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a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works

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The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)

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Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.

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Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.

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Stop the mayor from polluting the swamp in this short, 3D adventure! Explore new open locales with skateboard in hand or while grinding on pipelines — Greenjamin's skating into the third dimension in SKATOR GATOR 3D!

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SUPER 56 challenges players to overcome 56 genre-bending mini-games with the press of a single button. Compete in daily challenges, earn achievements, and destroy high scores. Outlandish chaos awaits you in Hell!

Play posted:

Early Access. 98% positive out of over 500 reviews. Why are there 500 reviews for a tiny cheap game that apparently released 4 days ago? I have no loving clue. Maybe it's the cannibalism. Or the incest

Hogama posted:

It was apparently a 4chan darling before Early Access launched on Steam

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Hellboy Web of Wyrd is a roguelike action brawler with an original story created in partnership with Dark Horse Comics and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. When an agent of the B.P.R.D. goes missing, Hellboy is sent to investigate; pulling him into the depths of the Wyrd.

Jedit posted:

So, definitely the cannibalism and the incest then.

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Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

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A story driven deckbuilding adventure set in a nordic world with an epic soundtrack. Roll your dice, then alter your dice and reinvent the fate of the realms! Build to suit your playstyle and discover an intricate plot from the eyes of a fledgling elven warrior.

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Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.

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Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.

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Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

ultrafilter posted:

Mosa Lina

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256976457/movie480_vp9.webm
100% out of 37.

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Embark on a quest to avenge the death of your parents at the hands of the alpha predator: Gaw. Conquer waves of primal beasts and defeat the minions of your arch-nemesis. Traverse the mysterious island and uncover secrets as you encounter swamps, waterfalls, jungle, and skullite-

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Card game mechanics - check; Real time battles - check; Silly humor - check. If this isn't the game of your dreams i don't know what is (Also we have hidden memes everywhere lol)

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Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.

Play posted:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097890/Skull_Island_Rise_of_Kong/
https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256969790/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1697558323

Mostly negative reviews, apparently this game as absolutely terrible. Just posting it because it's funny what is done sometimes to licensed IPs and how disastrous a lot of games like that end up being.

haldolium posted:

huh apparently Kona 2 was released


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229020/Kona_II_Brume/

never finished the first but always liked its atmosphere, stood out from walking sims/horror stuff

fez_machine posted:

King Kong is public domain if your film, novel or whatever is based solely on the novelization of the original film.

fez_machine posted:

King Kong is public domain if your film, novel or whatever is based solely on the novelization of the original film.

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King Kong of Skull Island is an intellectual property owned by DeVito ArtWorks, LLC. It encompasses a series of novels, comic books, and other media featuring the King Kong character, based around a 2005 rewrite of the 1932 novelization of the original King Kong film by Brad Strickland and Joe DeVito. The property is endorsed by and published by license through the estate of Merian C. Cooper, Kong's original creator.

DreadUnknown posted:

Im currently playing KONA 2, it's not as open as the first game but feels way more polished. I'm enjoying it so far, and they give you sone difficulty options so you don't have to worry about survival things as much which is nice if you just want to enjoy the story without the micromanagement. Pretty good so far.

fez_machine posted:

King Kong is public domain if your film, novel or whatever is based solely on the novelization of the original film.

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Hellboy Web of Wyrd is a roguelike action brawler with an original story created in partnership with Dark Horse Comics and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. When an agent of the B.P.R.D. goes missing, Hellboy is sent to investigate; pulling him into the depths of the Wyrd.

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NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.

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In Sea of Survivors, you can sail your ship in any direction but you can never stop moving. Evade and destroy hordes of pirates and sea monsters to gain experience, level up and choose upgrades for your ship. Discover mysterious curses, unlock unique treasures and fight for survival.

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Embark on a magical quest as Fynn the dragon to rescue your unhatched siblings from the mysterious Cavern of Dreams in this N64-style 3D platformer. Gain new abilities, meet unique characters, solve puzzles, and beware of the mysterious villain.

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You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!

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The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.

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In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!

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The world’s raddest cars are back and taking the fun to the next level! Race over 130 vehicles with crazy new mechanics and even more vehicle types. Plus, build your tracks with stunning new environments and different game modes to have fun off and online!

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Relive the legend of Goliath and save the world from destruction.

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Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

ultrafilter posted:

WORLD OF HORROR

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256965893/movie480_vp9.webm
93% out of 5400, but recent reviews are mixed. 25% launch discount.

ultrafilter posted:

WORLD OF HORROR

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256965893/movie480_vp9.webm
93% out of 5400, but recent reviews are mixed. 25% launch discount.

Ardryn posted:

The recent reviews seem to mostly be from Japanese and Chinese players, and google translate seems to be saying they're mostly complaining about wanting the "official version", which probably means 1.0 wasn't a worldwide simultaneous release.

an owls casket posted:

Don't know if anyone else here watches it, but the dude who runs this channel does several videos a week highlighting the promising indie releases of the week as well as games that might have slipped under people's radar. He's got lots of videos going back several years, so it's definitely worth checking out if you don't mind your wishlists and Steam libraries ballooning in size.

Snooze Cruise posted:

lol


lol

galenanorth posted:

What situation prompted the letter? I tried it, and after initiating a bot ban, apparently the bot ban was taken literally and included weather/emergency service bots, rather than being limited to astroturfing, but it wouldn't let me ban only astroturfing bots. When users started complaining about the loss of emergency services, the options were keep the ban, have an approval process and whitelist for bots, or lift the ban.

Future Video GamesUK posted:

Oh this looks neat, thank you!

Snooze Cruise posted:

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The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.

StarkRavingMad posted:

Farmer's Life is exiting Early Access today with its 1.0 release.

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256976229/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1697469318

I suspect a lot of people might overlook it because its published by Playway (publishers of all kinds of shovelware), but it has been in Early Access and active development for about three years now and I think it's actually quite good. It's a first-person farming/life sim that also has hunting, fishing, cooking, booze distilling, animal husbandry, building structures, and marriage. You start out having to till and raise crops by hand but can upgrade to a tractor with attachments like a three row till, a seeder, a manure spreader, and a digger.

There's a bunch of NPCs who have quests for you and a "main quest" storyline that involves getting your life back together. This game has one of the most depressing tutorials I've ever seen, by the way. It's 1955 and Kasimir (the player character) has come back from the war to find out that both of his parents died and he's inherited their farm. Depressed and lonely, alcoholism gets the better of him, and over the course of the tutorial you sell your tools for booze, have the animals run away after the barn catches on fire during a storm, and let the farm fall into disrepair. You take over at the start of the real game when Kasimir decides to get his life back together. You start with just a few chickens, your prize pig and best friend Fluffy, and a run-down farm.

I posted some tips about it over in the Niche Simulators thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3793583&pagenumber=54#post535396627

On launch sale for $15.99, Very Positive rating with over a thousand reviews.

BrianRx posted:

From reading the description and reviews, it seems like balancing recovery from alcohol abuse with other factors is a mechanic. How is it handled? Is it a bar that fills up due to maluses from other activities like sanity in some horror games or is it more nuanced? I've never seen recovery from substance abuse disorder as a principal mechanic in a game and I think it could either be really well done or be so abstracted that it's just another need to manage.

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Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.