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[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The entire Creeper World series is on sale- Creeper World 1 and 2 are $2.49, Creeper World 3 is $4.94, and Creeper World 4 is $9.99. Personally, I don't like Creeper World 2 so I would suggest any of them but that one. CW2 is side on and I'm not a fan. CW1 and 3 are top down, and CW4 is properly 3D.

The first couple of Creeper World games used to be flash games you could play in browser, but after the age of Java games they ported them to Steam and kept making more and better games.

The basic concept is that it's a cross between a very simplified RTS and a tower defense game, with the added curveball that the enemy is just a liquid that won't stop showing up everywhere.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He also recently released IXE which is a bit like 2, but with mobile units instead.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

Yep. I wish I liked the side-on games. I'm not sure what it is about them exactly that doesn't click like the rest.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are these like a Minecraft game?

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Not even vaguely!

Like I said, it's a RTS/Tower defense.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Very much no.

They're more like those pixel physics sandboxes combined with a real-time strategy game. The enemy faction is a simulated liquid.

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[–] donio@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Undertale is at a new all time love at $0.99. It's not really my jam but it's the time to pick it up if you always wanted to play it but never did.

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The inability to resize the Undertale window without using a third-party program like Sizer continues to be INFURIATING to me.

Undertale is a good game, but it just makes me so goddamn angry every time I open it to not have control over the sizing on my own goddamn monitor that I haven't been able to finish it.

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

I think I missed the window on Undertale. Who knows, if I played it when I was 17 I might have a different opinion but the whole "I'm so quirky and random" schtick doesn't really land with me.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not really my jam

I watched someone's entire playthrough of it on YouTube, which I find to be a decent middle ground. In fact, someone else I know doesn't even game any more and just watches playthroughs; better to see an expert do it with insightful or fun commentary than to get frustrated from not knowing what to do, etc. when we have such limited time in our lives anyway. Maybe that's why I generally prioritize roguelites nowadays; if I'm gonna play something, I wanna ensure it's a unique challenge that possibly not even the devs have ever exactly seen, and not simply be treated like a rat in a fixed maze to figure out precisely or struggle otherwise when other people have done it.

Anyway, I digress; Infested Planet is $1.94 USD for another recommendation, and it's awesome. The trailer undersells it if anything.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

Never heard of it and I can swing $1.94 – thanks.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No Man’s Sky is down to $23.99. I remember the launch was poor but they kept working on it and improving it. I picked it up a couple years ago on Xbox and have enjoyed it

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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I dont know if I can recommend them yet, but I picked up Enter the Gungeon, Heavy Rain, Undertale, Doom, and Pillars of Eternity.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I added Cyberpunk to the cart. We’ll see if I actually purchase it.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

I was thinking about this one too. Not sure if I'll buy it, but it's the only one I'm considering at the moment.

[–] cod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m in the same boat. Got it in the cart, unsure if I’ll hit buy

[–] filister@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I bought it a couple of months ago and oh boy this game is amazing. The story is really well written. I am not much of a first person shooter guy but this game is definitely worth it. The story is great, the atmosphere is amazing, it is a really well made game and especially now with the overall international state of affairs and the rise of AI, its depressively dystopian story feels even more relatable and even the fighting is fun and versatile.

[–] cod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Good to know. I played a little bit of it at launch and thought it was pretty cool (I didn’t notice many bugs when I played), but never bought it. I know it’s supposed to be much better now and I’ve heard good things about the DLC too. Maybe I will hit that buy button

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Rain World and its DLC Downpour are 50% off (just above 11 bucks)

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 20 hours ago

I went to check it out and it's already in my library. Must have snagged it in the last sale.

[–] el_psd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Rain World is very, very niche in its appeal, but it's perhaps the best argument for games as art that I've ever come across. I've never had to rethink what a game even is in order to engage with something before.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Going to vouch for this game. I’ve been really enjoying it.

Best experienced without spoilers. Don’t even look up the creatures if you can resist.

You are not a hero, you’re are a small animal in a living ecosystem.

Love this game conceptually but I'm going to have to try again when I have mental bandwidth to get absorbed into it

This is my son's favorite game. Seems to have decent replay value.

[–] Feddinat0r@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well i enjoy snowrunner on my steamdeck quite well... Think i will get the year one pass

That will get me through till the next sale xD

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

also check out

offroad mania

-much more focused and bitesized

https://youtu.be/uN51VdTNzTg

motortown behind the wheel

-the everything but advanced mud mechanics driving simulator king (and I mean everything )

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369670/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/

ok, there is beamng too...

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Dark souls in mud

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a truly great indie beat-em-up RPG with Brian David Gilbert that just released called: INK INSIDE and it's on sale for $15.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's from Pink Floyd, right?

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[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If it's your thing btd6 is on sale for $3

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