With the Steam sale running, this seems like a good time to try this thread again. We don’t often use the downvote button much in Lemmy, but the idea is this: Do your best to present game suggestions that no one has heard of before. If, in reading other people’s suggestions, you spot one that you’re familiar with, then put a downvote on it. Ideally, if the game is past a year old, it may have a discounted price during the Steam sale, and others will be able to check it out.
I’ve made this thread once before and it generated some good suggestions, but the rate of indie publishing on Steam has only accelerated with time, so it seems to be worth trying again.
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Beyond All Reason is an RTS inspired by Total Annihilation.
Hundreds of units, 2 factions (+1 WIP), vehicles, bots, sea, air, amphibious units, terrain matters a lot
It’s not on Steam yet, but it’s free & open source. (It’s on Flathub)
Edit: Oof this is more known than i realized.
Enshrouded
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203620/Enshrouded/I blindly pirated this for a completely unremembered reason. I blew thru 30 hours before getting a chance to buy it. Im addicted to it.
Its early access, but it’s releasing in October, so its pretty much finished. Highly recommended if you like valheim and zelda and building things and lots of fighting (but no base raids thankfully)
Abiotic Factor is a game i hear way too little about despite it beeing one of the best survival crafting games i ever played. If valheim and Halflife had a baby it would be this.
Very good in Singleplayer but amazing in Multiplayer.
Caves of quid
Crosscode.
Fantastic RPG with an amazing story.
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
A light-novel game set in cyberpunk dystopia not unlike modern americas. You play as bartender serving drinks to people.
This one isn’t really niche, but I enjoyed playing Prey (2017).
Edit: It appears that I have made a mistake.