Not part of the Steam sale, but while Control at 90% off is a great deal I feel obliged to raise awareness of the current Remedy 30th Anniversary Humble Bundle, which has their whole catalogue minus Firebreak for about 30 bucks - which I think is an even better deal.
Buying games and playing games are different hobbies. On a similar note, I tried to buy System Shock (on GOG) just to be greeted by an “Already in your library” message.
Cheap all-time-low price tag games (according to SteamDB) that I‘ve played myself and can recommend:
Slime Rancher
Broforce
My Friend Pedro
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Poly Bridge 2 (also the first one)
Clustertruck
Risk of Rain (the old one)
The Swapper
Rogue Legacy
McPixel 3 (also the first one)
Overcooked (also the second one)
Party Hard
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince (and other series entries)
Train Valley
Minit
All of these are of varying genres so probably most of them aren‘t everyone‘s cup of tea, but maybe one or two are gems that you hadn’t heard about yet. List isn‘t conclusive, obviously, but I don‘t wanna spam too much.
Looking for suggestions for 2D low-spec/laptop friendly games. Picked up Ale Abbey thus far, simulator/colony managers are my jam right now but want some variety too.
Fair warning: lots of roguelikes on this list. Just seems like the devs of these games really like 2d non-demanding visuals. And I don’t know how low do you need to go, so check these individually.
Don’t even need a sale for Moonring, which is a retro turn-based RPG, completely free. Runs on a potato.
Original Monster Train should work decently well, it’s 90% off.
Shogun Showdown is really cool, 50% off.
Necesse is a very fun Terraria-like, coming out of EA in like a week and on sale now.
Look into Reus 2, very fun, but it’s got some more visual effects so may be a bit too much. Same with Astral Ascent, one of my fave action roguelikes but, well, it’s action. Needs a decent framerate. Same with Dead Cells, Cult of the Lamb and Chronicon - great games, 2d, but may require a basic dedicated video card or a beefy integrated one.
Spellcaster University is not a forever game but it’ll be fun for a while.
Cook Serve Delicious series is really good. You can start with 1, they are each a bit different.
Cross Code if you want an RPG. Citizen Sleeper or Road Warden if you want an RPG that’s borderline a visual novel. Slay the Princess if you straight up want a visual novel.
Library of Ruina and Lobotomy Corporation if you’re a masochist who likes a good story.
Then there’s eternal classics like Stardew Valley, Balatro, Terraria,FTL, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire or Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
And on the incredibly niche side of things, I recommend Intergalactic Fishing and Rings of Saturn.
Hopefully something from this list catches your fancy!
Great list! I will add Wildfrost and LONESTAR on the roguelite, “there’s gotta be a way to survive this turn, if only I could figure it out” side. Wildfrost is at the historical low, LONESTAR is not quite but close.
Then there’s eternal classics like Stardew Valley, Balatro, Terraria,FTL, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire or Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Did you check my installed games? Sure, I’ve replaced FTL with Void War (same game tbh) and play Slay the Spire on my phone (and laptop via screen mirroring) but that list is ~80% of what I’m looking to move on from!
I’ve found success with static backgrounds and turn-based games. I have made due with 1600x90 at 50% texture rendering for CK3 but that’s different. I’m not sure if they’re on sale but for the sake of listing more laptop friendly games: Across the Obelisk, For the King, Tales of Maj’eyal, Loop Hero and Project Zomboid do well.
Minecraft and Rimworld depends on modlist. I tried to downsize my 150-odd Rimworld mods and ended up with 200, c’est la vie.
Will investigate you list tonight and keep you posted!
It’s only 30% off, but Esports Godfather should run on any remotely recent laptop and is great fun. I didn’t feel bad about paying full price for it, played over a hundred hours all told since release. Not quite a simulator/colony manager but it’s a deckbuilder/manager so close enough?
I think Halo the MCC is 75% off for the first time, so I got that and Mortician’s Tale. Sons of the Forest also seems to be at its highest discount for the first time, so I might get that.
OP, if you have a VR setup, Pistol Whip is absolutely worth it if you like games like beat saber. Even without trying to shoot on beat, it’s a blast. There are a bunch of songs that are one offs, and there are two campaigns (or there were last time I played, there might be more). The devs are awesome, the guns are fun, and it’s a hell of a workout.
shapez 2 wasn’t able to catch my passion at all. The first game was quite simple and got repetitive and boring after a while, and that’s fine. the second one added more mechanics but it didn’t feel any less repetitive
I think having played shapes.io to completion, it didn’t feel like the progress was any different in 2. Just more of the same, made it harder to get into for me I think. Also the new mechanics (other than layers) feel far away during the first save.
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Not part of the Steam sale, but while Control at 90% off is a great deal I feel obliged to raise awareness of the current Remedy 30th Anniversary Humble Bundle, which has their whole catalogue minus Firebreak for about 30 bucks - which I think is an even better deal.
How’s your backlog doing?
Let’s see:
Yeah, I think I’ll sit this one out.
Overwhelming
heheh
Buying games and playing games are different hobbies. On a similar note, I tried to buy System Shock (on GOG) just to be greeted by an “Already in your library” message.
Cheap all-time-low price tag games (according to SteamDB) that I‘ve played myself and can recommend:
Slime Rancher
Broforce
My Friend Pedro
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Poly Bridge 2 (also the first one)
Clustertruck
Risk of Rain (the old one)
The Swapper
Rogue Legacy
McPixel 3 (also the first one)
Overcooked (also the second one)
Party Hard
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince (and other series entries)
Train Valley
Minit
All of these are of varying genres so probably most of them aren‘t everyone‘s cup of tea, but maybe one or two are gems that you hadn’t heard about yet. List isn‘t conclusive, obviously, but I don‘t wanna spam too much.
Valid list.
Control and Witcher 3 are also on sale for 90 and 80% off respectively.
Looking for suggestions for 2D low-spec/laptop friendly games. Picked up Ale Abbey thus far, simulator/colony managers are my jam right now but want some variety too.
Fair warning: lots of roguelikes on this list. Just seems like the devs of these games really like 2d non-demanding visuals. And I don’t know how low do you need to go, so check these individually.
Don’t even need a sale for Moonring, which is a retro turn-based RPG, completely free. Runs on a potato.
Original Monster Train should work decently well, it’s 90% off.
Shogun Showdown is really cool, 50% off. Necesse is a very fun Terraria-like, coming out of EA in like a week and on sale now.
Look into Reus 2, very fun, but it’s got some more visual effects so may be a bit too much. Same with Astral Ascent, one of my fave action roguelikes but, well, it’s action. Needs a decent framerate. Same with Dead Cells, Cult of the Lamb and Chronicon - great games, 2d, but may require a basic dedicated video card or a beefy integrated one.
Spellcaster University is not a forever game but it’ll be fun for a while.
Cook Serve Delicious series is really good. You can start with 1, they are each a bit different.
Cross Code if you want an RPG. Citizen Sleeper or Road Warden if you want an RPG that’s borderline a visual novel. Slay the Princess if you straight up want a visual novel.
Library of Ruina and Lobotomy Corporation if you’re a masochist who likes a good story.
Then there’s eternal classics like Stardew Valley, Balatro, Terraria,FTL, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire or Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
And on the incredibly niche side of things, I recommend Intergalactic Fishing and Rings of Saturn.
Hopefully something from this list catches your fancy!
Great list! I will add Wildfrost and LONESTAR on the roguelite, “there’s gotta be a way to survive this turn, if only I could figure it out” side. Wildfrost is at the historical low, LONESTAR is not quite but close.
Hell yeah! Thank you so much.
Did you check my installed games? Sure, I’ve replaced FTL with Void War (same game tbh) and play Slay the Spire on my phone (and laptop via screen mirroring) but that list is ~80% of what I’m looking to move on from!
I’ve found success with static backgrounds and turn-based games. I have made due with 1600x90 at 50% texture rendering for CK3 but that’s different. I’m not sure if they’re on sale but for the sake of listing more laptop friendly games: Across the Obelisk, For the King, Tales of Maj’eyal, Loop Hero and Project Zomboid do well.
Minecraft and Rimworld depends on modlist. I tried to downsize my 150-odd Rimworld mods and ended up with 200, c’est la vie.
Will investigate you list tonight and keep you posted!
It’s only 30% off, but Esports Godfather should run on any remotely recent laptop and is great fun. I didn’t feel bad about paying full price for it, played over a hundred hours all told since release. Not quite a simulator/colony manager but it’s a deckbuilder/manager so close enough?
Rise of the Tomb Raider is only £2.50 on GOG which is a great deal. In my opinion it’s by far the best in the newest trilogy.
Got that for free on Epic. But… Epic.
If you won’t play it because of Epic(?) then it’s your loss I guess as it’s a great game.
I have been playing it, but I’d obviously rather it not be on Epic, is what I’m saying.
Oh ok. Your comment sounded like the standard “I won’t play because it’s not on Steam” that people say but I hope you enjoy it.
I have a great love for games that have a snow/winter themed and ROTTR is no exception as it’s a beautiful game.
I’ll keep on trucking on it whenever I get a chance then 😊
Other games that look cool but I haven’t played
I think Halo the MCC is 75% off for the first time, so I got that and Mortician’s Tale. Sons of the Forest also seems to be at its highest discount for the first time, so I might get that.
OP, if you have a VR setup, Pistol Whip is absolutely worth it if you like games like beat saber. Even without trying to shoot on beat, it’s a blast. There are a bunch of songs that are one offs, and there are two campaigns (or there were last time I played, there might be more). The devs are awesome, the guns are fun, and it’s a hell of a workout.
shapez 2 wasn’t able to catch my passion at all. The first game was quite simple and got repetitive and boring after a while, and that’s fine. the second one added more mechanics but it didn’t feel any less repetitive
Supposedly coming an update soon that changes quite a bit.
I think having played shapes.io to completion, it didn’t feel like the progress was any different in 2. Just more of the same, made it harder to get into for me I think. Also the new mechanics (other than layers) feel far away during the first save.