The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[PrettyDeadman]

This game is actually crap.

 

[LESS T_T]

Ten Thousand Coins, "a story-driven merchant adventure":

Ten Thousand Coins is a story-driven merchant adventure that will test your sense of strategy and empathy as you make tough decisions for a fox merchant girl aiming to save the life of a loved one.

Moral Choices and Conflict - A heavy emphasis is put into the consequences of the actions you take, reintroducing a humanising element into the trading game genre. For example, would you help a merchant back on their feet and make a new friend, but potentially lose out on a profitable deal, or ignore their cries for help to make sure you come out on top? Would you smuggle illicit goods for some easy coins, despite the negative effects it could have on a town's inhabitants? As you make these choices, you are also pitted against time to save a loved one, creating a sense of urgency to amass as many coins as possible.

Bartering System - More than just buying and selling with currency, Ten Thousand Coins features a system where you can barter goods directly with other traders. Depending on the trader's mood and what each trader needs, different items can have a higher value, therefore knowing what item to offer and when to offer them is the key to a successful trade.

Features Include:

• An immersive and character-focused storyline.
  
• Make tough choices between altruism and materialism.
  
• Various colourful characters and side stories to discover and complete to further build the world's narrative.
  
• Many cities and towns to explore, trade, and build a reputation with.
  
• A crisp hand-drawn anime-inspired art style.
  
• Hundreds of unique items to use and trade.
  
• Random encounters in the wilderness and challenging enemies to battle against.
  
• Hire various convoys to aid you on your adventure.
  
• Multiple story endings depending on choices made throughout the story.
  
• Two different game modes: Story Mode and Challenge Mode.

Terminal Protocol, "a turn-based tactical game set in a dystopian cyberpunk universe":

Terminal Protocol is a turn-based tactical game set in a dystopian cyberpunk universe. Become a hacker - command your viruses in cyberspace to overcome corporate defences and jack into people’s minds. Upgrade your malware, reclaim your position and reveal the secrets of the past!

Deep tactical, turn-based combat system based on covers and inspired by XCOM series. You are a lone hacker fighting against giant corporations. Be smart to defeat them.

Manually aim weapons of your viruses. Perform precision shots and cool ricochets to use the environment to your advantage. No RNG, only skill matters.

Find new and creative ways to manipulate enemy AI. Discover new ICE versions, learn their weaknesses and turn it against them. Reconfigure programs, disable their abilities. Hack your way into victory.

Three classes of viruses with different upgrades, skills and development possibilities. Develop each of them in your own way and adapt them to the mission conditions.

Fight your way through complex levels, that will test your tactical and strategic thinking in diversified ways. Hack corporate vaults, personal databases, secret science labs and even minds of the people connected to the cyberspace.

You were once a powerful hacker, but now, after a failed mission you lost everything. Your software is gone, and you have thirty days to pay off your debt to the mafia - one million credits. With the help of an old friend you have to reclaim your position and reveal the secrets of the past.

Game graphics and audio are stylized for a retro feeling based on 80s cyberspace visions and synthwave music. That means our cyberspace is filled with a retro grid and a lot of adrenaline-pumping synthesizers!

And Winter is coming to Steam... as a free-to-play browser MMO!:

Join the battle in Game of Thrones Winter is Coming, Yoozoo's new real-time MMO strategy browser game.
Play the role of an ambitious Westeros lord, determined to save a people plagued by war and put a stop to the endless disputes between the Seven Kingdoms.
This new strategy game has been built using the Unity engine and has beautifully rendered characters and scenery designed by renowned artists.
Game of Thrones Winter is Coming has been designed to give players a balanced combination of strategy and roleplaying for a unique gameplay experience. Build your base, expand your territory, recruit characters from the show, train your army, and make history.

1. Dive into the World of Westeros
- Westeros Like You've Never Seen It Before: The world of Game of Thrones Winter is Coming has been crafted and designed to recreate a geographically accurate version of Westeros with all the major castles from the show.
- Sit on the Iron Throne: Party up with your friends and raise an army to compete with other lords over the castles across Westeros. Eventually, your quest is to sit on the Iron Throne and become the ruler of Westeros.
- It's Down to You: Will you cut down those who seek to betray you? Or conquer cities and rule over vast lands? Make your own choices and create your own legend in the struggle for power.
- Relive the story of Westeros: Interact with events from the show and play through your favorite moments as a Westeros lord.

2. Meet All Your Favorite Characters
- See Game of Thrones and its characters from a different perspective. Forge your own path and progress together with your favorite characters from the TV show as you recruit them in your army.
- Use Commanders you have recruited from the show in battle. Check their attributes, ranks, guards, and armies, and use their unique skills in battle.

3. Expand Your Territory and Build Your Base
- Customize your castle and add an array of different areas with their own distinct features and upgrades to help you build your kingdom.
- Then explore a vast and varied recreation of Westeros with over 30 different terrain and weather types in an ever-changing world.

4. Destiny Calls Your Troops, 10,000 Faces Arise
- Battle among 10,000 other players that can all fights across the world simultaneously, conquering kingdoms across Westeros.
- Select your commanders, set your battle formation, and use their abilities to complete missions in both PvE and PvP for great rewards.
- See the story of Game of Thrones unfold again and unlock exclusive hidden storylines through a wide variety of PvE missions.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Vorark]

It's monster raising season:

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[Fedora Master]

Sales are shit without Flash deals.

 

[LESS T_T]

The Protagonist: EX-1, strange-looking sci-fi turn-based RPG thing, with customizable martial arts combat system for some reason. Beat the hell out of aliens:

War looms between the Terrans and an invading synthetic race. A massive station appears high in orbit and the first contact between them goes very wrong.

An elite strike team led by Angel, a highly trained special agent, is sent to neutralize the threat. But the mission goes awry and Angel awakens in the infirmary of the station's lab. With no memory of what happened, she must trust an unfamiliar face to guide her through the alien ship and find the rest of her team. She only knows this: they are the only hope of Terra.

Key features:

• Martial Arts Combat System - customize your character’s close-combat abilities.
  
• Dynamic Dialogue System – make decisions and face consequences.
  
• Initiative and Action Points System – fully control the actions of your character on their turn.
  
• Deep content – enjoy 7+ playable characters, 10+ types of enemies, 19+ weapon types and much more in an isometric top-down view and hyper-realistic graphics.

Doomtrooper, free-to-play digital card game based on the 90s Mutant Chronicles card game of the same name, Kickstarted in 2017. Apparently this is published by Heroic Signatures than Funcom. Does it have a separate publishing team, I wonder?

 

[Baron Dupek]

EX-1 looks like Space Siege, you know - that failure of a project from some game developer named Chris Taylor, with cybernetic parts and consequences (people and their hostility toward cyberwankers with their cyberarms) but it was all in vain.

Customizable martial arts? Like unarmed in Revenants and Sacred games?
sold

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

 

[Infinitron]

 

[ultimanecat]

Developer's getting paid a bare minimum of $7k a month on Patreon (and probably closer to twice that), so making it free and having it show up on literally everybody's feed was probably a smart move.

...or at least until Epic buys him out.

 

[Baron Dupek]

oh look, another retro FPS

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

But that area shown in that animation is lifted almost directly from Doom 2016. As are the imps. As are the zombies. As is the chaingun. as is the armor model.

 

[LESS T_T]

Kwaidan, Japanese indie action adventure inspired by PS1/2 era games:

The stage of this work is Japan of the 1930s.
Explore the mysterious Azuma Manor and do battle with the Yoki that lurk within, all while solving devilishly clever mechanical puzzles.

Kwaidan offers a seamless merging of 3D action and point-and-click adventure game elements, allowing for a truly unique play experience.
Players move and fight through the world in 3D, but can call up a cursor to examine points of interest at any time.
The result is an action-adventure unlike any other.

In sharp contrast to recent action games, which seek to deliver player satisfaction above all else, Kwaidan was designed from the ground up to deliver highwire suspense from beginning to end.
Nightmarish Yoki and fiendishly clever puzzles obstruct your path through the manor, but overcome these obstacles, and a profound sense of catharsis awaits.

Enjoy retro polygon graphics that evoke classic games of the early 2000s, with film-reel-style presentation that transports players to a secluded mountain manor from the earliest days of Japan's Showa era.

Features:

• Severe 3D action that requires precise operation and accurate judgment.
• A point-click adventure element that lets you fully enjoy the fun of exploration.
• Japanese retro romantic world of the 1930s (early Showa era) brought to life by classical techniques.
• Equipped with a “mode selection function” that allows you to enjoy changes in operation methods and graphics.

 

[Zombra]

Whoa, vibes of Tenchu. I wonder if there's stealth. With non-dated gameplay this might be rad.

 

[Momock]

This looks like mix between Clock Tower and Resident Evil in a japanese setting. I doubt that there will be any stealth.

 

[LESS T_T]

Chains of Fury, cool-looking retro-inspired FPS. I probably have believed if someone said this is a DLC for Void Bastards.

The king is dead. Long live the revolution. They hired you to do the dirty work. Now you’re not needed so they can get rid of you… or so they think.
In the Chains of Fury you are a brutal (and a bit crazy) mercenary from out of this world, with a lot of guns and who loves to break stuff, shoot stuff and get paid for it. Those who put you in prison owe you some money. Time to get it back… and did we mention to break some stuff as well?

What really made us angry in the old school level design from the 90s was that poor concept of locked doors with a key placed somewhere in the maze of rooms. In our game there is no such problem as practically any wall can be destroyed. Of course not everything will be available for destruction ( We don't want you to fall off the level) but it won't be a lie to say that you will be able to destroy 80% of all walls on a level.

Having this cool mechanic that allows you to break almost everything gives as a chance to put in tons of secrets: hidden rooms, alternate ways of finishing levels, etc. We love Easter Eggs so get ready to find lots of them. We won't tell you how many are there. Can you find them all?

The game is gonna be a bloodbath. Why? It's fun to blow things up and watch things burn. It's also fun to punch and shoot enemies in their face. You can't do that in real life but after all... what are games for?

• Experience the bloody retro vibe from the 90s but looks and plays like a modern shooter.
  
• Bash, jump, demolish and cause mayhem in 6 different worlds full of levels in a destructible environment.
  
• Awesome game world that looks and feels just like a comic book.
  
• Destructible walls allow you to finish the level in many different ways.
  
• Lot's of crazy weapons at your disposal: shotgun, machine gun, grappling hook and shrinker, just to name the few
  
• Split screen multiplayer

Well gameplay from trailer seems underwhelming. Also being published by Gaming Factory S.A., yet another related company of the Polish shovelware lord PlayWay S.A.. does not give you confidence. (This could be another entry to their perpetual "coming soon" store pages, which make me think their actual purpose is just having store pages than actually releasing the games for some reason.)

 

[Endemic]

Simcity 4 Deluxe is 90% off again at Fanatical, in case you missed it the last time. https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sim-city-4-deluxe-edition

 

[Unkillable Cat]

A game where you control a monstrous thingie as it rampages through a military research facility:



There's a free demo of the first level available for people to munch on:



I plowed through the demo in 20 minutes. This one's gonna be good. The controls are smooth, the gameplay is solid and moves at your pace, the graphics and sound are top-notch (for a retro pixel game) and the devs seem like good sports as you can reach their HQ in-game and feast on them! One to keep an eye on in 2020.

 

[LESS T_T]

Time Fragments: 24h in Capua, yet another token-style RPG but more focused on non-combat role-playing:

BACKGROUND
Time Fragments: 24h in Capua is an adventure RPG game set in 73 BC during the famous slave rebellion in Capua lead by the infamous Thracian soldier Spartacus.

In the future the human race have found a way to send up to three persons to a specific time and place in the past for observation purposes. The "Bridge" is open for only 72h. After no contact has been made with the three scientist for 48h, you and a companion of your choice are sent in to find them or at least one of them, having only 24h to do so!

UNIQUE STYLE OF PLAY
Game focuses on a unique style of play. At your disposal you have skills like manipulation, intimidation, negotiation, sneaking, distracting, pickpocketing, lockpicking, forgery, running, jumping and climbing, rather than the traditional "hit and kill" your way through the game type of RPGs. Luck is a part of these encounters and it has a special way of being intertwined with the game mechanics.

The game is "turn based" with a top down view. This will force you to organize your every move as every action, except conversations, costs some number of minutes or hours. Stories are flowing and ever changing depending on your actions and skills you harness. Choices will echo throughout the game, leading you to new encounters in each playthrough.

RANKS
If you ever wondered how would it feel to be the general of the Roman army, a good senator or maybe even gladiator or the new leader of the rebellion, you will have that option. It will not be easy, it takes some serious planning, but it will be worth it. A completely new and fun way to play ones obtained.

You can play for both sides, double or triple cross. Each choice will matter, for better or worse. Will you end up as a slave? maybe the richest person in the whole Capua, prominent doctor or the "Champion of Capua"...and many more outcomes will depend on the choices you make but never lose sight on the end goal-to find the missing scientists.

MAP
The map has over 100 locations. You are free to chose any direction and any way, but be mindful of the time it takes to get to them! Some locations will require disguises or special items to get in, others can be infiltrated in other nefarious ways.

Each location offers some clue on the whereabouts of the missing scientists. You can obtain them in multiple ways, manipulating and distracting the guards or maybe setting the place on fire to empty the room. Each location is unique and can be played differently each time.

Features

• Chose the background of your character to coincide with your unique style of play
• Over 12 skills available within 4 groups of abilities (Social, Thievery, Endurance, Intelligence)
• Special system for "luck effect"
• Find your gear to further enhance your character
• Disguise yourself as with one of 25 disguises and gain access to forbidden areas, new stories previously unattainable

• Explore the map with over 100 locations
• Plan your every move within in-game 24h. EVERY ACTION costs time...and minutes add up!
• Choose your style of play, whether is to approach silently making a domino effect or use your highly tuned skills help you out
• Chose your Companion! Each one has a different need, but offers different help

• Replay it more than 15 times each time with a unique story, different way of playing and a new ending
• Richly diverse world with possible alternative history
• Try to rise through army, political or rebels ranks, do completely new quests and meet new people
• Try saving all three scientists that are lost, but most of all try to SURVIVE!

Bot Net: Ramshackle Robotics, "a turn-based strategy rogue-like where you'll build an army of ramshackle robots to fight off an alien invasion":

The ship is disabled, the aliens have boarded, and slain everyone in sight!

Help isn’t coming, and it’s all on you to take up the roll of the hero, stop the aliens, and save the day.

One problem... You aren’t a hero...

You don’t have an awesome suit of power armor, a big gun, or even a crowbar. You are the ship’s IT guy, and right now, you’re locked in your office armed with nothing but a computer, a 3D printer, and a handful of janitor bots, hastily reprogrammed for combat.

Your only hope for survival is to send your bots out to explore the ruined ship, find vital resources and upgrades, and build a force strong enough to take back control of the ship!

'Bot Net: Ramshackle Robotics' is a turn-based strategy rogue-like where you'll build an army of ramshackle robots to fight off an alien invasion!

"Build your bots, command your army, defeat the invaders!"

• Build and command an army of robots using the innovative 'Command System' to create unique and strategic behaviors for your bots!
  
• Explore randomly generated ships with unique layouts and loot to find!
  
• Take a dive into the easy to learn, hard to master depth of Bot Net's blend of grand strategy and squad based strategy!
  
• Spend your hard earned resources on a large variety of specialized bot upgrades along with powerful weapons and items!
  
• Turn the tides of battle by gaining control of 'Stations'; key locations that provide powerful bonuses and large-scale effects!
  
• Learn to outsmart your enemies by exploiting their unique behaviors!

There's a demo on Steam.

 

[Aemar]

Simcity 4 Deluxe is 90% off again at Fanatical, in case you missed it the last time. https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sim-city-4-deluxe-edition

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/eador-genesis

Same place, Eador: Genesis costs only 0.49 euros for a couple of more days.

 

[Azalin]

Hmmm, almost half the games on my wishlist are on sale now even though the Halloween sale hasn't officially started and some of them aren't even horror themed(Kingmaker,Kenshi,Battle Brothers etc).
That's weird

 

[Abu Antar]

Hmmm, almost half the games on my wishlist are on sale now even though the Halloween sale hasn't officially started and some of them aren't even horror themed(Kingmaker,Kenshi,Battle Brothers etc).
That's weird

Yeah, just got a mail about 24 games on my wishlist being on sale.

 

[Anthedon]

The Halloween sale is live, just not on the front page it seems: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/halloween2019

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I only have five games on my Wishlist on sale... three of them are trash-tier titles and the other two have pitiful discounts.

Since I can't even get Steam to load properly right now, it looks like this won't be a Sale for me.