Especially great deals on some of the all-time greats
Edit: it looks like the banner is incorrect. On the front page of steam it’s the right dates and says summer, but when I click on it to see all the sales it says spring with the dates for the spring sale. It’ll probably get fixed soon.
From those that I bought, It’s probably the game I’ve played the most, though it is more of an idle game than anything else and at higher levels it became old really quick (for me).
Tower Wizard is really good. If you want a taster of the style, the dev has a previous game Magic Archery which is 100% free (no microtransactions), just a very good, short, incremental game.
Looks cool but I’ve never played a clicker game. I like Melvor Idle but I’m not sure how much I would like simply repeatedly clicking on things to progress
Totally understandable, but this one is set up so you’re not actually just clicking more than a few seconds at the beginning. And then it is really streamlined going forward so you’re actually doing micromanagement on your tower. You can click on something to slightly boost its production speed, and pretty early on you can unlock an auto click where you just cover your cursor over or something if you wanna boost it, but it’s totally optional
Tic Tac Together is team-based recursive tic-tac-toe. When both teams try to claim the same square at the same time, they have to fight for it by playing a subgame. Or a subsubgame. Et cetera. It’s surprisingly strategic. How much board control should you give up to secure a contested square?
I’ve heard good things about Sunderfolk but haven’t played it myself. It has hex-grid tactical combat with co-op done via smartphone, so only the buyer of the game needs to share their screen.
I know the 2 games below have 2 player couch coop. Not sure if you can play with 4p local on EDF
Dynasty Warriors 8 - beat up soldiers by the hundreds while watching Romance of 3 Kingdoms as a 3D anime. “Complete Edition” but still has fuckloads of DLC skins which aren’t worth it. Or just buy and pirate the actual complete thing later.
Earth Defense Force 5 - Kill giant insects and aliens with building-destroying firepower. The story and narration in 5 takes itself too seriously, but it has many quality of life improvements over 4, which is overall a funnier game with the best infantry sing-along
Tinkerlands. I just got it together with Novalands (which is a good time sink on switch). Haven’t started playing it yet, but it seems similar to terraria, but topdown and with more focus on coop.
Here are some “patient” games I’ve played that are on dollar-bin deals right now. Some are actually cheaper off-Steam, so in those cases, I link there instead.
You only listed Bastion, but the other Supergiant games always go on sale as well. Anyone interested, do yourself a favor and get Transistor and/or Pyre instead or as well.
I’ve been a long time Supergiant fan and it was a thing of gaming beauty to see Hades have such success as it masterfully blended all 3 of their games into the perfect package. Bastion was their first and my least favorite (probably because of it). But it is still worth playing for sure.
Transistor was the first I played and what made me fall in love with their studio. God tier soundtrack, incredible setting, and innovative real time/turn based combat gameplay.
Pyre is the black sheep but my favorite. It is undeniably unique gameplay. But, true talk, you really play it for the story, and that is very much not my gaming MO. It’s indescribable and any fan of Hades wouldn’t receive that game without Pyre coming first. If you liked even 1 character in Hades, you owe it to yourself to play this. I’m not a fantasy fan but I adore the world they crafted. And it is, somehow, probably Korb’s best soundtrack.
Patience may reward you with even lower prices. But they routinely hit this low in every big sale these days. And the risk of not playing them before you die far outweighs the extra dollar you might save.
Dude. Fair warning for anybody getting into Vampire Survivors.
It’s designed with bunch of video lottery type effects.
This thing will grab you and not let go. Particularly after you get good at it.
Each round is 30 minutes. I think that’s so people will step away regularly instead of being stuck there. Seriously, its addictive.
(And cheap, and fun, and constantly getting free updates, and dev has his own damn wiki not on fandom.)
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Tower wizard just came out but it’s amazing at $3
From those that I bought, It’s probably the game I’ve played the most, though it is more of an idle game than anything else and at higher levels it became old really quick (for me).
There’s a million free versions of this game on any appstore. This is just like, idle clicker + wizards
Tower Wizard is really good. If you want a taster of the style, the dev has a previous game Magic Archery which is 100% free (no microtransactions), just a very good, short, incremental game.
Looks cool but I’ve never played a clicker game. I like Melvor Idle but I’m not sure how much I would like simply repeatedly clicking on things to progress
Totally understandable, but this one is set up so you’re not actually just clicking more than a few seconds at the beginning. And then it is really streamlined going forward so you’re actually doing micromanagement on your tower. You can click on something to slightly boost its production speed, and pretty early on you can unlock an auto click where you just cover your cursor over or something if you wanna boost it, but it’s totally optional
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Can anyone recommend a game that can be played over zoom (preferably in a web browser) that isn’t:
Tic Tac Together is team-based recursive tic-tac-toe. When both teams try to claim the same square at the same time, they have to fight for it by playing a subgame. Or a subsubgame. Et cetera. It’s surprisingly strategic. How much board control should you give up to secure a contested square?
I’ve heard good things about Sunderfolk but haven’t played it myself. It has hex-grid tactical combat with co-op done via smartphone, so only the buyer of the game needs to share their screen.
I’ll check those out and thanks!
Can someone recommend a bunch of good couch coop games I’ve never heard of
I know the 2 games below have 2 player couch coop. Not sure if you can play with 4p local on EDF
Which ones have you heard of?
If you can forgive the self promotion and enjoy platformers. Our game has (an admittedly challenging) couch coop mode.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771200/Cat_Box_Paradox/
Tinkerlands. I just got it together with Novalands (which is a good time sink on switch). Haven’t started playing it yet, but it seems similar to terraria, but topdown and with more focus on coop.
Does this one have couch coop? I remember buying Don’t Starve Together and finding out it was only “online” together really rustled my gears
Oh, sorry. It looks like only online co-op. I just checked the settings. There is only options for tcp/ip multi-player, or steam multiplayer.
Depends on which you did hear of. Spelunky you probably did, but is Octodad niche enough?
Ooh, try Full Metal Furies. I personally mostly played single player, but I think co-op should be cooler, though I only played a few stages.
Guardians of the Galaxy was surprisingly good. More so than the movies, the game gives all the characters their due time.
Just make sure to stop when people speak, otherwise you’ll go past the invisible point that makes them stop and then you’ll miss out on the dialogue.
Could have taken some notes from God of War there.
Yeah truly an excellent gaming experience
Damn dude. The AAA games are still expensive, but I don’t think I’ve seen these kinda sales for indy/niche games in years.
Probably not a great economic indicator though.
Which ones? Animal Well is still at -15% after a year, it’s holding on.
I was a bit surprised to see Steamworld Dig 2 at -94%, but then I realised it’s 8 years old.
Dying Light is pretty cheap at $5 USD/EUR
Well, I bought RoboCop.
I mean, after that third movie he wasn’t doing so hot so I suspect Murphy’s pretty cheap……
Yeah, but I’m cheaper so I only paid for the mass produced version. No movie bullet holes for me I’m afraid…
I’d buy that for a dollar
I’d rather use that dollar and buy an older game i haven’t played than spend it on pretty skins.
Amen to that
Nabbed: Ninja Gaiden Collection, Auto Modellista, DOA6
Bonus game: Not really on sale (10% off) but Burggeist after seeing it in the new Iron Pineapple video. I’m a sucker for games inspired by Team Ico.
I wish they port OG NGII to Steam. Goddamn, that game is awesome.
Finally bought the Dead Space remake and WOW do I love this game. It’s even better than I remember the original being.
Good to hear, I think I won’t have time to get around to it this year so I’ll hold off for now
They really fixed most of the aging game problems with the remake imo. I tend to prefer my horror with some agency to fight back.
Still a little expensive for my taste but I think I’ll pick up Space Marine 2 since a buddy has been hounding me to play it with him
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That’s pretty much the norm on the first day.
I’ll start looking tomorrow and compare all the offers.
Bloons TD 6 is $1.39 so I bought a copy for my wife so we can play together.
That’s a steal. It’s a great game
Here are some “patient” games I’ve played that are on dollar-bin deals right now. Some are actually cheaper off-Steam, so in those cases, I link there instead.
You only listed Bastion, but the other Supergiant games always go on sale as well. Anyone interested, do yourself a favor and get Transistor and/or Pyre instead or as well.
I’ve been a long time Supergiant fan and it was a thing of gaming beauty to see Hades have such success as it masterfully blended all 3 of their games into the perfect package. Bastion was their first and my least favorite (probably because of it). But it is still worth playing for sure.
Transistor was the first I played and what made me fall in love with their studio. God tier soundtrack, incredible setting, and innovative real time/turn based combat gameplay.
Pyre is the black sheep but my favorite. It is undeniably unique gameplay. But, true talk, you really play it for the story, and that is very much not my gaming MO. It’s indescribable and any fan of Hades wouldn’t receive that game without Pyre coming first. If you liked even 1 character in Hades, you owe it to yourself to play this. I’m not a fantasy fan but I adore the world they crafted. And it is, somehow, probably Korb’s best soundtrack.
Patience may reward you with even lower prices. But they routinely hit this low in every big sale these days. And the risk of not playing them before you die far outweighs the extra dollar you might save.
Thanks for the suggestions! I picked up a few of these I didn’t already own.
Psychonauts required following a guide very, very closely to get it working correctly with a PS5 controller on the Steam Deck. Worth it!
Black mesa is worth it, full price. I played both the OG and black mesa back to back. Fantastic game!
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Soulstone survivors is solid for $10. Vampire survivors x action RPG with large number of unlockables
Dude. Fair warning for anybody getting into Vampire Survivors.
It’s designed with bunch of video lottery type effects.
This thing will grab you and not let go. Particularly after you get good at it.
Each round is 30 minutes. I think that’s so people will step away regularly instead of being stuck there. Seriously, its addictive.
(And cheap, and fun, and constantly getting free updates, and dev has his own damn wiki not on fandom.)
for everyone who has an issue with the 30 minuted per run: later on you can speed up the game, so each round is down to 15 minutes.
Ya, this is all true. But it was so intense when I got hooked that my fingers hurt. This is a game that will grab you.