The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[LESS T_T]

Spyro trilogy remaster:




Contra Collection:

The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of players.

Grab power ups and blast your way through waves of menacing enemies and bosses that will put your reaction skills to the test. Also included is a digital Bonus Book with tons of concept documents and sketches, the official chronology of the franchise, an exclusive interview with the veteran producer of the series, and more!


Alone or with a friend, Contra provides hours of nail biting action. In a pinch; make sure you know the code!

Contra (Arcade)
Super Contra
Contra (NA)
Contra (JP)
Super C
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Operation C
Contra Hard Corps
Super Probotector Alien Rebels
Probotector

 

[JaMpocalypse]

 

[Crane]

This trend towards remastering games and releasing them at premium prices.... I don't find this a good substitute for the creation of new content.

 

[Curratum]

Pah, maybe when they bring Centurion HD Remaster! :D

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Exanima finally, FINALLY going on sale. Think I'll pick it up, been eyeballing it for ages since it's as close to a modern Die by the Sword as I'm likely ever going to get and for about $10 it's probably a good time.

 

[rohand]

Blackguards 2 at -80% - worth it at that discount?

 

[Zombra]

Blackguards 2 at -80% - worth it at that discount?

I haven't played but the Konsensus seems to be it's not particularly worth your time.

 

[Modron]

Blackguards 2 at -80% - worth it at that discount?

I haven't played but the Konsensus seems to be it's not particularly worth your time.

I kind of feel like most of that konsensus is from people who haven't played it though and just parroting the opinions of a small handful of vocal detractors. Sure it is not as good as the first game but it also isn't terrible.

 

[deuxhero]

Blackguards is pretty good. Worth a play if you like tRPGs.
Blackguards 2 is shit.

 

[Citizen]

Slitherine's 2018 real-time tactical wargame:

OH BOY

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Solid Snail]

How is Sinner? Worth playing?

 

[Abu Antar]

Blackguards 2 at -80% - worth it at that discount?

Not in my opinion. Streamlined character system and overly long battles. Taking and retaking cities also feels like a chore with super long battles. The first game is much better and has more fun battles.

 

[Heretic]

 

[Heretic]

 

[LESS T_T]

A free book of design documents from Zachtronics games (SpaceChem, Opus Magnum, Infinifactory, etc.), plus prototypes and early games from them:

ZACH-LIKE is a book of behind-the-scenes design documents from Zachtronics.

The digital version of ZACH-LIKE contains the full contents of the book (in two different PDF layouts), a bunch of terrible games that Zach made before SpaceChem, and some prototypes and early builds of Zachtronics games, both released and... not.

• Read ZACH-LIKE in its entirety, either in tablet-friendly portrait mode or widescreen-friendly "simulated book" mode!
  
• Experiment with omnivators, liquids, robots, and more in an early build of Infinifactory with hideous placeholder art!
  
• Play an early version of Opus Magnum where arms stack recursively, and the weird solitaire tactics minigame that was cut from it.
  
• Explore the lost undersea world of Project Typhoon, the submarine-based sandbox game we stopped making a few months into development.
  
• Grab three friends and four keyboards and conquer the network in Hack the Planet, a game Zach made specifically for a party at his house.
  
• Enjoy* the entire back catalogue of pre-SpaceChem Zachtronics games, from Gregor Mendel's Pro Botanist to the infamous Infiniminer.

*Any enjoyment other than ironic is not guaranteed.

With very cool launcher:

 

[LESS T_T]

Another wave of Piko re-release on Steam, including Super Hero League of Hoboken:

 

[Modron]

They Are Billions exits early access


As Dead Monarchy enters it


Western JRPG


A decent looking point and click adventure game


Edit: Forgot, granted hard to miss it with that banner up on steam

 

[Infinitron]

Croteam 26th anniversary sale: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/croteam

 

[karoliner]

GOTY 2019

 

[Solid Snail]

 

[Abu Antar]

 

[Don Peste]

 

[PrettyDeadman]

This looks like some serious case of incline.

 

[Curratum]

theHunter Call of the Wild finally has wolves in a new reserve!