The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[Dreed]

FromSoftware's mech TPS is 50% off for the first time:

 

[Heroic Liberator]

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[LESS T_T]

The festival is on: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SteamGameFestival-Spring

Games are mostly with pastel tones. The most interesting game to Codex is probably Operencia, but it's already released game.

Ah, also Curious Expedition 2 maybe.

 

[jebsmoker]

an officially updated re-release of SiN: Gold is here from nightdive studios:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313/SiN_Gold/

basically i have no excuse to not play this now

 

[Latelistener]

The most interesting game to Codex is probably Operencia, but it's already released game.

Not sure. I'm interested in these, for example:

 

[Belegarsson]

I surprisingly know only 6 of these considering I spend way too much time surfing random indie games feeds.
Really dig this winemaking game since I'm on a tycoon binge lately.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I have so many items on my wishlist that I see new items I want to add to it and they're already on it

 

[LESS T_T]

Re-release of 2000 underwater sci-fi RTS Submarine Titans:

 

[LESS T_T]

Re-release of German stunt racing games:

 

[Dexter]

Free Gayme:

 

[jebsmoker]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/773790/Ostriv/



this has been available for purchase for a few years now, but now it's finally on steam. this basically seems to be an ukrainian The Settlers or Banished, and it seems extremely chill

 

[Modron]

Came to post ostriv but was beaten to the punch so have some Doom



Resident Evil 3 demo




Edit: forgot to include Panzer Corps 2

 

[Curratum]

Doom 64 is a game for cucks.

 

[Dexter]

Notha Free Gaymu:

 

[Baron Dupek]

You can grab Tomb Raider (2013) and Lara Croft and Temple of Osiris for free now.
Only limitations are "no card drops".

Also - IIRC Doom64 on PC have additional episode, they should include that info on the store page.

 

[Dexter]

More Free Gaymus:

 

[cruel]

Not sure if this was posted - Steam top sellers for 2019:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2019_top_sellers

- Sekiro reached the highest, Platinum rank
- new Star Wars game and DMC5 reached Gold
- Code Vein was Silver (this was a surprise for me)
- KCD, Outward, Kenshi and Greedfall reached Bronze (probably best for any Spiders Game)

Surprising how well DOS2 and Witcher 3 are still holding up (both in bronze in 2019)

 

[Dexter]

More Free Shit:

 

[Latelistener]

Played a few demos from the festival.

Carrion is a blast. Somewhat simplistic, but very enjoyable.
Operencia is good, but I didn't like the amount garbage loot in the game. Also, too many dialogues for my taste.
Spiritfarer looks beautiful, but I'm not sure what to say about the game. There is no combat or much platforming, so it's more of an adventure I guess.
Superliminal has some interesting puzzle ideas, but I have a feeling it will get very stale if that's all the game has to offer. Also, it's a bit empty and lifeless.
Hundred Days is too short to actually get any impressions. Kind of disappointing.
Vigil is the one I did not like very much. Controls are not really pleasant and it throws a bunch of characters at you you're suppose to give a shit about, but you don't.

 

[Dexter]

This seems kinda interesting, reminds me of Woodruff:


Also what else can everyone recommend from the "Game Festival" btw.?

CARRION seemed interesting enough but the Demo is kinda short.
Quench reminded me of From Dust, but it's Low-Effort Unity shit and very Meh.
Hundred Days isn't actually a Management Sim, but some weird game where you "draw cards" onto a board every turn, also very subject-specific without much of an explanation.
Pushy Pully - Eh, was thinking "Bomberman" but seems to be more of a time-based puzzle game without much Action.

None of them came off like "Must Buys".

 

[Abu Antar]

I don't know if this is the right thread or the wrong thread the wrong thread fo this, but another delisted game appears:


Dexter If you haven't played the Solasta demo, give it a shot.

 

[Dexter]

Liberated kinda reminded me of Comix Zone, but seems to be more of an Interactive comic with a few relatively slow and boring Jump & Run Shooty sequences instead and some backstory about Dystopia and Anonym00se or something.
Röki seems cool so far although rather short Demo, 3D Adventure with an interesting art style in a lovely Fantasy world with hints of Nordic influence. Reminds me of Dreamfall.
Operencia has an intriguing art-style, but I'm not sure as to some of the design choices or why some gay romance-novel cover designer apparently painted the character portraits. Seems fine enough as a game though, if it wasn't for the "Epic Exclusive" thing.
Spiritfarer - Meh, barely anything happens and there's no Gameplay
Filament - Shit gets real complicated real fast, but has some promise. Not for someone that dislikes puzzle games.
Haven - A bit cringe but interesting enough, not sure about the battle system.

Dexter If you haven't played the Solasta demo, give it a shot.

The Butch Dyke looking thing in the Trailer kind of scared me off. Can't say I feel better about the characters IG "The Old Empire was built on Slavery and Racism!" LOL.

Animation is choppy and awkward. If they want to do face animation and Cutscenes they're gonna have to do a lot better than that. Don't like how the camera moves, it jumps all over and constantly brings me back to the party while trying to look around, also hangs at walls or above em etc. UI looks bad and is awkward - haven't even found an easy way to change the way they're facing when walk-clicking, even reading shit in the inventory is a pain, some of the interactions with the environment are promising. It hung up on me once when starting a battle during a Cutscene and couldn't Load or Save. I wouldn't have shown it to people at this stage, much less polished than anything else I've tried.

 

[Latelistener]

Played a few demos from the festival.

Carrion is a blast. Somewhat simplistic, but very enjoyable.
Operencia is good, but I didn't like the amount garbage loot in the game. Also, too many dialogues for my taste.
Spiritfarer looks beautiful, but I'm not sure what to say about the game. There is no combat or much platforming, so it's more of an adventure I guess.
Superliminal has some interesting puzzle ideas, but I have a feeling it will get very stale if that's all the game has to offer. Also, it's a bit empty and lifeless.
Hundred Days is too short to actually get any impressions. Kind of disappointing.
Vigil is the one I did not like very much. Controls are not really pleasant and it throws a bunch of characters at you you're suppose to give a shit about, but you don't.

Played a few more.

Haven is like No Man's Sky, but at least gone in the right direction. You don't need billions of planets - you need one, but memorable. Writing is a cringe though.
Filament is a great puzzle game that keep upping up difficulty and new mechanics in it. I expect it to be good at least. It has better chances than Superliminal, strangely enough.
Heavenly Bodies is one of those physics-based games to mess up with your friends. Enjoyed it.
Eldest Souls is a clone, obviously, but done quite good. It looks nice and sounds nice and combat feels good enough. Although I encountered a bug and couldn't get past the second boss.
Röki is a good looking adventure game with interesting setting, but I'm not sure whether gameplay will hold up to it. All you had to do in the demo is finding specific items in order to progress.
Elden: Path of the Forgotten is another DS clone, but you can't even hit diagonally with your character. Didn't like it.
Hazel Sky looks like a great adventure game on the surface, but I regret even installing it. Short, bad controls and performance and horrible voice acting.
Liberated looked good too from the store page, but I also didn't like it. They didn't show much of a story and gameplay was extremely boring.

 

[sser]

The Butch Dyke looking thing in the Trailer kind of scared me off. Can't say I feel better about the characters IG "The Old Empire was built on Slavery and Racism!" LOL.

Guy in the back holding up a finger, "But it was built."