LAST CHANCE

My recommendation
is https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306630/Lost_Ruins/

game is so short tho

>>714968329
Good. I cant finish long video games nowadays. I dropped everything thats longer than 25 hours of play time nowadays

>You Will Die Here Tonight
Obvious RE1 inspired horror game, does a many things different. Isometric view while exploring and railshooter sections when shooting at zombies. Story uses rogue-lite elements, once your character dies, you continue playing a different member of the team (the dead character is still around as a zombie). Story is also more supernatural.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/You_Will_Die_Here_Tonight/

One last round of shilling for the road
https://store.steampowered.com/app/263560/Paper_Sorcerer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1117480/Dead_Hand/

>>714931440

I really cant stand Voice acting in Platformer games. Just let me jump and break stuff dammit

>Horizon's gate / Kingsvein
Both are TRPG games with a focus on using the enviroment with pushes and pulls.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224290/Horizons_Gate/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2276830/Kingsvein/

>Anode Heart
A cross between Pokemon and Digimon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592750/Anode_Heart/

>Infernax
A Metroidvania leaning more towards caslevania with multiple endings.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/374190/Infernax/

>Particle Fleet: Emergence
Design spaceships and use them to fight the blob in RTS combat.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/422900/Particle_Fleet_Emergence/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/607820/Infinite_Adventures/

This seems like a good dungeon crawler, and it's on an all time low. I've not played much of it yet but it seems basically like Wizardry with deeper character creation and customization.

>>714968146 (OP)
That's not a hidden gem, Anon. If you're unsure maybe try to stick with games under a thousand reviews.

>>714968146 (OP)
Great game even if it is really short.
Alternative game modes give it some replayability too.

>>714968146 (OP)
>female protagonist
eugh

play fucken unsighted

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062110/UNSIGHTED/

>>714972405
>female protagonist
>LGBTQ+
eugh x2

>>714972609
It has some SJWisms, but they are minor and mostly related to the art style. Game is really good despite them.

>>714968146 (OP)
if that is a hidden gem this one is too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/799640/Dungeon_Munchies/

>>714972609
>i don't want to play a great metroidvania bc it has sexy women in it
valid, maybe you'd like this better?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216430/MUSCLE_GIANTS/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804010/Labyrinth_Of_The_Demon_King/
First person survival horror, my beloved.
Supposedly the dev is going to add a newgame+ to the game.

>>714968146 (OP)
I think I'm at the point where I'm content with what I have already. Backlog's at like 1000+ games, literally with no exaggeration or hyperbole. Steam wish list is at exactly 400 games yet I don't feel like buying anything at all, even shit that's 90% off. Realistically my current backlog will last me my entire life time, however long that might be, guess I'll actually be able to control myself to where I'll buy shit that I intend to play either soon or immediately rather than "eventually". Feels kinda weird, man.

best turn based/mouse based games? broke my left arm last month and I'm stuck in a sling playing battle brothers rn

>the 999th thread and almost all the games listed in it still SUCK
WOW
its ok /v/ i came here to save you
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545990/Deadeye_Deepfake_Simulacrum/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3169790/Haneda_Girl/

>>714968146 (OP)
I like this one a lot it reminds me of a game I played on my phone years ago that I forgot the name of.
Overpriced, but tickles the tism in a good way.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1694420/

>>714972754
Trying this one. Thanks for the rec.

Have my usual list:

>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/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1949960/Super_Kiwi_64/

>>714969256
any programming involved in particle fleet?

>revealing hidden gems to normalfags

https://store.steampowered.com/app/684000/Wooden_Ocean/

>>714972050
CUTE Female protagonist =/= Female protagonist

repostan (slightly edited) because i wrote this in the wrong thread.
this is probably the most underrated game i’ve ever played. i know that survival/crafting have a bad reputation, but there’s an actual story you follow here and so far it kept me engaged enough that it even pushed me to “overbuild”. the only game that comes to mind i could compare this to would be soma.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/739720/Penkura/

>>714974339
Normalfags dont care about niche games even when presented them.
Hidden gem threads are for people who actually enjoy vidya and are willing to try weird stuff out to find more to enjoy.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279280/Welcome_to_the_Adventurer_Inn/

>>714968146 (OP)
Interesting run-based games:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3043370/Dream_Warrior/
NES Dragon Quest + FTL
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393500/Time_Break_Chronicles/
SNES Final Fantasy + FTL, unfortunately permanently early access
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2196850/Soul_Survivor_Trials_of_the_Goddess/
Another jarpig + FTL
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/486380/Shigatari/
Samurai FTL, but funny
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/296970/Renowned_Explorers_International_Society/
Tactical turn-based FTL, but you steal treasures from indigenous people. Borderline not hidden.

Narrative stuff:
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/352220/King_of_Dragon_Pass/
Cult classic and ancestor of a micro-genre, still sub 500 reviews
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/881420/Six_Ages_Ride_Like_the_Wind/
The next after KoDP, fantasy bronze age horse nomad simulator
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2278010/Six_Ages_2_Lights_Going_Out/
The one after that, fantasy bronze age eschatology simulator. Six Ages 3 probably never releases.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/226740/Monster_Loves_You/
Monster life sim
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1149000/Monster_Loves_You_Too/
... and the sequel that literally no one knows about or buyed boughted

>>714974825
Does it have outfit destruction?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271750/Unferat/
Cool little game where you play a village dude whose father was killed by the villagers so he uses an evil magic dagger to kill them all with dark sorcery. Sorta like Runescape + medieval Hitman where you could summon demons, reanimate skellies, poison wells, lay out traps on the road to the village etc.

I wish there were more dark fantasy games where you're playing a villain necromancer or somesuch, would kill for some game recommendations like that.

Anyone know of any good horror gems? I love horror.

>>714968551
This was a solid game. They added some shit for Professional so I will give it a go again tonight. Really loved how abrupt the ending was desu

>>714968146 (OP)
heres the problem.
if im;
(1) buying digital and not physical
(2) buying a game im not sure of
(3) havent bought it in years yet

then the damn thing better go on a REAL sale.
If its normally $30+ it better drop below $10.
If its $10-25 it better drop below $5
if its $5, it better drop below $2.50

i dont care.

some $80 game is now $25?!
nope.
some $25 game is now $12!
nope.
some $10 game is now $8?!
nope.

OP, I would have tried it if it ever actually went on a real sale. wont touch it otherwise. dont care. ive never bought a game on sale, and enjoyed it. in most cases, i play an hour or so, and then quit, never to play it again because its so fucking boring. theres a reason i waited for it to go on sale.

>In the grim dark future there is only a zone.....and a border
https://store.steampowered.com/app/289220/BorderZone/

>>714973306
I'd rather play Cho Aniki

>>714974179
No

>This thread again
/v/ is so so contrarian they're looking for the more obscure piece of shit to buy.

Advertising

Thread should be banned

Nobody sucks off a game seller as much as steam fags

>>714976181
>>714976234
Thanks for bumping this video game thread, newfriends.

>>714974949
>KoDP
It looked interesting but It seemed kinda woke.
Womyn warriors are too much
Or am i misremembering things

Any RPG's with fun base building mechanics?

>>714976674
Do you mind mild survival crafting elements?
Abiotic Factor is leaving early access in a couple weeks and is in a pretty solid state already.

>>714976358
It was kind of woke in the sense that something from 1999 could be woke. Bill Clinton woke, Captain Planet woke. Personally I don't mind that level, but I undertand opinions will vary.
Vinga worshipers are the red-haired warrior wymyn, filtered through a Celtic lens. But you need to cast spells to get regular women to help defend when you're being attacked rather than hiding somewhere.
On the other hand, you can order a rape victim to marry her attacker because it's politically advantageous. Sometimes, most of the clan even agrees that it's the right thing to do.

>>714976903
I prefer it more as a time resource aspect having to weigh potential upgrade for you base helping one aspect of your party versus investing in more future proof characters who aren't the best currently.

>>714972405
This game is literally made by 2 trannies. They're currently working on a sequel.
https://x.com/TianiPixel/

The game is okay, but the time limit is dumb af, I don't want to be rushed when I'm mapping out a metroidvania

>>714976674
heroes of a broken land

Bump.

I'm sure somebody's mentioned Kero Blaster at $3. Linear shooter platformer made by Cave Story dev.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/292500/Kero_Blaster/

I've been itching for an old style 2.5D first person RPG (think daggerfall). Any good ones that aren't grid based or blobbers?

>>714968146 (OP)
is that the one with the schoolgirl doing the platforming? i played it years ago, it's pretty nice

>>714968146 (OP)
I just finished this one, pretty sweet metroidvania by Team Ladybug
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2671230/BLADECHIMERA/

this isn't really some super obscure hidden gem but
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088840/Picayune_Dreams/
denpa vs clone,the gameplay is pretty nice, the whole premise, bosses, graphics and music is also pretty denpa
music is god tier

>>714973485
Most of my backlog I'm unlikely to ever actually play, there's games I do want to play that I'd want to buy but I'm waiting for them to release or get updated

>>714976234
>How dare people come together to find out and share the knowledge of obscure games
What breeds this retarded mindset

>>714976181
(You)

>last chance
not until tomorrow DOE

>>714976358
>but It seemed kinda woke.
you deserve modern fantasyslop for even saying this

>>714975856
Spoil me
Do you die in the end or is the game title a lie?

>>714976234
talking about any videogames is actually advertisement. they should delete the whole board

>>714974175
thanks for recommending Siralim anon ive been havnig so much fun with it

>>714974640
You're absolutely right. I'm peak normalfag, and I go into these threads check out what the hidden gems are and never ever purchase. So he has nothing to worry about.

>>714972405
>western anime style
>lesbians
>over half the cast is black
Raising a lot of red flags here

>>714981450
You die multiple times during the game (or at least you CAN die and probably will on your first run) but always come back as a team member. You can "reset" all the deaths with an item you find. The basic end involves you escaping the mansion by helicopter. The true end involves you breaking out of the Police Station, working your way through a laboratory and shooting the mastermind behind the game in the face and the game immediately rolls the credits. It was fun. I liked it a lot

>>714976181
>>714976234
SAAAAAAR! BLOODY BASTARD BITCH! STOP THE REDEEM! TRIPLE A NEED YOU!

>>714973048
>Its fully voiced
Thats surprising

>>714972405
>see publisher
>its gonna be a gay game
>look if up
>main female character is gay

Its wild how you know just by glance which games have subversive themes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2969380/BAKERU/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3007240/_Magical_stick_girl_Miracle_Kurun/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/278420/Spider_Rite_of_the_Shrouded_Moon/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1998530/Yoiyami_Dancers_Twilight_Danmaku_Dancers/

>>714979424
Kero Blaster is one of the best classic indie games I've ever played but I'd hardly call it a hidden gem.
>>714979661
Pirated this and finished it in two days, was pretty fun (the True Final Boss was a pain in the asshole though).

>>714982448
Only if you pay lol

>>714976358
The Vingan mandatory lesbian cult isn’t even in modern runequest, they’ve basically cut all mentions of Vinga out because they see it as too regressive/problematic, like it’s objectification to have lesbian amazons

and you, a moron, are over here calling it woke

If you and your worst enemies agree on something but from opposite angles, maybe you’re both wrong?

>>714983108
>the True Final Boss was a pain
That it was. I did bother learning the first and second phases, but when I saw there was a third one I said fuck this shit and cheesed it with the invulnerability disks.

Hidden turd
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3469190/Touhou_Spell_Carnival/

>>714968329
aren't you supposed to do multiple runs or some shit?

>>714983108
Holy shit a kurururin knockoff. Buying that right now.

>>714984037
>Idea factory slop

>>714969214
especially after you hear the same voice line for the 50th time
can't you turn the voices off though?
it's not an interesting platformer, no interesting movement abilities, but breaking shit is cathartic

>>714974396
I had my eye on it for a month, and I'm pulling the trigger. I don't know what I'm in for, but the review's playtime don't lie.

>>714981458
Siralim is really good. I played Ultimate on launch, but I really should get back into it after all the updates.

>>714984471
its probably the most ambitious rpgm game out there. my first run took almost 70hrs. and there's been a year of updates since then.

>>714968146 (OP)

Very kino RPGMaker Halloween themed game with a fantastic soundtrack and drips SOVL:

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

Made by and /v/ and /tv/ oldfag.

>>714974396
this is just gonna be one of those politically charged games, won't it
i'm not even a burger, but i just don't want that in my games

>>714973419
I feel like it kind of lost steam at the very end, but fuck if the ride there wasn't great. I need more games like this in my life.

>>714984749
fucking cringe thanks for showing that

>>714984749
it gets anti religion and anti chud in the post game
I thought it was pretty funny

>>714968146 (OP)

Deathbulge is also very fucking kino:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1083790/Deathbulge_Battle_of_the_Bands/

break wolf

>>714968329
short like your dick

>>714969256
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224290/Horizons_Gate/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2276830/Kingsvein/
These two look cool. Sad RPG devs sometimes forget to add a story to their games.

>>714968146 (OP)
>>714900967
>>LITERALLY WHO???: less than 10 reviews
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026260/Ocnus_Theory/

Actual, legitimate Hidden Gem coming through. Just 8 reviews. Released two years back.
What if Katamari was a platformer? A cool navigational, 'platformer', with lots of exploration, secrets, and problems to solve as you try to progress.

any dungeon crawlers with cute girls that are actually good?
if not.. back to replaying EO

>>714974339
>I hate the devs of the games I like and I want them to make less money

>>714988197
DT2 if you like busting your balls until you get a good party rolling, but it got ousted from Steam so you have to buy it on some other dogshit store

>>714988197
Have you tried Mary Skelter series?

>>714969256
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2276830/Kingsvein/
I've had this wishlisted since before the release of the game. But it's never been more than 30% discounted and I'm a somewhat poor individual so I've never actually bit the bullet to buy it. One day.
If it gets a bigger discount or if I actually get a proper job somehow.

>>714988197
Labyrinth of Refrain & Labyrinth of Galleria

>>714988403
is it pic related? I never heard of this game before
>>714988416
No, but they seem right up my alley.

>>714974339
There's at most only 29 people in this thread from an irrelevant basket weaving website, a thread that will be forgotten in a day. Your obscure games will be fine.

>>714989261
Wrong. We're the the most powerful board, in the most powerful thread. Don't forget that.

>>714988197
I like the stranger of sword city bundle.

>>714984907
This game really needs a post-game update, it has a great battle system but even the secret boss fight isn't that hard. Still a great game though.

I got me shadow empire, that shit is actually quite good in spite of it's dogshit presentation.

buying those after I'll browse this thread

>>714988743
>is it pic related? I never heard of this game before
Yes. It's a bit fan service-y but the characters are fun aside form the MC, who is pretty much a cardboard cutout
One of the best dungeon RPGs I've played, next to EO games. Huge post game (more like the the main part of the game)

>>714984749

>>714977301
There's nothing wrong with being a tranny if you pass which the main dev does

>>714993629

>>714977301
I have never once cared about the personal life of a dev. Either a game is good or it isn't.

>>714994848
You only say that because you like that game. If it were a game you hate you would be very vocal about how playing that game would "help the enemy".

>>714984580
>its probably the most ambitious rpgm game out there.
That title should probably go to Monster Girl Quest Paradox.

>>714995416
No I wouldn't. I'm no the guy that posted before. I have never once looked into the personal life of a dev or an author I like or anything.

Why the fuck would I ever ever care? They created a product and either I like it or I don't.

>>714968146 (OP)
Y/N?

>>714995468
>Why the fuck would I ever ever care?
NTA but you can't delete knowledge from your mind.
When you know the politics of the artist you're immediately reminded of that when you see something in the game which you know was put there to promote their pet cause. This takes you out of it.

I can play a game and there can be some rabbits in the game and I'm not bothered, but after I learn that the developer has a thing for rabbits and wants to fuck them, I can't immerse myself in any of their games because now I notice the rabbits.
So I agree you shouldn't learn too much about the devs, to avoid this issue.

Unfortunately, tranny shit is promoted everywhere, so you can't innocently enjoy a game with an androgynous woman (or whatever) in it anymore. You have to actively avoid games made by trannies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/274500/Brigador_UpArmored_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/528230/SYNTHETIK_Legion_Rising/

>>714996393
>1
smear filter pixelart. Just emulate the Saturn version
>2
smear filter textures. Not as egregious as 1 but not great

any fun coop games that run on toasters that I can play with my gf?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601280/Potato_Flowers_in_Full_Bloom/

if you have ever wanted to play a dungeon crawler but found them a bit inaccessible or feeling cheaply made then this is pretty much the perfect game.
incredibly tight, very accessible without sacrificing depth, and a great experience in general that ends just as things start to get off the rails in power.

>>714997326
You can remove the filters by deleting some files.

>>714997443
legit good game for any fan of the genre, regardless of experience

>>714997405
Pampas & Selene

>>714997630
yeah absolutely
it manages to be a great experience without any qualifiers on that while also being incredibly good for beginners.

its sad the developer isn't willing to make another dungeon crawler.

I used to check on news for the dev every week for a year because he disappeared from the internet and stopped posting his new game. I've given up now, but I still love his first game. I hope he comes back. You won't find a more varied adventure game made by one dev for such a small price

>>714997826
>its sad the developer isn't willing to make another dungeon crawler.
what? why?

>>714998037
Forgot pic

>Din's Curse
Diablo in a dynamic randomized world with custom classes. Seven (six without the DLC) default classes with 3 skill trees each or a hybrid class that picks any 2 skill trees which adds a ton of replayability.
Speaking of replayability that's really the name of the game here which leads back into the dynamic and randomized world. Maybe saying "world" is a bit much, each "world" consists of a single town and a single dungeon, when you do enough quests to save a town you move onto the next randomized town/dungeon combo. Dynamic isn't a buzzword here, the world moves on with or without your actions or sometimes BECAUSE of your action/inaction.

Let's say, for example, one of the bosses you need to kill is Doodoo Head the Machinist and he's 10 levels deep into the dungeon. While you're dungeon diving he builds a recon tower on one of the higher floors but you're too busy to go back up to take it out or spend too long trying to find it so he uses it to stage an invasion of the town. You get back to the town, start fighting his invasion force which ends up killing half the townspeople and two vendors, but while you are doing this he builds a fog machine on one of the lower floors and an ice machine higher. Then there is an uprising of some enemy type due to Doodoo Head's meddling because you're taking too long to get down and kill his ass so while you're taking care of that so they don't also invade your town he continues to build more and more machines. Then you finally manage to kill one of his lieutenants but as it turns out he was something of a diplomat so now the skeletons and demons in the dungeon have started a war with each other.

This sort of stuff unfolds in the matter of an hour, there's tons and tons of emergent gameplay and emergent storytelling too (if you're willing to kind of stretch the definition of "story"). It can be bitesized dynamic Diablo or "what the fuck I've been playing this for 4 hours straight" dynamic.
>Comment too long
god dammi

Nightmare of Decay
It's a MUCH more faithful first person Resident Evil than 7
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848450/Nightmare_of_Decay/

>>714998039
loss of personal interest I assume?
when asked about it they said they would rather pursue other types of games than only making a single type of game.
and considering they are Japanese I think it pretty much says
>I want to make other types of games and may come back to dungeon crawlers later
with none of the other... basic in progress projects they have tried out (I guess is how you would put it) being at all related.

I want to see more from them, but if they already happy with how potato flowers turned out and want to focus on nailing down something else I get it, I just still want to see more from them.

>>714997048
I just would not think about it. I'm vaguely aware some musicians I like have retarded politics, I would never think about that while enjoying their music. The onus is on you with this one honestly.

>>714998274
There's the kinda-maybe sequel Din's Legacy which is more of an entry in the greater "Depth's of Peril Universe" that has stretched from Soldak's first game onwards than a real sequel to Din's Curse. It's honestly an incomprehensible clusterfuck of ideas with downright bizarre worldgen and in my opinion WAY too much randomization, even your class's passives get randomized so you might end up with 5 copies of the ability to use swords, sometimes you don't even get access to the skills the class is supposed to have. The main mechanics are mutations which can be passives, skills, modifiers for existing skills, etc. which puts the random elements over the edge and into the RNG void. You can get a modifier for a beginner spell that leaves a fuckhueg AoE tornado on a kill which can carry you through the whole loop or you get get 4 [Elemental] Resist passives in a row then a DoT extender for a skill you put no points into.

I'm bringing this up primarily while shilling Din's Curse because you might get really into Curse and decide to pick up the "sequel" only to find out it's a totally different beast that has little to no relation to the first.
Anyways, Din's Curse is $2.50 (burgershekels) and the DLC is $1.24. If you go by dollar per hour it's a steal if it sounds even halfway interesting.

like Dino Crisis? How about first person shooters? How about both together?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597040/Fossilfuel/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2299660/Fossilfuel_2/

>>714998856
Do they put political messages in their songs though?
Because most trannies do put tranny propaganda in their games. Or retarded anticapitalist bullshit, same thing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/704640/Evolution_of_Ages_Settlements/
Looks like absolute shit, but has an absolute fantastic gameplay loop.

>>714998037
>>714998132
I feel like he's gone on some kind of journey to get inspiration for his new game, I doubt he abandoned gamedev.

>>714968146 (OP)
>>714975856
Alright, last day of the sale. Here's a compilation of notable mystery/murder/thriller recommendations from the previous thread taken from different anons. I honestly was going to made this longer and got tired, but fuck it. Feel free to post other games of any genre, I might include them in a bigger image if the thread doesn't die.

Starting from Top Left:
Misericorde. A weird visual novel that takes place in the 14 century in a convent. You play as a nun who's forced to investigate the murder of some of her sisters after the Mother Superior asks her tos top her decade long as a hermit.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708110/Misericorde_Volume_One/

Ravensburg. Two vampires travel to a mysterious island in the middle of nowhere to eliminate a suicidal cult in this horror-anime adventure. There's a blatant number of romance choices mixed with occult themes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314710/RAVENSBURG/

Digital Exorcist. Has 139 reviews currently. Discount: literally free. Detective-like story with paranormal elements to it, using PC-98 graphics. Go around shooting demons and resolving mysteries.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2299040/DIGITAL_EXORCIST_case_0/

Pale City. Grimdark setting with strong atmosphere, fast paced combat that doesn't drag, story focused and a pessimistic MC. Side content isn't plentiful, but it's good and offers some good rewards.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196580/The_Pale_City/

Decade. Philosophical visual-novel/investigative adventure story. You travel through an alternate time line exploring the intersection of philosophical ideas, something about prosperity turning society weak and dumb.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3272360/Decade/

Red line. Focused on time loops and investigating different plotlines in miserable apartment complex. It uses time-travelling mechanics to investigate the place, has some pretty anime visuals.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2143050/Red_Line/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3099000/Guns_of_Fury/
metal slug + castlevania

>>715000138
I hope so, but he used to post every day on steam forums. The last thing I saw him say about game dev was that he had hit a big hurdle, but he thought he would be past it soon and start making good progress. That was 2 or 3 years ago

What a cute little indie game. I wonder what obscure European dev made it.
>look up the developer
what the FUCK?

>>714999729
I don't really look for messaging in products. If you go looking for it you'll find it. You just overcomplicate your life and it seems miserable.

Is FF7 anticapitalism or whatever? Maybe to people like you. To me it's about some dudes killing the bad guys then The Thing happens.

See how good things can be?

>>715001071
the thing enjoyer has logged on

>>714972405
This music in this game is so unbelievably bad I can't even express it to you guys. It's worth pirating literally just to experience the dogshit cat getting slamming against a keyboard soundtrack. It's SO so so so so fucking distractingly bad.

-95% https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804270/Swordship/ if you like spending few hours getting arcade achievements it's ok I guess

>>715001071
I'm not looking for political messaging either. It jumps out.
You're doing the hardest cope, where you deny the problem exists, and pretend everyone not in denial has a personal issue.

>See how good things can be?
I solve the problem by not playing tranny games, not doing mental gymnastics to feel superior to people who live in reality.

>>715001693
It doesn't jump out to me because I don't spend all my time engaging with stuff that makes me angry. I'm not coping my life is just easier than yours I guess.

The Thing interpretation of FF7 is just as real as the ecoterrorism anticapitalism blah blah gay politics shit one.

>>714972405
I played through it. the npc death mechanic is fucking awful, fortunately it's possible to turn it off. other than that it's mid+
I just wanted to post an actual opinion different than
>hurr wokeslop
because that's all you're gonna get on 4chan

God the
>I just ENJOY things stupid
is such such low IQ drivel it doesn't even merit responding to

>>714968146 (OP)
This was free on gog once. I played through it but did not like the movement at all. felt so clunky.

>>714993629
>There's nothing wrong with being a tranny if you p-ACK
kill yourself, troon

>>714984749
>Domina gets banned
>but this is somehow ok
Gaben is a fag

Any Peggle-like games?
Any Candy Crush type games?
I already have actual Peggle and I have the Bejeweled and Grindstone.

Definitely going to add Icycle: On Thin Ice (short BMX platformer with a cool artstyle), Fractal Block World (6DoF Shooter/Exploration game with shrinking/growing mechanics set in a fractal world made of blocks) to this list later. Maybe G String too though I haven't played that enough to be sure just yet. Cape Hideous (sidescrolling walking sim with MSPaint visuals) and Nekoba RocknRoll (schizo doujin action-platformer where you play as a cat wielding a bazooka) were also pretty cool.

>>715001821
It doesn't make me angry. I don't have anything against people who want to fuck rabbits. It just breaks immersion when I play their game and it has a lot of rabbits in it, and my enjoyment is diminished.

>>715002146
why'd it get banned?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681840/Abalon_Roguelike_Tactics_CCG/

It's a roguelite deckbuilder (which I usually hate) but this one, along with Tainted Grail Conquest (it's not exactly a hidden gem to list here however) I liked a lot. It's basically a hybrid of deckbuilder-style spells and turn-based tactical combat with units. If you like old DnD-inspired tactical games, you'll probably like this. Art style looks like a mobile game which is meh but the game itself is pretty cool, especially with its attack/combo system and the ability to recruit two permanent niggas to join your party which gives you a lot of tactical options. It's also on Android and iOS, and it's pretty much one of the best games I ever played on my phone (besides old remakes like FFT or Tactics Ogre), can't shill this enough

>>715002460
To each their own I guess. Go out of your way to not learn about it then.

I didn't play celeste because I don't like platformers but I heard stuff about the dev. I wouldn't give a fuck though because the mechanics are supposed to be top tier. It can't bother you unless you let it.

>>715002630
>If you don't care about anything nothing can bother you!
Retard

>>714993629
there absolutely is

>>715002548
Trannies seething

>>715002185
I didn't like pegling.
I did like roundguard.
Roguelites, though.

>>715002790
oh ya, they were the one going unhinged in their patch notes.

>>714984624
Fuck yeah, was just about to shill it.
The Jack Lantern fight was great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8porAKWL9Qs&list=PLHAw6eiSNbga8xvpDAcZRGuJmpO6N5KIx&index=109

>>715002630
Celeste is a tranny game about a tranny overcoming the fact that he was born with a penis. There is nothing immersion breaking about that. It didn't bother me because I knew what I was getting into.

>>714976358
If you insult Glorantha (that's older than your zoomer ass) setting again, I will curse your entire bloodline.

>>714999474
DC blows. Anyone who says they enjoyed it hasn't played it recently

>>714968649
Oh hey, I played paper sorcerer, it had a cool idea of building your party from different fantasy monsters and interesting dungeons but the art style made my eyes bleed, especially the sepia one.

Maybe not that hidden looking at review total but I’ve never seen anyone here discuss this game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2194530/YogSothoths_Yard/

For me, it's Marlow Briggs

>>714984749
thx for pointing this out, bought 7 copies

>>715003719
yo, same

Where's the go to place to pirate games now?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/322290/Gurumin_A_Monstrous_Adventure/
Just started playing picrel and its ludokino so far

>>715004003
The Internet?

>>715003473
That happens a lot for games whose playerbase is mostly asians
There are quite a lot of asian games with thousands of reviews who gets basically no discussion here, or in other mostly english speaking forums
Look at this game https://store.steampowered.com/app/1189630/PathOfWuxia/
Almost 30k reviews but since it doesn't have a english translation (there is a full fantranslation however) it's basically unknown here (outside of the occasional wuxia threads). This game above is a chinese Persona, and I mean it: calendar system, befriending classmates, rpg battles, except it's set in a martial arts school (and the game lasts the full 3 high school years)

>>715004003
still ggn, since bcg closed years ago, and bitgamer before that. but /v/ lost the private tracker culture so you have probably no clue what I'm talking about

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3117820/Sultans_Game/

Speaking of games I've never seen discussed (but which are popular with chinks). You can fuck like 3 minors in it, and only one of them commits suicide afterwards, I'm surprised /v/ didn't jump on the opportunity to shill it everywhere.

>>715004337
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3117820/Sultans_Game/
Was this game made by /v/?

>>714977301
>but the time limit is dumb af, I don't want to be rushed when I'm mapping out a metroidvania
That's one of the most retarded things you can put in a metroidvania. One of the big elements in Metroidvanias and key selling points is exploration. If the player's faced with an ever looming time limit they're not going to want to explore, especially on a first playthrough when they have no way of knowing just how strict the time limit is.

>>715004003
gog-games
tpb

>>715004474
That's just some optional funny easter eggs that you can unlock included by kickstarter (or chinkstarter? I'm not actually sure) backers.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2286390/Tunnet/
Some anon mentioned this one ages ago. It's a pretty simplistic network building game but still fairly fun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569180/The_Kotonoha_Sisters_and_the_Legend_of_Lysant_Island/
Nihongo only.

>>714979424
I played it, its ok. nothing crazy. You could do better desu, dont expect something like Cave Story

>>714973419
Game blows it's just a puzzle game not a dungeon crawler

>>714998326
Played it. fun game but gets kind of stupid in the end. Did not appreciate that one joke boss at all quite honestly.

>>715000196
+1 for Misericorde, it's fantastic

This was my favorite game from last year, if you like narrative games and pets I would highly recommend it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432850/Farewell_North/

>>714968146 (OP)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846980/Skeletons/

>>714968146 (OP)
>Blast Brawl 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/447980/Blast_Brawl_2/

borderline free, however i ONLY recommend it if you have bros to play couch multiplayer games with. the singleplayer is decent though

>>715005058

>>715004528
Vision Soft Reset is built entirely around a time limit and it's kino however.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1005450/Vision_Soft_Reset/

>>715002374
First one I've seen mentioning Zelle, based.
HIghly recommend it to anyone.

>>714994004

>HUH!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT ME SHILLING THIS UNKNOWN INDIE GAME WITH VIRTUALLY NO REVIEWS MADE BY SOME SUBHUMAN IN VENEZUELA? IT TOTALLY ISN'T MY GAME! I SWEAR I'M NOT SHILLING MY OWN GAME HOPING TO MAKE A HANDFUL OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY IN MY SHITHOLE!

>>715007870
>4k+ reviews
>unknown

>indie game = bad!
>all caps strawman
You will never fit in, newfag.

>>715008115
I clearly wasn't talking about your game, fagboy, even though 4k reviews isn't that much. And I never claimed indie games are bad.
>You will never fit in, newfag.
Ironic.

I'm in the mood for a game where you control a bunch of dudes with science fiction equipment and gear going on turn-based missions. Something like X-Com but heavier on the science fiction.
Recommend me your games; doesn't matter if they're AAAA or have one billion reviews.

No, don't post that Korean game, it's not what I want.

>>715008258
>your game

I have to admit that entering a thread specifically about less popular games and complaining about them is weird as fuck. Thanks for the bump I guess.

>>715002374
love zortch, and rum & gun. great games, and inspirational too. afaik the devs for both games made everything themselves including the engine.
the only other game i recognize here is the silver case, which i have on my library but have yet to play. i have played killer7 tho so im honestly a bit wary of it. that game disturbed me, man.

>>714972405
It looks incredibly UNSIGHTLY, no thanks

Play Osteoblasts

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1841240/FOUNTAINS/

>>715000951
>touching anything gamefreak that isn't pokemon and made after the DS era
There's a reason you never heard of it

>>715008714
>Recommend me your games; doesn't matter if they're AAAA or have one billion reviews
More the latter, but Mechanicus?

>>714995428
There are anons who have unironically died waiting for that to release.

Is there a single good city builder on Steam?

>>714972754
>no furigana

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3320100/Drowned_God_Conspiracy_of_the_Ages/
Drowned God
>90s point and click schizo conspiracy game, honestly very interesting and very well-presented with great atmosphere and aesthetical design. creator died under strange circumstances
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2127230/MOONPONG_Tales_of_Epic_Lunacy/
Moonpong
>pong with spherical orbit and roguelite mechanics, Balatro completely ripped this game's style off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/607780/Toymaker/
Toymaker
>gritty RPGMaker game, kind of reminiscent of LISA but less humor
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2335790/Future_Breach_64/
Future Breach 64
>SWAT but with an incredibly low budget and chunky retro-3D graphics, the beginning of the game leaves a poor impression but it's quite fun

>>715009695
Looks good.
Anything else?

I recommend Moonring if you like classic Ultima games (pre-6). It's not as obscure as some of the games posted here but it's free.

>>715009275
I was unsure of even putting it on the list honestly, since it can be extremely dull in parts. And of course it's a VN, so you get to experience most of the borderline incomprehensible story in text and still images. Definitely very interesting from a stylistic perspective though, quite a few elements were later reused in killer7. I'd say it's worth pushing yourself through it overall, but it really is one of those games where for every person who falls in love with it there's another who can't stand it whatsoever.

Is this any good?

>>715010612
>Toymaker
Damn, this one looks soulful.

>>714982448
Thanks. The chef spirit was cute. Might play for her.

>>715011569
I played it for an hour, it feels like a nothingburger. You basically watch paint dry and some numbers go up but there's zero strategy involved and you don't have that many decisions to make on the global map, the only element of gameplay that seems to matter is sending adventurers somewhere.

>>714984749
Hating Trump is the default state of human existence.
Nothing to get upset over.

>>715002374
what is this? schizo core?

>>715011771
Eh, I hoped it would be something like Shadow of Forbidden Gods but from the good guys perspective.

Thanks for the reply.

>>715010612
>Future Breach 64
Just tried the demo it was too much for my eyes and the colors were eye raping me

>>714972754
hold the fuck up, this got translated? AND it's on steam? I remember seeing screenshots of this years ago

>>715011824
Only about half of it.

>>715002734
Exactly. My life is so easy.
>>715003043
I wouldn't have known any of that. I would have platformed and probably skipped cutscenes.

>>714968146 (OP)
this game was fucking ass

>>715010284
I was thinking of trying the pharaoh remake to see if its good, got regular pharaoh on gog instead kek.

Hey anon I bought that pale city game. I promised I would and I did. Haven't played it yet but will eventually.

Recommend me something given the following parameters:

No weebshit
Lots of replayability
Emphasis was put on soul

anyway that was a while ago, maybe I should check the remake

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123770/Curse_of_the_Dead_Gods/
Hades if it was actually fun. Sadly very little plot to speak of.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1958340/Cube_Chaos/
Very autistic rts roguelite
I think last thread I saw this one and my god it's been incredible. Feels similar to Path of Achra.
I only took images randomly to show to someone else at the time, but it really does have chaos like the title implies. Every few seconds the entire map got taken over with more and more random cubes from Chaos Dragon getting duplicated and then randomly it all vanished and I won shortly after.

>>715013876
Path of Achra
>one-button roguelike build-builder
>dozens of classes
>tons of replayability
>first game made solo by a professor of Ancient poetry and mythology

>>715014163
>7k

>>714972405
devshill post
ywnbaw

>>715013876
>>714974396
most reviews have 100+hrs
there are 20 elements and I think 800+ skills.

>>715013876
neck yourself frogcancer

>>714973762
These games have both been posted a thousand times, you sperg

>>715014249
I just tried the demo it seems interesting how different is the demo from main game ?

I like shilling this game every now and then. Stay up on a space ship while controlling a drone that you drive around the surface of a radioactive planet, scavenging for alien tech to upgrade your drone with and fighting strange alien things.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/779590/Scavenger_SV4/

>>715015481
Second this one, but I gotta warn pussies like myself, it has some horror elements in it.

>>715015374
I just googled that the demo is an old version of the game. Where you can't upgrade your gear and it doesn't show all the info on weapons. Also it's probably missing some skills and classes. Check out SsethTzeentach's video to see what the game is all about.

>>714984749
Nah fuck Trump. He's charging me 50% in taxes from shit I ordered from Japan and is literally handing that money over to the Jews. How the fuck is anyone ok with this shit

>>714976234
Advertisers are better than whiny faggots like you so it's fine.

>>714994004
>>715002005
>>715002746
You faggots are so worried about trannies when you're probably biological male and look like a tranny anyways

>>715015850
>biological male
>implying there's any other way to be male
kys tranny

>>714995416
Unrelated person chiming in, if I don't like something I just don't talk about it. I don't have to voice my opinion on shit that doesn't matter to me. People like you are the biggest niggers imaginable.

>>715015059
>getting mad at images

Have another frog, you embarrassing turbo-nigger

>>715000196
hey, I was the anon that made that post recommending The Pale City

If you're into cyberpunk and just murder mysteries in general, I highly recommend Of The Devil

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739630/of_the_Devil/

Episode 0 was fucking great, and although Episode 1 has been heading into a different direction, it's still great, introducing new characters and just expanding the world in general. Seems like episode 2 will be released this year still

>>715001071
You're retarded for purposely ignoring the entire point of something just so you can say you like it while you cry about how you shouldn't enjoy things because it has things you should dislike in it. What kind of backwards retard logic are you working with here?

I didn't like Diablo 2 but I do like action RPGs. I like them most when I can play multiplayer with other people
Will I like Grim Dawn? Thinking of buying and grabbing the DLC instead of pirating if only because multiplayer

>>715016157
The big bad tranny is gonna get you while you sleep, faggot. Kill yourself.

>>715004024
Make sure you grab the typos patch.
https://github.com/Tenome/Gurumin-Modding

>>715016157
You probably look like Chris Chan and are crying about trannies when in reality you should kill yourself after killing your entire family because you're all worthless retards that culminated in you being alive.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631470/Critter_Cove/
Critter Cove. Its more of a Animal Crossing New Horizon Clone with a tourism sim, but that tourism sim is the only way to make big $$$$, and you need to make a large farm to make food for the tourists to get that $$$$. They/Them exist but its very ignorable since they don't shove it in your face/don't invite them into your island.

you can pirate 95% of the games in this thread

>>715000196
+1 to Decade

>>715016481
>I didn't like Diablo 2
>Will I like Grim Dawn?
Lol, no. Grim Dawn is closer to D2 than D3 was.

>>715015682
Well i know the game from his vid but im interested in what do (You) think
I also see that the dev is making a sequel

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1264970/The_Conquest_of_Go/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/349300/Littlewitch_Romanesque_Editio_Regia/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225610/kashicverse_Malicious_Wake/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/339090/Pig_Eat_Ball/

>>715004024
Seconding this game, it's great.
>>715005016
Holy shit thank you for the recommendation, as someone who's into networking and homelab/self-hosting this sounds awesome. (Shame about it having pronouns and shit but much like White Knuckle if a niche game is well executed then I'll just have to put up with it.)
>>715015481
This sounds pretty neat too, thanks.

>>714968146 (OP)
KINO metroidvania with way too much mode

>>714988162
>What if Katamari was a platformer?
With all the advancements in RAM technology, it's rather sad how the only new Katamari game we've gotten in forever is Katamari Rolling Live.
I want a new Katamari game that takes advantage of stronger hardware to have twice as much stuff on screen, both big and small and further away! At the same time!

It doesn't need to be some kind of powerhouse for nothing but high end computers. I recognize the good business sense in being somewhat toaster friendly. But Katamari is stuck at PS3 level technology!
I just want to see an improvement!

>>714988743
>>714988403
You shouldn't buy DT2 at all because despite releasing it on a fucking eroge site they still censored it.

I'm so fucking tired of card games bros...

>>715016214
If everyone was like you /v/ wouldn't exist

>>715016235
seconding this
by far the best AA like game out there.
(tbf, actual AA sucks ass)

>>715015583
don't worry, you can toggle off the jumpscares in the settings

>>714968146 (OP)
This was alright. Started off strong but it kinds tapers off as it goes along, though I do like the emphasis on a more slow, deliberate pace for a Metroidvania.

>>715003473
No one who speaks English played it because it has a shitty machine translation because the chinks still think that's acceptable.

>>715017150
I follow the sequel's development a bit, it's the only game I do that for currently. It's similar in the sense that it's about making a build and holding a button, except you play as an army instead of an individual, and it's inspired by a game series called Conquest of Elysium which I have not played.

Overall I think the game is fantastic. I play it in bursts where I obsess over it for a week and then drop it for a while. The appeal for me is to try and win with all the different prestige classes. You can see in the pic that the ones with stars I have beaten it with. Most of them are very different from one another. I've even saved some of the powerful classes to be used when I reach the highest difficulty.

Also, there's pieces of lore whenever you win. And it's incredibly interesting to me. It's based on bronze age mesopotamia, babylon, etc. The writing blurbs are unlike any other video game because how many games are made about Ancient mythology? It's not fantasy writing like you've seen before, written by people who just played D&D or copied Tolkien.

>>715016235
that art is not too hot, fampai

>>714972405
Nah, but get back to me when Abyss X Zero's out.

Shilling shit I liked from this and prior sales

>Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611910/Warhammer_40000_Chaos_Gate__Daemonhunters/
XCom meets 40k. It removes several xcom style RNG mechanics (attack RNG being the big one) and shifts it into other, newer mechanics. Has a "Warp Surge" mechanic, which = every X turns, you suffer a random bad effect. This can range from "you take a minor debuff that doesn't really matter" to "theres an extra pod spawning next turn, hope you weren't busy fighting another pod :^)". Designed to punish the sort of gameplay I didn't like from xcom (overwatch camping) and add a very tactical action oriented game style. I liked it a lot and will shill it any day of the week

>Shadows of Forbidden Gods
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1741640/Shadows_of_Forbidden_Gods/
You're thrust into a run of the mill medieval fantasy world where the AI is playing Civ 4 and you're playing a subversive cult worshipping an elder god trying to bring about armageddon. Turn based strategy game with high levels of indirect control. 90% of the moving pieces in the game act based on their own quirks and interests, while you have direct control over only a handful of pawns, otherwise known as Agents, who orchestrate your designs. Instead of mappainting with giant armies (although you can also do that), you are more likely trying to induce "natural" disasters like famines or plagues to cripple nations, spread corruption via secret cults and assassinating heroes who start to discover the truth, subvert religions with corrupted clergy such that the masses will further your designs, and more.

>Into The Breach
https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/
Post-apocalyptic game where humanity is trying to survive an alien invasion with giant robots. Turn based tile strategy game where you control 3 mechs fighting hordes of baddies. Good if you like a tactical mecha game meets a puzzle game

>>715018531
Retard

>>715016889
but I don't know how

>>715018531
>Into The Breach
You can get this free on your phone if you have a netflix subscription btw. I played that and a neat game called Storyteller recently since I take the train a lot

>>715017063
Fair, thanks for talking me out of it. Maybe I'll pirate it and wait for a future sale if it really starts to eat at me.

>>715018709
y u heff 2b mad

>>715018531
>Shadows of Forbidden Gods
I will never forget the shitshow that was That Which Sleeps and it will be eternally funny.

>>714984749
Why a lower discount to china? Somebody please tell the chinks so they'll mass downvote.

>>715004129
Looking through the screenshots, I found a cute barefoot girl, am I able to date her? If yes I will now buy your game.

>>715018963
I'm not familiar with whatever that drama is, what happened?

>>715013673
Different anon. Saw this in the pervious thread. Also bought.

what can anons tell me about marfusha?

>>715019287
Its a short game you protect the gate as wawes of robots attack it you can also recruit ai (1 at the time) to help you

>>715019076
Of course

>>715019138
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingdinosaurgames/that-which-sleeps
Kickstarter that never happened, went through a very tumultuous development due to scope growing too large, then team members leaving, then the sole remaining dev not being able to salvage anything and going radio silent.
On the RPG Codex thread members are pretending the game will be out any time now as long as they can overcome [insert current event here] (USAID funding being cut off, the performance being bad due to LLM AI, etc.)

>>715019406
Thanks anon, think I'm gonna get it before the sale ends as it looks like something I could play alongside my current main game. Any words on the sequel?

>>714997175
I strongly endorse both these games as autistic cousins to twin stick shooters. Hundreds of hours in both. I love the collateral damage forward design of Brigador, and the frenetic balls to the wall chaos of Synthetik.

>>715019654
Sorry for my ignorance but is this just a straight up ripoff of Shadows of Forbidden Gods or some effort at making a newer version of it? The developer appears to be different and I don't care enough to start looking up names

>>715019880
That Which Sleeps was funded in 2014, Shadows of the Forbidden Gods is inspired by it(s failure).

>>714992382
just bought legie, thanks
game looks cool, excited to try it

>>714976674
>base building
>fun
pick one

>>714972952
>It has some SJWisms
cool, when it has 0 sjwisms I might consider it

>>714976358
>Womyn warriors are too much
You heard it here first, ladies and jews: Robert E. Howard was woke.

>>715019678
Same thing but more things added (it has been a while since i played so if you like 1st game you will like 2nd)

>>714974007
Kino game

>>715020162
Alright, ty anon

>>714997175
Can't endorse brigador
7/10 aesthetic tied to 4/10 gameplay mechanics

it's basically cookie clicker but for boys

I can only imagine having 'fun' with the game if you just get baked out of your mind and need some kind of zero effort flashing light stimulation. Game made by and for drug addicts.

Thanks for the games, niggas. Any FPS recommendations aside from Dusk, Turbo Overkill and Fallen Aces, really enjoyed those three recently.

Also unrelated but recently I really got taste for old Doom again, been trying out all kinds of WADs to the point I'm now making one purely for my own personal enjoyment(ZScript isn't as bad as I expected to be honest as someone who dabbled, at best, in programming before). I'm ripping Daikatana models and taking pics for sprites to make a .WAD where an allied controlled my buddy Superfly accompanies the player as an allied monster for fun with all them one liners and shit. Maybe someone will find that interesting, I dunno.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054950/Starstruck_Hands_of_Time/
This is only 30% off but I liked this game a lot for its storytelling, it's unfortunate that 90% of the music sucks because half of the game are rhythm sections

>>715016416
I determine what the entire point of something is. How does that escape you people? Gundam can be antiwar or it can be about cool robots fighting. It's up to you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081840/Chrono_Gear_Warden_of_Time/
It's made by the Freedom Planet devs

>>714974339
Relax man, it's not like we're shilling it to an e-celeb or something like that.

>>714968146 (OP)
Last Ruins is ok, but the need of constantly switching equipment is annoying

>>715019978
Gotcha. Kikeshiller got a bad rap for a reason. I've seen so many stories exactly like that one, except more commonly no gigaautistchad steps up and makes a great game out of what could have been.

Some anons mentioned Gedonia and Outward in last night's hidden gem thread. They both look like they fit the same niche as an open world rpg. For any anons that played them, which one is more fun?

At $20 it's pretty pricy, but it has tons of content and is made by the Picross people. If you like Picross you'll love this.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3204020/Juufuutei_Radens_Guide_for_Pixel_Museum/

>>714993629
>There's nothing wrong with being a tranny
They're mentally insane and WILL alter their game due to petty reasons or xitter arguments. Also they can't stop themselves to brag about how having a rot pocket is "actually LE GOOD"

>>715013673
>>715019281
based
here's a little teaser for the kind of writing you can expect when the game is being serious

there are also some very comedic moments, but nothing outlandish

>>715022262
>made by the Picross people.
I didn't even know that. That makes me want to support it more, for sure.

>>715018197
I know this is bait, especially with the anime image, but to be 100% honest, there are some bad looking sprites, and the game cover on steam is just straight up ugly

but they're the minority, as the majority of the character sprites can be hot and cute

pic very much related

games if i want to fuck a 3d robogirl?

>>715022471
what the hell is this? that looks sick as fuck.

>>715016235
>limbus company meets persona meets va-11 hall-a meets ace attorney
might curiosity should be piqued, but this just looks dumb. and their heads are way too big.

>>715022773
The art betrays how good the writing is, but as I said here >>715022427 it's not that bad, and I got used to it very fast

Episode 0 is free, you're not losing much by giving it a try. Even if you don't stay for the art, you'll definitely stay for the writing and world building

>>715022629
gundam breaker 4. you can make fighter gundams from that area series the ones with the milf

>>715016235
What this anon isn't telling you is that the dev is a tranny and accordingly the game has tranny characters from chapter 1 onwards. Naturally they didn't put them in the demo.

>>715022471
Dolls Nest
Possibly Steelrising depending on your tolerance (the default character used in marketing is ugly but you can give her a nicer face and better hair)

I need a Wizardry style game. Something between Etrian Odyssey and Potato Flowers

>>715023492
have you tried that Wizardry remake?

>>714968146 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/238530/Super_Puzzle_Platformer_Deluxe/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/239800/Bleed/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355650/Filcher/

>>715023584
the one that caused everyone to say "Who?" when it won the music award?

>>714988162
This looks genuinely interesting. Thanks for sharing.

>>715023492
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1768650/Path_of_the_Abyss/
The combat system is really confusing at first but it's interesting once you figure it out.

>>715021632
The YIIK man made the music for this

>>715023323
what a shame

>>715005058
>イヤイヤイヤイヤ
Sovl....

>>715020405

i'll grant you a good chunk of the missions in the former half of the game are easy, but some of the later ones actually have some clever design that can screw you over if you are not careful. the difficulty can also vary greatly depending on vehicle of choice

either way it's nothing like cookie clicker

>>715023237
oh, i was looking at that one. but
>a shit ton of DLC, not all of it is solely cosmetic either
>only deluxe edition is on sale, puts it at a few cents cheaper than the regular edition
>80CAD
yes, i recognize that deluxe includes the mission DLCs. still, that's way too much right now. i will wait for a sale where it hits at least 40 dollars.

>>714975856
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507580/Enigma_of_Fear/

>>715003043
Celeste was a normal game the dev retroactively decided was about becoming a tranny because of having narcissistic personality disorder alongside his cock and balls.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473890/THE_GIRL_FROM_GUNMA_Kai/
If you want to support a weirdo Japanese dev

>>715024706

>>715022256
Outward, not a hidden gem though.
That said https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466060/Tainted_Grail_The_Fall_of_Avalon/ is even better and if you want a relatively more hidden gem then https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159290/The_Bloodline/

>>714975856
>Anyone know of any good horror gems? I love horror.
Darkwood was pretty spooky, you might enjoy it

>>715005058
>>715024353
Check this out though: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1764700/_/

>>715022256
I only played Gedonia but it was much better than I expected. It's obviously jank as shit but the world design is surprisingly varied and so are the dungeons.

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

>>714974339
You calling me a normalfag bitch?

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

you know you want it.

>>715012156
Always follow Spike Chunsoft. They seem to do those niche pickups and translate them.

Here's a top-down mecha shooter with anime girls and minmaxing autism.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2055050/Cavalry_Girls/
What else do you need?
New DLC in 3 weeks tops

>>715016481
Stranger Of Paradise would be a good idea, but it depends if you like over the shoulder Camera angles. I would say this is a great game to play with friends as progress saves over.

>>715024706
>>715024894
>irrelevant lust-provoking image

>>715025730
She dances to the music!

Great vibes but kinda repetitive (specially the first round) but OMG THE SOUNDTRACK IS GODLY

https://youtu.be/3Ms8EyiPnF0?si=DhhWuM2SaaAi6kLL

https://youtu.be/LJ7DGcJfrfo?si=7QGkt-MWzh8LrSXG

https://youtu.be/5acn0ls7Igg?si=Sz01TwST-OsW1P1f

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903620/Killer_Frequency/
You play a guy in a radio station that helps save people from a mysterious slasher. Very fun narrative 'puzzle' game with endearing characters, snappy writing, and a LOT of references to classic horror movies.

Relatively short game, maybe 5 hours or so but really fun. Developed by TEAM17 who made the Worms games and then just did garbage shovelware for a decade. I hope this is a return to form but it might have just been some passion project or lightning in a bottle or something.

>>714972952
get rid of the fags and I'll think about it

Get Withering Rooms
It’s really good, currently in chapter 3, and I’m having that specific Elden Ring moment where you discover there’s more to the map

>>714984749
What game so I can buy it?

>I was a teenage exocolonist
I haven't even played it that much but I only play it for my wife tammy and its pure wokeslop like one of the main themes of the game is how you guys are colonizing the land even though nobody else lives on it and its anti gun even though its for people to protect themselves from the hostile wildlife.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/

>>715024576
damn. see this is why we need indies to make cheaper clones for us

>>715023420
Steelrising is butt, bad rec

>>715024895
>The Bloodline
>EA slop

>>714968146 (OP)
ANONS SUGGEST ME A ONE DOLLAR GAME AND MY WALLET IS YOURS

>>715027117
https://store.steampowered.com/app/360740/Downwell/

Fuck it. Ganryu 2. Side scrolling action ninja game. It's pretty fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1856910/Ganryu_2/

>>715025663
The music in the trailer is pretty sick, the game is still getting updates even now, and the DLC is free (until the sale ends)
Honestly there's no reason for me to not get this; thanks anon!

>>714968146 (OP)
I'll post the same as always

>>715025663
Is this just a wave shooter?

>>715027838
Odallus and Oniken are pretty good if you want a classic styled game.

If you like Megaman Zero you'll like this.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3446990/FUBUKI_zero_in_on_Holoearth_HOLOLIVE_ALTERNATIVE/

>>714996393
Grandia 1 is based off of the PS1 version, and they didn't fix the ground textures because they're lazy faggots. You can emulate the Saturn version with the same exact English script inserted into it just fine, for free even.
Grandia 2 has a permanent filter that you need a third party tool to remove, don't know why they did that.

>>715027992
I like Mega Man Zero and Hololive and I did not like that.

>>715028068
When did you play it?
Because the demo had severe issues and the first week was bugfixing galore.

>>715027117
https://store.steampowered.com/app/397740/Hylics/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/288160/The_Room/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3480/Peggle_Deluxe/

also Portal 2 is two (2) bucks

Any hidden gem grinding games? This is gonna sound retarded and specific:
>A RPG that ISNT isometric top down, so no Diablos or PoE
>Third first person action combat not turn based
>Really fast paced like I wanna run around killing enemies in 1-2 hits
>No scifi stuff, no Warframe
>Tons of grinding for levels, gear upgrades, character builds, etc

>>715028143
I didn't notice any bugs in the demo, it just played like shit. Like Mega Man Zero but far more chaotic and spammy and with messy pixel art that was bad for clarity.

>>715028531
Gedonia

>>715028531
Fantasy Life i

>>715028537
>I didn't notice any bugs in the demo, it just played like shit
The demo had pretty severe bugs. Like people were unable to even start the game levels of bugs.
But as for how it plays, there was an issue with movement that got fixed along with the addition of other movement features. Can't do much for visual clarity though if you're having trouble.

>>714968146 (OP)
battlefield 1 Revolution 1.99 (all DLCs)
Doom 2016 3.99
Battlefield 2 Celebration 3.99
Dying Light 4.99
Days Gone 19.99
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection 4.99

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2081230/Parry_Nightmare/
Might look like a Survivors game, but it's actually short and straightforward. Nice music

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1858450/QUIT_TODAY/
Newgrounds-esque beat 'em up, not the most polished but it has solid variety

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475510/Takoyaki_Surprise/
Point-and-click arcade action game, charming style

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1822030/The_Library_of_Babel/
Interesting blend of cinematic platforming, adventure puzzle-solving, and stealth. Intriguing story too

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928690/Bionic_Bay/
Limbo on steroids

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240060/A_Highland_Song/
Hiking adventure game, balances the artsy fartsy storytelling with actually engaging gameplay/exploration well

Anyone know any games where you don't build a base from scratch but repurpose a prefab location into your base? Think abiotic factor. Also looking for base building games that let you have a wife, I'm enjoying survival invisible strain a lot because of this feature.

any good "turn off your brain and play while watching shit on your second monitor" games on sale?

>>715026360
>buying games made by rapists

Asking for any games in the vein of Elona, Mystery Dungeon, Siralim, or anything with
>Procedurally generated maps
>Weapon/trait combination system
>Recruitable npc or enemies that you can micromanage

>>715025278
I already bought a copy for me and my friend thinking it had online coop, what a shame might end up refunding.

>>715029537
https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

>>715029637
you sure? That seems pretty involved at first glance...

>>715029706
at first it is, but once you get into the groove, its a game that doesnt require alot of brain power.

>>715029608
it is couch co-op but has remote play enabled. you can play online, but you only need one copy. just open up the steam overlay while in game, click your friend's name, then say "invite to remote play".

>>715029537
I've been told https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/ is good for that; if you want something cheaper (i.e. free) you could always try EVE Online and play high sec for a few months.

>>715029583
>>715028531
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3646460/Devil_Spire_Falls/
4chan drunken slav decided WHAT IF I MAKE DAGGERFALL BUT EVERYTHING GENERATED? Also cat and you can recruit any cat waifu npc if you meet the requirement.

>>715029871
>if you want something cheaper (i.e. free) you could always try EVE Online and play high sec for a few months
thanks, but I already have Excel installed

>>715029924
oh yea I tried out that demo last next fest. It's...ok, very bare bones but the vision is there

black mesa 1.95
Left 4 dead 2 1.95
Portal 2 1.95
Left 4 Dead Bundle 2.79
Metro: Last Light Redux 2.99

>>715024706
Damn I can't see this cute girl and not support her game.

>>715028884
>The demo had pretty severe bugs. Like people were unable to even start the game levels of bugs.
Well obviously if I played it I didn't have that bug, did I?

>>714979424
>>715005139
Kero Blaster is fun, but I have also dismissed it when I played it on release, expecting another Cave Story or something.
But I actually had a great time replaying it on Switch in portable mode years later, when I was living between homes.
Speaking of. I can sorta recommend a very similar game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1969850/Downpurr/
Undeniably a Kero Blaster clone. Plays exactly like it, but it's super short, very simple and piss easy. Absolutely not worth the full price, but it's okay if you want something to clear your mind and not in the mood to play anything remotely complex.
>>715029537

>>715030652
>furshit
I'll pass, thanks

>>714968146 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432050/Nobody_Saves_the_World/

It's hardly a hidden gem but it's very good and not enough people have played it. $9 isn't bad for how good this is.

Armored Core
elden Ring
GTAV
Space marin II
Skyrim
give me (you) for more good recommendations
>>715004276
i miss demonoid
>>715002185
peggle and bejeweled are kino

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825130/Shadowed_The_Demon_Castle_of_Ooe/
>early access
It's one more class, the game is done. I liked it, but it is a very traditional roguelike. Ball breaker.

>>714988197
Want your balls teased? Look at the art for Mon-yu. Then see the price and the reviews.

>>715030775
for some reason I can't stand playing trad roguelikes, but I love watching good players go through it and explain what's going on as its happening

>>715029924
Got that Eurojank look to it, but seems really fun. Thanks anon

>>715029093
>Battlefield 2 Celebration 3.99
Ha good one made me look i hate how people call star wars game bf2

>>714988197
Undernauts.
>>715030857
Odd thing to say, but I guess that makes sense if you don't want to think too much. I picked up Demon Castle because some anon in another thread it was like The Mysterious Murasame Castle, he was right.

>>715018790
I fucking HATE that you can only get it with Netflix. Fucking niggers

I like these threads, i really do, but i wish anons were more selective about the games they shill here. For every gem like Worlds, G-String, The Pale City, BURGGEIST, etc. there is a myriad of garbage posted here.

ROCK
OF
AGES

>>715029548
>buying games because it's made by rapists

>>715030742
>furshit
It's just a cartoon cat in a wizard's hat. Is it enough to be considered furshit this days?

>>715016235
Someone recommended Of The Devil yesterday, and I wish I could personally thank him for posting. This is definitely one of those games that you wish you could play for the first time again.

>>715031476
Well yeah, 95% of these threads are going to be garbage to any given person. It's the 5% of interest that you stick around for.

>>715031848
of the devil is awesome, the first demo chapter they released was so good I'm gonna wait for it all to come out before playing the rest of the game

>>715031476
>For every [garbage I like] there's [garbage I don't like]
I mean, I get what you're saying, but you'd be better off suggesting stuff you do like (I don't see G-String, The Pale City, BURGGEIST linked in this thread) instead of complaining.

anyone into the "mmo boss fight mechanics" style gameplay as a single-player game should check this out

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166690/Savage_Ultimate_Boss_Fight/

I thought I played a lot of shit in my life but wow, this thread gave me a whole new idea of obscure gaming. Anything more like OP's game where is not really a gem but its not really a hit either? I like game with a bit of production quality to them and this Lost ruins doesn't look like any other sidescroller I've ever played but at the same time it actually looks nice. I don't even have a preferred genre or anything

https://store.steampowered.com/app/865680/The_Eternal_Cylinder/

those fucken chileans at it again

THis is a fun puzzle game, short and sweet and with style that's worth the 2 dollars right now

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1232010/Radical_Rabbit_Stew/

>>715029537
nubby's number factory

>>715031476
A man's trash is another man's treasure. The good thing about these threads is that games of any genre and any level of popularity have an honest opportunity, instead of being subject to the algorithms's tyranny of the same 10 titles everybody and their dog knows.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/897800/Arcane_Golf/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1035950/Philophobia_The_Fear_of_Love/

>>714968649
don't buy paper sorcerer desu
its buggy and you need a fan mod to fix shit

>>715027883
The main story mode?
Mostly yes, but there are some "destroy rebel bases" or fight mini bosses in between you can do.
There is a local co-op mode but haven't tried it myself.

Kunitsu-Gami
>not on sale
Nevermind. Why is Capcom so Jewish?

>>714972754
>no push to continue
>no furigana
>can't pause cutscenes
what a fucking shame

>>715032605
don't bother, it sucks ass anyway

>>714973762
Deadeye fucking sucks your taste is atrocious

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

Back when Nihon Falcom was still based. If you liked something like Astlibra Revision then you might like this.

I'm showing all your favorite obscure games to Ssethtzeentach so he can come ruin your fanbase.

>>714973762
>Deadeye: Released Oct 13, 2022
>Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access? “The planned Early Access period will be 6 months.”

>>715033190
Here's mine, it's not out on Steam yet but will be soon https://store.steampowered.com/app/3755860/BLACK_SOULS/

>>715033190
more worried about mandalore and his upcoming SOMA review.

>>715033823
It's already been ruined after vtumors played it

>>715016773
>male
>plays video games
>looks like chris-chan
vs
>male
>pretending to be a woman
>looks like chris-chan

i bought this game

>>715032262
>not a gem but not a hit either
So you just want dogshit? wat
Lmao
I mean there’s plenty of mid-tier games around, what really separates the obscure games from the mainstream, at least for me is the level of experimentation they got on the table, if they had some wack idea that they know would never sell on the store but they still wanted to do it bc the idea had never been done before, then that’s the type of stuff I’m interested in
Here’s my personal shortlist
>Scanner Sombre
Kinda horror game where you navigate with a LIDAR
>Scavenger SV-4
Mine a desolate planet with remote drones, its awkward and isolating and you never know what you’re gonna haul back
>Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
Roguelike deciphering game with a bunch of demons who’s possessed your patient, gotta use logic to figure out their weaknesses
>Dungeon Manager ZV: Resurrection
Manage a dungeon, bait heroes with a juicy artifact and whittle them to bits, rinse repeat, simple clean fun
>DinoSystem
You’re a caveman in the Triassic, your stats like calories and muscle mass are tracked autistically while you try and not get your ass trampled by a stegosaur
>ECHO
Survive a whole megastructure worth of puzzles to save your bf who’s been turned into a cube, oh and said megastructure copies and learns your every move
>Slasher’s Keep
Daggerfall dungeoneering without ever booting up Daggerfall
>Oyabu Clinic Deathcare Corporation
Comedy JRPG, play as a quack where you misdiagnose elderly patients with the intention of killing them and racking up fees
>Burnhouse Lane
Spiritual successor to Cat Lady, cuz it’s got similar premise, but is miles ahead of execution
>Tokyo 42
Think Syndicate x GTA for the gameplay, you’re a contract killer trying clear your name
>Tokyo Warfare Turbo
Tanks and anime girls, what do I gotta explain? Plays a lot like Battlefield
>Crime Boss Rockay City
Don’t sleep on this one, it’s Payday with a decent roguelike city manager twist, RIP Madsen
Enjoy ig

>>715032587
That's a shame. Could have been a Strike like game piloting a vehicle while doing missions on a map.

>>715034285
I hate slashers keep so much.
The atmosphere is like you're about to get raped and you know it. Very unpleasant game

>>715034394
I totally know what you mean. Very few dungeon crawlers get this icky and rapey feel, and a lot that do are old af like Wizardry or Daggerfall which take forever to play, so this is my bite sized solution kek, I’m a complete masochist when it comes to this stuff, I want level-suckers and mimics that just end your shit in an encounter

>>715026360
Never finished this game
also the soundtrack was annoying

>>714974339
Normalfags are shitposting in the SKG threads.
Only real gamers here.

>>714969256
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592750/Anode_Heart/
Kino
Spin off kino
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3068670/Anode_Heart_Layer_Null/
Sequel TBD not out yet
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3568570/Anode_Heart_2/

Aztez is $2. Great 2D action game with deep combat and an aztec theme. Worth the price.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/244750/Aztez/

any good furshit on sale since fuga isn't it

>>715035683
that artstyle is so bad imo, not sure if I can stomach it

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2334170/Metal_Bringer/
Need anon to play this game and decide if it's good.

>>715034285
>Tokyo 42
i wanted to like this, but something about it did not click with me. i have just over an hour of gametime. it seems like it could be cool, but it is a little bit too zoomed out for me. while it works for the toyetic design of the whole thing, it made actually playing it a little bit hard to grapple with for me. maybe if there was a key that let you zoom in and out at will i would have liked it more.

>>715025663

Could be a godly game if you could lose in it, if it had a story, and if the chars weren't cardboards with no personalities. Better play Marfusha/Snezhinka.

>>715035907
i played the demo during next fest and enjoyed it. have it on my wishlist but will wait for a steeper discount. i also won't get the cheaper ssamurai bringer because i like mecha more.

>>714974339
normalfags don't play games, they watch ecelebs play them
and ecelebs are not going to be showing these to their goyims because only mainsteam slop gets views

I have westoidslop fatigue, does anyone have JP indieshit?

>>715036195
Palworld

>>715032729
Link to the spreadsheet?

IM SO FUCKING SICK AND TIRED OF ROGUELIKE SLOP

https://store.steampowered.com/app/396640/TowerClimb/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/799640/Dungeon_Munchies/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1943240/Dismantled_Directors_Cut/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/684000/Wooden_Ocean/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/556710/Marrow/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1878350/Prayer_of_the_Faithless/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/607780/Toymaker/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184040/D1896/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/304850/Worlds/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/935920/Fallstreak/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1727140/CYNOROID_FORSAKEN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2243110/EMPTY_SHELL/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/318860/Malebolgia/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2152740/ADEN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2194790/Studio_System__Guardian_Angel/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088840/Picayune_Dreams/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184040/D1896/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/687980/Mothlight/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/950300/REDO/

>>715036362
Hi Dosh.

>>715036195
I linked some earlier:
>>714983108
>>715017163

>>715036409

Sup

>>715029924
>give random junk to some cat
>she becomes my follower
10/10 best game

>>715036361
I’d sooner take roguelike over tranny metroid-likes or söygolem card games

someday i will see this thread or a similar one, open up the 2hu laby 3 steam page, see it's been released, and finally get to post it

>>715034285
I meant to say not really obscure but not really a massive hit either, Its late so I got it mixed up. Its actually the opposite of mid tier games that I want, I want stuff that does something new but still manages to be cool and a nice experience to play around with. Stuff like salt and sacrifice for example, its an entirely new type of experience that is satisfying to play but isn't quite obscure while simultaneously not being a hit either, its the kind of stuff that just happened not to be more well known due to other factors that's not just the game being extremely niche like a bunch of the stuff I saw in this thread. Bonus points if its recent and not cult classics from more than 5-10 years ago
Out of the ones you mentioned Burnhouse lane is the only one that I found interesting enough, that's not to say that your taste is shit or that the games you mentioned are bad, I'm just in the mood for something that wows me, because recently all the stuff that's popular is just so painfully average and boring, stuff like Helldivers 2 for example does fucking NOTHING new except adding a max payne dive to a generic coop bug/robot shooter and it blows up like its the coolest shit on earth, I don't get it

>>715036409
kek
I saw Marrow listed there and immediately thought of how much more enjoyable it was to watch someone else suffer to the point they start getting philosophical as a coping method, than play that horrendous game myself

>>715036550
Fuuuuuck I almost forgot about that and I still went to check. There was no confirmed release date was there? I'm a couple hundred hours into 2 and I still don't think i'm anywhere near "done"

>>715036712

Jokes on you, it's the only lovecraftian vania made right

are there any hidden gems with a grand scale story in the vein of xenogears, umineko, or pic related?

>>715018771
cs dot rin dot ru
register to get dl links

>>715036195
>>715036807
I'd say astlibra but that's not exactly "hidden", starts out slow but progresses to a point you're not sure where the fuck it will stop, then baits you into thinking its over but its actually just more again.

Repure Aria is another one, but not on steam, also porn. But insane worldbuilding that really has no place being in a h-game and sovlful 90s 3d rendered backgrounds.

>>715036362
>Look up dismantled on the search tab
>Upon typing "dismant" a game named dismantling workshop of bio girl shows up
>Get curious
>
What the actual fuck, if games like this shit make it to steam why the fuck do they even have a review process?

For VRchads

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456960/The_7th_Guest_VR/
I never got around to finishing it but it seemed like a quality remake from what I've played, mostly faithful to the original

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1869600/ArcSine/
Fun platformer

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2482270/Stilt/
Same as above, except more like Mario

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2554800/Cactus_Cowboy__Desert_Warfare/
Surprisingly good campaign shooter

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960900/Judero/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1796870/SHINOBI_NON_GRATA/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/719750/PUSS/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1587710/Fossil_Corner/

>>715037020
Definitely not hidden but one of the best gaming experiences of the past 5 years.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/301280/Skin_Deep/

Says it's an im-sim but it's closer to a puzzle game in practice.
It's made in the doom 3 engine with some darkmod love which I think is neat.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355650/Filcher/
Literally just Thief 1/2 but 2.5D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/907820/Aeon_of_Sands__The_Trail/
One of the better dungeon crawlers. Shitloads of repeatability with mutually exclusive paths/companions, not a very long story as a result. Main character is an idiot which is nice.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1437400/Salt_and_Sacrifice/
Rough gem bordering on kinda shit. An actual monhun/souls mashup. kinda works mostly doesn't. Only really worth if you liked the vibe salt and sanctuary had desu senpai.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123050/GRIME/
Good metroidvania, mechanically nothing special, presentation wise it's pretty cool. Made by jews though.

>>715037386
>salt and sacrifice
i played the first one and it was total shit. not playing the second.
>grime
hardly hidden.

Not a fucking SOUL will try this game, I've spilled it for years and I dont think I've even gotten a (You) once.

Heroine's Quest: Harold of Ragnarok. Its still fucking free. It's a point and click.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/283880/Heroines_Quest_The_Herald_of_Ragnarok/

>>715029530
It's not a city builder but shapez
maybe searching "games like shapez" will help

>>715036332
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14TKRFvnDmBsgfxCJzkaNKTKmx4qDcsv7QSmfyzIKxQ4/edit?gid=945317283#gid=945317283

>>715036413
Thanks bro.

>>715037386
filcher looks cool but a 20% discount is pretty bad for a 4 year old game

>>715037779
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXICXCSIfrQ he has a 3 hour video going more depth into it, forgot to post it too

I think I'm just gonna have to wait for most indie developed immersive sims coming out. Everything that i want to play hasn't been released yet. Soon there will be better games, but not for now. The real issue with those games is that they take forever to develop though.

>>715036235
cute tako

>>715037051
Not into gore but it clearly has a loli and is up on steam
yeah I'm gonna say based

>>715027838
fairy bloom freesia is not that great

>>715032779
acquire taste

>>714984749
Shut the fuck up that cunt made things made more expensive

Eat up, gamers.

> Ittle Dew 2
> 296 reviews
The first game is a good Zelda parody, and 2 evolves into something a more unique. It's completely nonlinear and heavily rewards exploring with lots of secrets, and it has a very light Souls flavor to the combat, featuring a dodge roll.

> Quadrilateral Cowboy
> 834 reviews
A short hacking game from the guy who made 30 Flights of Loving and several other games. I like it a lot, blending puzzles with a particular style of narrative game.

> Card City Nights
> 646 reviews
It's by the same guys who made Ittle Dew (I bought all their games in a bundle because I do that sometimes). It's just a fun card game. I also like the sequel, which has fewer degenerate strategies, but I only beat the first one.

> Doodle Date
> 296 reviews
It was on an episode of Game Grumps, but surprisingly few people have played it, probably because they beat the entire game.
It's a very short visual novel (about 20 minutes), with the gimmick that you draw all the characters.
It's not a lot of game, but it's currently 99 cents, and it's a fun 20 minutes.

> Dread X Collection 3
> 318 reviews
I like indie anthologies, and the Dread X Collections are consistently good. They're a mix of horror and horror-adjacent games and demos.
No one game is longer than about an hour, but all together they make for a solid package.

> Clockwork Calamity in Mushroom World
> 59 reviews
This is the only game I haven't completed so far. It's a surprisingly dense open-world/Metroidvania platformer thing.
The thing I find interesting is the fucked up way you bounce off walls, which is the central movement mechanic.
It's hard to explain if you don't play it, but you basically bounce off walls at a fixed horizontal speed, but if you lightly tap a wall, you get sent flying away from it.
It simultaneously feels like complete shit and is a great, interesting movement mechanic.

>>714998326
The ending sucks

>>715035979
Yeah, I had this issue too, I had to dock the deck to my big TV to have a comfortable time. It doesn’t change the zoom level but at least it’s big enough now.
>>715036710
Huh, ok I think I get youre looking for, let me try another crack at it
>Highfleet
Strategy/action game with neat dieselpunk Middle Eastern setting occupied by Russo-Tsarist-esque nobles, you play as a noble that’s gotta fly around and mediate for factions while fending off pirates and maneuvering political swamps, entire interface has an engaging tactile feel
>The Ascent
Cyberpunk/corpo-dystopia top down shooter, can’t get any more straightforward than that
>Withering Rooms
More soulslike than what it says on the tin, the dream setting is well-thought out and the gameplay is a lot like a NIS mystery dungeon with lots of item usage to clear enemies and solve puzzles.
>Clash: Artifacts of Chaos
Set in the Zeno Clash setting, it’s more beat em up fun with a bunch of alien hobos
>Paranormasight
Great Squeenix VN with a pretty understated production value, to uncover the truth you gotta recontextualize events kinda like Forbidden Siren
>Megaton Musashi W: Wired
Mech ARPG with so much bang for your buck, there’s a lengthy main story and an even thicker endgame, gameplay is fun as fuck cuz you can customize your movesets and your robot
>Intravenous 2 (with the remastered first game in the engine)
Balkan attempt at mashing MGS with Hotline Miami while borrowing a few beats from Splinter Cell, goes really well it turns out, it’s basically a Punisher game and if that’s not for you
>Suit for Hire
Arcade John Wick experience, you can either play in TPS or top down, just slick action to fulfill the fantasy
>Rogue Flight
Arcade flight sim with S+ presentation, it’s pretty short but I’ve played through it twice now
I hope I got even a little bit close, enjoy

>SOVL
>god-tier soundtrack
>humor
>decent story
>early 2000s internet aesthetic

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592360/Kitten_Burst/

any games with boobies?

>>715039901
How big we talkin

>>715036362
shill me more on Redo

>>715039949
flat as a plank, preferably

>>715039949
a delightful handful.

>>715037020
>Repure Aria is another one, but not on steam, also porn. But insane worldbuilding
anon, are you shitposting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6TwokE524

>>715040152
nta but I can attest. I didn't even play it in english, and the fucking thing just kept going, and I kept thinking "surely this is the last area" but without fail it kept going.

>>715039332
Not bad, Highfleet is my favorite from that list, unfortunately none of them really jump at my eye as something I'd specifically like to play, I even watched reviews in the past about the Ascent, Witherign rooms and Clash. Intravenous 2 unfortunately ended up not being quite my jam, I still prefer hotline miami 2 as the signature top down shooter even with all of its off screen bullshit it likes to pull off. Threads and posts like these are nice though, makes me get closer to wording what exactly I want, though I'm still not close enough to actually say it out loud, there's something missing from recent games I've been playing and I'm not sure what, maybe I'm just getting burnt out

if you're not going to explain why you recommended a game, what's the point

>>714972405
kino game, /v/ deserves to get filtered forever

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/
bullet hell roguelike
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431850/The_Tartarus_Key/
zero escape/999 but with demake graphics and horror elements
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928690/Bionic_Bay/
puzzle platformer in the vein of LIMBO or N+
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2236070/Peaks_of_Yore/
climbing game, starts out easy but there are mountains that take hours to climb if you're autistic like me (last mountain in the base game took me 6 hours)
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569470/TEOCIDA/
puzzle platformer with horror elements
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457740/Stars_Die/
short cosmic horror walking sim with multiple endings
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/588230/Beckett/
schizo narrative game, reminded me of disco elysium in terms of prose
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/234940/The_39_Steps/
it's the hitchcock movie of the same name but as a visual novel
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2435900/SharpShooter3D/
balkan doom wad

>>714973419
The respawning enemies ruined it, sadly.

play Shiraishi's game

I like games that have exploration and nice scenery. I prefer 3D but 2D is OK if it is high-effort.

I enjoyed:
>ICO
>Shadow of the Colossus
>NaissanceE
>Metal Garden (recommended in this thread)
>Rain World
>BABBDI
>Mirror's edge
>Half-Life 2

Any recs for me?

>>715040286
Sorry to hear that man, I suffer burnouts all the time too, I have a handful of games that I just get back to and I think it’s kinda bad cuz it’s all doing is conditioning me to play the same kinda games over and over. Anyway, I hope you find what you’re looking for
>>715040342
Why spoil the cool parts? Most I would do is lay out the caveats

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

I picked this up earlier when I saw someone recommend it in an earlier thread and really enjoyed it. Just a pure well made Metroid-style game.

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

Roguelite JRPG that has a lot of content to it. One of the better and unique RPG Maker games I've played and it's only two dollars.

why are hidden gem threads and steam cart list threads the only threads on /v/ where people are not only talking about games, but it's the vast, vast majority of posts?

>>715040781
Infra, of course.

>>715040907
Infra's good, I played it

>>715040860
People who go out of their way to play non-mainstream heavily advertised stuff is the only people that truly like vidya. Simple as.

>>715037541
yo wtf this looks sick. completely free too?! anon, youve sold me.

>>715040781
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1417930/Lorns_Lure/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195790/White_Knuckle/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977170/Jusant/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/251110/INFRA/

been meaning to check out Metal Garden myself.

>>715040781
You might enjoy Northern Journey

>>715041010
>been meaning to check out Metal Garden myself.
I just finished it a few hours ago. It's good, but don't expect it to be as good as the other games I listed in my post. It's more like a solid 7/10. The level design improves the longer you play.

>>715040781
https://store.steampowered.com/app/242640/Styx_Master_of_Shadows/ here you go, anon.

>>715037541
I'll download it and play it in 6 months when I get curious and ask "What is this and why do I have it installed?"

>>714968146 (OP)
you want hidden gem? 11 reviews, have at it. keep in mind, this games extremely esoteric. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3349490/Quantum_Soteriology/

>>715040860
Because the thread is unironically not filled with shills and jeets, there’s some here and there but it’s mostly indie devs who just want people to play their game.
>>715040781
Peaks of Yore? You’re mountain climbing and looking at vistas
Blackshard is apparently better than Naissance but I haven’t played it yet
Northern Journey
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid and The Good Life are both kinda similar, I like them both but prefer the former
Fibrillation HD

Any good summer feel games? Already played FF X so that's out.

>>715040781
The Talos Principle. It's a puzzle game, but I spent hours in some levels just wandering around and searching for easter eggs, absorbing the beautiful scenery and ambient music.
Don't bother with the remaster at all, pure ue5slop in every sense.

>>714976234
Kill yourself

>>715039995
Not that anon, played it, finished it.
It's very rough. Only 4 hours long. Tight gameplay, not necessarily an action game, instead it wants you to use the right tool (weapon) for the right situation and enemy type. Wish boss battles were better (or had actual boss music). Exploration is pretty neat, good art style and atmosphere. Still very rough game, some enemies just feel very jank to deal with, and the ending is a massive bummer.

>>715016481
You won't
Try Victor Vran maybe, it was fun when I co-oped it

>>715038062
It also doesn't have any kind of mid-mission saving

>>715041561
>>715041076
>>715041390
>>715041168
>>715041010
thanks anons
I bought Lorn's Lure and Styx. Lots of other suggestions were added on my wishlist.

>>715041250
>18+ Only Non Fiction Visual Novel. LGBT+ Affirming Christianity. Touhou. True story of decade of abuse faced by autistic plural trans lesbians. Survive suicide attempts, OCD scrupulosity.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546860/Saiko_no_sutoka/

wife

>>715042696
Based rec, hate getting chased in vidya so I can sadly only play about 30mins at a time but I really do enjoy this one. Also see: Love Love School Days and Miside

>>715039472
>redditanimal
pass

>>714974396
I'll play it if someone drops a pirated link, not paying 15 bucks on what looks like pretentious bullshit.

Blood related yuri incest with animated porn
https://store.steampowered.com/app/559610/Love_Ribbon/
Cozy gothic yuri vn, kind of Fata Morgana style but less tragic
https://store.steampowered.com/app/847680/Pale_Cachexia/

>>715041010
>Lorn's Lure
Didn't know this released, copped.

>>715043363
just check the usual site