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[Plague Doctor]

My Steam brothers and sisters.

Have you ever taken a chance on a lesser known Indie title and hit a great game?

Post them. I want to check them out.

No obvious Indie hits. Let's go for sleepers and relative unknowns.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

If you like card/board games for dirt cheap (should be on sale for less than $10 each.... maybe even less than $5). Make note I just play SP. No point doing MP anyway since most of these games have probably zero gamers playing CCU.

- Roll Player
- Talisman Origins SP game (not the MP version)
- Sagrada
- Twilight Struggle
- Stockpile
- One Deck Dungeon
- Armageddon Empires (strategy game)

 

[Guilty_AI]

I've found some stuff. I've yet to try many of them but they look cool nonetheless

 

[Fahdis]

After 2 hours in the toilet. Absolutely, I find gold. I made it. It's just an arms reach after.




... in all seriousness, play Skye. Its free. Reminds me of Sky Odyssey.

 

[Dazraell]

Some of my picks

 

[BennyBlanco]

I recently bought this because these guys are making the new HoMM game, and it’s really good.

This game I bought sight unseen from my discovery tab after reading reviews and it’s outstanding. May actually be my GOTY or close to it.

 

[SJRB]

Overwhelmingly positive reviews.

 

[ssringo]

Honestly, I'm not sure where you want to draw the line on "sleepers and lesser unknowns" so I'll just scan through my games list and post what pops out as something I enjoyed a lot. Sorry if they aren't proper "indies" or "unknown".

 

[ssringo]

Double post because of post limit with media links to Steam.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Honestly, I'm not sure where you want to draw the line on "sleepers and lesser unknowns" so I'll just scan through my games list and post what pops out as something I enjoyed a lot. Sorry if they aren't proper "indies" or "unknown".

These are all good suggestions. Basically, I didn't want to get like Hades or like Hollow Knight for the 100th time. Just ones that aren't the obvious favorites. Should have worded it another way. And the more obscure, the better. If these games are that good and it clicks with me, I'll give them some support.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Just two games I know of fit this criteria:

Steel Sword Story - It is Castlevania-lite in gameplay and has some Final Fantasy-esque character designs.

Shaolin vs. Wutang - A 2D fighter with 3D action and themes lifted from old kung-fu films. It also has a sequel.

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*There is one I discovered during an Xbox demo event that also released on Steam:

Pocket Bravery - An original 2D fighter emulating NeoGeo Pocket Color fighters.

 

[BigBeauford]

This game looked like dogshit to me, but the idea of playing as the monsters trying to kill the main character? It was so fucking fun.

 

[Holammer]

Spelunky clone which improves on the concept IMO. The developer has a penchant for doing super strange rogue-likes with his own unusual style & humour. I buy everything Caiys puts out.

Simple 3D platformer/metroidvania originally made for a game jam with heavy focus on movement mechanics.

Chinese developed Megaman clone. I quite like it.
...oh shit, the devs are working on a sequel (wishlist!).

Shmup taking a lot of cues from Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings. Not a fan of the use of colour, but it's good. There are nods and similarities to other similar game like Gunbird.

This is an amazing pinball/metroidvania with a lot of soul. I never pass up an opportunity to talk about it. The use of parallax in the east-most side beach of the island brought tears to my eyes.

 

[El Muerto]

Been playing this on my steam deck lately. The game looks and feels like if someone made a Metroid game for the Sega Genesis. It's also a roguelike.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/452570/Battle_Chef_Brigade_Deluxe/

 

[Holammer]

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Reminded me, with Halloween getting closer, I have to recommend Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion. Play it at night when it's dark outside.

There's also a HD version.

 

[Branded]

My Steam brothers and sisters.

Have you ever taken a chance on a lesser known Indie title and hit a great game?

Post them. I want to check them out.

No obvious Indie hits. Let's go for sleepers and relative unknowns.

All the fuckin' time? Rack and Slay is a recent example.

 

[Buggy Loop]

A few very niche immersive sims. I guess those who love the genre know more about it, but these are under 1k reviews

We have system shock in Russia

Considered one of the best immersive sim out there with its mechanics

More popular but looks absolutely bonkers

 

[winjer]

 

[Guilty_AI]

Some arcade racing games since there's an unsatiated demand for them:

Still not fully released:

 

[El Muerto]

I got this in a Fanatical bundle. It's basically a poor mans Astro Bot. Gameplay is pretty legit and it's a solid platformer.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Tajaz2426]

I have “Shadowgate”, that is all that is required on Steam until some outstanding God loving genius that has balls the size of the moon, makes a “Big Trouble in Little China”.

No other game matters in this universe we are currently inhabiting and I’m angry because I feel like it’s a Mandela Effect and in my dimension good ole Kurt has his game! I knew the damn Monopoly Man had a monocle!

 

[SJRB]

I'm currently playing a lot of this one:

Super chill vibes, no intense or stressful gameplay. A lot of customization options to make the place exactly the way you want it. UI is simple but surprisingly intuitive.

 

[Holammer]

I got this in a Fanatical bundle. It's basically a poor mans Astro Bot. Gameplay is pretty legit and it's a solid platformer.

I'mma grab that one, it and Gibbon look like neato.
Another fanatical bundle features this one, looks pretty interesting. With a 98% user score.

 

[SJRB]

This looks sick!

 

[simpatico]

Enjoy the demo GAF

 

[Plague Doctor]

Definitely checking out some of these.

Always rewarding to find some diamonds in the rough.

 

[GHG]

Just came across this and it looks fucking amazing:

Will likely grab it during the winter sale.

 

[Crayon]

Not really. Maybe ubermosh but I can't remember if that was popular or if I stumbled on it.

 

[negator2vc]

Excellent adventure game, latest entry in the old Goblins series (originally developed by Coktel Vision / Sierra) returning to it's glorious 2D roots!

An excellent dungeon crawler using a quite unique dice based system! Plus excellent pixelart visuals! Also available on itchio where it also contains the full android version as apk!

 

[Guilty_AI]

Just came across this and it looks fucking amazing:

Will likely grab it during the winter sale.

Same devs behind severed steel, looks promising

 

[Holammer]

Can confirm that El Muerto's Boti recommendation is legit. Amazing little platformer with lots of exploration, but performance drags it down. The levels are vast with tons of detail and stuff going on, too much in fact, developers fucked up. I get 60fps with low/performance settings on a recent CPU and an ageing 1080 at 1440p.
Perf problems aside, I had more fun with this than Plucky Knight already.



Tried Vividlope a little, feels like something Sega made. Sound, design and art have a Dreamcast era vibe to them.

 

[StereoVsn]

Some arcade racing games since there's an unsatiated demand for them:

Still not fully released:

I really liked Old School Rally. Don’t expect something super complicated, but the game is well done especially considering the price.

 

[JimboJones]

Really cool metroidvania with a 32/64bit era style to it.