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Steam Summer Sale: Hidden Gem/ Recommendations thread (self.gaming)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by chloyster to c/gaming

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Hey all. Always enjoyed reading everyone's suggestions on more unknown games available during big steam sales.

I'll start off with one that I have been a fan of for a long time: Death Road to Canada

This game is like a zombie action Oregon Trail like game, where you manage supplies and fight through hordes of zombies on your way to the safe haven of Canada. Only US$3.74 right now and well worth it imo!

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[–] Whirlgirl9@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

just grabbed god of war, disco elysium, and hellblade senuas sacrifice...

as far as recommendations go, Mass Effect legendary edition and dragon age are very enjoyable if you like RPG with a focus on lore, story and characters. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a wonder and a steal at $20. Witcher 3 for $12. Horizon Zero Dawn for $16.50

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hellblade must be played with headphones. Great game.

[–] Entropywins@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Scary game!!! For me personally it give me the heebee jeebees in all the best ways

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Red dead 2 is available for less elsewhere.

Witcher 3 is available for the same price on GOG, DRM free. Same goes for Disco Elysium.

TLDR: do your research. Other stores do offers during the steam summer sale

[–] eu@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love GOG and their anti-DRM stance but I just can't bring myself to buy games there when they don't even have a native Linux launcher. Steam, on the other hand, just works.

[–] hypelightfly@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

When the game is available on both platforms the Steam version is frequently (not always) DRM free as well. In this case both Disco Elysium and The Witcher 3 are DRM free on Steam.

https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think he meant GOG necessarily. Legitimate key sites have cheaper prices on some games as well.

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

Steam not just works, Valve also made a lot of effort to make Witcher 3 work on Linux unlike CDPR who actually promised to make it work but then kinda forgot about it when they collected the money.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

No Linux client = no having me as client

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many hidden gems.

[–] ANuStart@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This comment made me sharply exhale cocaine chunks

[–] Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'll also recommend Mass Effect LE, Witcher 3, and Horizon Zero Dawn. They're all incredibly cheap at the moment, and they're all phenomenal games.