The Steam winter sales are here, up to the 4rth of January.
What game did you enjoy playing and want to share with the community, and why?
It’s like a mini (or a bit larger) review for the people in the community to discover your loved game, and get it for a smaller price. Also remember to share a link to the store page to help people find the game.
The game must be on sale currently and must not be a free to play game, or what would be point of this post.
The release date doesn’t matter. Neither the sale amount. If you enjoyed the game, it should be shared.
You can put the game type/tags at the beginning of your comment if you wish so, it may help other people.
Please a single game per comment if you post a review.
I’ll start in the comments.
risk of rain 2, game is sooo good just pickes up the dlc survivors of the void and it adds so much new stuff, def recommend if you like third person shooters and rougelites, it’s quite hard tooo which makes wining all that more satisfying as well as endless mode as an option
Backpack Hero - Imagine a game like Slay the Spire, but instead of building a deck of cards, you build and pack a backpack and try to get as many synergies out of the random items you can loot and their positioning in the backpack to suit your character’s special abilities and get you through a dungeon successfully. Currently 20% off on Steam. Not extremely difficult but not too easy either. Short rounds, endless replayability, multiple characters with different abilities, cute graphics. My personal game of the year.
Do not touch if inventory management is your arch nemesis.
I finished Laika : Aged through blood. An indie metroidvania / 2d bike shooter / bullet time.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1796220/Laika_Aged_Through_Blood/
It’s the story of a mother in a post-apocalyptic environment having to care for her daughter and village while doing the war outside.
Everything, art, music, is a masterpiece. The music is just extremely good.
Outside of special zones, there are 20 you have to find, and it cycles between them. All 20 are voiced, with words or humming.
The story is good, and is extremely anti-war.
The gameplay feels amazing. It can be hard at first, but I quickly learned how to control the bike and and to do backflips and frontflips at the right time to reload guns and the pary.
The main character laika is one-shot, but the game isn’t very punishing. The respawn points aren’t too far away from each other, and they are optional. When you die, you loose a pouch with the currency, and can get it back.
There are some little issues with the game tho. The ending seems to be a bit rushed. The ending boss isn’t that difficult, and there were some cuts it seems.
But overall these little issues aren’t that bad, and the game is still amazing for an indie.
A few hidden gems I’ve played:
Dungeons of the Endless: https://store.steampowered.com/app/249050/Dungeon_of_the_ENDLESS/
Solasta Crown of the Magister: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/
Tower of Time: https://store.steampowered.com/app/617480/Tower_of_Time/
Detroit: Become Human: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222140/Detroit_Become_Human/
The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan: https://store.steampowered.com/app/939850/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology_Man_of_Medan/
I hope you like them all as much as I did.
Dungeons of the endless is beutiful. A unique roguelike thats more strategic than action based, but gives your choices real weight. You will have to lose people and you will make mistakes to complete the missions, but every one of them leaves you with a sense of impact.
I get the same vibes from it as FTL, the sense of weighty choices. A great buy at $2.50
There is a new “action focused” sequel to dungeon of the endless whose name i forget because its an entirely forgetable game. It fully eliminates meaningful gameplay in trade for mediocre combat. It can be skipped entirely.
Chose 2 because it’s the easiest entrance to the series for modern gamers imo. Core concept is the same across all three(ish) games:
You crash land on Petrichor 5, an alien planet, in your escape pod. Make your way back to the ship!
In this run based 3rd person action rogue lite you kill monsters to earn gold, spend gold on items and drones. Progress through 5(ish) levels by defeating their boss and surviving while a teleporter charges until you reach the final boss while vibing out to one of the greatest OSTs in gaming history.
This series’ twist, one of which every roguelite needs: as time passes, the game gets harder. Regardless of your progress or power. Monsters including bosses become tougher, imbued with elements, multiplied etc.
And the item-builds can get absolutely fucking broken. As in flying through the map at break neck speeds as endless projectiles pour out of your character annihilating everything around you… until you get oneshot by an overloading jelly fish.
Most items, gameay modifiers and characters are locked behind achievements, secrets and pickups in the maps.
So tons of secrets to explore, hidden areas to find, heaps of lore to discover and read, a great diverse cast of heroes and abilities to unlock… I could go on for pages.
Get risk of rain. Any of em. They’re all fantastic.
Addendum
RoR1 is a bit older, smaller - a charming 2d sidescroller. No vertical aim, one button per ability (4), jump and arrows. Ezpz. Hella hard to beat in the beginning.
RoR2 translated that same concept fantastically into 3d, moving to a more standard over the shoulder shooter/brawler control scheme.
RoR Returns goes back to the 2d roots while combining cast, items, enemies and mechanics from both games - and adding it’s own spice.
