Thread 720062737

Post Hidden Gems that have less than 50 reviews. And you have to post the green banner thing that proves you actually own the game only real gamers here.

You have to be one of the 50 players.

ok

Just barely makes it.

>>720062737 (OP)
>less than 50 reviews
that isn't a hidden gem, that's fucking excavating the earths core.

>>720064609
Does it make you afraid? Looking at ACTUALLY niche stuff?

>>720064609
50 is actually kind of high compared to most of the stuff I play I usually don't even see them get past ten.

I haven't actually gotten this one yet but I am seriously considering it since it's only $2.50. I did play the demo though and it had a neat segment where you had to play duck hunt to get a key. But there was no dog who laughs at you if you miss the ducks? What is Duck Hunt without the laughing dog?

>>720064795
no, I play plenty of niche stuff, many games I love have <100 or 200 reviews
but they accumulate, a game with 150 reviews from 3 years ago is harder to compare with something that came out a month ago.
more time is more reviews, 50 reviews for a game that came out a while ago is very different.

everything in this thread posted in this thread is very recent, rather than truly being niche.
something being new doesn't necessarily warrant playing or going out of your way to play it.
if you look at it as 50 reviews a year, a game that has been out for 3 years with 100 reviews is far more niche than a game with 14 that came out 3 days ago, or 19 that came out 2 months ago.


new shit with low reviews isn't niche, its just new.

>>720065041
That's fair.
But it's generally impossible to find games with low review counts that are older than a couple of months, because Steam's algorithm is so "great" it basically buries your game if it doesn't make 2 million USD in an hour.

>>720065041
I can post stuff from years ago, if you want. Siren's Well is part of a trilogy and the first game was Broken Paradise.

>>720065020
I don't go out of my way to play or look for stuff with low reviews.
if it seems interesting I play it.

I have dozens of games I just found on itch and played that are mid development. I would rather look by genres based on what I feel like playing, who gives a fuck how many reviews it has, good is good.
but its kind of missing the point to post new games with low reviews vs games that have been out of a while to me.

It's free, short and despite the kana in the title available in English. Literally 0 excuse.

Another one from me. Not free, but cheap. A chill game where you connect dots to form pictures.

If people want older stuff, I can post that too. It's not hard, I've been doing this for a while.

A fun(ny) collection of mini-games. Free, but Japanese only.

>>720062737 (OP)
Karaski: What Goes Up...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/424640/Karaski_What_Goes_Up/

Again, Japanese only. A sort of a story focused walking sim.

>>720065717
>>720065935
Nigga I can't fucking read chink runes post something in English

>>720065717
>>720065935
Nigga I can't fucking read chink runes post something in English

>>720065717
>>720065935
Nigga I can't fucking read chink runes post something in English

>>720062737 (OP)
you joking OP? the demo is literally a 1 to 1 unreal store demo level, and they want like 20 bucks for that asset flip shit? lmao

>>720065626
>ringlorn
I feel like I know this from somewhere

>exactly 50 reviews
Not less than 50, but I'm posting it, because it's actually one of my favourite games of the last years. A bit of stealth and platforming, a bit puzzles and collecting stuff, very fun mini-games.

>>720066068
Here you go.

>>720065041
>new shit with low reviews isn't niche, its just new.
If a game launches on Steam to less than 50 reviews, it's not gonna suddenly get more reviews later. It's gonna stay that way. /agdg/ learned this the hard way.

>>720062737 (OP)
buy an ad, nigger

>>720066643
What, you need a youtube slop essayist to make a video on it so you can digest it, retard?

>>720066203
I don't browse the unreal store, so I wouldn't know. I don't see why it matters though. A wall is wall, and I'm not overly picky.

If anything it's the larger games that I've noticed having a strange similarity to eachother. Chronos New Dawn just came out and it looks so generic. Haven't I already seen this whole atmosphere before? Why pay so much for that?

>>720062737 (OP)
>Siren Swell
Sorry, I'm not into inflation fetish games.

>>720065291
>loosing
Embarrassing

>tfw pleb with no games under 50 reviews
>tfw no face

>>720062737 (OP)
ok

>>720066203
I'll play RPGmaker games if I think they are decent, and those always use stock assets. What's the big deal? Making games is hard. I'm surprised solo devs can make 3D games at all, honestly. Times have changed from when Toy Story needed a million trillion hours to render.

I could probably make toy story these days if I tried.

dont know why it doesnt show my playtime like in some of your screenshots
so have a couple other games with really low reviews, one has only 5 but i havent even played the game so i dont know if its a gem
wanted to post a dif game its been out just over a week and has just under 100 reviews already :(
(game- lored)

>>720066774
putting a fucking premade level as your demo is just peak lazyness, I know at least 4 different games that use the same office stage and they are all cheap shit.

I also noticed OP left out the price, why would they ever?

>>720062737 (OP)
I kind of gave up on finding games like that myself when i realized WAY too many of them are either

- roguelites of some kind
- cheap hentai/weg games often made with AI
- first person horror games where the main mechanic is hiding from some monster
- artsy walk simulators

Im sure im missing dozens of games that i probably would like but steam recs are still kind of trash. I found that often curators are better than the algorithm.

>>720067943
If you want the price I'll show you the price it's not a secret. They gave me 15% off for getting the trilogy. I was pretty amused how heavily the game implies it's a sex game but it's really not like that at all. Or maybe it's an unlockable bonus that I didn't get. I only beat the first one so far and I'm playing the second one now.

>>720068006
>WAAAAH I HAVE TO PUT IN EFFORT TO FIND GOOD GAMES!!

>>720067018
Lol, haven't noticed that. But I did find a typo in the game itself. There were some patches since there though, so it might be fixed now.

Its lighter on the Metroidvania tag than I expected, but leaving a shmup mid level feels like something you could build a better game off of.

>>720068006
bros how to some people find games they like while also avoiding games they don't like I just don't get I just don't get it there are two types of games but I can't tell them apart sisters it's the gender thing all over again there are men and women but I can't tell them apart, how do people do it? This should be possible. I have paid contractors who tell me which is which so I know which one to have sex with but sometimes they lie. They're really not very good employees.

This is a pretty good sokoban, although I haven't finished it yet.

>>720067694
>1000 reviews
>show all languages
>13000 reviews
Ah, a Chinese game, I see. Heh.

>>720068006
Yeah, this is the stench of the algorithm post-2017. Ever since the curator overhaul got half-assed and Steam discovery became a slot machine with extra RNG, it's been harder to surface anything that doesn't fall in those soul-draining categories. I followed like fifteen curators and only three of them haven't gone dormant or turned into asset flip shills. One of them still recommends jank PSX horror games weekly, which is honestly the most consistent goldmine I've found.

Also shoutout to those random Itch.io bundles where you dig through 700 games and occasionally hit something that *almost* feels like a Dreamcast prototype. That's the fix I need.

>>720070171
One anon here said that he goes on SteamDB and searches games by tags he likes or something like that.

>searching for genres you enjoy

surely such a thing isn't actually possible, right? You need to be told what to play by curators. There's no other way to locate PS1 ripoffs

what if there were people who could just locate PS1 ripoffs on command whenever they felt like?

lmao

>>720070171
Please use periods.

>>720062737 (OP)
>Post Hidden Gems that have less than 50 reviews
That really is kind of hard. There are plenty of good games that didn't succeed, but not that many good games that failed so hard that they got fewer than 50 reviews.
I play a lot of niche games, but they're mostly in the 50-200 review range.
I have 4 sub-50 review games in my library. One of which I made.
Not sure they merit posting here.

Not the shiniest gem but it's a pretty solid puzzle game with nice visuals and animation. It's scary how it basically doesn't exist with that review count.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3677860/Entering_Host/

>>720072537
Do the needful, anon. Shill yourself

>>720072537
Well if you consider yourself a failure, then so will I. You're probably right anyway, so post it so I can have a laugh.

If you're a fan of controlling 2 players with one controller and fighting bosses with mmo-style mechanics, you've come to the right place. Criminally underrated (probably due to the fucking awful name) but definitely worth checking out. There's a pretty robust demo if you're interested

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

>>720065717
ニガー、俺は中国のルーン文字が読めないから英語で何か投稿して

Pumping BWC

>>720065041
reviews don't come to the game in a linear fashion, they're done in bursts.
And those bursts also determine if it gets boosted by the algorithm which is self-perpetuating
There's a reason that reviews often scale logarithmically with very little in-between
>tfw the game I want to recommend has barely scraped past the 50 review mark so I now need to look at even more-obscure stuff in my library to participate in the thread
usually people put the bar a little higher (say 500 or 100, for example) and then add lower review thresholds as a "hard mode"
I can second Randomax as this anon did >>720063616
Found it during one of the next fests and loved it

>>720062737 (OP)
I love me some DROD

A very nice zelda-like. Soundtrack alone is to die for.

>>720070419
dreamcast

>>720065041
based 'reviews per unit time' niche analyst CHAD

>>720070419
i don't even give a fuck about the dreamcast and finding this stuff is easy

>>720071445
Say what you want about PSX oversaturation or LOUD, but Puppet Combo KNOWS how to make atmosphere. Their games are really great as a fan of classic Slasher Horror flicks. They really fill that niche so well.

Has anyone tried Asylum? Its from the creators of Scratches which is amazing game

>>720073150
Wait, so it has that MMO tag, because it resembles a MMO, but doesn't really have any online functions? That's a bad idea, since people who like MMOs will notice it's not really one, and those who don't, will just do a 360 and walk away at the sight of that tag. Which is what I did a couple of times already, scrolling through the thread.
Looks good, I'll take it.

>>720073219
四回も言われなくても分かってるって

The regular version has way more reviews but I got it only for the VR version since I was starving for something new to play on VR that wasn't another fucking spooky zombie crusade shit.
It was fun, short but fun, you have to rebind shit if you are using Index but if you use Index you are probably used to it.
A bit overpriced for a Doom wad all things said, if you are interested get it on a sale

Trials of Innocence got taken down altogether so if you don't already own it you may be out of luck. I was checking how many reviews it had when I noticed.

That's pretty obscure.

BUY MYSTIC BELLE

>>720062737 (OP)
Just once I would like to play a game where the object is not to discover the secrets of who you are, but as far as I know there arent any games like that.

Bit sad, innit

OP thinks he is impressive for feeding the fat fuck gayben 30% of all these games when he could just hop on itch and get actual obscure games.

Bump
I want to contribute, but I only have stuff in the 100+ range.
>>720076919
Hey, I like that one.

>>720074130
But sir, my sanity...my free time, my sleep..please

>>720075970
I like the look of them but they mostly play like dogshit. Murder House is good.

>>720062737 (OP)
First non-Valve game added to Steam way back in the day.
A really good little game

>>720076919
Very cute pixel art, but is the game fun? And did you actually finish it?

>>720077403
Yes, i liked it and finished it, that guy need to get good

>>720077403
Yes, I have.

>>720077403
Different guy, but it's a good game, but only just good. Also it's short as hell, so I did finish it and got both endings in like a weekend.

>>720077528
>>720077583
>>720077678
Nice, I'll get it on a sale then.

Whoever recommended Cape Hideous on one of these last threads, thank you. It was fantastic.

The lowest positive reviews I have installed is 90, i'm not hot enough of a hipster

>>720078039
>one of the best games ever made hurts feelings of Chinese people
>65% positive
>"nope, not playing this shit"

>>720062737 (OP)
I am once again shilling the Factorio+Terraria game

Pretty sure I wouldn't have known about this if I hadn't dug through everything on Steam.

under 100, really good collectathon 3D platformer

yeah that's right I played the whole thing

>>720078340
I'm stupid

>>720062737 (OP)
fuck off with your shitty game

1 review. There's only one way to beat me. And the rules say you have to own it you can't just go search by new and pick a game that just came out that doesn't have any yet. Unless you buy it.

that makes me the most obscure gamer

>>720076828
I'm pretty sure it had over 100 reviews before getting delisted and the devs said it is coming back.

Trash games thread

>>720079571
But that game is less than a month old. The game I posted has gotten 5 reviews in almost 8 years.

>>720079571
I can beat this, but doing so uses a stupid trick and makes me sad.

this was kinda decent I guess. I think it's the only game I've played with fewer than 50 on steam

ok guys, I'm starting to see games posted that are over the 50 review mark. That's simply unacceptable, please abide by the rules of the thread. Thank you.

>>720080061
but now it has zero

I don't really remember it much but I liked it.

>>720081491
Technically, it does have them but we can't see them until the page is back. However, rumor is that the game got hit with a C&D due to them stealing sound effects from the Ace Attorney series. Depending on how much they need to change we might see it return as a whole new release which would seal those reviews forever.

what if instead of trying new things I had irrational contempt for it instead

>>720062737 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3167520/Bricks_Survivors/

Fun little arkanoid type game

Don't know why it doesn't show the number of reviews, but it's 11. The battle system is kinda shit and it's like a poor man's killer7 in terms of story. Granted, I only played it for about 2 hours.

>>720080072
trash face poster

>>720068431
I have Violet in my wishlist. They look like asset store slop, but I like my survival horror. Are they any good?

>>720085408
Well I was playing it but I fucking died and it was kind of annoying because I had been planning on saving but a cutscene played before I could reach the savepoint but I was right there in the same room as the savepoint and then when the cutscene was over I was somewhere else entirely and I didn't make it back to a savepoint so now I have to do it all over but it's not that much time really but I booted up a different game anyway,

Violet is actually the second game in the trilogy. Siren's Well is the game that caught my eye, because of it's soundtrack/demo but I opted to go play the first in the series rather than starting with the last one. It was probably unnecessary though I bet you could play them in any order. The plot is so esoteric and nonsensical I don't really know what is going on but it seems like you were starving to death all along or something but maybe you have an identical twin who died at birth? I don't know.

The first game, Trauma: Broken Paradise was reasonably scary. I was sort of impressed by the versatility where they only had a single character model used as an enemy. It was the same sprite they used for the protagonist. As you noted, it's not exactly inventive with it's assets but symbolically, having everything attack you look just like the protagonist probably meant something. But even though every enemy looked just like you, there was a huge variety of attacks. Some versions could fly. Some versions were invisible. Sometimes they were invincible. Sometimes they were easy to kill. Sometimes they just stood there and smiled at you. Sometimes you had to not attack them to get by. Late in the game one of them could run when it chased you and I practically had a heart attack when I heard the footsteps speed up, until then, they had all walked towards me, or floated slowly, if they could fly.

Lots of games have different enemy patterns, but having everything look

>>720086069
identical when it was coming at you threw you for a loop because you had to take an extra few seconds to determine what attack pattern it was using. And fuck were the smiling enemies ever creepy.

anyway that's basically what I thought.

50 dead on

>>720062737 (OP)
How many reviews does onirism have? Because it's actually pretty fun.

>>720086069
Interesting. Might pick up the trilogy during the next sale

>>720087120
stupid asian sexual fetishes don't get steam reviews

>>720088068
But it is French.

>>720087120
524. It's not like it's a hidden gem to /v/ anyway, and the full release should make it actually have players too.

The best I can do is 60 reviews. This is like Invisible Inc except not a roguelike.

it just werks

>5 reviews
Do I win the thread?

Gonna semi-shill because my friend made this one. The movement feels surprisingly good for being a platformer made in RPG Maker.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1935830/Stoneys_Adventure/

>>720090542
50 hours and no achievements. must be a record.

>>720077284
I love Darwinia. Played it was back on release. Weirdly enough, I learned about it because it was featured on Good Morning America for some fucking weird reason. Crazy to learn the guys who made this went on to make Prison Architect.

>>720090542
there's one with 3 above

>>720090868
>>720090542
Is the game any good? I like what I see, but it's ridiculously expensive

>>720091091
I thought it was pretty good. I was an early adopter though and something happened, I forget what it was now, but there was an unsolvable puzzle that I imagine has been fixed by now but I'd have to replay the whole game as a result. I'll get around to that, sometime, maybe.

Really neat 4 hour metroidvania/zelda game where you switch between isometric and sidescrolling 2D to solve puzzles and navigate dungeons. All of this guy's games are great.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280510/Side_Scape/

>>720065626
Saw it was bump combat and instantly wishlisted. Anything like Ys or Xanadu is something I'm gunna check out. I wonder if anyone has done something like Hydlide 3 with it's specific mechanics, I loved that game.

>>720082069
This actually looks really cool, pulpy primal fantasy is a turbo underrated aesthetic

super old game remade for modern day. no one bought it

>>720069953
why is something like this marked adult only? i thought only porn got that label

>>720094784
>ai sloppa art
dropped

>>720062737 (OP)
Surprised this game is so damn unpopular, actually. The gameplay is basically what you'd expect, checking in and out books, figuring out recommendations, but there's some little mysteries and a fixed cast of characters that you can learn about on repeat visits, based on what they're reading. Feels like the negative reviews couldn't really get immersed in it.

>>720096224
>bad ends

I snickered. what does she do, close a book on her finger?

>>720096224
Holy cute!

>>720095137
swap 2 cop. teenage slop. abundant cash drop

Another game looking to recreate the magic of childhood nostalgia right before getting completely blindsided by a new release, this time it was SMRPG.
Its relatively short, has some janky platforming and some of the timed hits feel odd but I can't say I hated it. If they ever do a sequel and fix this games issues then it'll be an absolute must play for me

>>720066643
>waaah don’t discuss games on a videogame board waaah
kill yourself; now

>>720097842
I bet you think you're real slick

Slightly over 50 but whatever, I'll take the chance to post it since I loved it and want him to make a sequel

>>720066719
>>720098678
>I'm too poor to buy an ad
Get a job you loser.

>>720099302
Buy me an ad

>>720098909
this fucking game keeps popping up on my damn discovery que. I WILL NOT PLAY DILLO'S DILEMMA.

Most of these look like dogshit. Quit being hipsters

most of these look like awesometits. keep being hipsters

Great sound track, no leveling RPG. I just wish it sticked the ending, it came so close...

>>720096224
I have this one but haven't played it yet.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1943240/Dismantled_Directors_Cut/
FPS Resident Evil with furries, absolutely bleak, mercilessly hard, and cryptic as fuck. Play if you miss that psycho murderfuck game aesthetics from 2000's.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/556710/Marrow/
Lovecraftian horror-metroidvania with no generic le tentacles. If you liked ESA and La Mulana, you'll probably get into this one too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1878350/Prayer_of_the_Faithless/
Good edgy jrpg with original combat and decent story/chars. For those who're into RPGMaker stuff from it's golden age.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/607780/Toymaker/
Atmospheric jrpg in Laplandian horror setting, the sprites are somewhat wacky, but the atmosphere and the music are top notch. For those who like paranoid stuff like Lavender Town in Pokemon etc.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184040/D1896/
Story driven platformer with godtier artstyle, cheap 3 frame animations, and weird clunky combat. The dialogues alone written by a lonely Lithuanian schizo dev make it worth playing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1463450/Fallstreak_Requiem_for_my_Homeland/
Apocalyptic utsuge with SCP-like setting+military. The whole series is a hidden gem, actually.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2641420/Vindictive_Drive_2_Maidbot_Archive/
Janky, unbalanced, but somehow still entertaining twin stick where you choose an anime girl with different abilities to serve as your shooting satellite. Sadly, English VO only.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771880/UNDEMON/
Korean retro platformer about a ghost girl killed by a certain evil corporation and now taking revenge. Got the nostalgic dos vibe and decent story, but can get really assmelting hardcore in some sections.

need to get back around to beating this, i'm 4 or 5 areas in
monster-recruiter RPG by some /v/goers
i like that each monster has a unique recruit method

>>720072985
You should kill yourself instead.

>>720100769
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/556710/Marrow/
>Lovecraftian horror-metroidvania with no generic le tentacles. If you liked ESA and La Mulana, you'll probably get into this one too.
This is depressing, it looks pretty cool but it was released almost a decade ago and has less than 50 reviews

>>720101158
yeah man this is the thread for games with less than 50 reviews. you might have noticed they are all like that

>>720101203
Yeah most of them I can see why they're not popular but some of them deserve better

>>720071192
Randomly generated badly made MGS clone with booba? I am a sucker for PS1 lookalike graphix

>>720077284
>thread is about games posting games with 50 or less reviews
>posts a game with almost a 1000
Smartest /v/ poster

>>720062737 (OP)
>50 players
Every review represents roughly 40 purchases. most people don't review games, hell most people don't even play most of what they buy.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2617740/Cacildes_Adventure/
Lighthearted "Soulslike" that prioritizes fun over being hardcore
Lacks polish, but has heart, and is a lot more game than you would expect for $2

>>720071571
game?

>>720101251
sometimes game devs don't always get what they deserve

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631780/Deep_Rune/
and it's "prequel"
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1453450/Myth_Bearer/

Puzzle games wearing RPG skins.
Complete your mostly open exploration adventure with limited resources. Enemies never respawn, shops never restock, you can't just get mana back by sleeping at any time, ect.

let me give you real obscure
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768440/Rsop_Paz_Yandere_True__Rpyt___Rpyt___Resop_Paz/

>>720101839
>sometimes
Most of the time. For ever success story, multiply it by 10. That's how many genuinely good games where the devs actually tried to make something, but never got anything.

>>720102013
cheers

What criteria does steam use when it labels games "profile features limited"? I've seen games with over 100 reviews limited and games with under 100 reviews not limited

>>720102102
will Ultimalikes ever be a thing?

this guy never got any reviews at all. sometimes I wonder if I should give him $2.50

>>720102128
No achievements, no steam points store, very little Steamworks integration is what I would guess.

>>720065041
/thread

re-release of an old game
it's a cute numbers game

>>720102212
nope, it means you haven't developed your taste enough to be able to appreciate games that almost no one else can. here's my 2nd game

>>720102189
my wishlist is actually full of cheap games that only sold ten copies that I never got around to buying, maybe I should do something about that

while not 50, it's still double-digits and closer to 50 than 100 so i'm posting it anyway.
found this one from the Radio The Universe discussion forum because of its similarities

>>720100769
I have already watched Doshington's video on Marrow, and so therefore I do not need to play it.

Calling it a gem is a big stretch but I enjoyed it for what it was.

Wow, all of these suck.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3304580/AUTOCRISIS/
>41 reviews
Short horror game about fixing and getting back to your car, writing is hit or miss but it has solid style and it tries to present variety in the simple walking sim gameplay (stand by car for safety from monsters, avoid looking at monster, activate timed switch and make it through gate, etc.)

>>720078593
Amazing platformer. Optional content can be hard as fug (And It's A Good Thing™).

>>720079571
EZ, I just need to delete my own review and I can post a couple of games with 0.

>>720103042
You didn't post a game.

>>720079571
Yours actually have two if you go to reviews:
>https://steamcommunity.com/app/3771920/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated&snr=1_5_100010_&filterLanguage=all

Mine has exactly one.
>https://steamcommunity.com/app/3401910/reviews/?filterLanguage=all&p=1&browsefilter=toprated

>>720101158

The guy was unlucky to release it just when Hollow Knight came out, that's most likely the reason together with the brutal difficulty

>>720102576
>I already browsed v, why should I play anything

>>720062737 (OP)
whatever op, fuck you
try this game

>>720071192
>psx grafix
coo-
>modern lighting sources
every time

Give me (You)r most schizophrenic rpg games, regardless of ratings

>>720106727
>STOP TALKING ABOUT GAMES!!! TALK ABOUT THE LATEST CULTURE WAR RAGEBAIT OR POST PORN SLOP, LIKE ME!!
kys

>>720105652
>doesn't even own it
wew

As close as I can get.

>>720107207
lol. you just got 0WND

>>720065041
>sort by: popularity
>order: ascending
Fixed it for ya, fag

>>720106969
Just be honest, if you're the developer of the game it's scummy to pretend you're not and that you just "found" a hidden gem.

>>720066543
If it's good it'll get an e-celeb video and suddenly get hundreds of reviews. Wooden Ocean had less than 20 reviews for years.

>>720087012
This is strange. I saw a YouTuber play it and it seemed like an okay toilet time game, how come it's that bad? Mixed reviews and only 50

Always thought I was a hipster, but I can't find a game I own that's even close to 50.

>>720108268
Are you so low IQ that you can't comprehend that some people DO actually play games like this?

>>720108463
Yeah but this thread was linked in >>>/vg/agdg so I know for a fact that there are devs here shilling their own games

>>720108347
That's not guaranteed to happen. It can be years, especially with how the Steam algorithm is structured now.

>>720108509
None of the games posted here so far are /agdg/ games. They have their own website listing games they've made, and I don't see many of the same ones here.

>>720108509
nta but I don't give a shit, from a buyer perspective there is no difference between shilling your failed game and shilling someone else's failed game

>>720108586
I skimmed through the thread and this one is >>720078221
See if you can spot mor
https://made-by-agdg.vercel.app/

>>720108735
On the off chance that you're just retarded and not obviously a dev of one of the games itt, there is a difference. Devs are incapable of judging the quality of their own work, if they were they wouldn't have released a flop. And the dev has a direct financial incentive to shill their game here.

I honestly don't care if a dev shills their game, they should just disclose that they are the dev for the above reason

>>720071192
Does it play well on controller?

>>720109073
>I honestly don't care if a dev shills their game, they should just disclose that they are the dev for the above reason

>I don't care if the dev shills their game here, except I do
Fantastic

>>720109138
>get asked to not be an underhanded dishonest two-faced jew shill when talking about a game that they have a vested interest in
>utterly lose mind
So which game is yours?

I got this from last month Humble Bundle and it's a fun little game. It's a collectathon but has also Natsuyasumi vibes. Characters are a bit ugly but if you can look past that it's a nice ecperience.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2238040/Tiny_Terrys_Turbo_Trip/

>>720109502
experience**

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3524160/Crescent_Tower/

fun little wizardry clone.

>>720109073
>if they were they wouldn't have released a flop
kek, you are a retard

>>720108453
did anon actually finish his game?

>>720066239
I liked it a lot, good game.

>>720109372
The problem appears to be that the other anon is working off the definition shill = secret marketing

>>720109372
>say that it doesn't matter if the devs are shilling
>then proceed to get mad and insist that it does matter
Make up your fucking mind, retard.

>>720110002
The typical for /v/. IQ so low even an indian is smarter than them.

>>720066643
Tell that to the 30 Silksong threads up at one time. They need to fuck off to a general somewhere.

>>720067460
this looks really good. remember when they cancelled advance wars cause of ukraine lol

coffee machine has 500 reviews, close enough for you freaks.

>>720110187
>incapable of understanding the concept of disclosure
retard

>>720112226
Which PS3 game is this?

>>720105652
>>720107420
Good taste, what color/vivid ya using? For me, it's 21/100

>>720105260
this game was pretty decent

>>720067460
>procedurally gene-
*closes tab*

Is there a way to sort my steam library by review count?

>>720113904
Found a way via steamdb. Go to your games and set the review filter to 50 max.

Pic related is basically ribbit king.

>>720113427
that 50 classic, just a little tuned to see better, also steam fucks up the resolution i think

Some anon shilled savage in another hidden gem thread. It's not really my cup of tea but it's well made.

You can only communicate by giving people different types of shaved ice representing different feelings and emotions. I enjoyed it.

>>720073150
this is a good game
it rips of ffxiv hard but in a novel way

>>720114475
He was here already too: >>720073150

>>720105652
It's better than Islands of the Caliph, but I still wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Does anyone actually play these so-called niche games? Do you give a review once you're done or is it all about showing off how hipster you are?

>>720114817
why are you so mad about it? just go play silksong

>>720114862
Answer the question, retard.

>>720114919
yes, I play them
sometimes I'll leave a review
now go ahead and explain why are you so mad, nigger

>>720114817
I normally don't even talk about them unless there's a rare thread like this one. I play all kinds of games, released today and 30 years old, free made by a single dude and AAA, the only requirement is it has to look good to me personally.
And since I play a lot (finish 100+ games a year), I'd be out of games in no time if I didn't look for them myself.

>>720114768
It would be better if it was more grandiose in scale. I'd like the entire Dreamlands to be represented in a dungeon crawler game or something similar to Dark Sun

>>720114817
>Do you give a review once you're done
This is actually a very good point, especially if the game has very low review scores like 10 or less.

If you don't leave a review on a 10 review (or less) game then you're a hispter poser faggot.

>>720115031
>now go ahead and explain why are you so mad, nigger
I'm not mad, faggot, but all I see from these threads are pictures of steam store pages and no actual gameplay posted, not even a review to boost the score of these niche games.
>>720115081
Thanks.

>>720113546
>procedurally gene-
Every time. You just *know* it’s gonna be a glorified tech demo with terrain that looks like someone poked a blender plugin. Give me tight, hand-crafted levels with actual soul any day over infinite bland wastelands.

>>720115210
man, retards who are "huh where the gameplay at" deserve to be dragged and shot
no you massive retard, I'm not going to bother making a webm of a game with 7 reviews just to be accused of being a shill

>>720115210
bruh, you think the images on the store page AREN'T of the game?

>>720115393
No gameplay no buy. Your curated screenshots mean nothing to me

>>720115393
>I'm not going to bother making a webm of a game with 7 reviews just to be accused of being a shill
Skill issue.

>>720115508
cool, now stop being filtered by diagonal drop and go finish silksong

>>720115210
Well, OP made this thread specifically to post pictures of store pages with the green bar indicating that you played the game visible.

>>720115646
normalfaggot meme, you are a boring person

>>720091710
Bought this after playing xantium or whatever his other game is called. Haven't played it but thanks for the reminder

>>720115265
>>720113546
Strategy games with static maps are gay.

>>720086193
There's a nigger in the picture and you're worried about a smiling woman?

Under 50 reviews is steep, but this one still isn't that talked about.
Pompom is a puzzle-platformer where you have to help guide a hamster through a bunch of different obstacle course-style levels. Pompom is always moving, so your job is to place platforms and block enemies so that he can get to the goal. While the game isn't too difficult to beat, the real challenge comes from 100%. You have to collect coins throughout the stages to do so, which requires optimal placement of the limited platforms. Getting a perfect run feels very satisfying and offers an extra layer of challenge if you really like the gameplay.
Presentation-wise, the game is very cute and bubbly, both in the character designs and in the soundtrack. If you like Hamtaro or Kirby you'll probably like this game.
Surprsingly, this game has controller support. But, since you control a cursor during gameplay, it makes more sense to just use the mouse and keyboard. The controls are very simple, using only a, d, and the left and right mouse clicks. Right click does the same thing as spacebar and I wished the tutorial told you that.
I've had this one on my wishlist for years and forgot about it for a while. It goes on sale a lot.

>>720115680
looks cute, game?

>>720062737 (OP)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO HELP ME STARMS I JUST WANT TO GOON

>>720077284
>First non-Valve game added to Steam way back in the day.
I thought that was Ragdoll Kung Fu

>>720116787
Ichima-san

>>720094946
It's probably a porn game.

>>720117094
sadly it isn't

>>720062737 (OP)
No, you faggots ruin everything you touch fuck off nigger

It's like that Toy Story 2 game that was on the Nintendo 64 but worse

which of these are actually good?

>>720115265
>>720113546
its still pretty good
>>720110630
it is, its can also be quite hard

>>720106441
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3144190/Break_Wolf/

>>720117531
I actually played this one a long time ago, enjoyed it quite a bit.

>>720108509
You just linked it yourself to support your conspiracy theory that this is a Trojan horse game dev thread. False flag. False flag.

>>720114817
I leave a review if I have something to say about the game. some people don't talk if they have nothing worthwhile to say. You are obviously unfamiliar with that concept altogether.

>>720115210
But if a picture isn't gameplay, then neither is a video. I don't think "posting gameplay" is possible. You can post videos and you can post screenshots but I cannot post "gameplay". That is something everyone has to do by themselves. No one can do it for you.

Great thread

>>720114817
Practically everyone is including the green bar that indicates ownership? Do you understand what's going on around you?

The guy right above you posted a screenshot that he has 22 hours in Cyclopedean. Do you actually read these so-called niche threads or are you just showing off how close minded you are?

>>720117167
>>720117094
Full frontal. It is not pretty.

>>720115148
Reviews don't actually matter. either the game has tens of thousands in under a day in which case, why bother leaving another?

Or they have 50 reviews in which case the difference between 50 and 51 is also superfluous. Its shouting into a void in both cases, just in different ways.

this is just ok, kinda like a poor man's Luck Be a Landlord

not much depth to it though, the strategies are unfortunately too obvious/easy without much meaningful decisionmaking

>>720062737 (OP)
Skeletons, a fiendish game not for everyone, goes on a deep sale now and then

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

>>720089575
I actually have this one but I never played it.

>>720116342
>static
you don't even know what the fuck you are saying tranny, its called "designed" maps, something that requires thought and care put into it, which an RNG shit cannot do

proceed to suicide

>>720119450
The story of my library

WHERE ARE THE CARD GAME RPGS

this should be a big genre surely. that pokemon tcg game for gbc and act 2 of inscryption, this game, and basically nothing else - what the fuck is going on

>>720116967
thank you based anon
>>720117070
thank you cringe anon

>>720119705
>this should be a big genre surely

Developers seem to think the same thing based on the sheer amount of card games I see released. Whatever. The demo for checkmage was good and it is Pokemon TCG inspired.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3613550/Checkmage/

>>720119705
>literally every single new indie game is cardslop
>that's still not enough for cardsloppers

>>720119689
Mad starcraftnigger

>>720120134
they're not this kind of cardslop

>>720120208
who talked about starcraft, what a cuck you are lmao

>>720120079
interesting, I hope this ends up being good

this thread makes second guess my developer ambitions
I don't know how I'd handle it mentally if I game I worked on for years and poured my heart into it ended up getting swallowed up by Steam's new releases and only got a miniscule amount of attention and reviews
I know you're not supposed to only look at the money earning aspect but not even getting any attention for the product would be soul crushing

>>720115680

Gonna buy this one, thanks for the rec

>>720121109

Don't worry you most likely won't ever finish the game you're making anyway

>>720120134
I wish we could return to singleplayer tcgs

>>720121109
it's only going to get harder and harder to get people's attention as time goes by, at least you have a chance now if you make something good enough

you should be glad you were born early enough to have a chance at all

How about games with 2 reviews or less?

>>720121109

Why you make game for others in the first place?

>>720121397
and who else would you make it for, it's not fun to play when you know literally everything about how it works and how it was made

If I don't arbitrarily limit myself to 50 here's the detective games that I always felt bad that they never got much traction because they were amazing. they used to be in the 50 review range but they are slowly but steadily increasing so maybe there's hope for some of them out there.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2277090/DAEMON_MASQUERADE/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3193560/Yokai_Landlord_Monster_Mystery/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3326660/Sofia_in_Exchange_for_Lies/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1247940/Greyhat__A_Digital_Detective_Adventure/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254710/Death_Trick_Double_Blind/

Crimson Diamond is actually getting a sequel, so it can't have done too bad. Between Horizons changed it's cover art to "increase sales" but I think the original artwork was better.

>>720121835
>already in my wishlist
looks nice but let's be honest, it's quite expensive
lots of indies would sell 10x if they cut the price in half

>>720079571
getting this message for this game was rather unexpected. didn't really seem like the type.

a game made by an anon from /v/
it's unforgiving

>>720086069
being an obscure gamer is for the mega-hardcore gamer because if you can't figure it out on you own no one is going to help you

>>720122286
>Furshit
Sorry, I ain't gonna support puppy killers and zoophiles

>>720122286
>the options menu
very funny

>>720101516

This guy claimed that you get 40 sales per every single review.

>>720122286

But I looked at this game and saw that he sold 1000 copies at 47 reviews which makes the ACTUAL review to sales count as 20 sales per one review.


There is absolutely no flaws in my reasoning do not even try it.

>>720122425
not all of them are like that, stop being unfair

here to support puppy killers and zoophiles are there any games for me fuck are dogs ever a shitty animal what freaks like those slobbering monsters?

>>720122616
>This guy claimed that you get 40 sales per every single review.
That guy is talking about the Boxleiter Method of estimating game sales.
A constant of 30 is probably most accurate these days. Like most methods of estimation, it yields more accurate results as n increases. Where n < 1000, it's a noisy signal. Where n < 50, it's kind of pointless.

>>720121109
Scott Cawthon mad dozens of video games and animations for basically nobody until he hit it big with FNAF and now he has a multimillionaire franchise with a movie and another on the way.
But more importantly, this newfound fame also retroactively brought some attention back to some of his older work, particularly The Desolate Hope which is now a bit of a cult classic.

>>720079571
I'm trying this one out and it's sort of funny how it doesn't really explain anything to you. If you don't turn the lightswitch on you literally wake up to a black screen which does explain why there were several light sources in the room.

>>720122369
You can always play primarily chinese games and enjoy everything about it being in chinese from news to mods to guides. Being wuxia fan in the west is suffering.

>that niche game you used to shill that had less than 20 reviews released a good patch and now it has over 200
what's her name? for me, it's Tactical Nexus

>>720125661
I appreciate the sheer autism of that game, but I can't get into it. It's so overwhelming. The people that can play it have my admiration.

Platformer made by a latino youtuber. Despite what you may think it's pretty decent.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098280/Mago/

>>720125784
Perfectly understandable, it's the postgame disgaea of Tower of the Sorcerer-likes, made by literal autistic fucks for autistic fucks. I think the reason literal no one played it before is because it used to have a MASSIVE wall of text explaining the pricing model in the steam page.

>>720125792
I remember playing the demo for this a few years and didn't really like it that much. Felt too basic.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3002500/Goldenheart/
Hack n Slash taking place in a desert land, i guess you could say it's similar to Northern Journey
It gets weird

>>720126116
>similar to Northern Journey
picked the fuck up, thanks anon

>>720125792
>833 reviews
Do you even understand the point of this thread?

itt: shill your agme

>>720126264
Those reviews are from the future. The future of space. Outer space.

>>720102102
I'm playing this right now and it's a fun game. Still don't know how to get the pig and red herring keys but I will get there eventually.

posting some of the random stuff in my library that has no metacritic score at all, dunno if there is a way to order by review number
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3088900/_White_Cat_Adventure_Team/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2487340/MOMIBOSU/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/889100/Pythagoras_Perpetual_Motion_Machine/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371540/Spartoi_Meadow/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2662590/UltraNothing/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1789670/Me_and_my_eldritch_parasite/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172410/100animalease/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396450/Violent_Selection/

PS: play anon (not me, I swear)'s game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2692730/Three_Wishes/

>>720062737 (OP)
>E-thot sim
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281270/Fatum_Betula/
Sub 1k reviews is a hidden gem also.
I noticed that if game truly special it gets recognized in small ways regardless, they just automatically appear to people who know in one way or another.
Anything less than 100 rewives is dogshit 99% of the time
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/Metal_Garden/

>>720127736
wow you are so clever for being recommended stuff by the algorhythm
truly the gamer of all time

>>720122286
>it's unforgiving
more like unforgivingly shit

>>720127441
>>PS: play anon (not me, I swear)'s game
sorry not into pedoshit, maybe peddle your slop somewhere else

got it for free and had fun with it, but fuck hard mode

Show me a 2D Platformer that isn't a Metroidvania, Hack 'n Slash, 8-Bit Mario Clone, Sonic speed game, or Mega Man X dash and shoot game.

>hidden gems
>no gems
This is all failed shills
Probably increase the threshold to <500

>>720128374
https://delicious-fruit.com/ratings/game_details.php?id=27435

>>720076964
my wife's son got a seizure from this pic, thanks!

>>720119185
Reviews matter if the game has less than 10.

>>720128547
>NOOOO IT'S NOT MAINSTREAM ENOUGH FOR ME SAVE ME YOUTUBE SLOPPER-SAMA

>>720128884
Am I wrong? Do you think there's a single decent game ITT?

>>720127736
>>720128547

shills are seething that they can't post their games because they have too many reviews, so they throw a tantrum.

>m-mine still counts as a hidden gem even if everyone knows about it ! !! !

>>720129031
sorry pal, gamers only here, no shills allowed. Play the game or go without.

>>720129104
Truth. They've been seething at this thread since it started. Funny, these fags just can't help themselves but parasitise on the little guy.

>>720101158
His other game (which is a prequel), Exoder, has even less.

I'm breaking the rules here since it's more than 100 reviews but I'm shilling anyway. 3D platformer with it's levels built entirely around using Bunnyhopping and other quake movement tricks.

>>720130810
I cannot even figure out what the fuck is the name of the game with a banner like that
Dalonlenja?

>>720131009
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509160/BAIONLENJA/

I got lucky guessing the first three letters

>>720131094
what a shitty name

I remember trying this one out after seeing it being posted here. It was pretty solid. But it seems the dev just disappeared off the face of the earth, he hasn't posted on here for a while now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3221800/Hardstrike_The_Fall/

What the fuck these games are all fucking ass.

>>720100879
the demo for this made me laugh pretty consistently. might need to buy it

>>720077284
Damn this game looks like it came out yesterday, art direction can really make games look good forever.

>just barely over 50
Posting it anyway.

>>720131415
there's games out there for everybody. including you.

>>720064526
>Homo studio
Sell me on this one Anon. I am a big fan of detective games but how much deducing do I do in this? The visuals are obviously going for a Monkey Island/classic LucasArts vibe and those games, while very fun, rarely felt like actual detective work.

>fem protag
>troon dev
wake me up from this nightmrate

>>720132201
I'm on it!

Short but fun skatey shooter with shark tits

>>720132124
Only got through the first case so far, bit of a tutorial one, how it goes. There were three or four possible solutions or so.

>Person A did it
>Person B did it
>no murder occurred, total coincidence nothing to see here
>Option 4 for true detectives who see past the surface

Game lets you pick whichever one you want, gives you an achievement and all that and it carries on. I guess I'll boot up the second mystery now and see if the complexity increases. You can knock off the first case in less than an hour.

>>720133192
Interesting.
There's a hentai VN called Kara No Shojo which has you play as a detective. The tutorial case gives you a crime scene/body to investigate and you can find a number of clues. Without certain clues you cannot come to the correct conclusion but the game never does that thing where aren't allowed to proceed until you have everything you need.
If you rush the investigation the game fully lets you move on without critical evidence and you fuck up your identification of the culprit and you DO suffer the consequences for that.
I wish more games let that sort of thing happen. Not getting the correct culprit shouldn't be a fail state, it should just be a personal failing that incentivizes you to play the case over again and do it right this time.
I'll check out Casebook 1899, your description sounded like what I enjoy.

>>720131094
>>720130810
>early access
get that slop the fuck out of my thread

I have checked through the entire and I'm amazed at the amount of money and free time you guys have put into playing all these niche games, how do you even have the time? Anyways, I'm planning on getting these next sale event
>>720066239
>>720078593
>>720100879
>>720116703
And the list of games this anon posted, like Momibosu and Three Wishes.
>>720127441

Thanks for the hidden gems, one of the only decent threads on /v/.

>>720131415
what kind of games are you into? I could make a recommendation

>>720131857
I added the 51st review so it wouldn't be allowed in this thread

>>720132671
men are so easy, all you have to do is slap a pair of honkers on anything and dudes will slurp it up without question

>>720133841
it's really only these and the Next Fest threads that have any redeeming value on this shithole

>>720133906
Devilish!

>>720133906
>Anon is a loicensefag

>>720133975
It's a simple but honest life

>>720062737 (OP)
>owning games
I pirate everything including no-name indie games

>>720134349
Can't pirate it if it is freeware

>>720134160
>75 games
>114 perfected games
How

>>720133841
I work as a construction site medic. If no one is getting hurt you don't have to do anything you can sit there and play video games all day. And get paid. I used to do the exact same thing as a security guard but I've moved up in the world. Medics get paid better, and work less.

>>720134705
>I work as a construction site medic.
Any fun or fucked up stories you have?

>>720102352
The theme seems nice, why the mixed reviews? Can you sell it to me pls?

>>720134921
man I want to see posts about glover knockoffs not degloving

>>720133792
>why didn't this indie game with less than 100 reviews have the budget for a full proper release REEEEEEEEEEE

>>720134921
nope, no one has gotten hurt yet. I just sit there at night and avoid conversation.

Just a cool linear action platformer, feels very oldschool. Great gamefeel, cool tribal setting and quite challenging.

Game by a former Nintendo artist, he was the original character and graphics designer for F-Zero and Star Fox. It's like a classic ADV game with Rock Paper Scissors type of battles.

>>720135404
okay after scrolling through more of the thread I realize most games posted here average around 80 reviews, which makes mine an outlier. Still stand by the game being really overlooked

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3597590/Dungeon_Mori/

Cool RPG with some character building and customization. Gets a bit grindy later on, but it's pretty fun, especially as a second monitor game. There's also a demo available, and you can transfer the save to the full game if you like it.

>>720134349
no you don't. the games in this thread are mostly too obscure to be pirated. You have to have more than 50 reviews for that sort of thing to happen.

>>720062737 (OP)
The Pale City is a good incel chud game

>>720062737 (OP)
Best roguelike ever coming through

>>720136292
Looks like 2000s mobilekino. Is it simplified in any way or does it have the full nethack jank?

>>720062737 (OP)
>1 review

Weird Western VN I've seen in the non-AGDG threads on /v/ sometimes. The review isn't from me, though. Bought it to support a fellow anon and because it's supposed to have a good story. Only played a few hours and it seems ok, but a slow build up kind of thing, idk

>>720136563
It's a full on NetHack variant AND adds a ton of features. It's glorious, trust me

>>720136042
>the games in this thread are mostly too obscure to be pirated
You'd be surprised. My 3 review game ended up on at least one pirate site.
I only know because I used to occasionally google for mentions of my game. I found some guy on reddit bitching about it being on a sketchy site but not fit girl.
Honestly I thought that was pretty funny.

>>720100879
I'm glad you liked it. I'm still working on a pretty meaty quality and balance update that should be out in the next few weeks. There are a few more tweaks to be made and I want to put in more heavy playtesting, and I want to see if I can fit in some kind of boss rush as a postgame event.
>>720131774
i don't know if you're still here, but check pic related
if you don't manage to get one, the game will be on sale again in the halloween sale at the latest

>>720139391
Not that anon but fuck yeah, thanks!
Got the center code

>>720139391
Thanks bro

>>720134349
I will buy physical copies, but i see no value in exchanging sheckles for a download.

>>720135803
>From the creator/artist of [snes classic]
>game is turd
Why does this happen so often? Were the classics we grew up with just a product sheer luck?

>>720062737 (OP)
Star Sonata

I just want more
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2509800/VersionThree__INVISIBLE_RAID/

>>720139391
Wow, didn't think any of those codes were unclaimed. Thanks, anon!

>>720132124
NTA but have you played Shadows of Doubt?

>>720140681
I think it's a question of time and volume. Back then (the 90s), home gaming had only been a thing for barely a decade and didn't really take off until the NES. So, the concept was novel and the quality bar was 'lower' because expectations were still being shaped.

And now, you have almost four decades of game releases and some things have just been refined to the point where you can only get variations on a theme. More games come out on Steam in 5 months than PS1 had in its entire ten year lifespan.

>>720134427
If I had to guess hidden games from public view. Given that he is a weeaboo, I'd wager that's the case.

>>720099121
>sequel
It'll never happen. Newcancer attacked and shat on him for making the game and discussing it here. It probably would have done better if it were made and released a few years earlier and on sites that would actually appreciate it, like 8ch before it got gutted

>>720097696
These guys really had bad luck with Nintendo announcing and releasing the SMRPG remake when they did. I could've seen this getting up there with better sales had it not happened and it had an interesting look with everyone being wooden puppets.

>>720140681
I think you are being way too harsh on a small scale project made by a veteran. Besides, a lot of veteran game developers still make good games.

>>720069953
>>720076919
>>720090542
>>720102000
>>720107240
>>720135404

Aded these to my wishlist. Thanks for the recs guys. This is the kind of thread I visit /v/ for

This was free a few weeks ago, I tried it a bit and I enjoyed it

Literally everything this crazy spaniard makes is good, pic related

>UnEpic
A RPG-leaning metroidvania with some unique conceits (you're not some great hero or vampire hunter so when you start off your movement, abilities are far more limited and you have to think, make use of lighting etc), fantasy-horror where a dude playing D&D gets sucked into an alternate realm. T
>Ghost 1.0
Body swapping machine waifu in a space station metroidvania . This just reminds me there's MiniGhost, a MSX-style prequel
>UnMetal
Metal Gear 1 and 2 top down homage/parody, plays very well and a genre that's not too common these days.
>Pampas and Selene: Maze of Demons
MSX aesthetic co-op capable (you can play both characters by swapping if playing solo) platformer/metroidvania. Its his latest game and its great.

as always I will shill the autistic number puzzle game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076070/Alice_and_You_in_the_planet_of_numbers/

>>720142941
UnEpic and P&S are great games. Haven't tried the others, but I assume they're at least decent as well

Every game made by this jap artist
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2533180/MELLOWOLLEM/

>>720062737 (OP)
It is like Qubert, but more difficult.

>>720062737 (OP)
I went in with zero expectations and it blew my mind. Solid puzzle game.

>Shadows of Adam
This is a great little retro JRPG from a few years back. Devs are pretty based (they went to Linux gaming communities and asked them to test the game back in the day, did Q&A's etc long before the Steam Deck arrived), has some good mechanics, is not just RPGMaker, and native Linux support. I suggest getting the Complete Edition when its on sale as the expansion is well worth it (challenges, superbosses, story stuff etc) and they even have a PDF "game guide" that is reminiscent of the old days.

>>720143665
>Post Hidden Gems that have less than 50 reviews.
fuck off, buy an ad

>>720102858
>make a shitty sequel to your previous, excellent dungeon crawler
>less than 50 reviews

I am sad and happy at the same time.

>>720071192
this looks like megaman legends assets. Why would anyone copy that crap? wtf

>>720144079
Its from fucking 2017 and only has 200. If you want "hidden gems" not just either obscure bullshit for the sake of it or very new stuff (most of the titles with below 50 seem to be 2025/2024; nothing wrong with this many 'hidden gems' creep up bit by bit over time to be over that kind of a number) and others have listed games with far more total reviews.

>>720071192
>mgs1 clone
>it's dogshit

>>720062737 (OP)
It's over 50 but this game is from like 2005 so I think it should be excused. I recall playing it back then

I really don't get this board's obsession with shilling/ad tourettes, especially indies of all things.
If a game is good, a game is good. I'm not gonna think twice about a game that I don't have interest in playing anyway, nor do I care in what way a good game is brought to my attention.

Plus "buying an ad" implies supporting this dead shithole of a site that doesn't have your best interest anyway lol.

it's scaly Ace attorney
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3640850/Dragon_Detective_A_Friend_from_the_Shadows

>>720143096
Love this guy's art, I've been buying his games when I have some cash to spare but I have yet to play any of them.

>>720145212
Buy an ad for your ad

>>720136271
Why?

>>720145212
Notice how "buy an ad" posters never show up for twitter ragebait threads?

>>720062737 (OP)
The most amount of fun you'll have for 2 bucks

Any good arcade style games? Maybe some twin stick?

>>720145587
I mean true, but to be fair, I'm not sure people yet associate stupid engagement-bait opinions with a brand, which is unfortunately a reality these days.

>>720144629
the rules are clear, 50 or less reviews

Here is what I normally post. No, not all games are <= 50 reviews. No, I will not individually curate such a list for each distinct thread.
Have a nice day xoxo

>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/

>>720135997
just tried it for a bit, it's ok. Quite barebones (maybe because it's EA) but I'll at least follow it and check back when it releases. Hasn't earned a wishlist though

>>720145587
I just always assumed they were bitter, failed devs who tried making their own thing but weren't able, and fly into a rage when they see other anons who did release games.

Pizza themed arcade shooter with cute character design
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1198600/Pizza_Time_Explosion/

>>720113546
progen games are amazing. POE1 and 2 suck because they arent. same map every time. torchlight 1, 2, diablos all progen and fresh.

>>720145901
They're often about the same account though, so it's a twitterfag shilling himself by making ragebait screenshots, usually of a /v/ screenshot.

>>720146553
Oh ok, Yeah I have seen those a couple of times, yeah. Obnoxious. I don't engage.
Worst part about that shit is people don't know how to sage and bump shit they don't like just to tell op he's a fag.

>>720062737 (OP)
I like RE inspired games but the character design is odd. I like hot babes as much as the next guy but I need my hot babes to be in good games that are more than "she's got a killer body and dresses slutty"

>>720146421
Was it made by a nerdy cute artist girl?

>>720145901
>>720146379
If you were to force them to tell the undiluted truth, they'd admit they don't care a about videogames and only come to /v/ to advertise their side of the culture war.

>>720148483
unfortunately not, I think it's best not to dive too deeply into indie devs or artists because this thing popped up when I did.
As long as they don't inject their fetishes or ideological shit into their games, I don't really mind.

>>720149058
Who am i to judge, cute enough, wishlisted it, thanks anon.

>>720145984
FUCK your rules, cocksucka

>>720145248
Is it gay? I will not play gay shit.

>>720105852
I don't know much about developing games but how hard would it be to purposely downgrade a modern game engine's lighting to get that look?

>>720065626
Wait what's the difference between Ringlorn Saga and Ringlorn Saga Gaiden? Is this a sequel and I should get the other one first?
I'm interested

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2923230/Rules__Rodents/
I guess anon's rat game still counts. For the price it's not that bad but it's kinda short (demo is almost half the game) you can beat it in less than 4 hours.

>>720150916
It's less a downgrade and more just intentionally creating assets using those old PS1 limitations in terms of texture resolution, depth of field, and soon. Plenty of Unity indie horror games try to do the 'PS1 demake' look. Some succeed.

>>720150821
nah, just the artstyle, there's no romance in the game, gay or otherwise

>>720126363
everyone has to get exposure somehow

>>720151105
Noted. I mostly ask because a lot of Ace Attorney fans are flaming homos and I can't trust fans or devs that are fans of AA to not try and make it gay without asking.

>>720151048
I'm hoping we see more Dreamcast-style indie games. Abiotic Factor was a game that kinda looks like that to me.

>>720141117
That's the early access big open world one right? I was paying attention to it for a while but it was too janky for me at the time. How has it shaped up?

My favorite detective or detective adjacent games are:
Ace Attorney (though not for the detective work per se, I just love the game, character, music, and world).
Case of the Golden Idol
L.A Noire
Killer Frequency
Zero Escape as a whole (I am one of the four people on Earth who didn't mind ZTD)
Hotel Dusk

I've also got the following on my wishlist but haven't had time to check out in full yet:
CaseCracker+CaseCracker2
The Painscreek Killings
The Roottrees are Dead
Not for Broadcast
Enigma of Fear
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

I've played Obra Dinn and I loved the atmosphere but I felt that Golden Idol eclipsed it in terms of deductions and mystery. Also played DanganRonpa and a couple of the other Japanese games (Ghost Trick, Professor Layton, Process of Elimination, etc...)

>>720145670
Highest IQ /v/ poster

>>720153835
The Dreamcast/GameCube/PS2 era is a very specific middleground between 'you could probably easily make PS1-looking stuff because it's easy' and 'no, you need a professional artist now since the texture and model quality is much higher.'

>>720153835
Tormented Souls is stuck in between ps2 and ps3. The environments are really well done while the 3d models look closer to a ps2 game. It's a little jarring but it's a great game if you like Resident Evil and tank controls

>>720153835
Hollowbody gives off that 6th gen vibe.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2123640/Hollowbody/

>>720066643
kill yourself actually

>>720154124
The Roottrees Are Dead is fantastic, by the way.

>>720153835
I know what you mean. Gen 6-style indie games are usually more GCN or PS2, yet Dreamcast graphics are pretty distinct from the rest of that gen. I'm searching for something that looks and feels like Agartha.

>>720159752
there's this that's coming out, it's obviously very Kirby inspired but the overall aesthetics are Dreamcast era Sonic
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3370970/Star_Garden/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525660/Dead_Wells_The_Devil_Fragment/
Not out yet, but it looks cool.

You attempted to stop people from posting video games but you failed miserably. What is it like to be totally ineffective in your stated goals? People just ignored you altogether. No one bought an ad.

Pretty good thread overall, the below 50/green banner rule forced most people to choose new games rather than reposting the same old lists you see every time(>>720146068) and kept the thread dominated by people who actually play video games.

As the one fellow said, most games below 50 came out in either 2024/2025 and that means they haven't been posted to death yet.

>>720151048
uh huh okay retard whatever you say

>>720147540
looks like a woman to me I don't know what the fuck this guy's problem is

>>720105852
The lighting is sorta more like PSP Peace Walker actually, with the etching dithering or whatever you call it for shading.
Models and texture aesthetic is definitely just Shadow Moses though, lol.

I'll just mention that this was a good thread, since it's going to be archived before I wake up.

>>720105852
>>720164292
the trash is taking itself out, thankfully.

>>720164648
What do you mean?
Oh, sorry I was just half-responding to the picture lol, I really didn't even realize that anon was talking about the lighting.

>>720164903
I meant that nitpicky people who obsess over small details aren't really wanted anywhere so no one really gives a damn if you go away. I don't even change the lightbulbs in my own apartment it can just be dark for all I care, so I don't know what possible difference it would make that the lighting systems between two different games is supposedly different? Is it different? I couldn't possibly describe lighting systems. I didn't realize there was more than one. I've never known any of the stupid nonsense you people bring up honestly, and I've been playing the playstation one since day one. I don't know what a pre-rendered background is. I don't pay attention to the names on the black screen at the end and stalk the creators every move for 30 years. None of that stuff has anything to do with the game.

Anyway yeah sounds like none of that applied to you.

>>720165218
Damn, ok anon. Sorry.
Yeah, a lot of users here have autism and that means massively preferring/hyper-fixating on certain things (usually things they stuck with since childhood), without understanding people may feel differently, or not as extremely, as they do, so they lash out.

Anyway, I think you likely do know what a pre-rendered background is, you just didn't know what it was called.
It's like in FF7 or Resident Evil 1-3 when the characters and some objects basically stand on top of a jpeg, essentially. Hope that makes sense.

bump

>>720170031
Kinda gay to be honest anon

>>720155885
I just started this and I can't decide if I'm supposed to play it in Third Person or "static" camera angles but with or without tank controls. Seems amaturish in a lot of ways, but that's fine not a game breaker or anything.

>>720170031
>draw girl
>call it a guy

>>720171854
>he hasn't figured out to just do what he likes best yet

what.do.you.think.options.are.for?

>>720172637
I like all three though. I guess it's more a question of what did the dev intend for me to play through it with. But if the intention was seriously "any they all work fine" then I guess it doesn't matter. Yes I know it's a silly thing to get hung up on, but please be patient I'm retarded.

>>720171692
i thought you guys loved gay people committing suicide

>>720100769
I can vouch for Dismantled, great horror game with one big downside. The end of the game has such a big difficulty spike that it almost ruins the game. My recommendation is to look up how to get the secret weapon because otherwise the ending level is just rage inducing in all the wrong ways. The game is full on survival horror and you never really have that much ammo and yet the ending is like a boomer shooter fps level, but you still have survival horror level ammo.

>>720068006
>- roguelites of some kind
>- artsy walk simulators
damn I feel you anon, there's nothing more disappointing than seeing a cool looking game and then immediately losing interesting when seeing tags that indicate that

>>720099121
Can't say I loved the game. Some parts of it were a little tedious and the gameplay itself wasn't stellar. A bit undercooked and needed some tighter direction in general.
But I did like some elements of the game very much actually. Like the construction paper stage looked super neat. I also liked the camera work in the first stage (the one with the asteroid).
The game is very endearing, so I would definetely recommend it. Just don't expect it to be "good", I guess.
>>720141895
That's a shame. At least he didn't quit devving and is making some sort of pokemon style game now
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2486140/Dbumon/

This has been on my wishlist for months. Have any of you played this?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3316380/Lilac_0/

>>720177261
no one under 40 is playing shmups anon

>>720177537
>under 40
but enough about your IQ

>>720177537
He doesn't even own it himself

>>720179213
shitty roll sloppa

>>720179526
This post is too dumb to be the last post.

>>720062737 (OP)
Sorry for not following the rules, as this game has 600+ reviews, but I enjoy it so much that I'm going to post it here anyways.
Give it a shot if you enjoy artistic walking sims with cool ambiance.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665500/Hypnagogia__Boundless_Dreams/

>>720179213
Fuck that game ruled. I wish the bosses were 15% less horseshit and I probably would've finished it but the map design was top-notch.

>>720181413
I thought the name SodaRaptor looked familiar. He is also making a PS1 metal gear solid ripoff. Perhaps some retards could come and comment on the lighting in that game?

What I find more interesting is that he's the guy who made late homework and I thought that meant he would also be the developer of Darkbound but apparently those are two different developers who just make games look damn near the same?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3215660/Late_Homework/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707330/Darkbound_Demo/

There was a third game in the exact same style called "Rental" that was made by yet another developer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796550/Rental/

>>720181413
can't stand surreal slop, it seems to be the only shit /v/ pretends to actually like

>>720181413
Liked this, Interior Worlds and The Moth Inside Me. Sodaraptor's alright.

>>720177261
idk, but it's in one of the Fanatical mystery bundles so the keys are going for dirt cheap on gray market sites. Like 10% normal price

>>720062737 (OP)
Wait why is the text in your steam client so clean and bold looking? My 1440p monitor doesn't look that good kek