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💲 Steam Winter Sale Deals and Recommendation! 💲 (self.steam)

submitted 6 months ago by Vcio to c/[email protected]

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Old and hidden games that deserve more love

Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages, story that get better as you play, insane amount of ship/play style customization.

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, good lore and excellent world building, "easy" and forgiving crpg.

Wirewalk()↳, a short and loving gameboy like rpg, less than 100 reviews.

Well known

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition, no comments need, new historic low

Psychonauts 2, good game although it's "cheaper" on gamepass.

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[–] Donjuanme 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Hades is a steal at 5$, if you're into more casual gameplay vampire survivors is also a steal at 3.50 (includes all the dlc), if you want something in between brotato has been a wonderful purchase for me. If you want more of the frantic play style, but shorter sessions and less RPG decision making elements, 1 finger death punch is only a buck.

All of the source games are on sale, I recommend portal> portal 2 /half life 2 > left 4 dead 1&2

Slay the spire for < 2$ is an absolute steal, if you think you might like deck builders that's one of the o.g's. another most excellent deck builder, monster train, is also less than 2$, I cannot recommend them both highly enough.

The room is an excellent puzzle game, especially for 75 cents, not personally sure about it's sequels but I've heard they're equally good.

Don't starve for 2.50 is amazing, but if you're at all multiplayer inclined, get 'don't starve together' (I believe it comes with a second copy you can give to anyone)

Hexcells, hexcells 2, and lyne are great if you like puzzle games (everyday genius square logic is also great, but not on sale and no longer supported by devs) delete is also good, and on sale, but it's much more once over it's done game (like the room)

Doom (2016?) Is a great first person shooter at 4$, and fallout new Vegas is a great first person RPG at the same price.

FtL at 2.50 is amazing, and after you've sunk a hundred hours into it, download the 'across the multiverse' fan made expansion, and sink another thousand hours into the game.

And if you're considering Diablo 4, I plead with you to give path of exile a fair shake first, it's free to play, only cosmetic micro transactions, and so much more fleshed out of experience.

I stand by each of the above games, if you give any of them a fair shot and walk away considering it an actual bad game, hit me up, let me know what made it bad, and I'll toss you a game key (of my choosing) of equal or greater value (than the sale price of the game you thought was bad)

Edit, not sure where the hell I got those prices from, I think it may have been showing me "complete the bundle"prices on games I already owned that had bundles with everything else I also owned? I'll go through and change my reviews based on the prices I find, it'll definitely change a couple of my "absolutely must have at this price"

[–] Vcio 23 points 6 months ago

Links for the games:

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hades is actually $12.49

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Don't Starve no longer gets updates since the studio only focuses on Don't Starve Together now. So I would recommend Don't Starve Together even if you don't want to play multiplayer.

[–] Vcio 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, this is important, i have "dont starve" and was planning to get the dlcs eventualy.

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[–] Godric 3 points 6 months ago

Seconding the FTL recco, it's an absolute steal that cheap!

[–] rehydrate5503 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Regarding your comment on Diablo 4… Is that really the case? I played Diablo 2, skipped 3 and then played Diablo 4 a few weeks back during the free weekend on Steam. I’m admittedly a casual player, but I enjoyed it a lot. I didn’t love it, though I like it. It was familiar with clear improvements, and I was able to jump right into the game and had an enjoyable experience (I’m aware others could have a different experience especially end game). Gameplay was smooth, UI was simple to navigate while chilling on the couch with a controller, story was interesting, fights were satisfying, and the choices I made for skill progression and weapons all made for a decent experience in the 6-7 hours I played till the level 20 cap. I don’t care about character customization with cosmetics, and have never/will never spend money on mtx especially in a game with this hefty price tag. With all that in mind, the trial was enough to make me consider buying it on sale, and am now considering it again.

But I’m frugal, and have heard from sources online and friends that Path of Exile is Diablo but much better, so I tried it. I gave it 2 hours, and I was personally lost. Not sure if it was the UI which felt clunky and unfamiliar, or the story that didn’t draw me in, or the fact that it felt almost expected to read through wikis to be able to get a decent build, but after two hours I didn’t have fun and uninstalled it. Is it worth it to try again and see if it will scratch the arpg itch?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Path of exile is a love letter to diablo 2. It also has materia from ff7 and the sphere grid from ff10 turned up to 11.

It is also deep as fuck, and thus easy to get lost in. There's tons of side projects in the game (mining, heists, hunting, just to name three I remember). The skill grid is huge. The in game economy is complicated.The core game is huge and then there's a huge end game about exploring maps that has its own skill grid. It's like a decade of content.

You can play it casually. Just go and click on monsters , pick good sounding stuff on level up, and have fun.

You can also look up a guide for your build. You'll probably do better, but then you're following a guide.

If you want a game that has a lot of depth, it's fantastic. If you want something shallow but fun, it can still work but it's possible you'll hit parts where your character is built poorly and struggles.

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[–] Jjcool27 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I loved diablo 2 and 3 but 4 was very meh for me. Path of exile was very confusing to me so I dropped it. You should give grim dawn a chance. It's so good.

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[–] Winged_Hussar 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Dishonered - $2.49

Dishonered 2 - $2.99

Really good atmospheric action assassin games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The storyline and level design on those games is amazing. They were a ton of fun the first time through and I find myself picking them up again every few years and I still enjoy them.

[–] Winged_Hussar 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Agreed! I love how different you can play each level as well. Although I generally end up murdering everyone after I mistakenly alert a guard ...

It's also one of only a few games I spent the time to read all the fun "flavor text" notes and books. That and "Control" - both have solid extras that actually add to the story and make you feel immersed in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Hah, I also failed many times and alerted the guards and ended up having to kill everyone. Getting through some of the levels while maintaining stealth can be really tricky.

I still need to check out Control. I agree that the readings in Dishonored were pretty interesting.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll throw in a recommendation for Sanctum 2. It drops to $2.99 every sale and has been hundreds of hours of fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Picked this up based off this comment – enjoying myself so far – appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I am once again here to recommend Prey 2017.
$2.99 USD for a banger triple A Immersive Sim, it's so cheap it's like you're mugging Todd Howard

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Great recommendation here. I really enjoyed Prey.

[–] Vcio 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it's like immersive sim is cursed, excellent games but poor sales.

[–] yokonzo 2 points 6 months ago

Prey was a great game but it's endgame killed the experience for a lot of people, just a lot of backtracking if I recall

[–] Auduras 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My personal highlight in addition to the great games listed below is Divinity Original Sin 2. Such a great game, and super cheap ($13.50 for the base game).

Divinity Original Sin 2

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When BG3 came out and was getting a lot of great reviews I hadn't yet realized that it was made by Larian. I was talking to a friend about it and was like "Wait, the guys who made Divinity made a D&D game?"

Divinity is a lot of fun and is a great tactical in depth RPG. I particularly love the animals in it. Larian does a great job of giving them all big personalities and deep stories.

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[–] ExcursionInversion 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Riftbreaker love this game

[–] Vcio 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Love this game as well, but they recently raise regional prices in steam 😔

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Everyone loves Baldur's gate3 and with good reason. But if you want a different love letter to the originals, I highly recommend pillars of eternity: https://store.steampowered.com/app/560130/Pillars_of_Eternity_II_Deadfire/

It's a big party based RPG with an original setting and system. Good story. Great characters. Many interesting classes. Sheds a lot of dnd-isms, but you can still see the heritage.

I like the second more than the first, but they're both good. The second switched to per-encounter powers instead of per-rest, so you don't need to camp or hit the inn nearly so often.

Also I really want them to make a third game. Maybe if more people buy it they will!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Pillars hit a steam sale when I got into Critical Role and there were additional sales during the pandemic (maybe in response to new customer volume) that convinced me to get the sequel. However, I’m sitting on ten durable 1060s (2/6 in use desktop, 3/4 laptop(m)) and just have them running video along with wutevs. Got one watering plants that can also give me a decent video stream under its own power, which is handy.

[–] Brendan 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Picked up Terra Nil and I’m really enjoying it. One of those games you can play to relax and calm down after a long day.

[–] cucumber_sandwich 2 points 6 months ago

It's a somewhat beautiful game, but the recycling gets sooo tedious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Loved that game

[–] Caboose12000 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Superflight has been my favorite game to unwind and listen to music too for years, and now its less than a dollar, total steal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm getting this one, looks relaxing and I bet it'd be wonderful on my ultra wide monitor I got myself for Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Lumines Remastered, really fun tetris-like with trippy music and visuals. The guy who made it would later go on to make Tetris Effect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Loved it on my psp back in the day. Highly recommended.

[–] JoeKrogan 7 points 6 months ago

I noticed control and death stranding are cheaper on fanatical in case anyone was after them. I'm disappointed in this sale to be honest. I only picked up gta4 this time round. I had it before on the ps3 and even now its not at the lowest it ever was.

[–] Darkard 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Warhammer 40k : Boltgun is an absolute blast if you like your doom-esq shooters. Showing as 80% off, but I don't know how that's going to show in other regions

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[–] Masamune 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

A Short Hike

A Short Hike is an excellent and short game. Super fun, very chill, great music, the whole package.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How does the DRM free situation work on steam exactly? For those of with steam decks, how does that work? Games can still be taken down.

[–] infinitepcg 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If the game doesn't have DRM, you can download it through steam, keep a copy of the files and it will work without steam. AFAIK, Steam doesn't remove things from people's libraries, only from the store. I have a few games that aren't sold anymore, but you I can still download and play them just fine. It's the same on the Steam Deck, but playing a game through Steam is more convenient.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can you take that game out of steam and just launch the game that way?

[–] Landmammals 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, drm free games don't need to launch through steam

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How can I make this happen on the steam deck?

[–] moonburster 2 points 6 months ago

You have to use the desktop mode for that and use it as a pc that executes games. Find the game files and execute them. I'm not certain about support for all the controls (I think as long as stram is running it just works)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've still got games in my inventory that's no longer on the store, so I guess they're always available if you bought them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So if you uninstall or delete the game, you can reinstall them at a later time? Can you take the game out of steam? Can you launch the game without steam?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hellblade is like 5 bucks. Get.it.now.

[–] silentknyght 2 points 6 months ago

Nice recommendation. Purchased!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Interesting recommendations

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

STAR WARS: Squadrons I'd on sale for £1.75, definitely worth picking up at this price

[–] Grofit 2 points 6 months ago

Roadwarden, think it's 40% off at the moment, an extremely well written text based rpg (with pictures), it's more than a visual novel but less than a typical RPG.

Highly recommend trying it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

SUPERHOT is £5.39 (70% off). Time freeze shooter.

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