The accompanying Steam sale Indie Game deal thread! We are so Indie, we dont even have a header! (If someone feels like donating a decent header, I'd gladly take it)
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| 1. Overview |
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Since it might take you a while to scroll through this thread, here is a handy list of things you'll find here:
Post #1: Overview, Introductory Blurb & Toma Seal of Approval Sale recommendations
Post #2: New recommendations since the last thread
Post #3: Recommendation Catalog A-D
Post #4: Recommendation Catalog E-N
Post #5: Recommendation Catalog O-R
Post #6: Recommendation Catalog S-Z
Post #7: Bundle Deals & Archive for recommended games not on sale.
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| 2. Introductory Blurb |
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Rules:
- 1. NO CARD, IRISH ACTRESS OR GENERAL STEAM TALK - Visit the main Steam summer sale thread for that: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=840701
- 2. Otherwise feel free to ask about impressions of Indie games, "X or Y?"-questions, mention suggestions for this list or any other game related topic.
- 3. WAIT FOR THE DAILY DEALS....if you dont want to get burned. I have quite a few games on this list that I expect to get way deeper sales down the line. If you cant wait, feel free to disregard that and buy it anyway, more
power money to the Indie devs.
- 4. Obligatory line to make you a bad conscience: For every good Indie game on Steam, there are 10 good Indies not on Steam and less than half of the games mentioned in our Indie GOTY thread are on Steam. If you want MORE great Indies (mainly Desura/unaffiliated), check out our monthly Indie Game thread series and the recommendations in the first post:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=829021 or our Indie GOTY thread from 2013: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
I talked to Salsa about this years ago and without trying to steal any thunder from the main thread, some will probably appreciate a thread with short write ups and a crew of guys mainly to ask for the games that most people didnt play or dont pay attention to. This way it should also be easier to follow the discussion of certain games if its not buried under a few hundred posts of card talk or "SHOULD I BUY THIS; GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS".
This thread is already rather packed, but its in the nature of things, that I couldnt include every game on earth. I stuck to the ones that are generally recommended or recommended by me/the Indie Game thread guys. If there are games not mentioned here, but you you feel strongly about them, then mention them in here in the exact same format as the other entries and I'll add them to the OP if I didnt already. Please copy the following and remove the . in the code tags.
Code:
[b]Gamename[./b] - Price (XX% off)
[quote][img]Screenshot[./img]
[URL]Link[./URL]
Short 2-3 sentence description why people should check it out.[./quote]
I reserve the right not to include troll entries (Looking at you, Bad Rats).
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| 3. Toma Seal of Approval Sale recommendations |
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I decided to write up a quick list of games from this thread that I consider a well balanced list with good deals you should grab this sale or at least need to put on your wish list to wait for a good deal:
- One Way Heroics - $0,87 (75% off) : Magnificient and unique roguelike style game.
- Original War - $0,99 (80% off) : Cheap RTS with a story about time travel, customizable vehicle parts and caveman you can recruit. Tempted to gift away a few dozen copies of this and make a "Lets play..." thread.
- Sentinel - $1,49 (50% off) : Incredibly challenging tower defense game with a great soundtrack that you influence with the tower placement.
- Full Bore - $7,49 (50% off) : Hopefully gets a deeper sale, but this game is 40 hours of puzzle platforming exploration content in a basically open world and was among my top choices for GOTY 2013.
- Divinity II: Developer's Cut - $4 (80% off) ( : Easily among the best RPGs of the past 5 years with a vast world and plenty of stuff to do. Oh and you are a dragon. Ridiculous value at $4.
- Eador: Masters of the Broken World - $4,99 (75% off) : The lowest price its ever been and among the best turn based strategy games out there. Consider grabbing the Humble Weekly Bundle for $9 though to get Ironclad Tactics as well: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly?utm_source=enhancedsteam
- Ironclad Tactics - $7,49 (50% off) : Fantastic card based strategy game with real time combat and deck customization. Lots of content too, consider grabbing it for $9 on the Humble Weekly Bundle to get Eador: Masters of the Broken World as well: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly?utm_source=enhancedsteam
- Gateways - $1,24 (75% off) : Portal meets Braid meets Metroid. Non-linear platforming with portal mechanics and time manipulation for $1,24.
- Papa & Yo - $3,74 (75% off) : Incredibly imaginative and charming 3D puzzle/platforming game.
- SpaceChem - $2,49 (75% off) : To no ones surprise, I'll include this game here as well. I'll preach this game until the day I die. If you never tried the game and you are up for a challenge, give it a whirl for $2,49.
- Grand Ages: Rome - $1,99 (80% off) : Fantastic strategy game in a genre that only sees watered down iOS entries these days. These city builder games were the first games where I started being vocal about certain games on GAF, the accompanying thread is here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=417484 You cant go wrong with paying $2 to build Rome from scratch.
There are way, way, way more great games and deals going on, but at first glance, this is the list of stuff I'd throw at everyone's head considering the prices and quality of the games.
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Again, if you want even MORE Indies (mainly Desura/unaffiliated), check the current monthly Indie thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=829021 or our Indie GOTY thread from 2013:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
