The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[deuxhero]

They're actually, unironically, fr fr charging 14 dollars for a 2007 cellphone game.

The G-MODEアーカイブス series regularlly goes for 40+% off by the first winter sale.

 

[IDtenT]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/anthrofestival2024

 

[Modron]

For once Steam is trying to catch up to GoG.

 

[karoliner]

I don't care at all about the setting but is nice they keep making and improving on this type of games. One day we will have Napoleon Total War at home.

 

[Morgoth]

The Sniper Elite series is on sale.

It's premium Eurojank. Very underrated.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

The Sniper Elite series is on sale.

It's premium Eurojank. Very underrated.

Very good lessons in human anatomy.

 

[Latelistener]

From the looks of it, it's from the same guy who made Gunpoint and Heat Signature and there is a demo available for download:

 

[Infinitron]

Steam Next Fest is live.

Let's see what we got here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest?tab=5

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1590760/Metal_Slug_Tactics/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2027380/Lost_In_The_Open/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2108180/Swordhaven_Iron_Conspiracy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2430170/Hidden_Pass/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2787180/Wardens_of_Chaos/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666550/Dead_Season/

 

[Morgoth]

The Riven Remake now has a demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712350/Riven/

 

[lukaszek]

I really like that tactical breach wizards setting, finally something unique and after giving demo a spin - it works wonders

 

[Morgoth]

Wild Bastards demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/Wild_Bastards/

 

[deuxhero]

Next Fest started. I can't find anything that even looks remotely interesting aside from Metal Slug Tactics which went in my "Why did this have to be a roguelite?"

 

[Fargus]

You like some party based rpg games, bruh? Steam got you covered.

 

[deuxhero]

The Crimson Diamond looks like a nice text parser so far. Adventure games are really a hard genre to judge on a demo though.
Full Court Heroes might be interesting if you're a fan, but demo only has exhibition match so can't tell the quality of the player creation.

 

[Don Peste]

 

[mediocrepoet]

 

[karoliner]

 

[Azalin]

30 euros for 3 Mega Drive/SNES games?Lol,no

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Also lists Limited Run as the developer. Those cucks fired someone for following libsoftiktok on twitter.

 

[Fedora Master]

Finally a game for me.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I tried few demos:

Lost in the Open -Low fantasy medieval setting. Player is a VIP who must flee assassins through hostile countryside. Main character and his retinue gather exp and get to choose upgrades from semi-random list during level ups. Map works in nodes, like in FTL or Wind and the Wilting Blossom, with enemies pursuing player to discourage travelling back. Has turn based tactical battles with action points and flanking. Seems challenging, but I didn't really feel it with this one.

Veterum -Next game from developer of Drums of War and Warbanners. Uses the same turn-based action point system as previous games. Demo offers few story missions and randomly generated missions on node-based open world. Sadly I didn't see any siege battles, but those should be included into finished game. I liked previous games and will probably end up liking this too.

Songs of Steel: Hispania -Historical, story focused strategy game about Roman conquest of Iberia. Relatively simple tactical battles with 2AP system, flanking, hero units and various terrain effects. In between those are some story bits and management of persistent army. Felt promising.

War of Wheels -.... I tried this because I had some cravings for games about vehicular combat and trailer of this indicated some sort of bizarre Mount and Blade -knockoff with cars and for some reason this was tagged as RPG. Demo had simple deadmatch arena, I had some fun, but that's probably just me not playing any sort of DM in years and getting my ego stroked by easy bot kills. Will follow the project with zero expectations.


There was also couple other demos, but those were too low quality to deserve a mention.

 

[toro]

Wild Bastards Demo - FTL-like fps roguelike. It tries to be charming but it's not. Too easy. I think Returnal is the only fps roguelike which actually works.

Caravan Sandwitch Demo - charming walking sim. Good exploration. Too much woke stuff. No combat.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn – Demo - soulslike with performance issue. The retards had one job - copy DaS - and they failed. The combat is crap.

Selfloss Demo - 3rd person adventure game. Charming but the controls are shit. I cannot stand laggy controls anymore ...

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I had the SNES game. Good fun but nothing special. Although SNES had some of the best platformers ever so...

 

[mediocrepoet]

Finally a game for me.

Don't be silly. You don't need a simulator, if anything, the dev looked to you for inspiration.

 

[Duplarius]

20 bucks for 3 games: Cat Quest, Cat Quest II, Cat Quest III

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41962/Cat_Quest_Trilogy/​