Hey all. Always enjoyed reading everyone’s suggestions on more unknown games available during big steam sales.
I’ll start off with one that I have been a fan of for a long time: Death Road to Canada
This game is like a zombie action Oregon Trail like game, where you manage supplies and fight through hordes of zombies on your way to the safe haven of Canada. Only US$3.74 right now and well worth it imo!
I fell in love with Submerged when I played it. It’s an exploration game set in a flooded city, where you play a young girl looking for supplies for her injured brother. Lots of navigating between buildings in a little boat, climbing around, and taking in the scenery. Incredibly relaxing to play.
Those games has been on my radar for a while! Have you played both of them?
How can it be relaxing if your brother is injured and needs the supplies? I’m just wondering if I wouldn’t feel urged to get him back to health as soon as possible.
I’m a heartless monster who forgot about my brother so I could sit in my boat and gawk at my surroundings at sunset. Mileage may vary.
It does have moments that stressed me out, but since I spent so much time exploring and taking screenshots, they’re not what left the strongest memory.
If you’re a fan of co-op survival and adventure games, Grounded is great. There’s also Raft which is a more chill style adventure game.
Personally I’m probably picking up in this sale:
- System Shock
- Outer Wilds
- Aquatico
- Pummel Party
- The Long Dark: Survival Edition
- A Way Out
- Phasmophobia
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Voidtrain
Here are a few that I really enjoy (though their level of “unknown-ness” is debatable):
Mini Metro: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127500/?snr=1_5_9__205
Demeo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484280/?snr=1_5_9__205
Evoland: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020470/?snr=1_5_9__205
It’s not super niche, or super on sale, but I’m really enjoying Chained Echos so far.
Man, Octopath Traveler was such a letdown. The total lack of character interactions with other character’s stories made protagonist selection feel pointless and the story felt even more shallow than it was. Just… so meh. I couldn’t talk myself into picking up the second one.
Tbh, the worst part was that the advertising for 2 really seemed to suggest they’d heard that complaint about 1 and fixed it. The put so much emphasis on the Cross Paths feature. And then you get the game and discover that it is actually just 4 quests for 4 sets of 2 travelers.
I really expected genuine interaction. Character to be present in cutscenes and have minor comments on what’s occuring. You know, stuff the story can technically progress without, but really flesh out the world and the characters. Bosses acting like they’ve caught out a single character only to initiate a fight against my party of 4 just feels weird as hell.
for me, I’m really fixated on Cassette Beasts, because Pokemon has been disappointing for me for a long while now. I keep debating on whether I buy it now, or wait until they implement the online multiplayer they just announced.
