With the Steam sale running, this seems like a good time to try this thread again. We don’t often use the downvote button much in Lemmy, but the idea is this: Do your best to present game suggestions that no one has heard of before. If, in reading other people’s suggestions, you spot one that you’re familiar with, then put a downvote on it. Ideally, if the game is past a year old, it may have a discounted price during the Steam sale, and others will be able to check it out.
I’ve made this thread once before and it generated some good suggestions, but the rate of indie publishing on Steam has only accelerated with time, so it seems to be worth trying again.
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Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages - I remember enjoying the writing in this one, as well as quite detailed ship customization. A weird lil shmup RPG, not even sure what to compare it with. A slow burner for sure though, give it some time to open up. Also on Steam, but seems like it’s restricted in some regions there.
Can I suggest a game that isnt even on steam?
Wow in this thread I don’t know a single game
Let me try with this game that I bought a decade ago for 1€: Pizza Express - very nice chiptune music that matches the gameplay that is a mix between a visual novel and a simulation
The Dream Machine - point and click quest made of clay and cardboard.
Knytt Underground - lovely little metroidvania by Nifflas. I expect some people to know this one, but it does have only 226 reviews on Steam and deserves more. Bundling this one with Ynglet - another game by him (and some other devs)
A Family of Gravediggers
The Sea Will Claim Everything / The Lands of Dream - a very crusty “window” into another world, made by one of the writers for The Talos Principle. Quite personal, too, as you’ll find out if you stick with it.
Eh, I guess I toss out one of my favorite DS games as a break from my previous Steam recommendations, so Retro Game Challenge 2, the fan translation of GameCenter CX: Arino no Chōsenjō 2. This actually may get downvoted a fair bit, because the Game Center CX show that inspired the game has a dedicated cult following in the United States and Retro Game Challenge 2 has been played by some fairly big streamers.
Anyway on to the game itself. Retro Game Challenge 2 is a collection of NES and SNES styled mini games loosely bound together by a fairly non-nonsensical meta plot and a ton of nostalgia. You’re assigned “challenges” for the various games that you have to beat, think NES Remix if you’ve played that, it’s actually from the same developer. But not only that there’s a ton of nostalgic little touches, all the mini-games have in game “manuals” to read, there are also in game “gaming magazines” that offer tips and tricks for the games you play, as well as hinting about “up-coming” games. There’s also a “daily challenge” which is a… well challenge that is issued daily, with difficulty that ramps up as you beat them.
The best part of the whole game/micro games is that you can freely play them after they’ve been unlocked. None of the NES Remix’s “We’ve got the whole game here, but you can’t do anything but the challenges” bullshit. You want to play though the entirety of the ten-ish hour NES styled JRPG? Go for it. Indieszero also included some “challenge mode” versions of games from the first Retro Game Challenge game.
Anyway, as the wall of text may have clued you in, I really like this game.
Message Quest - a silly little medieval PnC adventure with a stained-glass art style and a lazy squire as protagonist
The Dweller - you are the eldritch monster hidden in the ruins, hunting down archaeologists, mechanically a puzzle-platformer (may have served as the inspiration for Carrion)
Monster Loves You! - monster-raiser CYOA RPG with meaningful decisions
If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers - left my favourite for last, a free pixel art PnC horror adventure with beautiful graphics and great writing. I was so blown away that a game of such high quality was free, that I ended up buying the supporter pack :)
Home - an atmospheric horror walking simulator with pixel graphics. I remember the story blew my mind when I played it a decade ago.
Cinders - a low-fantasy exploration of the story of Cinderella, as a non-anime visual novel with many decisions and endings
In Other Waters - a fairly unique exploration adventure with timed-puzzle elements and survival mechanics. The graphics are very stylised, so the experience is more like reading a book. I played about 5 hours and mostly enjoyed it, but did not finish it because the survival/timing pressure got too stressful as I progressed through the story.
