841
Based rec. Research and Destroy is absolutely slept on. Half the fun is realizing how dumb the premise is and then discovering the tactics are actually solid. There's a surprising amount of depth once you start mixing the scientist loadouts. Plus, the animations have that janky Saturday morning cartoon vibe that weirdly works. Definitely one of those "wait why is this this good?" kinda games.

>>714687042
Immortal Redneck

>>714687563
Retard

>>714687763
>Yeah. I am a sucker for them.
Any recommendation? Back in the days my favorites were vandal hearts, final fantasy tactics and front mission 3.

>>714687892
Not on that list? Environmental Station Alpha

>>714683169
Is there FFX mode to restore faces from PS2?

>>714687748
There really is something to that, but zoomers would never understand.

GTA IV, V, or the Definitive Trilogy to start if I've never played GTA before?

>>714684430
It's a bait sale. They're releasing a definitive edition this year that packages all the DLC and whatnot.

>>714688616
yeah man you smash your head into the wall hard enough and the faces will look just like they did in the ps2 days.

1) I bought one Yomowari game but I'm not sure I would be able to finish this until the sale is over. Any reason to buy the whole collection.
2) Any reason to buy Corpse Party 2021 if I already have normal one? Like it's less censored or there are more CGs.

>>714671690
Ancient domains of mystery (ADOM)

>>714687892
Animal Well
Bloodstained
Hollow Knight

>>714687763
>Anything you'd compare it to?
The closest comparison would probably be to call it a more platforming-oriented Katana Zero, considering the overall visual presentation style, music, linear structure and one-hit kill combat. Gameplay generally consists of linear platforming challenges with different gimmicks, sometimes locked arenas with spawning enemies that mandate you to kill everything before proceeding, and several chonkier boss fights.

>>714687892
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763030/Master_Key/

How is space marine 2 multiplayer?

>>714687892
We've chatted in a prior thread so this is everything I've got that steam thinks is a metroidvania. Happy to speak to any of them in particular, though some are still on my backlog.

>>714689503
NTA, I can't wait for the sequel. The black and white aesthetic being occasionally indistinct was my only major gripe with the game, so I'm really interested to see what they do next. The picross mode was also surprisingly great, and got me back into picross.

If you're after that kind of 2D zeldaish game I highly recommend https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870350/Pipistrello_and_the_Cursed_Yoyo/

>>714669474 (OP)
I have bought nothing from steam during this sale but I did buy two game keys for peanuts elsewhere

Any CitySim recommendations?
Any theme, cyberpunk, fantastic, etc

I was looking into Steamworld Build but it looks a bit shallow

Which one would you remove to trim the price a bit?

>put game in cart
>take it out last minute
>repeat for the past 3 steam sales
>finally pull the trigger this time
>end up refunding it
should've trusted my gut
(game was peglin btw. Just super repetitive)

>>714689867
Metal Unit was in my wishlist for 5 years. Should I finally give it a chance?

>>714690252
Little nightmares 2 if you didn't play 1

>>714689867
>>714687892
In case you guys want to hear another person's opinion, here's my opinion as a metroidvania lover:
-Aeterna Noctis is fun but can be very hard if you're trying for 100%
-Astalon is based
-Astlibra is one of the best
-Axiom Verge is like indie Metroid and it was great
-Blasphemous is good, but I didn't feel amazed by it
-Bloodstained is good
-Castlevania games are obviously good
-Dead Cells was fun but got pretty old fast (after 50 hours for me)
-Dust was good but had audio issues when I tried to play it a few years back
-Ender Lilies/Magnolia are good
-Environmental Station Alpha is good and esoteric
-Guacamelee games are okay
-Haiku was fun
-Hollow Knight is one of the best
-La-Mulana is incredible
-The Messenger was great
-Rogue Legacy is good, not 2 though, I didn't like 2
-Skul the Hero Slayer is good
-Steamworld Dig 1 and 2 are good

>>714690408
Ironically not only is that one of the few I haven't played, I'm not even sure how it got in my library. My buddy is far less of a metroidvania grinder and got 20 hours into it so that tells me if you're the sort of person to put up with some real horseshit for cute anime girls you'll it'll be fine.

>>714689448
Ah, thanks. I might wait for cheaper then. Katana Zero was only okay.

>>714688178
Yes, but just know the genre is cursed where all titles come with issues. First, despite /v/ jerking off a PSP mod, if you haven't played Tactics Ogre, the steam release is probably the best of the genre on steam. Fell Seal is a love letter to FFTs combat system and scratches the job system like FFT but is meh in every other way. Horizon's Gate and other releases from that dev are good adventures using that combat system. Mainframe Defenders is a hidden quirky game. Faes Tactics and Dream Tactics are style over substance but not terrible. La Pucelle (grid) and Makai Kingdom (3D) if you want something animoo. Troubleshooter is akin to XCOM and is autism dream. There are more puzzle-oriented ones like Into the Breach. What flavor are you looking for?

>>714690686
>Tactics Ogre
Played it on my psp back in the days, did you try the latest from square enix? Triangle and diofield? I also played most NIS games but never got to la pucelle. I will look into troubleshooter, I love autism game.

>>714685841
How long is it?

The games I played so far
>Iconoclasts
Honestly, it's better than I expected. It has the plot which isn't bad but it was difficult for me to follow it for some reason. The combat and exploration are okay. The bosses are very gimmicky and require you to put them down in the certain way with barely any improvisation. MC feels like a psychopath but has a nice butt for some reason. Almost finished it. The most difficult thing in the game for me is that there can be 3-4 sources of attack at the same time and it's very difficult to trace them. I really don't get the joke about one of the characters "SHE STINKS! I SAID SHE STINKS! NOW LAUGH!"
I think it's worth of trying if you are interested in the game.
>Escape Simulator
Finished 8 rooms and absolutely loved it. Really intresting game and some rooms can be difficult. There is the workshop so you can get A LOT of rooms to escape from. Also can be played in co-op.
>Selaco
Finished 3 levels and I think it's pretty nice. It feels like tacticul but it's not it. Enemies can easily surround you. Anons don't like how it looks like but I think design works fine for bleak futuristic hospital. Also someone mentioned that devs behave themselves like retards so you better check it out yourself before buying.
>Satisfactory
Pretty funny autismo game. It's basically about automisation of all your production. Destroying the nature for your deeds feels kinda bad. Don't know what else I can say.

>>714683169
Sell me on Crosscode
>>714688616
There is now, I've been doing a fresh FFX run on my Steam Deck with the mods and it's finally perfect.

>>714692108
crosscode is a penultimate bitchy game for those aspiring to reduce their size and become an ardent little bitch as in the days of yore. if it is your desire to be bent over furniture and fucked, but not really enjoy it, it is the game for you.

>>714691789
10 to 12 probably?

Is Fallout 4 good if I just want to explore and shoot and don't really care about the plot?

>>714689867
>>714690432
Platformerbros, any gun 'n run recommendations?

>>714676338
This. I dropped Nioh 1 after beating the ship boss on the first area. It's a giant fucking slog.

>>714688835
Defintive Trilogy is a disaster, although the original ports aren't that hot either. 3, Vice City, and San Andreas are called the 3D trilogy, I like them the best. 3 is pretty rough, I'd say VC and SA are the ones definitely worth checking out. Not exactly sure what the current go-to community patch is, just look up "best way to play gta 3d trilogy" and pirate the originals.

Otherwise, 5 is the prettiest, and sands away all friction points with mid-mission checkpoints and giving you weapons for free. But the mission design in the newer ones is very scripted and restrictive, and the games are bloated with life sim bollocks and exposition filler.

>>714692542
If you want to do that, I would advise looking into 76, the game is not very good but exploration is solid and the discovering phase is good. Just stop playing once you reach the weekly farm bullshit.

>>714689867
>castlevania los
>vvvvvv
>steamworld dig
fucking user tags

Dead Space remake has people mentioning stuttering.
I have a 4090FE / 7950X3D / 64GB ram. Is it hardware stutter or denuvo stutter?

Devil Engine is so fucking good, but I'm on the edge of refunding it after hearing that the original dev got fucked over by their publisher.

>>714693679
Just buy the OG

>>714687763
>What's the replay value like?
None, you play the story once and you're done

>>714690252
the evil within is broken on steam
uninronically get the epic games version

>>714687892
Prodigal: not a metroidvania, but a fun zelda-like game that has its own charm and unique ideas
>>714688595
Not a true metroidvania, linear; also overly shilled for a game that does nothing new
>>714689116
These are fine but not obscure
>>714689503
Not a metroidvania, again a zeldalike. Mostly good game but felt enemies get a bit health-bloated in late game.
>>714689867
Axiom verge is a gem, incredible uniqueness in a mostly samey genre. Very unique movement and an absolute gourmet of different guns. And an interesting story?? Incredible.
Animal well is a solid game. It has a very unique aesthetic and movement and iconic sound design.
Antichamber cannot possibly be described as a MV. How? What??
Biogun is probably good for someone but not me. I felt the twin-stick control scheme was hard to handle.
Ender Lilies: I really didn't like how combat felt in this game. Some attacks push you into enemies with momentum and often windup times are very slow. It's not awful but it's trying too hard to be Souls for me.
Gato Roboto: extremely short; UI stuff is cute but it has very little original
Haiku: This is just Hollow Knight but robots. Make no mistake, the enemies, the charms, the movement upgrades. Still if you liked Hollow Knight, it's a solid knockoff.
Hollow Knight: Still on top for a reason.
Isles of Sea and Sky: Wonderful little Sokoban game, recommend; does not really feel like a MV but it is nonlinear
Islets: It's great. Looking toward to doing Crypt Custodian this sale.
La Mulana: The OG true opaque ruins puzzler, but MV doesn't feel right for it.
Nine Sols: Combat is fun, story is best of its year, less freedom to choose boss order than I would like.
Rusted Moss: An excellent choice if you enjoy 2D grappling hook games, a solid selection of fun and distinct guns

>>714692268
Thanks, I'm sold.
Fuck you.

>>714686146
Bro, labyrinth of refrain is awful slop

>>714690432
What makes astlibra supposedly so good that everyone is sucking its dick off so hard? It reads like complete faggotry reading people's post. Is that game even remotely fun to people who don't give a damn about anime art style?

>>714695113
It's legit looks jank, but it's one of those "you have to play it" games in order to get why people love it so much. Insane amount of content.

>>714695113
It has a lot of weapon grinding, the story is batshit horny shonen garbage, the art is default assets combined in a way that's cheap but charming, and it's very aware of how stupid it all is. I got sick of it after 15 or so hours, but it's the sort of thing where if you're down for that flavor of dumb it'll carry you for a good long while.

>>714694335
Objectively terrible opinions. ESA linear? La Mulana not good feeling? Liking garbage like Animal Well and Axiom Verge. Disgusting

Why do anons call this a cuck game?

>>714695113
I don't like the lack of feedback in combat. It feels like a worse version of Castlevania combat. A shame because I like it conceptually

>>714696160
Do they? I remember anons have called it much better western JRPG than Sea of the Stars

>>714692731
Blaster Master Zero - first game attempts to largely stick to the original NES game design, decent, but simplistic. Second one is much richer. 3rd one is kind of a stinker for me.
Bionic Commando Rearmed - heavy focus on its peculiar grapple platforming, amazing ost.
Iji - phenomenal early indie game.
Gungirl 2 - old ass indie, looks like c-tier flash game, but very enjoyable
Intrusion 2 - goofy physics driven mechanics and batty set pieces. Unrefined, but memorable.
Iron Meat - straightforward contra clone with cool possessed machinery designs. Price is steep right now.
30xx - roguelite megaman.

Not really my cup of tea, so kind of an oddball selection. I want to try Guns of Fury, Blazing Chrome, and Huntdown, but never get to it.

>>714689867
touch grass porch monkey

>>714695113
there is a pretty lengthy demo if you want to try it yourself

>>714696119
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit. La Mulana not feeling like a metroidvania does not mean it doesn't feel good, much like Guitar Hero does not feel like a metroidvania, you insipid moron. But let's test your understanding of linearity. Which required area of ESA comes after the fire area? Hint: there is only one correct answer. Which required area of ESA comes after that? Hint: there is only one correct answer. Which required area of ESA comes after that? Hint: there is only one correct answer. Which required area of ESA comes after that? Hint: you should be able to solve all of these

also considering Steelrising. anything underrated going for cheap?

Has anyone played this?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/648410/Colony_Ship_A_PostEarth_Role_Playing_Game/

>>714696445
>touch grass - implies target is always indoors
>porch monkey - implies target is always outdoors
what did he mean by this

>>714695113
It simultaneously has late 90s/early 00s Falcom vibes and 'indie trying to bash things together' vibes. Most everything is made of royalty-free assets, but they're high-quality assets you can tell the dev was picky about.
The action combat is pretty straightforward, but then there's a lot of small ways to change how your character works plus extra forms of progression to interface with. I think a lot of someone's enjoyment is going to come from how much they want to engage with those extra progression layers.
The story itself perpetually ramps up despite the fact that by chapter 3 you're fighting entities that would be endgame bosses in other jrpgs
>>714696610
I often hear people say the demo is one of the worst intros to the game, but I'm not entirely sure why since I enjoyed it

>>714696938
Nope, but it's on my wishlist.

>>714687892
Alwa's awakening, short and sweet, like 70% puzzle 30% platformer

>>714696973
NTA but porch monkey refers to blacks sitting on their porch all day doing nothing instead of being at work retard

>>714687892
anyone played 8doors?

>>714696737
Heads up on Angel's Gear - The atmosphere is unmatched and it has the most delirious opening cutscene I've ever seen ( https://files.catbox.moe/83aonb.mp4 ) but it's almost unplayable with jank.

It's only going to see your penultimate save, so you need to save and quit AGAIN when you load in, then load the new save to get your previous save. Also, you're going to need to use Steam rebind to artificially set your controller as a controller in order for left and right to work outside of menus.

>>714697906
I am well aware. Porch is outdoors. If you are going to construct an insult out of two evocative euphemisms, try picking ones that don't evoke contradictory images.

>>714697923
I have. It's alright. Mechanically it's fairly derivative and nothing you haven't seen in Hollow Knight or Ori, but it's pulling from east asian mythology that isn't frequently shown in video games and the characters are interesting. The story isn't particularly memorable and I got frustrated with a few sections, but if it interests you at all then it's worth experiencing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2581410/Stygian_Outer_Gods/
Has anyone played this? Looks neat

How is Yakuza Ishin?

Do you people just have shit taste or what?

>>714698660
Which is more likely? That hundreds of anons congregating across dozens of threads ALL have shit taste, or that your taste a shit?

>>714698660
what gaems do you like bwo

>>714696938
>>714697372
Overall decent, but personally I liked the devs' older game Age of Decadence more, despite the jank.

Colony Ship is alright but it has largely the same issues as AoD, in that the game largely becomes a skill point shopping list simulator especially on subsequent playthroughs, and with very limited party member choices each run feels very homogeneous aside from your PC itself. Like AoD it touts itself as a game that you can finish without any combat, but whereas AoD had an issue with dividing dialogue-only skills into too many parts and mandating constant save-scumming for such playthroughs, CS instead has Charisma that trivializes all dialogue encounters instantly while also enabling a big party with lesser EXP penalties for combat. Unlike AoD that's a solo no-party RPG, CS technically provides a single feat for solo builds but it's trash in comparison to having a big party with much more AP to spare. Combat in general becomes quite samey regardless of builds, with battles usually going the same way of throwing a disabling grenade, then targeting limbs for accuracy and dodge penalties, rinse and repeat. Addition of stealth is nice, but it's basically a separate game mini-game mode rather than something that's integrated into the game proper like in Underrail. Story wise the setting is nice, but the factions feel too homogeneous and the amount of unique content in each main story path is very minimal.

>>714698660
post your top 10 rn faggot

>>714670031
I found lots of cool stuff by literally bruteforcing it, searching random categories for hours.

>>714674991
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224290/Horizons_Gate/
The dev has a 4 games series, but Horizon's Gate is the best bang for the buck.

>>714699158
Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 3
Elden Ring
Dark Souls Prepare to Die
Nighreign
Sekiro
Amored Core 6
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls Remastered
Demon Souls Remastered

>>714683169
Aside from final faggotry it looks cool

>>714699406
that's the way to do it, anon. steamdb helps too, in case you don't know about it

>>714677110
This is an unconventional rec, but https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040/Necesse/
It's a Terraria-like rather than a colony sim, the settlement system is secondary and not as deep as either Rimworld or Dorf, BUT the settlement system is still pretty advanced considering the genre, and there's a whole fun adventure game outside it for you to try. Meanwhile Rimworld might be a better colony sim than Necesse, but it's still a dogshit colony sim with no depth, so it depends on how in-depth you want the colony aspect to be.

>>714671878
I found this yesterday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/502720/Star_Explorers/
Didn't try it yet, but it looks neat.

>>714691446
>did you try the latest from square enix? Triangle and diofield?
NTA but
>Triangle
Hard mode is pretty good, really satisfying gameplay with meaningfully different units and some fine tactical challenges. The only issue is that the ratio of gameplay to cutscenes/dialogue is about 1:1 and the dialogue is way too bloated with things repeated over and over in tried and true Japanese fashion. At the end of the day I can confidently recommend it.
>Diofield
Complete and utter garbage, the story takes almost the entire game to start getting anywhere and the gameplay is consistently boring, you're mostly just running around the map autoattacking with your units and pressing a skill (that has both a resource cost and a cooldown) once in a blue moon. Hard pass.

>>714699406
In addition to steamdb and steampeek, I also recommend looking at the reviews of really niche stuff and seeing what other games they've reviewed.

>>714694335
>ESA is overly linear and does nothing new
>Axiom Verge is incredibly unique
????????
I had a completely opposite experience.

Thoughts?

HOLY FUCKING NIGGER SHIT TUNIC IS NOT COMFY I REPEAT NOT FUCKING COMFY AT ALL

>>714687892
Alwa's Awakening (not the sequel Legacy)

>>714671690
>Sephiria
Action-rogueliTe. Has a crossbow and ranged spells.
>Lost Castle 2
Beat'Em'Up rogueliTe. Has staffs, bows, muskets, and they all have different movesets. Bow in particular have some very acrobatic movements to them, lots of backflips letting loose 5 arrows a second.
>Rogue's Tale
Trad RogueliKe. Soul-crushingly hard but the smoothest trad RL I've ever played. Really comfy to control and explore, no other rogueliKe feels anywhere near as user-friendly. Not a lot of shooting, mostly bows, crossbows, ranged spells. You'll be mostly melee at the beginning.
>Gatekeeper
Top-down Risk of Rain 2 but with the potential to make actual builds instead of just stacking 500 items that shit out a billion projectiles every time you press the attack button.
>Star of Providence
Twin-stick bullet-hell shooter. High effort and pure soul, but pretty hard to 100% if you're not a bullethell autist.

>>714700650
yeah get dunked boyo
shit's hard
take your bitch ass back to koholint island we're on the golden path in this joint

mikugame worth it or not??

>>714671878
You probably tried Underspace already, right?

looking for some game recommendations, just want something fun and genre doesn't matter, if possible i'd like it if vocal themes that play during the game doesn't have to be like persona
>>714700948
yes and this is good too https://store.steampowered.com/app/960170/DJMAX_RESPECT_V/

>>714700861
I'm on the librarian

>>714700647
I just can't bring myself to buy it despite me wanting to. If you decide to, GMG XP has it cheaper by a few bucks. Still too much for what it is though.

>>714700564
Ignore him. He's clearly got a case of the 'tism.

>>714669474 (OP)
Why does that cat have so many hot dogs?

>>714701112
>I just can't bring myself to buy it despite me wanting to
That's basically where I am too, if only Square wasn't so jewish.

>>714701046
In all seriousness as much as I love Tunic the boss design is atrocious and is the reason I ultimately dropped the game. Love the atmosphere, love the puzzle designs, love the incredibly clever world, and absolutely adore the in-game manual with all its secrets and hints. Cannot stand the combat and I have no idea why it's so brutally difficult in a game that's both limited on resources and deliberately very unclear on how your resources work.

Best of luck.

>>714669474 (OP)
Any fun fucking racing games? Everything is so stale on the market right now

>>714701443
FUMES isn't coming out until the end of July. :(

>>714701134
a lifetime of hard work

Is Metaphor: refantazio worth the price or should I wait for a better sale?

Can anyone recommend me some indoors ramp jumping game like 'Get to Work' or a fun casual platformer like 'Marble it Up Ultra'?

Looking for something casual that I can have some dumb fun with, preferably involving shit like slopes, ramps, lots of indoor environments, hard to describe but hopefully some of you understand. I'm having a tough time finding something that scratches the itch.

>>714701443
forza horizon

I remember when Steam sales presented great value instead of knocking $5 off of an already way too high MSRP. RIP, times have changed (for the worse). It's over.

>>714671878
Signalis

Recommendations for games that run in potatoes
>No early access
I'm tired of waiting for disappoinment
>No retro games
Probably already played it, but give it a chance if you want
>Bonus points
-Coop/multiplayer
-strategy
-FPS

Any good creature collectors besides Monster Sanctuary, Palworld, Beastieball, or Cassette Beasts? Beat them already. Coromon is too slow.

>>714701443
Victory Heat Rally is the most fun racing game I've played in years. Not the best one, mind you. But the most fun (for me).

>>714702436
>Coromon is too slow.
Because it's turn based or?

>>714702436
Digimon? Cibersleut was slow in the beginning but pretty good overall

>>714701373
I KILLED THIS NIGGER
LOOK AT HIM KNEEL
after killing the stone crab and the librarian, I need a break... too much rage.

>>714702567
What I really mean is it's just too Pokemon and basic. No real depth or customization like the other games I listed.

>>714702656
Beat that one too.

>>714702436
Nexomon

>>714702687
Try Monster Hunter Stories, Dragon Quest Monster, Nexomon, or Rune Factory 4.

>wolcen
>framed
>kairo
>steamworld heist
what can you tell me about these gaems bros

>>714701917
*fun* games
>>714701806
Yeah I'm looking forward to that one.

>>714702409
Creeper World 3

>>714703980
>*fun* games
forza horizon

>>714703846
Steamworld heist is a cool tactics game where you ricochet bullets to hit trickshots. Pretty easy, and like every steamworld game it's a weird genre mashup with an indescribable tone, but certainly not unpleasant. Couldn't get into the second one for some reason.

>>714701029
Here are some random games I personally enjoyed. I also recommend Homicipher for more unusual horror, but I haven't finished it.

>>714704190
Is the vagrant actually good? I ask because the only steam friend I have who has played it is my buddy who will play some absolute garbage if it has a female protag.

>>714701806
I like New Star GP a lot. F1-themed arcade racer with good physics and solid career mode.

>>714704653
meant for
>>714701443

>>714701443
grip

>>714704362
Yes. It is also 0.79 cents on steam so you only have two quarters, two dimes, a nickel, and four pennies to lose (if you're American). Basically, there's no reason not to try it at the very least.

>>714704839
Main reason not to try it is I've got a half-dozen metroidvanias picked up with similar pedigrees and costs sitting in my to-do pile. I'll pick it up regardless, thanks.

>>714704190
>Slitterhead
I liked it but not everyone will enjoy that one

>>714705007
I had a good time with it until they kept adding more chucklefucks before I'd gotten any decent storybeats with the ones I already had. There was some neat shit going on but it felt really directionless by the midgame.

>>714702436
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2936030/Botworld_Odyssey/
It's not the pokemon-like kind of creature collector, But I think it's really neat. Has a demo for you try.

>>714704190
kinda sad project moon will never make a real game again because they fell for the gacha meme

>>714705219
The Lobotomy Corp duology is good enough to last ten years of limbus

>>714705097
The combat was kinda janky and there is like 4 enemy types in the whole game that you need to kill over and over again. But it was unique and interesting for sure.

>>714705519
Yeah, definitely glad I tried it. Part of me wishes it had been closer to the gleeful idiocy of Prototype but there was a very specific tone they seemed to be going for and broadly executed well.

>>714705202
Looks cute, so I'll it least give it a shot. There's not much else I haven't already tried.

>>714704190
i'll give them a look, i own some of those already is spirit hunter a good VN?

>>714704653
Only one I personally care about right now, racing wise, is Project Turboblast.

>>714705626
Feel free to say if you liked it or not if the thread is still alive by the time you try it.

R8 my haul

>>714705219
they finally bought a new office and are expanding the company to start duo developement

>>714706238
>Northern Journey
My nigga

>>714706119
>project turboblast
looks pretty cool. also

>>714676267
Remove
>Vanquish
Its a short always on sale game, get it some other time
>Necrovision
Its just not very good
>Nioh 1
Its a long game that's on sale all the time and its like 3 enemeis it uses every map makes it fairly mediocre

>>714706382
Ye, both Tempo and the current driver model are quire well endowed. And the game is fun too. I'm not a veteran of the genre so it started off feeling like absolute shit until I suddenly and inexplicably "clicked" with the control scheme and then it felt amazing.

>>714700095
i dont care about colony but this looks like it could be fun
is its progression anything meaningful or just stat padding majority and is it fine singleplayer? im too selfish for coop

>>714689867
>>714690408
Metal Unit sucks because of its abysmal balancing. Like 3 areas in enemies do about 1/3rd of your hp per hit despite doing barely any before. Its also not a metroidvania.

>>714700948
note that the mega mix+ VIP edition comes with an "item unlock key" DLC which is meant for people returning to the game and don't want to unlock everything again

you won't be asked whether or not you want everything unlocked. when you first launch the game you'll get a ton of achievements and all the outfits/modules get unlocked immediately. some people _like_ earning their unlocks and cheevos so if this isn't your thing or you're not sure yet then make sure to turn the DLC off before you launch it

Holy fuck the quarry is ruthless

>>714699463

get deaths door?

>>714706949
>is its progression anything meaningful or just stat padding majority
Maybe slightly less meaningful than Terraria, but still quite meaningful.
Without specifics, I'd say it's meaningful. Many of the weapons get weird attack patterns. All armors got their own set bonuses that can range from meaningful stat changes to behavioral changes and even active abilities. Accessories give you a selection between Sprint, Dash, and Shield, and several upgrades thereof with differing effects. And the absolute best thing about it that makes it mog most of competition including even Terraria - when you reach lategame, you unlock an ability to upgrade ANY weapon or armor to endgame stats. That funky midgame spell you used to love 3 progression milestones ago? You can play with it forever now. That weird early game vampire armor with a weird lifesteal set bonus you thought you'd never see again? You can use that as well. It's amazing for buildcrafting.
>and is it fine singleplayer? im too selfish for coop
Completely. You can even have your villagers do the farming and animal husbandry and alchemy and all the other menial shit AND accompany you in adventure parties using the gear you give them.
All Necesse needs to become the top of the genre is more content and for the dev to not just go senile and fuck it up like Red did Terraria.
There's also this https://store.steampowered.com/app/747200/Keplerth/
It's pricier than Necesse and doesn't yet have as good a settlement system, but it also got a nice feeling progression system and really good buildcrafting, although to be honest the material progression is just "Make copper, go mine iron, make iron, go mine silver", and exploration isn't really as good, but it's still worthwhile. Prioritize Necesse thoughever.

>>714704032
Looks sick, it reminds me of mindustry. Thanks anon

>>714704362
>>714704839
Its actually pretty bad. Insane amout of enemies attackimng you from off-screen with no warning (enemies can shoot from the entire map, even if you can only see maybe 1/5th of the map at any given time), extremely basic static combat otherwise and its just combat really
Story is nothing to talk about
Its only thing of note is how the mc looks and that just ends up being jarring in-universe when her appearence doesn't actually fit her personality at all

Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, which one? I want an open world game with fun combat.
They're on shit sales comsidering the price of their dlc so I don't want to buy more than one

>>714708231
Cyberpunk is on a historically good sale. Elden Ring is also cheap for what it is.
Both great buys and will make your summer.

>>714708524
I mean it being on a historically good sale in no way means its a good deal.

>>714708231
Completely different games but they are both good

>>714708602
Both those games are great deals even full price.

I have 3.67 dollars on my account, anything fun I could get? I'm thinking Cookie Clicker, I have a fetish for watching numbers go up

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2167220/The_Bible/

Are there games like RimWorld with less RNG involved? I don't enjoy "le randumb" stuff, but I like the game overall.

>>714708805
vampire survivors

>>714708864
lel

i have so many games but so little time to play

BRUH THE THIRD BOSS IN TUNIC IS EATING OUT MY FOXY ASS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>714708914
Oxygen Not Included

>>714708994
create more time

>>714708805
Brotato

>>714708945
Already have it, but thanks

>>714708994
sleep less

>>714700983
Wish it at least had a TTS voice acting option

>vanquish
>post void
>final fantasy X/X-2
My cart right now. I can't find any good dogfighting games, suggestions would be welcome. Also first or third person shooters

>>714701443
whoa language

>Buy a bunch of games I enjoyed when I was a kid
>Play them now as a 34 year old man
>Feel nothing

>>714709016
I had zero interest in this game until you keep talking about it penetrating your anus. It's in my cart.

>>714709494
tf is a dogfighting game

>>714709690
It's fucking HARD and it's making me HARD!

>>714709730
Ace combat or spacefighter games.

>>714709776
Are you just bad at vidya? I don't remember people claiming it to be anything more than a child's game. I was beating shit like Double Dragon as a kid. How bad can it be?

>>714669837
You should of got Receiver 2 instead of the 1st game its almost a direct upgrade.

>>714709730
It's when you do cool things with planes like this webm someone posted a few days ago

>>714709730
1v1 in planes/ships.

>>714709896
No I'm not bad it's just fucking difficult

I'm at 90 minutes into Hollow Knight and I'm about to refund it. No idea how this game has such good reviews it's incredibly boring

>>714709730
He's looking for a game like this but with dogs
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3330460/Cock_Fight_Simulator/

>>714710195
Try Nine Sols, it's a little quicker paced

Are there any arcade racers like the old Midnight Club, Need for Speed, and Burnout?

>>714705697
The Death Mark series of VNs are good, and there are adventure game elements to them if you like that kind of thing. It has an unconventional protagonist and the atmosphere can get pretty intense. It was good enough to inspire PARANORMASIGHT (you can also check out that game if you like Death Mark). And like any game, it's best to go in blind. Although you'll notice that you can't seem to save the game right at the start.

Anyone able to recommend Last Epoch by chance?

>>714711398
It's just an overpriced soulless Diablo clone.

>>714711537
How is Path of Exile 2 in comparison then? I was thinking of maybe getting that since it's similar pricing. Or a better question is if there's any ARPG with whips in them as a weapon choice?

>>714710195
It starts out a bit slow, and the eventual ability set is pretty generic. The strong points are the huge scale of the world, the presentation, and all components, combat, platforming, exploration, tuned and balanced to a tee.

Spark 3 or Freedom Planet 2?

any good schizo games like max payne, kane and lynch, deadwood and signalis etc

>>714710751
I've got night runners demo sitting in my library, stumbled upon the ost randomly on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXKCiUMRlc
Seems promising.

>>714708524
>Cyberpunk is on a historically good sale.
>great buy
Is that including Phantom Liberty?

>>714698436
i always thought touching grass as a metaphor for socializing and not actually just being outside

Thoughts? It's been some years since I haven't played anything that isn't a sokoban, open-world or 2D platformer

>>714712020
Postal

>>714712468
Buckshot guy has a free horror anthology, Unsorted Horror. You can look up Cryostasis for some atmospheric spooky times, it's abandonware.

>>714711398
It wont dethrone diablo 2, but if you got nothing better to play, it's worth a run.

>dude I met on WoW when we both middle school aged and have been playing bideo gayms with for 15+ years has been offline on steam for 3+ weeks and never said anything before disappearing
Did my friend die? What do?

>>714709632
Happened to me with Hardtruck Apocalypse. I love open worlds, I love "lifesims", I love post-apocalypse, I love vehicular combat without having to race, this game had everything I loved and when I bought it again in my 20s it just felt so shallow and unfun and repetetive that I just couldn't even be bothered to finish it. I'm still looking for games just like that but ones that don't suck.

>>714710195
Metroidvanias are a boring genre with a few exceptions like >>714710686
It's all about backtracking and trudging through the same places and trying to navigate samey labyrinthian environments trying to find the one corner you didn't rub up against which is supposed to house the secret room you need for 100% completion and then y- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

>>714712417
It means you've been cooped up and lost touch with the real world. Internet can facilitate socializing, but it wouldn't do any good to go into some discord server with others perma-online people.

>>714712468
>Dread Delusion
>Lunacid
>Firewatch
>Iron Lung
Here's a (you), just like you wanted.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2858790/DEAD_MANS_HAND_Card_Roulette_Action/
It's a shame nobody plays this, it's pretty entertaining. Good thing they added the dedicated singleplayer mode at least.

>>714712983
Could be. One of my buddies did that and we only found out a couple months later he killed himself when we finally cobbled enough together to dox him.

So I'm supposed to PARRY in FUCKING TUNIC?! HOLY SHIT THIS IS PARRY SLOP

>>714713278
Why would Nine Sols be different?

>>714713791
Because it's not a metroidvania (almost)

>>714712983
He's either dead or the reason somebody else is. What a shame. Looks like I'm your best friend now.

>>714713656
The PARRY isn't fucking working WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK
WHY IS THERE A FUCKING DELAY OMFG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>714712020
the first deus ex is a must if ur a zoom zoom

>>714713128
>Happened to me with Hardtruck Apocalypse.
picrel
I've played a good chunk of https://www.gog.com/en/game/aim_artificial_intelligence_machine and it's a lot better, and weirder. I've yet to try the second game, that one's on steam.

Should I get a FF game or a DQ game to satisfy my RPG itch?

>>714713791
It's shorter. Levels are less convoluted, less sprawling, less labyrinth-like, have fewer obscure secrets in them, yet they have just enough in them to be interesting and pretty to look at. Well balanced is what I'd say. They don't overstay their welcome.
Nine Sols also has more spectacle-like combat thanks to parryslopping. It looks cooler. More stylish than having to pitter-patter your little bug feet away from the big scary wooden club swing.

>>714713975
If you play TUNIC don't bother parrying it doesnt fucking work

>>714714095
Reply 7.

>>714714095
A Trails game

>>714712020
>deadwood
Ya mean Gloomwood?

>>714714090
That looks peculiar. Apparently not only is there a second game, but also a demo for an upcoming third one. I'm downloading the demo right now. The second game is less than a dollar, might buy it too. Appreciate the rec.
I take it you're also partial to these kinds of "open world career sims"? Do you only like the vehicular ones, or is fighting as a meatbag fine too? I might be able to recommend some more depending on how specific your preferences are.

>>714714095
Make your own RPG

>>714713389
what's wrong?

>>714712020
>>714714461
No, he means Deadwood, a miniboss from a beloved cult classic party RPG with romcom and horror elements - Ruza.

>>714714227
FUCKING FINALLY
play defensively and make sure he eats his own bombs
Fucking nigger retard

>>714709896
It uses the cutesy zelda aesthetic as a platform to have some ballbustingly complex puzzles and fucked up bosses.

>>714715040
*Snicker*

>>714703846
Wolcen was an absolute fucking shitshow of worse-than-Diablo 3-on-release proportions. I don't know if they've fixed it by now.

finally loaded up some balance for the sale boys, what we getting.

>>714715240
I'm getting this https://store.steampowered.com/app/289180/AIM2_Clan_Wars/ because a fellow slavjank connoiseur mentioned it being similar to Hardtruck.

>>714715240
X2 - The Threat
Ground Control 2
Deus Ex

I need something that gives the feeling of this. I played everything in pic related.

How is Dead Space remake performance? Forums say it stutters a lot? Can anyone confirm that to be true?

>>714715473
Forspoken.

>>714714580
Nah, not really. I must've played the demo for Hardtruck from a library demo disk, and a.i.m. I've only seen in the magazine back in the day. Got them on a whim for pennies.

>>714715473
KCD, either of them

>>714715591
Pass.

>>714715473
https://store.steampowered.com/app/269770/Secrets_of_Grindea/
I'm not sure if it'll have the same effect on you, but it had that feeling to it when I played it. Jewish discount, but has a demo.

>>714715614
Oh, alright then. Well, appreciate the rec regardless. Also
>Starcrawlers
That's a lovely one as well.

>>714715473
Gothic 1, 2, maybe even 3, if it's about the fidelity.

>>714715112
I'm too retarded to know whether you are fucking with me or not. I googled "Deadwood the video game", and I can't find any vidya that matches the game you described.

>>714683169
>The only Uncharted games on PC are 4 and the black girl spin off.
What the fuck is wrong with Sony?

>>714716154
original anon probably meant Darkwood, since his schizo definition is quite loose.

>>714716154
Well at least you're self-aware, and that's a valuable quality, so I'll explain.
It was a joke. I said in my post that the poster you were replying to was referencing Deadwood, who is a miniboss rather than a game, and that miniboss belongs to a game called Ruza https://store.steampowered.com/app/2177620/Ruza/ which recently had a little... controversy involving the developer going thermonuclear on both his steam forums and this board, which is why I thought it would be an amusing thing to mention. Ruza does have a bit of schizocore in it, so that's an additional reason why I thought it fit to reference it. It's sort of one of those things for people "in the know", it's not funny unless the gears in your brain are turning in the exact same pattern as the ones in mine.

>>714716183

>>714669474 (OP)
Start taking care of your backlog by picking a genre or a topic that interests you and go play something that features it. Then after that game find something else that shares a similarity that stimulates you. I went from dredge > Dave the diver > sea of thieves > sons of the forest > 7 days to die > jump ship demo > battlefront 2, as an example.

Then again, my tastes are vast while I have one friend who likes Warhammer sci-fi and another who likes realistic multiplayer shooters (ready or not, 6 days in fallujah, insurgency sandstorm, etc.)

>>714716328
Okay, I looked this up the game and I think you're right. Thanks, anon.
>>714716543
Ah okay, thank you for clarifying with me and explaining what you meant. I'll check out Ruza too.

>>714701443
I like racing games where you can shoot your competition. Check GRIP for example. I didn't play a lot of it when it first came out but I enjoyed it because it was fun.

Is Suit for Hire any fun?

>>714716949
>I'll check out Ruza too.
Something you should know, after a series of unfortunate happenings, the currently available version of Ruza sucks arse. It's a long story, but the short version is basically
>Silly fun RPG
>2 chapters are made
>Dev faces some problems
>Redesigns the first 2 chapters to be better in some places but overall worse
>Makes a really bad last chapter
Poor dev seems to have gotten a bit better, there is hope he might upload the old version of the first 2 chapters as a steam Beta or onto his website. Those are the ones I'd recommend you try. Right now the only real way to obtain them is to ask someone who has it for a catbox or any other kind of link. The current Ruza is only to be checked out of morbid curiosity after you played the initial version.

>>714669474 (OP)
thanks steam, very cool

>>714688662
Zoomer "normalfags" like one piece, Naruto and Zelda. I see them wearing one of those things as a clothing accessory. Those with dbz are because the millennial parents used to watch it (if they were one of the 60+ million kids/teens during toonami). Beyond that they don't own anything because the jews raped the system before they were born.

>>714717452
boobs

whats a good zombie game, didnt like dyinglight story

>>714717452
Lmao I saw this last night under "trending free to play" and it was right up there next to mecha break.

>>714687748
having a bunch of useless plastic cases cluttering up my house actually gives me no joy whatsoever, that's why i sold all that crap years ago

>>714715364
reminds me of how halo ce looks
>>714715391
I'm checking these 2 out, kino ex I've already played. I'm looking at civ 3 too since it only costs 70 cents in my region. Might pick up blood fresh supply too, only costs a dollar and iirc it's at least 15-20ish hours long.

>>714687748
You accomplished nothing.

One real dead body by your feet would give you more joy than all the thousands of people you've killed in videogames.

>>714717629
I think Bodycam added a zombie mode, looked kinda cool

2D games without contact damage?

>>714717629
I didn't like the story either, and the gameplay got repetitive for me at some point without the special events happening. The dlc offers a vehicle with more shitty storyline. If you want a good story, good luck. I played project zomboid and 7 days to die for a couple weeks each, and those are enjoyable up to a point as well. If you want a fun experience I recommend playing with a friend or reaching out in a relative discord.

I haven't played RE4 since I had no interest when it first came out, but that maybe something up your alley. Especially since it's on steam now and renewed for better or worse.

Is Suzerain good?

Are the Dead Cells DLCs worth buying? I've been thinking about going back to it

>>714715473
Ys 8, 9, 10

SATISFACTORY OR FACTORIO

Holy shit this game is kino. I'm in the endgame and all I will say is that I'm tripping balls.

>>714718907
Factorio is better, but the price has been increased multiple times and it even has a DLC now.

>>714718907
Consider Dyson Sphere Project

>>714718907
Factorio.
>You can do more
>Better options
>Better optimization
>The DLC is even better
>The devs keep the fuck out of politics, or at least tell the political types to fuck off

>>714718907
buy satisfactory on a big sale
pirate factorio

>>714708994
I have so many games but so little interest in any of them.

>>714718907
Opus Magnum

>>714718813
Never pay more than 20 dollars for a videogame."
We're talking videogame plus all the gameplay DLCs, not just separate products.
Personally, I think Dead Cells is a game that already far overstays its welcome past the second layer of NG+, and having fucking 8 of them is patently absurd at that point. It's neat, but it's repetetive and overpriced and I don't even consider the base game worth a buy.
This may not be useful to you as your standards are clearly lo- as your preferences are clearly different, but hey, better than no (you)s at all.

>>714702876
>another Pokemon clone thats just rock paper scissors where you just use your strongest type advantage attack and win every time
Yawn

>still 4 days left to go
JUST END IT ALREADY

>>714719634
NO FAGGOT I GET PAID ON THE 10TH AND STILL NEED TO CONSOOM AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>714710765
is it a horror themed VN or just supernatural?

Any opinions on either of these?

>>714669474 (OP)
My problem is that games I want are too new so they have like 10-25% discounts so I cant buy them yet. Elin isn't even on sale.
Meanwhile I'm out of games to play.
I'd like some cheap action game or any cheap rpg as long as they aren't turn based since I've recently finished a jrpg that was turn based

>>714719742
what's your job?
I get paid the first of every month

>>714721181
if you love nep you might like it, personally I've found responsiveness off-putting in ninja wars and refunded it

>>714721181
mary skelter is okay, if you don't own 1 then you don't need to buy it if you own 2, finale is $10 and >buying neptunia games

>>714671690
Piggy-backing off this, but more turn-based or strategy/RPG roguelikes? I also like stuff like Rimworld and Vampires Survivors was pretty meh to me but I'm open to something that does the formula better than it did.

I also like Card Battlers and picked up Ark's Wonder Dungeon during the sale.

Any recs for first-person, melee-oriented games with combat similar to the Vermintide series? Co-op optional.

Which Senran Kagura games do I get?
I don't want visual novels.

>>714721814
https://store.steampowered.com/app/502800/SENRAN_KAGURA_ESTIVAL_VERSUS/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/696170/SENRAN_KAGURA_Peach_Beach_Splash/

I have a desire to try Forspoken, Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights.
Almost like a bad movie night.

>>714721662
Dying light comes to mind if you don't mind endlessly smashing and kicking zombies in satisfying ways. You can also play with some buddies. The story comes off like a B movie and attempts to be serious.

>>714722310
You may as well kick yourself in the balls for fun.

>>714722310
you can just drop a heavy object on your feet instead it would be more fun than the mental fatigue you'll give yourself playing those """games"""

>>714722310
Forspoken has some redeeming qualities in the gameplay. The story is genuinely awful though.

>>714721451
>more turn-based or strategy/RPG roguelikes
>can I get more wet or liquid water
I assume you aren't asking for actual roguelikes, so
Invisible Inc
Into the breach

Im in the mood for dicking around in some cheap indie sloppa. Any of these good or have any recommendations? I want some physics based and/or some quirky story

Anyone tried Sky Rogue? It doesnt have any melodramatic rants which is usually a deal-breaker for me in jet games but I'm kind of desperate.

do you guys actually play anything of the stuff you buy? I feel like it's been 4-5 sales in which I only play 10% of the stuff I buy

>>714722096
Thanks anon.
I'll pick them up.

>>714723326
No but thats gonna change this time

>>714723326
I play everything

>>714723326
sometimes

>>714722770
stanley parable is fun.
If you like the 4th wall break type stuff and want more of it then oneshot is also good.

>>714723326
I do, just not right away. A game may spark your interest at one point in time, it's overpriced, so you wishlist it. Many months later it's in a sale, but you're busy playing other vidya. It's an investment to play it later when that interest re-emerges. I've recently played a bunch of games I had in my library for 2+ years, or when a friend talks about wanting to play so and so and I happen to have it. I used to do this often with humble bundle, but their bundles have been dogshit for a while.

>>714673379
>Scorn
based

Bros theres a boss rush in tunic with gimped stats I'm so fucked...

>>714724142
I can't do it... Holy shit THIS IS NOT COMFY

>>714723326
Yeah, I've already finished of the 4 games I got during this one.

bro really liveblogging his tunic playthrough in the steam sale thread

>>714683169
tunic devs are anti-white btw

>>714725037
I don't give a fuck retard this game is kicking my ass

>>714725037
Proof?

I had to turn on bitch mode so I took no damage omfg I was going to break my deck

>>714723326
Yes but it takes time and that's why I buy less and less.
Some games I even bought and have only gotten cheaper before I play them properly lol.
It's why I only buy shit I know I will play ASAP or with 80% discount or more.

>>714722310
Just pirate them. It's not worth buying these games even as a joke.

G2A or Eneba?

>>714726824
Qbitorrent

I need to be a reponsible adult and make some cuts, talk me out of buying these

>>714727568
Remove a Troon in Time.

>>714727568
keep living with sister and hat in time
remove miku game

>>714727568
Miku has denuvo, it's not worth your money

>>714726496
I stopped caring to pirate years ago.

>>714722310
I have Gotham Knights and it's complete garbage

Any thoughts on Hero Lodge?

>>714719505
Mein negro. Great taste with Twin Peaks as well.

>>714725929
>80% discount or more
those are incredibly rare now

>>714727929
nta but I used to play miku all the time on my vita and it was good. Whats wrong with it

>>714728524
>Great taste with Twin Peaks as well
Go back

>>714727568
remove hat in time, get djmax respect, keep living with sister and get the mod for it

should I get Hades 2? I find hades 1 a bit boring but somehow I like it

>>714728973
no

>spend summer sale budget
>forgot to buy two games I REALLY wanted
FUCK

>>714728973
Fuck no

>>714728973
>EA
no

>>714728835
I wish I could go back to the 80s

Got Ultrakill but after playing up to beating V2 I might wait for it to 1.0. Took me 45 minutes to do chapter 1, and there are 7 available I think.

>>714720461
it's horror with supernatural elements. the main plot involves urban legends and curses

Lads please recommend me a good tycoon game with difficult business management

>>714715473
if you really have a kink for grass I think farcry3 is the game for you, just grab a few mods that rebalances the game and a few that improve the foliage even more.

street fighter 5 o 6?

>>714715473
Red Dead Redemption 2

>>714731669
5 is dead, this isn't even a debatable question. If you have to ask you probably shouldn't even be buying fighting games.

>>714731730
I don't care about the online. I just want the better game. (also 6 is still getting dlcs)

I want to buy Princess Maker 2 Revengeance but I heard it got censored.
I was also looking at Princess Maker 5, but apparently the game's translation is an ESL mess.

>>714722096
Why Estival instead of Burst?

>>714669474 (OP)
People still do this?

I'm completely banned from steam. No multiplayer, no community, no trading, no store. I've gone through two different account numbers of mine with both my debit card and credit card being banned -- I had my friend test my CC on his account and his is completely gone too. FML.

>>714732793
How the fuck did you manage to do that? All the NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER posters ever get is community bans.

>>714732793
have you tried not being a retard

>>714732793
what did you do bro

>>714732863
no

>>714732847
posting the truth about blm, vaccines/covid and the jq

>>714732907
it's a gaming platform anon

>>714732847
I admitted to being a Trump supporter and received a perma ban

>>714732980
>supporting vaxx don/zion don

>>714732978
do you not know what gamergate is?

>>714732793
>I stopped doing something so it no longer exists and people who still do this are weird
What's it like being a normie with zero self-awareness?

>>714675606
I made the mistake of buying DD2. Don't, it's genuinely bad

>>714732793
i didnt think even steam would ever do something like that. did you lose alot of games?

>>714671690
Nightreign. It’s better than the other roguelike trash out here, I don’t give a fuck how contrarian and edgy the rest of /v/ is, your taste is all indie slop.

>>714671690
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3178350/WARRIORS_Abyss/

>>714733245
I lost $138,000 worth of TF2 hats and CSGO knives.

how we lookin chat
Here's a short list of games I like if ya'll want to help:
- gmod
- dark souls remastered
- cruelty squad
- ena dream bbq
- edf 4.1
- LSD dream emulator

Here's some other stuff I like for more reference
- dorohedoro
- chainsaw man
- blame!
- the climber

im not good with descriptors, I'm looking for a passion project game, something I could preferably dive into and really explore.

> No 2D platformers
> No roguelike card games
> No text adventure/dialogue horror games

Thank you for your help!


>>714669837
thanks for the recs btw

Is No More Heroes 2 still unplayable?

is etrian odyssey worth playing?

>>714733940
yes but the port is a bad port and charges you too much for the privilege

>>714699463
just play dark souls remastered first, if you like it try elden ring, if you like that try ds3, if you like that dive into the rest

>>714706238
>>714706337
>northern journey
Watched the albino vid on it, peakium

>>714734175
Did you bother reading the reply chain at all before sending this?

>>714733740
To add some context to this
I want a really in depth exploration game, either something like cruelty squad or something exploratory like metal garden

I want a game with secrets to uncover and schizophrenia to enjoy

>>714734308
no </3 my brain is empty and the cavern is smooth as silk

>>714670031
>>714699513
>>714700456
>steamdb
How do you use to find games?

>>714733940
No.

>>714669474 (OP)
>steam summer sale
>day 3248 of 3250
what is this weird spam

>>714734458
Look at my playtime and you can determine what to make of that in regards to Aneurism IV. I'm also very picky in regards to multiplayer games.

>>714735058
it's his cheeky way of saying "it's almost over, but it feels like it's been going on forever."

>>714734882
click on sales, the use the filters

move
>>714736070

>>714727568
drop hat it's pozzed

>>714736850
It is wild how much people will go from loving something to hating something because of a single not-immediately-obvious item shoved in a dark corner.