I think I’ll be finally picking up Project Wingman and Black Mesa in this sale.
What’s on your list?
I don’t see people mention Cross Codes often and no one has mentioned here yet so I think it’s “lesser known”.
It’s one of the games I got. I’m 20 hours in and the game is amazing so far.
The game can be pretty challenging sometimes so I’m not sure if it’s for everyone. I’d describe the game as a MMORPG but without the MMO. It has a lot less grinding than a MMO and a lot more puzzles.
I saw some people compare it to Zelda but I feel like that’s only accurate for some aspects.
Cross code won awards and was featured several times on Linus Tech tips. IDK how lesser known it could be then. It did come out a while ago. I agree that the game is good, but it is one of the few games I quit because of performance issues.
Oh wow. I only learned of the game this year so I might just be living under a rock. I don’t watch LTT often, do they do game reviews now?
They don’t do gaming reviews, but Crosscode was always that game Linus tested on those handheld consoles up until and including the Steam Deck. I remember him playing it to test latency and stuff on displays and stuff.
Superflight is 59¢, I cannot stop playing this shit
I love that game, great for a short or long chill session.
Cool game! Thanks for namedropping it here
Oh one game I forgot to include is Ghost Trick. It’s so lesser known I forgot about it.
This game is amazing. It’s by the creators of Phoenix Wright and it was originally made for the DS back in 2010. It was a commercial failure because Capcom didn’t advertise it at all and since it’s released it’s been pretty obscure. It was only ported to PC this year.
I think this is a game you should go in blind. I highly recommend this game.
funnily enough I first found out about this game and started playing it literally days before the announcement of the remaster. I’ll stick with the DS version when I continue it cause I prefer the stylus for this kind of game but I’m very glad others will get to enjoy this game regardless of their ownership of a DS.
I think this one is also pretty well known as a beloved cult classic lol
Shadow of the doubt
Return of the obra dinn
Hypnospace outlaw (haven’t played yet)
Lucifer among us (criminally short)
Into the breach
Curse of the dead gods
Sea of survivors
God of weapons
Tanuki sunset
En garde
Human fall flat
Later alligator
Dredge
Hades
Party hard 2
Abandon ship
Passpartout
Cloadpunk
Lil gator game
Mosa lina
Obra Dinn is one of my favorites of all time.
Never heard of it. Is it a story heavy game? My Steam account says it’s similar to Hollow Knight and Ace Attorney, which seems like two completely different games.
I suppose you could say it’s story heavy since what you’re doing is piecing together what happened on the ship. The story is that you’re a insurance investigator and have to find out what happened to every person that was on the Obra Dinn. It’s a great game. If it matters, it’s a Lucas Pope game, the guy who made Papers Please.
Ooooo I do love some Papers Please. I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Hope you enjoy it!
Got it last night and played it for about an hour. Definitely a unique and interesting game! I’m enjoying it so far.
I don’t think there are any games that are similar to Obra Dinn, it’s very unique.
Dude, that last guy. It was such tricky thing
Hypnospace is SOOOOO GOOOOD if you grew up in the 90s on the internet.
Just bought, want to try
Cloudpunk and a DLC for the crazy good Not for Broadcast game.
Just in case you haven’t played them, I’d highly recommend Papers, Please and Headliner Novinews.
Those would be right up your alley.
Warhammer 40k: Boltgun
Looking forward to playing it this week
I didn’t get it during the sale, but Cocoon. Such a fun little puzzle game with great art direction. It’s well worth its price tag despite being a fairly short game.
Tunic is on my list and I’ll probably pick it up later this week.
Not related, but OP, if you get the chance I recommend at least trying out Project Wingman in VR with joysticks.
Holy shit, was it a transcendent experience.
I beat the campaign with a controller on a monitor my first time around, but on my second playthrough I played it in VR and I found there is nothing like looking for bogeys and tracking them by peeking around your cockpit.
More related to the prompt, but if anyone wants a recommend:
I just beat both Pentiment and Return of the Obra Dinn and both were truly the historical detective / mystery games that I’ve waited so long for.
Go into both completely blind and report back. I guarantee you, that you will not be disappointed.
I already own the game so this is more of a reccomendation.
Civ6 is only £5 right now and all the dlc only costs £20 in the bundle. It’s an easy game to reccomend for anyone who is even a little interested in strategy games.
I’ve bought a bunch of Wadjet Eye games; Unavowed, Gemini Rue, Primordia, Strangeland, Shardlight, Technobabylon and The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow.
And aside from that, Return of the Obra Dinn.
I’ve already played Gemini Rue, and I’m finishing Unavowed.
I bought Nuclear Blaze and have been having fun with it.
Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya is the only lesser known game. I bought in this sale.
I bought (the) Gnorp Apologue, really nice idler
I think it might become big as this one is absolutely going places play-wise.
Caves of Qud
Twilight Town, a cyberpunk boomer shooter about a guy wanting to give a body to his AI gf.
