This is a thread where you recommend games you genuinely like but don't see get recommended a lot.
Pic related is like 8 hours long, dirt fucking cheap on sale, and has some excellent charm. I'd consider it a cross between a point and click adventure game and a platformer, though the adventure game mechanics take precedence. It also has a bunch of simulationist mechanics, like real-time cycles of trains, weather and day-night, and as a result the world is really well realized and fun.
Steam Sale: Obscure game recommendations
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If you're into playing a jrpg made by someone who possibly took too much acid, I recommend checking out Hylics. It plays like the Mother series and is relatively short. I bought it today and beat it in four hours.
It's $1.56 right now.
>Obscure game recommendations
Unironically good games.
Lisa the painful
Not sure if you'd count it as obscure
i recommend wuppo too
it's genuine and simple fun
totally worth the price
This game is basically the best indie beat em up in years next to maybe Aces Wild. Super fun and challenging.
you bought Nergal's game right, Yea Forums?
It's good now.
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Shilling this, as always. Picked it up over the Christmas sale at another user's recommendation. Insanely satisfying but difficult top-down shooter combat; roguelite progression system and lots of RNG makes it extremely replayable. OST and art style are far from inspired, and the UI isn't that great, but the gameplay itself is so good it doesn't matter.
Shit's 50% off right now, get it if you think it look remotely interesting.
INCLINE
thanks user I just got it, this is exactly the kind of shit was looking for
Does it come with the manual?
what happened to no sales and always 30$ Cleve?
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Isaac/Nuclear Throne, but actually good.
How is Lost in Vivo?
Ghost master no question
I read about this elsewhere and assumed I wouldn't be interested based entirely on the name. Your description changes everything, and I am a full blown retard for not looking into this myself.
Really surprised by the price too, 4 fucking dollars? Is it low-ish on content or something, like not a lot of songs/items/levels?
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I will go with this. If you like Terminator movie for war theme, then this one is for you.
Gemcraft (tower defense)
It looks ass for some, but it is a fucking massive game.
Hotline Miami with puzzle solving rouge-lite elements. Hard as fuck later on, but each death lets you start anew. Ample room for failure and experimentation.Will take at least 16 hours or so to beat, which is good since that's a little after the game wears out it's welcome.
Half Minute Hero, it's a steal for how good it is
What the fuck, I remember playing this as a flash game in middle school or something. I might buy this for nostalgia's sake.
No problem. The sequel is also supposed to be coming out this summer as well.
The Silver Case and its sequel (The 25th Ward) if you're into weird shit and don't mind reading a lot.
Written by Suda51 (No more heroes, Killer7, Flower, Sun and Rain...)
It's kinda light on content, but very focused. It's hard to explain unless you have played it. Closest thing I can compare it to is Downwell.
Music is pretty good. arcofdream.bandcamp.com
Knuckle Cracker bundle.
All their games are unique RTS types where the enemy is a mostly non-intelligent mass that moves and spreads out according to simple physics simulation.
Simple concepts and basics allows for many emergent situations.
Also has a decent cheesy sci-fi story.
Has anyone played War for the Overworld (dungeon keeper alike)? I'm thinking of buying the complete pack as I liked the old Dungeon Keeper games.
For anyone not knowing what it is, you are a dungeon master who has to manage his realm of monsters RTS-like and fight attacking humans who want your existence to perish.
3030 Deathwar Redux. It's like a top-down Freelancer lite version. Has many cultural references and kind of light/funny storytelling.
>Closest thing I can compare it to is Downwell.
That's a confirmed purchase for me then. Cheers m8
I need some first impressions on Hardcore Mecha. Anyone played it yet?
It's a fun mech game where you zoom around at 120 mph and shoot other mechs down with your guns, missiles, and funnels. The story and universe are literal Gundam rip offs, with the classic "THREE TIMES FASTER" reference in maybe the second mission.
Anyone got any good indie horror games to take a look at?
crossing
Decent non-RPG Maker RPG I found a while back. Nothing mindblowing, but the writing always gives me a laugh and the combat system is a cool twist.
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Harvester is only $1.50 and is one of the most unique experiences in gaming. Definitely worth a try
INFRA got a good discount. What is INFRA? Imagine urban exploration parts of Half-Life 2, but without any enemies. It is a walking sim that is not about soap-opera feehling of some shitstained faggot, fucking Firewatch, I swear to god, what a piece of shit it is the game about urban exploration. It can take from 20 to 50 hours to complete, so for that price it is a steal.
Any recommendations on a fun single player FPS?
Templar Battleforce. It's like nuXCOM mixed with Space Hulk and works on a d10 dice system. Also you can play it on your phone if you want.
teleglitch
plays like hotline miami, minus stealth, plus zombies, robots, and futuristic weapons
arena mode with 48 levels
it also has a permadeath mode where you explore like 10 procedurally generated levels with some crafting and itemization
dead space type story with plenty of written lore, excellent atmosphere and sound design
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Call of Juarez Gunslinger is pretty good.
Amid Evil, Dusk, Blood
Distance. You have a super advanced car equipped with maneuvering thrusters and have to get through guantlets of walls, lasers and saws while jumping and using your thrusters to make sure you're aligned with the next track you're jumping to. There's an in-depth level editor.
The End Is Nigh
Cool precision platformer with tons of extra content if you want a tougher challenge
Highly recommend DUSK.
If you like puzzle games "The Room" trilogy is a fun way to kill a couple hours and the games develop nicely into a first person game for the final part.
Revolver have some good less known games like downwell and heavy bullets, also
Anything by Spiderweb software. All his games are old school crpgs, and play/look pretty similar, but have really unique settings. Theres a shitload of stuff to do, and the world building is some of the best I have ever seen in vidya. Considering these are made by 1 dude, its pretty fucking impressive.
In particular Id reccomend Avernum and Geneforge. Havent played the Genefore games yet, but the story is based on mages that make new life forms. Shit ranging from specialized cattle to living doors. You also can pick to be a life mage and summon little mutants to fight for you. Seems dope.
Unholy Heights
Tower defense meets management sim.
You're the devil. Humans are after your ass. So open up an apartment complex and lure monsters to live in it to defend yourself with.
Cute style, decent challenge scale, one of my favorite indie games.
Like $3 right now and I've probably sunk 20 hours into it.
Rain World. An ecosystem simulator where you play as a small omnivorous slugcat who is low on the food chain. The game has procedural animation and zero scripted events. Animals wander about and act on their own agenda even when you arent in the room with them. It takes place in a post apocalyptic industrial landscape, and you must find food and shelter before the next rain cycle sweeps you away. There are no upgrades or permanent items, only player skill. Initially about desperate survival as you learn the game and its inhabitants, but later becomes about exploring and learning about the worlds secrets as survival becomes less of an issue. Highly recommend going in blind.
just play wizardry instead
If you look for demanding platformer - look no further, because you can get N++ (also known as NPLUSPLUS) only for half of price. If you are too snobbish to enjoy mainstream Super Meat Boy like a surface-level "indie lover", but, despite all contrariarism, still want some platforming - this is for you. Believe me, I am a solid contrarian.
This trailer is nice, but those fucks didn't include music from it into the game for some reason.
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Row row fight the power
>Environmental Station Alpha is the best non-Metroid title that is like Metroid
>Hexcells, cross cells, cross set are excellent chill puzzle games if you like things similar to picross or sudoku
>Faerie Solitaire is a laid back "solitaire" rpg
>Horizon Chase Turbo is Outrun Lite
>Slap City is the best non-Melee Smash game
>Baba is You is the same dev as Environmental Station Alpha but an excellent lateral puzzle game
>Droplitz is pipedream lite
>Zachotronics games are the best puzzlers
>FightNRage is the best beat em up
Will post more in a minute
>spoiling one of the best parts
user...
>N
>contrarian
nigga please, N was THE flash game back in the day
That is not Despair.
Gotta get people to play the game somehow.
>Renowned Explorers / Curious Expedition
if you want a monotonous but infinitely replayable game.They're somewhat similar but they differ in some key areas.
>Deadbolt,
it's a more stylish version of Gunpoint I guess. Lots of room for self-imposed challenges if you're like that.
>Door Kickers Action Squad
Honestly just a nice stable fun gameplay loop. It's BroForce with less autism.
Need some thoughts on the following games
>Battle Brothers
I'm not really sure what I'm expecting, just again another replayable roguelike esque game
>Fire Pro Wrestling World
Do I need a controller and IRL friends to enjoy this?
And that's it
And this shit right here is like a breakthrough in a field of game design.
Some people for some reason think that it is something like Limbo or Inside. They are fucking wrong, and they cannot be further of truth even if they tried.
Yes, I know, but now we have different time.
Thanks for that one, it's fun.
This. Long game with many varied and pretty environments, despite being on source engine. Some decent puzzles too.
Story is a silly b-movie plot about a government conspiracy weaponizing radioactive magic mushrooms and is told almost entirely through optional documents around the areas.
Not all of these are that obscure but are worth playing regardless.
Slime-san
Devil Engine
Yoku's Island Express
Nex Machina
Bleed 2
Snake Pass
Shadow Tactics
Invisible Inc.
>been waiting for risk of rain 2 to go on sale
>it doesn't go on fucking sale
Overload. Actually good six degrees of freedom shooter, and true spiritual successor to Descent. Has a small but dedicated multiplayer community who organize matches every day on the games discord. Discord has lots of overlap with people who still play Descent. Has a level editor.
i'd love to say you're wrong but it's a sad reality that games like N++ don't get recognition it deserves
But EYE is on sale right now, you kan finally experience all the memes first-hand. While we have EYE threads, this double-Jian place still has hope.
also
Assault Android Cactus
The Swapper
Mute Crimson+
Played this back in 17 or 18, got to a turbine room at a dam after riding down a river. Some bullshit puzzles but otherwise a nice game.
It's my unironic GOTY even though it came out years ago.
Maybe if they remake it on a modern day engine.
>Battle Brothers
XCOM meets Mount & Blade, essentially. Combat is actually pretty solid if rife with RNG that fucks you over at any moment. Would recommend and the DLC too, there's also the Legends mod that adds a lot of stuff
Project warlock
fantasy style doom+hexen with levelling up and tons of upgrades
30% off now
Slutcat?
Lobotomy Corp's 33% off.
Kind of obscure? Fallout Shelter+SCP with a Weeb paintjob. With a cynical/dark humor setting with some A.I. shit thrown in the mix. Fairly addictive once you get into it.
>XCOM meets Mount & Blade
Sounds like a dream but the shitty art style keeps me away from it.
Slugcat.
Speaking of bullshit puzzles I beat INFRA without any hints, you scrub, whole DROD franchise got a 50% discount. "What the fuck is DROD", you ask? Well, this is a Dark Souls of a puzzle genre, it is a 200-hour indie epic fueled by mere passion, is is an indie game before indie went mainstream. Brainlets do not need to apply. Also this game features probably the best game OST.
You may heard something about Stephen Sausage Roll, and it is a DROD, basically, but watered down to homeopathic extends. So if you are interested in rolling sausages, or in combining text blocks in Baba is You - you have to try DROD out. You even can try free demos from their website (Caravel software, or Caravel games, something like that.)
Source still holds up, you moron face.
Continuing... and for the record, I'm trying to avoid games posted in the thread already. Zer0Ranger and Monolith for example, are excellent.
>Pictopix is the best PC picross game
>Sanctum 2 is way fucking better than Santum 1 and is an FPS tower defense (great for bro-op). Honorable mention to Pixeljunk Monsters
>Prime Mover is a "totally not Zachotronics" game if you have already played what's out there
>Puzzle Agent 1/2 are great games sort of like a point 'n click and Layton fused. Easier puzzles than Layton, though
>Tales of Maj'Eyal is a great roguelike. Not roguelite. Roguelike. For that matter if you like Mystery Dungeon games, then Tangledeep is solid. Honorable mention to Wazhack for a unique roguelike
>Turing Test is a Portal-esque game but focused more on logic than physics. Great for a cheap and short playthrough
>comparing it to fallout shelter
As far as the visual style and the idea of building an underground complex, sure. But that's pretty much where the similarities end. Lobotomy Corp is fast-paced and stressful. And I don't think it's very good.
Sell me on Maj'Eyal. I took a quick look at it and thought the visuals were ugly and what I saw of the combat system kinda looked like it had MMO style abilities with cooldowns and stuff.
Very slow game but very atmospheric and with really cool writing and world building
If you like Rain World, then you would like this.
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This, Brigador is fun as fuck and looks amazing
Hellsinker but it's not for sale just yet
It's not that bad, the big heads just seem weird at first. You get used to it.
Hold my beer.
Hylics is fucking great, I thought it was going to be super pretentious shit but it's actually fun as fuck.
>still only 20% off
COME ON YOU FUCKING MONGOLS
Yeah, skills have cooldowns based upon turns, though stuff like auras usually take a % of your resource to sustain. The visuals are at least consistent and the game has good mouse support/UI for a roguelike. The overworld is mostly static, so planning your trips to areas can be planned. It has quests/subquests and a fucking LOT of different classes, along with races. Instead of just having HP/MP, there are a lot of different resources, meaning that if you are, say, a Melee character who does not use a specific resource, you may end up finding an item which grants a passive skill using a % of that resource you don't use, meaning you can be a berserker with some sun aura.
Most deaths occur from legit making mistakes over RNG. Stuns are super dangerous in the game and having the proper equipment/resources to mitigate that is an important skill of the game. If you enjoy trying out and tweaking new builds, then this is the roguelike for you.
>Fairy Bloom Freesia
>best indie beat em up in years next to maybe Aces Wild
While I see you are a man of taste, Aztez is number one with a bullet and is currently going for $5 so you're a dipshit if you don't buy it.
so this is basically 2D underworld ascendant
Have to agree Brigador is 100% good fun
>Door Kickers Action Squad
this game is fun, it reminds me of Elevator Action only with less elevator action, but still there's some elevator action.
>i am a cuck soi boomer: the thread
Daily reminder that Wuppo was made by someone here
Very cool artstyle there. Like a gritty 90's comic or something.
>i am a seething braindead zoomer: the post
This game kicked my ass and then fucked my butthole. Maybe I just suck, but I could never beat a mission to acquire new weapons.
Save Me Mr. Tako
Creepy Castle
Gurumin
Little King's Story
Pikuniku
Anybody got any (non bullet hell) shmups (hopefully horizontal) to recommend?
Based. These games give you the feeling you had watching elaborate stick-man fight flashes on Newgrounds and have a fuckton of levels to play. I got the original for cheaper in Winter but that's still a good price for it.
devil engine
Only thing I dislike about Brigador is that your weight class is pretty much the difficulty selection, so picking a large tanky vehicle with big guns is always going to be easymode.
>DoW3 isn't on sale
>Dynasty Warriors 8 isn't on sale
Has some hipster released a mouso clone yet?
Based brigador poster
Apotheon got 75% discount, and this is a legit ADVENTURE is ancient Greece setting.
I also recommend Wuppo. Boss Rush was fun as shit to get world's first, even if I was beaten out on time like 3 hours later.
>using twitter/facebook/youtube memes
It's not even out yet stupid nigger
Is there any good ship combat games? Realistic or arcadey
You're both cool dudes, but have you considered that Aztez, Aces Wild, and three other great games are in this Bundle for even cheaper? I'm definitely grabbing it.
The price for all 5 is like $19.80, I just already had Aces Wild. Aztez had been on my radar for a while and the other three look great.
He said obscure games, retard
Fight N Rage is by far the best game in that bundle. It is ridiculously good.
So was Risk of Rain. That game came from /agdg/.
Starsector got some of this ship combat feel, but you probably should go for World of Warships.
Because it's a new game, should have bought it when it came out dummy
Hey, there is an obscure indie game called "Hollow Knight", have you heard of it? It's pretty cool!
You gotta _______git gud
The three pieces of advice I would give for Aztez are
1) learn your endless combo loops, especially with "scooping" weapons like the sword. Learn how you can grab an enemy in a combo and keep them in it while gathering up other enemies. Enemies cannot break out of combos so learning to do this is how you manage space
2) learn to dodge. Parry for style only, don't rely on it. By the end most of the really tough enemies shit out unparryable attacks anyway, you're gonna live in a sea of red exclamation marks
3) learn the rules of the board game. The game never teaches them to you, but there are quite a few and they're important. Like "insurrections never occur on parts of the map that aren't shaded", and "once you conquer 3 cities you get a free Aztez".
It still needs a complete UI overhaul.
Fight n Rage is hot shit. Speed Brawl I could take or leave. Never heard of Passive Fist
Aztez is still better.
Monolith is awesome, mostly because it's actually primarily dependent on skill and not RNG of what items you get.
I highly recommend Way of the Samurai 4 if you're in the mood for a light hearted game.
It's kind of like a lower budget Yakuza title but with a bigger focus on replayability and customization.
God bless user, ya got my Descent boner back.
I tried it once before but the sound was fucked, it crashed on me several times, and control binding wasn't working properly. I have a new computer now so I might try it again.
Wasn't there some censorship though?
Does it have gameplay?
Speed Brawl is the game in there I know the least about but it looks solid enough to sweeten the bundle. Passive Fist is a beat-em-up where any and all attacks require a resource to do, and you build that resource with parries and dodges. From what I've seen, you'll have an enemy come up to you and based on what type it is they'll have a set string of moves, and if you defend well enough you tire them out. The basic attack seems to be a swift little chop to the neck that OHKOs enemies. I like the concept and it's the cheapest of the bunch so why not.
This. Also Amid Evil.
it's like a dollar now for one of my favorite games of all time
a 3d realtime with pause tactical rpg with a team up to 6 people in fighters + your mothership
I love the gameplay, I love the music, I can tolerate the eastern european voiceacting, and I honestly recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Homeworld
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Warsim: the realm of aslona
It's a text/console-based kingdom management sim with TONS of flexibility in how you can play. You can sacrifice peasants to demons, you can be a good ruler, etc. It's $3.50 now
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Astrox: Imperium
It's a 3D space sim that's bascially EVE offline. It's still $11 so may be a bit rich for this sale+runs with unity so needs a beefy rig/cooling
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Siralim 3
GBC dragon warrior monsters meets Disgaea-level complex system. You can get 2 if you want, but 3 improves on everything.
I'm not aware of any censorship.
Yeah, that's another difference from Yakuza. Cutscenes are kept to a minimum.
If you like third-person stylish action games, give this a try. It's a game with many faults, but it does some pretty interesting stuff mechanically and for $4.99 it's good value for money if you've already played all the Really Obvious Choice action games on Steam.
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at 9 bucks it's a fucking steal. Like old LOZ games except really good. Combat is lovely, controls are incredibly responsive, sound effects are punchy and satisfying, puzzles are fair, secrets can be found all by yourself and are all completely optionala, no bullshit like "bomb every tile on the map until you find the secret cave you NEED to find to continue." It's amazing.
How long is this game?
Unbox is a 3D platforner/collectathon where you play as a cardboard box in a bright, tropical island setting. It's rather easy and rather short, but the game is immensely charming and fun, plus the retro appeal of a genre that we don't see much of nowadays. It's usually priced at $20 but right now costs a measly $4, which is a great deal.
any good star fox clones/on rails space shooters?
>I like the concept
I do too, actually. It's an interesting idea to be so focused on your parry mechanic.
Speaking of games with interesting mechanics, I'm not sure if it counts as "obscure" for the purposes of this thread, but One Finger Death Punch is like $3 right now and that game is fantastic too. No game has come closer to the idea of a Rhythm Game beat-em-up.
.hack GU is kind of obsucre-ish.
Way of the Samurai 3 and 4 are on sale for a pretty cheap price.
based Bruce Lee poster
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pantsu may cry most probably already own it, play it. sem-rougelite with a girl in a skirt
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this
Darkwood
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Absolutely amazing horror game with 0 jumpscares and excellent atmosphere
Genuinely one of the spookiest games I've ever played
If you like STALKER or horror in general, check it out
It's short, and the developer gave up halfway. There's a part where you beat an easy boss and get so much money at once you can buy everything in the game, it's really really disappointing in my opinion. I'm REALLY looking forward to hylics 2 however.
Calling MKH "semi-rougelite" is pretty silly, it's an arena brawler. You don't actually go anywhere or do anything.
It's a fun game but it has nothing at all that would even remotely make it qualify as rogue-adjacent at all.
Speed Brawl looks like the worst and costs half of the bundle.
ITT: desperate indie devs trying to shill their own games
Domina
Xcom Apocalypse
Did you like to play Battleship when you were a kid and sink people's battleships? Do you like silly japonese writing and machines of war depicted as cute dumb girls? you could try War of the human tanks. they're cute dumb little games. also i'm pretty sure the jap guy who made them was starving for some yakiniku.
Really good but retarded short. I'm talking like 3 hours max
100 percent this.
Darkwood is fucking good shit, also the devs are pretty cool. They released a pirate copy of the full game with no penalties themselves.
>retard thinks the entire world is against him
Eh, if you want a 3D action game with a sexy female protagonist that isn't as janky there's pic related. Haven't played it but it looks solid and is cheaper ($3.75 I think).
This game is also alright but really barebones. Not sure if SMASHING is too but at least it has an aesthetic going for it. Assault Spy is definitely a good game with a good aesthetic in that genre as well, but it's $15 even on sale so it's not a cheap pick-up like the rest.
user "hold my beer" has been a thing since before the internet...
The Yar's Revenge reboot was surprisingly decent, but it might not run well.
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This is the kind of person who read chemtrail sites. Everything is a conspiracy!
Irrelevant. It's been widely popularized on social media.
based, bought it
why are there so many game
u got got niggas
If you like adventure games I recommend Wadjet Eye's stuff, particularly Unavowed, Technobabylon and the Blackwell games. There's also Shardlight, Primordia, Kathy Rain, Resonance and Gemini Rue.
recommend me some games with cute girls
Yes was going to post this myself. I'm a pretty jaded gamer and like very few newer games, but this was a breath of fresh air. Love the lore too.
I recommend emulating the previous 3 first, it's pretty much the best franchise ever made
you linked astrox twice
If you liked Spore cell stage then this is similar, but the growth part is more like Nimbatus or any other spaceship building game.
I'm going to need to look up some footage of it. It's the thing that's making me hesitate just grabbing the bundle. Without the bundle discount Aztez/F'N Rage/Passive Fist would still cost less separately, but I like what Speed Brawl is going for so I'll look up footage.
Already mentioned but good taste. I picked up the first one for 99 cents in Winter and I'm probably not even halfway done with the levels so I'll wait on the sequel.
>want to buy these cheap games
>don't want to spend money
>have to spend money because my capacity is 0
IT WAS LIKE 15,000 YESTERDAY WTF
>tfw you're an indie dev just waiting for your game to get mentioned.
tfw it never does
might as well post it now fag
Wait about 30 minutes then shill it.
85% off, please
momodora rutm
shantae pirate's curse
though they're not that obscure
Are you the KO Mech guy?
how is maximum action?
Anyone played Red Strings Club? Is it good?
A really good tower/wave defense game but also a Diabloesque RPG. The genre probably has a specific name but I don't know what it is. Also it's Van Helsing, if that's even relevant anymore.
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fuck i wish this was longer, i love this game
Rabi-Ribi is the cutest metroidvania there is.
Great gameplay too.
looking for crime games other than gta?
STB is pretty plain, honestly.
Assault Spy is also a fucking fantastic game, though, good recommendation.
sleeping dogs
baba is (you)?
Recettear. It wasn't obscure back when it released, but has since fallen into obscurity.
You're a cute girls running a generic fantasy shop in an rpg- having to pay off an increasing debt every week and meeting adveturers to do your bidding.
It's fun.
Don't be afraid to fail the first time, just let it happen. It's part of the learning experience and it isn't the end of the world.
>tfw the little girl comes into your shop
>STB is pretty plain, honestly.
Not surprised. I was sucked in by their main weapons being pilebunker gauntlets and a giant hammer, plus ass & tiddy (& glasses). Maybe I'll get it next sale or if I decide to round up a cart with a $3-4 game.
Are there any good obscure hack'n'slash games?
Are there even any obscure hack'n'slash games at all?
if you like Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre, this is a pretty great clone that I've dumped 20+ hours into over the past couple days
post it faggot
Isn't that at end game anyways? And you needed all the money just to buy the spaceship regardless?
>"sale"
>look up siralim
>1172 achievements
KILLING
SPREE
because those were the free points Gaben was willing to spot you
now you have to pay up if you want to have more than 100 capacity daily ahahahaha oh no no spending over a hundred bucks for a five dollar discount which may or may not only be applicable to your purchases made during this grand prix faggotry
This isn't a recommendation and this game isn't obscure. But I've been looking for a mildly appropriate thread to ask this. (Cause there's no way I'm going to kill a thread for this game)
House Flipper? Is it good? Is it just youtube meme shit? I kept trying to pirate it but all pirate versions don't work with proton. What's your input?
thank you, already have it.
get La-Mulana right fucking now
Like 4 got mentioned in the past 20-something posts. Assault Spy is a great one, Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is a cheap one that's solid, and the aforementioned Blades of Time & SMASHING THE BATTLE are middling but not too expensive if you really need something new. Heart & Slash is also really cheap but I know little about it.
Killer Is Dead is also $4 but Suda51 is the least-obscure super-niche dev out there.
it's not even on sale, so it's not worth shilling now. I'll try to get more free keys for another thread sometime though.
no but I did make a prototype for a power stone style mech game for a certain movie that's not that good
that's not really obscure
Any fags looking for VNs should check out 428: Shibuya Scramble since it's 70% off right now. Personally picked it up after pirating it ages ago.
the deal on la-mulana is pretty good
Get La Mulana.
Literally my favourite game of all time.
Hover is an open-world extreme freerunning game that's based pretty heavily on Jet Set Radio.
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Puzzle-shmup made by the dev of Irisu Syndrome. Soundtrack is rather nice and the gameplay isn't too difficult for those not into shmups; plays more like a puzzle game than anything. You might need a guide to unlock the true ending and extra stage.
Is there a reason to buy the bundle, rather than just the best game in the series?
Don't buy Wolcen.
>power stone style mech game for a certain movie that's not that good
Shot in the dark: Pacific Rim Uprising? Seems like the kind of game that would get, since the original Pacific Rim game was something of a Godzilla DAMM clone while Uprising cared a lot less about the weightyness of things.
>okay cool you get a 5bux freebie every few games you buy
>wait a minute i bought a few games but i barely got any tokens
>why can't i redeem any of my points?
>why are all of my boosts gone?
does gabe really expect me to spend five times my steam sale budget just to get a "free" $5 voucher?
The best thing about this game is that they got Naganuma himself to do two tracks for the OST. The gameplay honestly isn't that great, but there's few JSR spiritual successors so it's not exactly bad.
If by hack'n'slash you mean "Diablo-like" then check out games by Soldak Entertainment.
I just started with enough points to get a coupon :^)
>cries about game not getting attention
>people beg for name
>doesn't want to shill
stfu, you didn't make any game. gtfo you fucking attention whore.
Any good obscure CRPGs?
Anyone else stuck processing a purchase? I activated two discount things for 10$ off my next purchase to buy this game for 40 cents. Steam can't process it.
What is your preferred depth of obscurity?
>obscure game threads
>0 obscure games posted
Anyone of the hentai stuff worth getting? I heard Evenicle and Melty's stuff popping up alot. Doesn't have to be RPG-only either.
Evenicle seems to be pretty good. Also thinking of buying it.
Is atomrpg obscure? That's the first that comes to mind, not the best.
>The gameplay honestly isn't that great
The movement is smooth as fuck, it easily rivals JSR in terms of the joy of skating around. The problem is that where JSR's core loop of "find tags, spray tags, avoid cops" is a fun and challenging one, mostly because you CAN'T stop and start easily, most of the core loop of Hover is trivialized by the fact that you can just play it like a super-fast platformer.
So it's fun to run in, but the actual missions are pretty lame sometimes.
Don't open, user.
any obscure horror games?
anything that is not Tifa tits is obscure by Yea Forums standards.
So did I. And then they disappeared overnight for some fucking reason.
Unironically this.
TRON 2.0 @ 2.49 (matches best low)
serves you right for not supporting your team
I'm going to second Unbox and Snake Pass. If you like the sheer joy of exploring big levels and collecting a bunch of shit then these two are among the best on Steam.
it gotta a nice charm on it
1 dollar
Fight n rage is fucking stellar. Anyone that doesn't like it is a sex offender.
Is this worth a buy?
Hard Reset
Tossing in a solid recommendation for Heat Signature as well, played a ton of it, then ended up buying a copy for my best friends, great game.
Doesn't matter in terms of depth. Just wanna play a new crpg
Should I buy:
Brigador
Shadow Tactics
Amid Evil
Nex Machina
Wizard of Legend
Recommend Desktop Dungeons. Don't think I've ever seen it mentioned here. Graphics might turn you off initially, but the gameplay is great and I've got over 100 hours into. One of the few games I still go back to occasionally.
This.
You gotta remember though, Yea Forums is like 90% console faggots, and pretty much anything put on to physical media isn't going to be obscure. So they're going to think shit like harvester, teleglitch, brigador, and creeper world are obscure.
Already have it
Yes
Fuck yes
Dunno
Fuck yes
Dunno
Evenicle is fine. Melty is ok considering its an rpg maker game. Just don't be under the illusion the game play is fun. Both are fairly braindead but evenicle is a bit better in that regard. Evenicle has far better writing though.
Best Tales game under £10?
Best Ys game under £10
Best Trials of game under £10?
Brigador and Shadow Tactics are both solid games.
Oh boy, here I go shilling again.
Personal niche recommendations (1/4)
Desktop Dungeons — coffee break roguelike with puzzle elements and many reasons to come back for more.
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Tales of Maj'Eyal — the best roguelike on the market. Simple graphics, but almost limitless potential for replayability. Has an in-game chat with friendly community always willing to help.
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Battle Brothers — medieval fantasy turn-based tactics with intense, enthralling gameplay, and fantastic atmosphere. Arguably the best turn-based game among those that came out in the last 10 years.
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The Talos Principle — first-person puzzle made by Serious Sam devs. A smart and exciting challenge, with a profound story and beautiful world.
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Antichamber — a first-person puzzle that doesn't play like Portal 2 at all. It's a mind-bending game that makes you throw away preconceptions and prior experience playing video games and think differently.
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Lovely Planet — Super Meat Boy from the first-person perspective with a colorful setting and VERY challenging levels. A speed run game.
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Snakebird — surprisingly hard but neat puzzle game. Easy buy for those who want both challenging and intelligent experience.
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Teleglitch — Quake II-esque world with top-down perspective and one life per run.
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The Fall — sci-fi platformer/ puzzle/adventure with good story and dialogs. Rather short.
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The Nonary Games — first two titles of an outstanding trilogy of story-rich puzzle games. Forced to play a game of survival led by mysterious 'Zero', find your way out of a sinking ship. The less you know, the better.
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We were here and we were here too (first one is free to play) as long as you niggas have a friend to play them with, shit's kino as fuck, although short.
Nex machina is great
Wizard was underwhelming
not good imo
Personal niche recommendations (2/4)
Infested Planet — take control of a squad responsible for purging massive amount of xenos in a top-down real-time strategy. Has this Aliens / WH40k vibe.
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Jets'n'Guns — absolutely fantastic and rad SHMUP with a ridiculous number of levels, enemies, jets, and guns. Gorgeous soundtrack by cult power-metal group Machinae Supremacy.
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Shadowgate — a very well done remake of an old Macintosh adventure. Just the game to spend dull winter evenings in the almost pen-n-paper atmosphere. Good experience for those who love the genre.
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Silent Storm — RPG set in WWII / post-WWII world with a ridiculously smart turn-based system, and destructibility. A rare game to have an Axis story arc.
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Pix The Cat — an excellent variation on the classic ‘snake’ formula. Considerable replayability, addictive soundtrack, and co-op designed for parties.
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Duck Game — imagine Smash bros with ducks, a significant variety of different weapons, destructible environment, and a dedicated QUACK button. Must have for parties.
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Hammerwatch — probably the best Gauntlet inspired game that has ever come out.
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Devil Daggers — addictive arena shooter with a unique atmosphere and audio/visual design (if you’re into it). Geometry Wars from the first-person. Go and beat 500.
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Bunker Punks — high speed, no bullshit old-school FPS with graphics straight from the last century. If you liked the new Doom, you might like this one too.
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Mini Metro — stylish strategy sim about making a subway map for an evergrowing city. Minimalistic yet fantastic art style.
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This.
Buy the Pajama Sam games, then when you're done buy the Freddi Fish games.
antichamber is god tier
Dont mind me just spoonfeeding summerfags
>2017:
>>Super Cloudbuilt
>>Rain World
>>Darkwood
>>Hollow Knight
>>Divinity: Original Sin 2
>>What Remains of Edith Finch
>>Nex Machina
>>Everspace
>>West of Loathing
>>Hidden Folksl
>>Golf Story
>>SteamWorld Dig 2
>>Pyre
>>A Hat in Time
>>Thimbleweed Park
>>Heat Signature
>>Card City Nights 2
>>OneShot: Solstice
>>Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
>2018:
>>Dead Cells
>>Dusk
>>Lethal League Blaze
>>Distance
>>Runner3
>>CrossCode
>>ZeroRanger
>>Frozen Synapse 2
>>Pit People
>>Into the Breach
>>Guacamelee! 2
>>Iconoclasts
>>Mothergunship
>>Overload
>>Celeste
app/205910/Tiny_and_Big_Grandpas_Leftovers/Have never met any other person that ever played this game.
It's a 3D physics plattformer kinda thing which allows you to interact with the enviroment in 3 ways: Cut it with a laser, pull it with a rope or attach rockets to it and boost things away.
It's only 0.99 and one of my personal favourites.
Personal niche recommendations (3/4)
NeuroVoider — roguelite twin-stick shooter with great visuals and fantastic dark synth soundtrack. Customize your robotic body for it to suit your playstyle best. Local co-op for up to 4 players.
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Deadbolt — a gritty combination of Gunpoint and Hotline Miami by the creator of Risk of Rain. Playing as the Reaper hunt souls that refuse to cross the river to the afterlife.
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Space Beast Terror Fright — FPS/dungeon crawler set in a Warhammer-like space setting. Local and online co-op for up to 4 players on the same screen. Epileptics beware.
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Hexcells — a neat little variation on the minesweeper. Relaxing music and enough levels to keep you busy for a few evenings.
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RUNNING WITH RIFLES — an unusually deep tactical shooter, despite having a top-down view and being pretty lighthearted about itself and the war in general.
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Reflex — a spiritual successor to Quake III. The community is small and very hardcore.
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The Swapper — visually stunning puzzle with ridiculously good atmosphere and a plot that will probably leave you full of existential thoughts.
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Book of Demons — Diablo on rails with fantastic aesthetics and addictive gameplay. Not a dungeon crawler in the conventional sense, but rather a cookie-clicker where your clicks matter.
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Zombie Night Terror — a reimagining of The Lemmings, this time with zombies, who are as mindless and brain-dead as suicidal characters from the 90th classic. Stylish and humorous.
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Dropsy
Thinking about following games, help me out Yea Forums
Starcrawlers
Pharaoh Rebirth
Vampyr
GTA 5
Battle Brothers
Fear collection
>zero escape series
>niche
Lurk more please. Yea Forums will never stop sucking 999's dick
This is my goty of 2018, what a fucking adventure it was, that feeling of being alone deep underground exploring abandonned building, loved it.
Is there any reason to craft game badges during this sale, or should I hold out until the next sale? Have the cards to do HITMAN 2 but wondering if I should pull the trigger
Try Serpent in Staglands. As for truly obscure shit, try running Mistmare (eurojank overload, but cool setting) and Prelude to Darkness (it is the favorite game of Vince, who made Age of Decadence). If you are ready to go for dosbox, try Ultima Martian Adventures and Dark Sun.
And Putt-Putt after that.
Pretty much all those are flavor of the month indie games, nothing obscure there
My nigga, I bought this on release, it's worth just to mess around with the physics, really fun.
If you want a visual novel that will make you cry like a little bitch, this is the one.
Personal niche recommendations (4/4)
Thumper — challenging rhythm game with a distinctive soundtrack and gorgeous visuals. Difficulty raises gradually, so even if you're a newcomer to the genre don't be afraid to get overwhelmed right from the start
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Eschalon: Book II — CRPG that doesn't excel at anything in particular, but instead tries to let the player enjoy classic, nostalgia-induced experience while being adequate and enjoyable game on its own.
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Eon Altar — absorbing pen-n-paper adventure for up to 4 players that doesn't require the party to have a dedicated and clever dungeon master.
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Morphblade — Turn based survival puzzle where you have to fight off the onslaught of the ever-increasing number of 'enemies' while maintaining your board and thinking several steps ahead.
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Magi — graphically dated real-time strategy where you have to manage not an army but inner powers of a mage of your choice.
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Versus Squad — an enjoyable top-down horde mode shooter from the creators of Nation Red.
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Forced Showdown — a roguelite twin-stick action game with CCG elements. Pick a character, build a deck, go on a rampage, repeat. Campy yet charming design.
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Northgard — enthralling combination of Settlers and classic Warcraft. Dominate uncharted lands with one of a handful of Viking clans, each with their quirks and specialties. Very active online community.
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Duskers — Neatly realized survival horror from a perspective of an operator of remotely controlled drones. Enjoyable for a couple or dozen hours if a bit shallow
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If I loved Yakuza 0 will I love Kiwami? I know it's shorter but how shorter?
Isn't that the horrible loli game that triggered someone on Resetera?
Thanks for the heads up. I'm kind a middle-of-the-road type of guy. Most hentai games aren't gonna be as good as gameplay/normie-reated game for sure, but gameplay HAS been getting better in h-games and I'm looking for games that personify that. Not everything has to be one end of the spectrum or another.
In the case of h-games with next to no gameplay involving the H (many rpg maker ones/CG hunting games), including VNs, I'd rather just look at actual hentai/porn.
How is wasteland 2? I am interested in a crpg that has engaging writing and is fairly long, and the rest of the games in my cart are short. Anyone have any suggestions?
Is this the one that had a weird cannibalism ending?
so is this the thread where we shill our videogames to the Yea Forumsedditors lurking?
what doesn't trigger some pedophile there?
No shit, doesn't stop the fact that a lot of people are unaware of the series existence in general, not to mention that the fact that it has been ported to PC is widely unknown.
Project Warlock
Cloudbuilt/Super-Cloudbuilt
Pretty much Sonic without the training wheels and actually good
super scary game
And you think any of the games in this thread are obscure?
All of them have been well known by themselves or been in a humble bundle
i think it's fairly well known on Yea Forums
Have they added more to Northgard? I bought it ages ago, thought it was kind of fun, and haven't touched it since.
Hell yeah dude. It's insanely replayable given how simple the task of "Go from A to B" is.
>hating on popular stuff
Ok hipster
In general maybe but not on Yea Forums. Where you made this post
is lobotomy corp worth it or is it just a Yea Forums meme?
Fortune summoners.
The sword girl has some of the best mechanics in videogame history.
Anyone got Blood Red Future: Dark States?
Opinions?
Yeah, three of four optional DLC clans not to mention a lot of QoL features and new mechanics. Still very much alive.
I loved Beat Cop
some weeb game for 99 cents. it's by the same person who did Confess My Love, which wasn't great but was free and I enjoyed. I know nothing else about this game so it might be garbage.
I'll leave it up to you to go through each and every poster in here and ask whether they heard of the series or not.
It's a mundane and rather simple job simulator. I do that sort of work on occasion for a friend who owns several properties, no idea why someone would want to play it as a 'game'. Then again, there's all those truck/farm simulators, so if that's your thing, go for it I guess. No idea if they fixed it, but hunting for dirt spots that are 95% underneath objects or clipped in to walls is bullshit.
how is rain world?
This game is a fucking trip. I just played it a little while ago, im pretty harsh on horror now a days, but man this thing stayed with me for days after I finished.
Anarcute
Any good obscure horror game ?
Already played and loved darkwood
Should I get the Baldur's gate bundle for $24.77?
Don't mind me, just shilling my curator
Less that 1 buck, its a russian gopnik punk antifa doom game. I love these old 3d effects and they really are a perfect fit for the dirty settings.
Basically you wake up in a bar restroom and everyone is trying to kill you. The weapons are mostly improvised, the environment has secrets and is very destructible.
>N is old enough to be considered an overlooked alt-choice rather than a mainstream go-to
where is my life going
>"Oh sweet, cute wolf girl and rabbit girl"
>check store page
>the wolf is a boy
>no sweet wolf/rabbit yuri horror game
Everything you need to read to know it's garbage is already on the page itself, user.
Changed
wait and see if someone posts the pasta
If you're the same user that has posted these for the past few big sales, genuinely appreciate it. Pretty sure it's how I discovered Teleglitch a long time ago, good shit.
any good jrpgs?
Im gonna get it.
I see this game shilled all the time though
>>West of Loathing
I like it but it seems like the only people who played it are those who already knew about KoL. I was hoping the DLC would be discounted in the sale but it isn't.
140 is a fun short minimalistic rhythm platformer. Fuck the third boss.
I promise you wont regret it. If you like tanks and mechs, you'll love Brigador.
Should I apply a 100% discount to any of these?
check Exapunks or anything from Zachtronics if you're into programming.
I heard good things about Lost in Vivo.
For me it is GOAT, but some are too used to stale trappings of "good" game design and therefore are frustatred as fuck with this game. So, it is polarizing, and it is an ultimate patrician filter.
Any recommendation of a good raising sim type of game ala Princess Maker? I've played Long Live the Queen already.
Not that obscure but Faster Than Light is well worth the $2.50
Best horror game of the last decade. Bold statement, but I stand by it.
Personally I found out about it from threads on Yea Forums. Was a fun game although I felt the combat system began to fall apart the further I got.
Thanks senpai, I haven't been doing those for quite a while now. Was updating the curator all this time tho, so check if need something new to play
A decent bit shorter, it's but a remake from the first game. Still the same goodness but please don't go in with high expectations. Definitely worth a buy all the same.
If you care about artistry - don't buy Doom.
If enough people buy it maybe they will translate the sequel and add it to steam
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Originally released in Russia/CIS and Spain/Italy as After the war before coming to steam in 2014.
How's Academagia?
My 71% Y0 is 145 hours, and my 85% YK1 is 70 hours, only played through them each once on normal difficulty.
>mfw my prepaid card won't let me use Fasterpay
Fucking hell.
Could you elaborate? Is it a case of "let's have 7 levels of the same setting?" I've heard decent things about its gameplay, but if it's creatively bankrupt what's the point?
Is astroneer worth it?
Squad if you have the hours and autism to dedicate to it and don't really wanna deal with ARMA
Any tycoon games?
Sratches, but it's not available on Steam nowadays. Still an excellent horror, probably the best I've ever played.
Post one then, fag.
The game itself doesn't run like crap which the trailer might let you to believe.
200$€ for vr games, 100$€ for non-vr games should I do it?
I'm kind of curious about Battle Brothers after seeing the game get shilled to hell in here so I gotta ask: How essential are the DLCs? The DLC bundle is pretty expensive and I'm wondering if it's worth buying just the base game.
Well, Super Meat Boy is not much older I remember playing flash version, it is just misaligned mainstream spotlight than prefer mediocrity.
no imo
Shit, can't you use anything else?
The story is basically Solo Nobre is North Korea in planet form. Big factions want the planet, so they have great leader assassinated. Then they hack the networks of the planet and send out a slew of open contracts to attack certain military outposts and key pieces of infrastructure to literally anyone who wants to accept. Basically to weaken the planet for the coming invasion. Anyone who accepts is considered a "Bigador" and will make ridiculous amounts of money provided they can complete the contracts and somehow get off planet alive.
Basically it's fuckin rad.
>desktop dungeon
>tome
>antichamber
>lovely planet
>teleglitch
>hammerwatch
>devil daggers
great taste here, if a bit far from "obscure"
I've got 22 hours of KotH but the 20fps in a city has been really getting to me.
pasta?
Nimbus is not worth it, the dev's are fuckin' pricks who aren't updating the PC version to the complete console version. Fuck'em.
Don't know if any of you are interested in chill puzzle games like I am, but I can recommend a few.
Lyne: Minimalist connect the dots sort of thing. Absolutely huge amount of puzzles.
Hook: Another minimalist one, all about solving the order to hit switches and connect wires.
Glass Masquerade: Jigsaw puzzles with nice stained glass aesthetic based on locations all over the world.
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build: Pretty much what the title says. Push snowballs around to make snowmen. I don't know what it is about this one but I get stuck all the time and it pisses me off.
>exapunks
yes
Other fella mentioned lost in vivo. It's pretty fun, and pretty cheap.
Also try dead end road, interesting horror driving game..
>Ys
Origin and Oath
fucking amazing music too
Heavy Burger.
I rarely get to suggest Indie bullshit to other people. Hopefully this helps someone discover something neat.
Chroma Squad
app/251130/Chroma_Squad/
>6,49
It's a Tactical RPG, heavily inspired by Sentai.
You play a group of actors trying to create their own Henshin Hero show.
Saban got his little jew fingers on it and because US courts are retarded they were forced to put his name on it.
Ghost of a Tale
/app/417290/Ghost_of_a_Tale/
>15,40 but worth it IMO
Stealth Adventure in which you play a minstrel Mouse trying to get off an island on which you were wrongfully imprisoned. There's a Zero Punctuation review about it IIRC if you want to know more
Grow Home and Grow Up
/app/323320/Grow_Home/
/app/426790/Grow_Up/
>1.99 and 2.49 respectively
You play a little robot that climbs all over the place, trying to reunite with your spaceship M.O.M. Lots of exploration and one of the comfiest games I know.
Receiver
/app/234190/Receiver/
>1.99
Roguelike FPS in which almost every single action related to using, loading, unloading etc. your gun is bound to a key
You had me at "North Korea in planet form"
Why do you post butchered links like that!?
Well, I hated art direction with passion, it looks like WoWified mix of blandest sci-fi tropes. Levels aren't good, in original Doom they feel like real places, here they are feeling as artificial lego set, like they were pieced together in SnapMap, if you remember this travesty. Doom 2016 is a fun flick, don't get me wrong, but it got zero atmosphere of originals.
No.
MGS V worth it at 12$?
It's that game with the girl Yea Forums used to love, wasn't it?
Get Pathologic 2 anons
>trials of
Did you mean the bike games or Trails?
bro there's no filter for steam links on Yea Forums
Geneforge 1 and 2 are absolutely great games but 3 bored me to death .
They're pretty good to have, since they introduce a lot of interesting content, but the said content is rather late-game focused, for the most part, so you'll be absolutely fine just playing the base game for the first 50 or so hours, and then decide whether or not you want to ramp up the challenge and the variety.
Thanks m8
i already did on gog like a month ago though
It's good stuff. Have fun, brigador.
Also Geneforge, yeah.
Forget what this user said. Recommend me some games with cute boys.
Well fuck, I could've sworn that I got b& last time I posted my shit in one of these threads
boku no pico
Anyone have any recommendations for 2D fighters?
Any obscure games I should add to this list? Are these pickups worth it?
Alright, thanks. If I can get a good 50 or so hours out of the base game I'm sold.
I'm aware that these games received recognition for their outstanding features, but I really wouldn't call those mainstream my dude. I tried to made the list to be interesting for all kind of people.
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You did not know Overload? Well wow, lucky you then.
I have a certain guilt about asking money from my parents right now. Is a bit of a situation for everyone and I have so many games to play and finish that I should really spend more time at least trying to finish those.
Go back to facebook summerfag.
Pulsar: Lost Colony is a first-person cooperative starship sim. Explore, fight, and trade across the galaxy with up to four other players. Each player is assigned a role: captain, pilot, scientist, weapons, or engineer. The interfaces and systems to control your ship are very intuitive. If you like Star Trek, you will love this game. I will warn that this game is Early Access, but the devs have been good about keeping regularipdates and the game has been perfectly playable for years now. It could always use more variety in content, but the core gameplay is so brilliantly done that I recommend it strongly.
Hope your kine fattens user, good choice
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This bad boy right here, if your name is not important.
Ok hipster
Opus Magnum is on the xbox game pass if you can stomach that.
Vessel. It's a puzzle platformer where you have a squirtgun that can shoot out liquid robots.
You are pleb and Indian.
Nova Drift.
A one screen space shooter in top down view. Similar to asteroids, the screen loops up/down and left/right, enemies and bosses come up and you have to fight them.
It has an extensive tech tree and several upgrade paths. It does get a bit repetitive in extensive playing sessions.
Also Race the Sun
Arcade Game where you have a sun powered vehicle that can't stop. You race towards the sunset, as you try to keep it going for as far as you can, dodging obstacles and the shadow they cast.
You kill people for swords.
Tim Follin is involved with this fun video game
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10/10 point and click adventure game
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anyone play that Edge of Eternity jrpg? is it good?
>people game thing because game good?
>no, must be shills
>game came out long ago and is indie?
>doesn't matter, must be shills
You're a good lad user
>in original Doom they feel like real places
You want to deny Doom 2 exists? Did those places look like a city to you?
But the current version includes the console version, no? Complete edition update is just out yesterday. Unless I'm missing something.
I don't think it's "Obscure" but Viscera Cleanup and it's DLCs are on sale. House of Horrors is a great map.
Wrong nationality dumbfuck but sure, i guess I am.
is chroma squad actually good?
i saw it on a stream once and i thought it might be kinda shallow
I've not checked but if the game Final Exam is on sale and you like hack n slash, I recommend it. It's a simple game but the controls and movement are tight. Has coop multiplayer.
>the games you want to recommend are not on sale
Can't even feel bad for these devs.
The thumbnail made it look like a woman's leg.
yeah, i wasn't calling them mainstream either, just like "sub-obscure" i guess.
i found out about a few of those when i was in high school and they were pretty popular at the time, like antichamber or desktop dungeon, so my perspective of what's obscure and what isn't may be influenced by that
holy fuck this looks cool
>Race the Sun
This is my jam. Also, Mushroom 11 is pretty good at capturing that 2010-s indie feel, you play as a formless blob in a postapocaliptic setting and solve physics puzzles.
Fire Pro Wrestling World, it is a one of the best Martial Arts game on the market right now. While wrestling focused, you can also fight MMA fights and customize characters and choose moves to every atttack possible in the game, highly recommended, dlcs are okish
Any reason to not get the sequels?
Both of these games are great timekillers/lunch break games.
I hope Nova Drift gets fleshed out a lot down the line, but I love what content it already has so far.
Star Traders Frontiers. LITERALLY a rogue trader simulator. Highly recommend if you can put up with the ugly characters. You can play it on mobile too.
Any good JRPGs that aren't very expensive?
It is sad to see how low Yea Forums's power level is. Don't you guys actively seek out new stuff? Anyway, here are my recommendations of actual obscure stuff:
>Future Unfolding
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Puzzle/exploration games focused on hidden mechanics. You have to figure out what each object in the game does to solve little puzzles. It is actually very simple, but a cool experience.
>Midsummer Night
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Little adventure game based on Russian folktales. It has multiple routes and endings.
>Mirage of Dragon
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"Maze" platformer. The game is literally about navigating a bunch of mazes. It has an in-game library full of lore with some secrets relating to the game's manual/artbook. Multiple endings, most of them are bad (hence the "mirage" in the game's title).
>Residue: Final Cut
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A jank Russian platformer. It has some pretty cool hook-based mechanics and a nice atmosphere. The story is a bit underwhelming, but a cool game nonetheless.
>Three Fourths Home
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I doubt the average Yea Forums user will appreciate this, but it has some of the best writing in the media. Very minimalist in terms of gameplay.
>Yeli Orog
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Weird FMV horror game. One particular scene of it is very cheesy, but it has a nice atmosphere overall.
>Fortune-499
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This is a singleplayer "card" game focused on the manipulation of luck. I really dislike the writing in it, but the combat system is really cool. It is basically rock–paper–scissors, but you can manipulate the probability of the opponent's choice and also cheat a little (like hiding cards in your sleeve) for cool combos.
I will post some more following.
Not quite, they are a tad abstract, but still they are places. NuDoom is more like a lattice of cubic assets that pretend to be non-cubic.
Anything to get people interested in the Indie bullshit I like.
Creeper world 2 never happened. We went straight from 1 to 3.
any good first person dungeon crawlers?
if anyone is looking for a reccomend of the same Oprencia was pretty good
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Well, I spend a lot of time with two my NEET internet-friends, and all they do in their daily life is play of sorts of vidya, yet none of the games on the list ring any kind of bell to them. I take it, if these kind of people are unaware of something, it must be really not that popular to the general gamer.
>2019
>Kamen Rider Chronicle still isn't released
Wizard of Legend is awesome. Especially co-op.
Based, keep'em coming.
Holy shit, I remember playing that
replaying burger time senpai
Zineth is weird and fun but it's not got the same flow and solid physics of Hover. I do love the Arcane Kids generally, though.
ah this game, had it on PS3, for PS plus, then it expired and I forgot about it.
thanks for the pic bruh
I heard good things about this one, but I have yet to play it myself.
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I assume that you're aware of Legend of Grimrock series.
Don't fall for Future Unfolding meme, guys. Sure, concept looks cool, but believe me, levels are the same, was a bit disappointed.
La Mulana is shit. The best example of "it's ok when japan does it"
I watch this trailer every few months and get excited about it all over again. Fuck it's so close I can almost taste it
Reccing this, music is great.
Anyone have a list/recommendations of games where I can play as a necromancer,undead,skeleton,or lich?
For example I am tempted to download Minion Masters just because they have a skeleton master you can play as. Also I downloaded Shadowverse because of Shadowcraft class.
slay the spire or dead cells? im not too sure about the card mechanics for spire thouigh
>I'll never get my hands on her Pipupepopuffy buns
Why even bother living
I enjoy your youtube channel, user.
How are the RPG mechanics in Thronebreaker?
Anyone know if Hypnospace Outlaw is any good/worth the price? Found it on my steam wishlist but don't want to spoil it for myself
Vaporum.
yea played grimrock, vaporum, and some other. i need people to dig deep beacuase I'm still pissed they delayed the jap wizardry game.
If you stumble upon Hyakki Castle - it is not very good, it doesn't have secrets at all, their notion of secret areas is "explore 100% of the tiles and secret door will open". There is Star Crawlers, you might like it, but no promises here, haven't played much.
How was ex-aid so dam good? It had no right to be with how stupid it is
Hyakki Castle is on my wishlist so thanks for the heads up. I played starcrawlers way back when there were still game breaking bugs.
Deadbolt
Grim Fandango
>INFRA
ok i'm buying it right now. if I don't like it I solemnly promise to return to Yea Forums and complain relentlessly.
was fun and campy. dont get me wrong tho kuuga is still best kamen rider
>desktop dungeon
no it's boring unless you're 99+% autistic
and gay
Is this meaningfully better than the bubbletank flash game?
Not sure about that, but for the longest time it did not have the console stuff, and the console version is much better. I'd have to check, unless someone else knows.
Also there is The Quest, aka "most generic name ever". store.steampowered.com
It is a literal mobile port, but there is a caveat - it is a mobile port from the times when mobile gaming was an Eldorado of possibilities, not that diarrea that it is today.
a lot of the games you listed are on the older side, maybe that's why? people who uncover "hidden gems" on steam tend to rely on curators and trending pages, and anything older than like 2015 probably won't appear on those
in any case it's a damn good list of vidya
What are some good open world exploration games?
It's fairly short, but if the idea of a 90's internet simulator appeals to you, you'll probably like it a lot. I'd say it's worth the 16 bucks, personally.
Only 1 though. 2 is kinda shit. And I'd say they're playable, rather than good. Their best feature is the multiplayer, honestly.
It was mentioned ITT but didn't get a proper post, so Assault Spy. It's a technical/stylish action game that lives sort of halfway in between DMC4 and Ninja Gaiden.
The story is stupid and the game unfortunately lacks a whole lot of fresh content by about the halfway point, but I mean, what other game has a dude beat a humanoid cellphone to death with a briefcase?
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As an aside, the combo mad videos are all done in the training area; the game has actual levels and stuff, it isn't just that one octagon with a single enemy. It can be hard to find interesting footage of it, for the same reason so many DMC combo videos take place in Bloody Palace (or 5's Void).
How does Vaporum compare to Grimrock? I liked 1 and loved 2, hadn't seen Vaporum before you mentioned it.
Islanders looks neat. Anyone played it before?
They got all the silly shit out of the way first so they could focus on the more serious parts of the story.
Which, coincidentally, also describes the Christmas episode
It's Humble published.
It's gonna be in a $1 tier bundle any week now.
>no OST release yet
>Then again, there's all those truck/farm simulators, so if that's your thing, go for it I guess.
They actually are my thing. I don't take them very seriously but I do love playing them.
>no idea why someone would want to play it as a 'game'
Because you don't have to take it seriously. It's not about real world investments, real world profits, real world messes, or real world sweat. So if you want to paint the outside of the house pea green and arrange flowers into nazi swastikas in the front yard, you can. And when you're done, you just save and quit. You don't have to spend an hour picking shit up and loading tools into a truck. In the real world, you work because you have to and you paint walls off white and put power outlets near the floor because that's the standard. So it's about creative control and doing it because you're in the mood to do it. See what I'm saying?
Been thinking about buying it but I wouldn't be able to play for like another half year
Hyakki Castle was on my wishlist too. I always thought the yokai theme was cool but the gameplay looked a bit bland. Nice to get confirmation from someone who's played it.
has anyone played tokyo xanadu ex+?
so basically the advice is to wait 3 months and pick it up for $5 in a bundle?
ther similar with some of the main differences being 1 character instead of 4 and obviously the steampunk setting if you're a fan of that. I enjoyed playing it.
wasn't this about racism or something?
haha this looks great, buying now!
How is my cart? I have a bit more money left, so I was wondering what to add. Can anyone recommend some long rpgs? I have already played pillars 1, tyranny, and da:o, and could use something to scratch that itch. Either that, or a good xcom esque game.
Why? It's not exactly performance intensive, if you're waiting on an upgrade.
>TowerClimb
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A really good procedurally generated platformer. Way better than any other "roguelite" platformer, probably did not get much attention because it is too complex for the typical player of the genre.
>Hiding Spot
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A 3D Sokoban-like clearly inspired by Stephen's Sausage Roll. Not as hard, but very well designed. You have to arrange objects to cover all of your sides, with each object behaving in a different form (you can go under tables, open drawers and so on).
>Alchemia
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A puzzle game based on cryptography, riddles and looking up historical events and people on the Wikipedia. The game itself is basically just a booklet you can skim through, but it is a very cool concept.
>DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
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This is more of a cult classic than an obscure game, but every puzzle fan should play it. Especially the City Beneath DLC (it is available as a stand-alone game on the official site, I don't know why it is a DLC on Steam). This is an adventure-puzzle game with some witty writing. It is based on slaying enemies with a sword you hold in a tile in front of the one your character is standing and you can move in 8 directions. This little concept goes way beyond what should be possible. It has some great user-made levels too.
>In the Raven Shadow
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A classic (?) Czech comedic point-and-click. Great writing and some pretty cool puzzles.
>Mirror Drop
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A puzzle game based on some trippy infinite geometry. The rules are simple to figure out and each level has slight variations on the rules, not very challenging, but a nice experience.
Some more to come.
Play Killer Instinct and main Spinal.
For those who want something chill. There's also a sequel.
I know. but 99 cents and I liked his last game, I want to see what he made.
Mad Max, probably. Also Kingdom Come and Rain World are fantastic and have a lot of exploration and a open-world structure. Well, Rain World is more like Metroid in that regard, and it has gates, but with a bit of work you can get everywhere in any order you want.
>0 (You)
you suck at being thrifty
You underestimate my toaster.
But apart from that, the main reason is exams because uni is a cunt and I can't stop drinking dumbfuck juice
one of the best horror games ive played this shit is so good
I don't know, I watched one trailer almost a year and a half ago, some kind of a journalist game in the UK, immigration, economic crisis was the backdrop from what I understood
both games work perfectly on pcsx2, so if you don't want to drop cash on those games emulation is an option
Literally Grimrock 1, but slightly worse and with more involved combat, so you will like it.
Kuuga is the only kamen rider show i've ever watched. is anything else much like it? I enjoy how seriously it takes itself in a non-campy way, like with how the police are super important and the messages about the dangers of violence
user, the min spec GPU is a GTX750 Ti. A card that currently goes for $75.
Unless you're gaming on an Intel Integrated I think you're gonna be fine.
Now that's what I call obscure. Love puzzle games, never heard of any of those.
Well, I played a couple of levels, maybe they got it better mid-development, but look at this shit.
this is how the wall climbing in doom eternal should have worked
>towerclimb
Shit I forgot about that little gem. I gotta try that again sometime.
My card is a GTX 660 Ti
I'll always recommend this comfy game. It got me through some neet tough times.
Cloudbuilt has some of the best wall run/climb mechanics of any game, though, the problem is they're meter-managed and I don't think that works well for a game about shooting things.
Should I play Ittle Dew 1 first?
Or should I just go into this one blind?
looks good but i'll wait for bigger discount, thanks for sharing it though
>if you like STALKER
How is that related? No trolling, you got me interested.
literally the next season Agito is Kuuga but parallel dimension
Fine, I'll try TowerClimb someday, because you know DROD.
You should play DROD in order of it's releases, so you should start with King Dugan Dungeon.
I remember buying this one time on sale and never really played it. How is it?
How is my cart looking?
Should I get rid of anything?
rad. almost all of Nightdive Studios is 75% off. they do solid remasters of old games, worth checking out.
titanic is one of the best 90s adventure games
Then you're fine, with cycles to spare. A gen behind, but a tier above. It goes a long way. Older doesn't necessarily mean worse, every gen NVidia updates the architecture and such but the tiers are still tiers. A 750Ti will outperform a 650Ti, not a 660Ti.
Your card outperforms a GTX1050. 50-tiered cards are super low performers.
I have the budget for DMC5 or AC7, which should I get. For reference, I have played both the previous dmc games and the holy trinity of ac games.
Sweet thanks. I hear good things about Ex-Aid, Double (I think? The green and black one), Blade, and uh.... the one where he's Red and Blue. Which would you recommend
Thanks user. Don't come to school tomorrow.
I'm technologically illiterate so I had no idea. Thanks for explaining that, user!
I'll probably buy it for myself as a treat once exams are over.
Any obscure comfy game? I saw Reassembly somewhere in the thread, it's pretty good, anything else?
just post it fag, if you openly shill for your game people won't mind you that much
wuppo is one of the most underestimated games out on steam
one of my favorites, i've never seen it outside of Yea Forums
Hah that's worse than I imagined. I know this type of game is just moving around a grid until you've mapped it all out but I like some immersion. Could they not have had a character at the town/base who's interested in the dungeon and would give you a key if you give him a completed map?
Agreed, used to play the shit out of this. Fuck that shithead who shoots you in the coal shoveling area if you don’t hide the book. Lost multiple hours forgetting about him.
Take a look at Tokyo 42 and Supraland.
The biggest thing wrong with DOOM is that it's 100 fucking gigs because they decided to never reuse textures.
My list, 2 games from this thread made it, TY Anons.
I got Slime Rancher before sales(but it so good I dont mind) Any recomedations for comfty weeb games? I never played any and was thinking summer sale is best time to give it a try.
Anyone have tower defense recs? Was a huge orcs must die fan, would like something a little towards that.
>The Moonstone Equation
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A fucking great puzzle-platformer. The core mechanic is very simple, you put together boxes with of the same type and they disappear. The puzzles are well-made and new mechanics are introduced often, but what makes the game is the "hidden" narrative about language. Not only you discover new properties for the boxes by deciphering some ancient text, but the game touches into some evolutionary linguistics concepts. The setting of the game is also pretty cool, you have scientists exploring some carved inscriptions in one side and some bonkers guys (using hydromancy and this kind of shit) trying to do the same, inhabiting the "slums" of the facility.
>The Norwood Suite
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An adventure game set in a surreal jazz hotel. It is very light on puzzles, but the setting is great, the soundtrack is amazing and the writing is really good.
>Pig Eat Ball
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Really weird twin-stick shooter-ish game (you can't even tell what the fuck is it about with the trailers), but really fucking good. The main thing it has going on is that you get fat when you eat your enemies, but it also has a bunch of costumes that are used as power-ups (but that usually come with some cons too) and the levels are very open. Great enemy design and it is a fun game to explore.
>BELOW
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This isn't really an obscure game, but it really good, maybe the GOTY of last year for me and a lot of people ignored it because of the reviews. It is actually made by Capybara Games, a developer that I always found to be overrated as fuck, but this game surprised me a lot, even more so since a usually hate "roguelites". It is very punishing but exploring it is amazing. You go into it knowing nothing about the world, it lots of hidden mechanics to discover.
Yea, great games that run well on modern systems
Ignore the tinfoil hat wearing idiots bashing a smart dev/publisher
I enjoyed the fear collection but get it from fanatical. It was cheaper there when I got it.
I couldn't get into TowerClimb for shit, the UI is just so poorly made that it obfuscates all of the actual fun.
I enjoyed what I got out of it, but I really wish it was just a bit more intuitive.
I love this game. It's fun as fuck. Still need to replay it on bunny extinction mode.
>vampire the masquarade is 15 eur
wtf are they joking it's a 12 year old game
opinions on prey and the kotor games?
also, any place for relatively cheap wow gametime?
I already researched that, but thanks user I will get it there
I dont know but this look cool, thx.