I think I’ll be finally picking up Project Wingman and Black Mesa in this sale.
What’s on your list?
Caves of Qud
[Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?
Submitted 10 months ago by TheBat@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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revlayle@lemm.ee 10 months ago
localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Only buy a couple or so games a year these days, been really enjoying an arena fighting game I came across a little while ago. Only just started putting a few hours into it but always appreciate a game that makes you have to work on skill to progress.
TheBest@midwest.social 10 months ago
I have like 5 different arena management/fighter games, is this one worth my time to learn? A bunch if them fail to stick the landing
localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I wouldn’t say there’s much in the way of management, its short fights mostly. Something I like about it are the fairly strong modifiers for each character type and how it pushes you into using them all so you get forced into different types of play.
I’m also trying to mainly support small dev team games these days and I think this made by one person which I find super impressive. You die and restart a lot, which I also enjoy
stephfinitely@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shadow of Doubt has just recently come under my radar. Its a procedurally generated voxel noir game.
Dulus_No@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Void Stranger
frickineh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably not much this time. I don’t think Dredge really falls under lesser known, but I might pick that up. I’ll probably get House Flipper 2 - the first one was one of my go-tos for destressing, so I’m hoping the sequel will fill the same niche. Otherwise, I’ve either bought most of what I’ve been looking at in previous sales or played it on gamepass/ea play.
Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
An Airport For Aliens Run By Dogs
Viewfinder
Manifold Garden
germtm_@lemmy.world 10 months ago
i picked up SPRAWL this sale. really fun retro-style shooter so far, the sense of movement is especially satisfying.
smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I scooped this one up when it launched and just wanted to add the music is also really fantastic if you’re into cyberpunk anime.
dditty@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Can someone help me remember the name of a certain game? I heard about it in an LTT video. Apparently it’s a really cheap 8(+?)-player Steam game that is a sort of magic/wizard free-for-all game that’s lots of fun with little strategy. I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember the name of it.
Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
For less than $5 CAD, I picked up Maiden & Spell, an excessively cute sidescrolling shooter a la R-Type, except it’s a levelless boss rush with Story and Versus modes. It’s got a very Touhou aesthetic (i.e. rather than spaceships or dragons or something, everyone is cute girls).
Story mode is basically a Touhou boss rush, where your character fights 4 monster girls and 2 out of the other 3 human girls, with no level in-between, it’s just bosses. There’s a threadbare but acceptable story linking them, with each playable character giving a different perspective on the same story, and then there being an epilogue chapter and a bonus extra boss. Story mode has 4 difficulties, the easiest of which is called Cute Mode and is basically unloseable, so even if you’ve never played a game like this, you can give it a go.
Versus mode is basically a 1v1 fighting game. You and one friend each pick one of the 8 girls and do bullet hells at each other until you see who wins. It’s not complex, but it is kind of tactically deep.
The same author is currently working on a sequel, Rabbit & Steel, a very similar game except rather than a versus battler, it’s a coop roguelike inspired by MMO raid mechanics. A sneak-peek demo with online multiplayer is available, and it’s really fun!
steeznson@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I bought Touhou Artificial Dreams In Arcadia during the October sale and it is a bit of a hidden gem for fans of the old SMT JRPG games on SNES. I also picked up Lunacid but have not got that far in it, but it seems like a strong revival of the classic Kings Field games.
WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Purchased Ready Or Not. I am having a BLAST with this game! It’s niche game and I am really into it.
DrCake@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I picked up Sociable Soccer for the steam deck as I just wanted a simple football game and FIFA doesn’t really work. Pretty good game, the controls can be a bit weird at times but enjoying it for the easy pickup and play style.
Klanky@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Eidolon
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I didn’t buy them this year but
- Software Inc,. management game
registeredusername@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Songs of conquest and street of rogue
Wahots@pawb.social 10 months ago
Black Mesa is so fucking good.
ricdeh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not sure whether it’s “lesser known”, but it’s old: Rise of Nations
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Isn’t Black Mesa called Half Life?
deranger@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
UBoat - it’s a u boat game / simulator of sorts. Complex, slow game play as you stalk convoys, set up for the ambush, then escape the destroyers hunting your uboat.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have shitload of indie games with a fun ideas that I have never really played, but wanted to support.
NeryK@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I bought The Making of Karateka. Not exactly a game, more like a playable documentary (akin with Atari 50 anniversary collection).
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 10 months ago
If it were on sale, I’d say Fling To The Finish. But for now, I’ll have to probably just wait and see what else is on sale that catches my eye.
Kylamon1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Unforgettable voyage. Looks like a cute little puzzle game.
wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
I’m not sure if it’s on sale but I’ll just keep talking about Revita because it’s such a succinct rogue like that blends hollow knight and TBOI very well.
HarrySlaughter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I already owned it, but Banished is on sale for $6.50. I have played so many hours of this game and can’t get enough! Once I get bored of my existing setup, I just start over with a new village.
plantedworld@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s a new release so maybe this doesn’t count but against the storm is excellent