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Adventure / Point-and-Click / Narrative Games

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The Steam Summer Sale is on and there's plenty of threads asking for great deals and hidden gems. So let's jump on that bandwagon! Anybody spotted any good deals on adventure games in the Steam sale?

Here's a few cheap and good experiences I spotted:

Broken Age: $3.74

Sam and Max Hit the Road: $2.09

Space Quest Collection: $6.59

The 7th Guest 25th Anniversary Edition: $7.49

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I've heard some really good things about that one!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some recent ones I like that I haven't seen mentioned yet are
NORCO
Thaumistry
The Nick Bounty trilogy
The Aching
Blood Nova

And then some games that aren't traditional adventure games but have some adventure game or Interactive Fiction elements:
Lake
Citizen Sleeper
Cartomancy Anthology

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Norco is really cool

[–] n8schicht 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thimbleweed Park 😃 A great point and click adventure by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. I love it a lot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Such a good game. I think I like it even more than Return to Monkey Island.

[–] kinsnik 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Some of the ones i have in my wishlist:

The_Case_of_the_Golden_Idol

Lucy Dreaming

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

I haven't played them yet, but they all have at least Very Positive reviews

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lucy Dreaming is fantastic. I played it on my stream last year with the developer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Highly recommend the Case of the Golden Idol. Really incredible game.

[–] kinsnik 2 points 1 year ago

yeah, that is one of the one i got. really looking forward to playing it

[–] kinsnik 1 points 1 year ago

here a few weeks later to say that it is, indeed, an amazing game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't played any of those either. There's a lot more adventure games on Steam than I thought...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yeah, I think last year was one of the best for the genre in a long time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just got The Last Door yesterday, interesing story (at least in the first part) and it gets the creepy atmosphere just right, though the puzzles are pretty easy. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/275/The_Last_Door_Collectors_Edition_Bundle/

Also, Lair of the Clockwork God is awesome and everyone should play it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1060600/Lair_of_the_Clockwork_God/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, those are both under five bucks too. Great deals!

[–] akd 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeap, I can definitely recommend Gemini Rue, The Blackwell Games, Technobabylon, and Unavowed. All of them are decent and hearken back to the good old days of point-and-click adventure games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yorkshire Gubbins is 50% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/716650/Yorkshire_Gubbins/

Crackin' bit o' game, this'un, mek no mistake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Has anyone played Roadwarden yet? I'm downloading the demo now, but it's 33% off and relatively new (released in September '22).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Update: I played Roadwarden for about 4 hours straight this morning, so yeah I think it's going on my recommendations list. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Nice! Always good to see the Steam sale helping us find good games while it empties our wallets. 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Planning on playing it this month for the monthly adventure game club I organize. It looks really cool and I think it's getting some sort of spinoff or game set in the same universe later this year

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