I just go some Steam giftcards from a friend and want to put them to good use.
Also FYI my PC isn’t the most powerful in the world so I can’t play anything super high rez.
I just go some Steam giftcards from a friend and want to put them to good use.
Also FYI my PC isn’t the most powerful in the world so I can’t play anything super high rez.
Please Touch The Artwork is a cool relaxed puzzle game based on real paintings (£2.15)
Citizen Sleeper is one of my favourite games ever; a really narrative rich (but not long winded) sci-fi game with fantastic worldbuilding, vibes, and politics that uses a novel streamlined version of TTRPG dice to do decision making and resources stuff. Really sublime (£5.02) The sequel is on sale but is new so is more like £15.
Mad Max is an open-world vehicular combat (and occassional Batman game style parry combat section) game that was the best 7-out-of-10 type game when it game out but has aged well & is genuinely a great bit of canon Mad Max lore and worldbuilding if you care about that series. (£2.39)
Thronebreaker: Witcher Tales is a narrative RPG based around playing Gwent (sometimes with traditional rules, sometimes with unique interest puzzle battles) that has writing as good or better than the Witcher 3. It wasn’t a hit, despite being excellent, and so they tried to turn Gwent into Hearthstone later, but Thronebreaker is standalone and still my favourite Witcher game. (£3.39)
Swordship is a fast, roguelite indie ‘schmup’ where you pilot a superfast boat through heavily sci-fi militarised sea dodging turrents and other dangers. I found it difficult, but addictive with a cool style and soundtrack. (£0.84)
Invisible Inc is a fantastic turn-based strategy heist game with a great art style and really good gameplay. I’m quiet a picky turn-based nerd and this is one of the best. It’s also not too punishing (unless you want it to be) and is relatively short to finish a run in a satisfying way compared to longer campaigns. (£3.74)
Steamworld Heist is my favourite of the various Steamworld games. It’s basically robot Firefly and a 2D turn-based shooter-strategy game where your pirate captain & crew board ships, fight your way to cargo with a variety of cool weapons (and hats) & escape with it. (£1.13)
Yoku’s Island Express is a unique, colourful, joyous platformer-pinball hybrid game where your little dung beetle (with dung ball) slides, pinballs, jumps through a lovely, relaxing island metroidvania world. Just lovely all round. (£3.19)
Sludge Life is a stylised, low-rez, 3D open world adventure game with excellent lofi 90s hip hop meets chillwave vibes and a banger soundtrack including the best in game rapper since Parappa; BIG MUD! (£2.55)
Ape Out is a top-down indie action game where you play as a giant ape escaping its captors and splattering armed mercanaries against walls with a Saul Bass animation style and top drawer jazz-drum soundtrack that syncs with your hits. (£2.55)
Monster Train is probably the best roguelite card game since Slay the Spire with more variation and quicker to get into, where you play the forces of hell trying to protect a big train careening through the seven circles to relight hells fires while battling those irritating crusade-fash coded angels heaven has sent to stop you. (£6.29)
Crypt of the Necrodancer is a roguelite homage to old Zelda (so much so Nintendo eventually had them do an actual Zelda version) that’s also a hardcore rhythm game where you move and attack with the beat (and so do all the enemies). As someone who really cannot play rhythm games and never even beat the fourth level I still loved my time with it. It’s got an all time banger soundtrack and the best shopkeeper in games. (£1.27)
So funny story about my Citizen Sleeper playthrough, spoilers for the first few hours ahead:
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I thought you could block the tracking on you before the bounty hunter arrives, and when I failed to do so by what seemed to be one in-game hour I was so mad I stopped playing. I eventually went back and I have actually platinumed the game. It’s pretty cool how you can take the early endings and then keep on playing for alternate ones.
I had a similar experience and even at the end I love the fact that you can just go back to the ‘point of no return’ so easily and make different decisions to play them out.
Both Citizen Sleeper games are fantastic. The story pacing is great. Be warned that you can softlock yourself really easily in 2 at the very beginning if you go straight to the big mission.
Once you get the flow though, it’s pretty easy to maintain the good path. One slip up can snowball you to a fail state though
I absolutely adored the sequel and I wasn’t expecting it to live up to the first since it’s one of the best and most effecting games I’ve ever played.
I like how the sequel managed to expand on the first game in a way that felt natural. Having to maintain and manage a crew and ship while also juggling all the relationships of the belters and running from the repo man just feels like the next step after helping to restore the Eye
Monster Train got a really good sequel too, you can use mushroom guys that stack with each other 10/10
I love all things mushrooms so once I’ve (finally) had my full of the first one I’ll check it out.
These are some good picks, I enjoyed SteamWorld Heist and Monster Train. Haven’t played their sequels yet, how about you? I also had a good time with Mad Max
I haven’t to be honest. I came to Monster Train kind of late and find myself going back to Steamworld Heist every year or so and it still feeling satisfying and fresh so when I’ve had time I’ve experimented with the other Steamworld games. Haven’t found one that’s stuck for me like heist though.
Oh I meant to ask have you played Monster Train 2 or SteamWorld Heist 2? They came out this year but I haven’t played them yet. I’m looking forward to playing them when they are on a deeper discount. Until then I have plenty of games in my backlog