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24 votes
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Humble Choice - February 2025
February 2025's Humble Choice is now available with the following games (1 EA, 7 Steam). Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Immortals of Aveum (note: EA...
February 2025's Humble Choice is now available with the following games (1 EA, 7 Steam).
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Immortals of Aveum (note: EA key) 72 57 / 71 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Trepang2 78 85 / 89 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES -- 68 / 83 Win, Mac โ Unknown โฌ Silver Fabledom 79 79 / 87 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Griftlands 87 76 / 93 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Tales & Tactics -- -- / 81 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master 73 -- / 73 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum My Little Universe -- 84 / 90 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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A deep-dive roundup of links on The Sims I put together for its 25th anniversary
9 votes -
Wreckfest 2 | Early Access announcement trailer โ 20th March 2025
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GOG resurrects Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 on PC
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GDC 2025 survey shows PC game development growing with lots interested in Valve's Steam Deck
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Humble Choice - January 2025
January 2025's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Against the Storm 92 92 / 95 Win โ ...
January 2025's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Against the Storm 92 92 / 95 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Jagged Alliance 3 82 85 / 89 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Blasphemous 2 84 88 / 92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Beneath Oresa -- 100 / 79 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Fort Solis 62 66 / 70 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐จ Gold Boxes: Lost Fragments 82 92 / 91 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Dordogne 77 70 / 94 Win ๐จ Playable โฌ Silver The Pegasus Expedition N/A -- / 70 Win โ Unknown โฌ Silver Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
22 votes -
Xiaomi WinPlay: Play PC games on Android tablet
4 votes -
Pluvia: Lightweight unofficial Steam client for Android
24 votes -
SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
60 votes -
Wurm Online is a cosm of desolation and decay
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Steam Winter Sale 2024: Hidden gems
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta: What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend? Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations...
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta:
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What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend?
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Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations for?
If you're interested in previous Hidden Gem topics, you can find them here.
For popular recommendations and general purpose sale discussion, please use the main Steam Sale topic.
Optional: Feel free to categorize your recommendations by number of reviews (as a proxy for popularity)
Category Maximum Review Count Shockingly Overlooked 20 Under the Radar 50 Buried Treasure 150 Underrated Great 500 Cult Classic 1000 Gem Graduate 1000+ 48 votes -
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Starship (Star Fox 64 PC port) v1 released
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The 2024 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs December 19 - January 2)
Quick links: Steam Store IsThereAnyDeal SteamDB Sales Tool Hidden Gems recommendations topic Share noteworthy deals! Ask for recommendations! Discuss what you bought!
34 votes -
Steam Replay 2024: Discussion topic
Your Steam Replay for 2024 is now out! If you're on the mobile app, hit Menu > New & Noteworthy > Steam Replay Share your link (if you want to) or summarize your results. Tell us all about your...
Your Steam Replay for 2024 is now out!
If you're on the mobile app, hit
Menu
>New & Noteworthy
>Steam Replay
Share your link (if you want to) or summarize your results. Tell us all about your most-played games, your year of gaming, and any other thoughts or highlights.
17 votes -
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (PC) - a deep dive on RayTracing
4 votes -
BoxedWine is now on Xbox Dev Mode
7 votes -
RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind
21 votes -
New gaming PCs - price sanity check and recommendations?
Hey Tildes, I'm super super out of the loop for gaming PCs. If I wanted to play AAA games like Stalker 2 on higher (!) settings, what kind of specs am I looking at, ballpark prices, makes that are...
Hey Tildes, I'm super super out of the loop for gaming PCs. If I wanted to play AAA games like Stalker 2 on higher (!) settings, what kind of specs am I looking at, ballpark prices, makes that are good vs red flag don't buy? Everything seems way too expensive now I guess due to demands for AI and crypto stuff. Does it maybe make more sense to wait half a year or won't get any better?
Thoughts on GeForce rtx 4070? Need some kind of solid state hard drive, and it'll be a windows box it looks like for games. Or has Linux OS for gaming a good contender now esp when paired with steam ?
I should have done my homework well before cybermonday etc, but figure even weeks of work still isn't as good as copying you guy's homework. :) thanks in advance
Edit: Thank you everyone :D I've been leaning on the community for two big things this week (this, and learning to type software) and you guys really came through like eagles at Mt Doom.
Person I am asking for read all your comments, checked out a ton of sites you guys suggested, and
ended up finding a BlackFriday/Cyber Monday deal for a laptop with (reads sheet)GeForce RTX 4080 Ryzen 9 7945HX 32GB 1TB SSD 240Hz 16" laptop
price was $2500 CAD ($ 1785 USD) + taxes. (non affiliated product link here)
many thanks again~
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Valve adds "Powered By SteamOS" branding for third party hardware
29 votes -
Humble Choice - December 2024
December 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight nine(!) Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 78 99...
December 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following
eightnine(!) Steam games.Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 78 99 / 98 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Old World 78 81 / 81 Win, Mac, Linux ๐จ Playable โ Native Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand 68 76 / 71 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Crime Boss: Rockay City 54 87 / 72 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold The Invincible 74 86 / 88 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Moonstone Island 81 84 / 85 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Inkulinati 79 98 / 88 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Venba 81 86 / 93 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip N/A -- / 98 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
13 votes -
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer | Announcement trailer
9 votes -
Satisfactory tips and tricks?
I'm completely hooked on this game. My buddy and I have been sneaking in some Satisfactory at night when our families are in bed. If it makes it funnier, you can picture it like a secret love...
I'm completely hooked on this game.
My buddy and I have been sneaking in some Satisfactory at night when our families are in bed. If it makes it funnier, you can picture it like a secret love affair. Late night messages, slipping in and out bed trying not to wake the wives, and mid-day texts about our big plans (with our factories). Friends, I literally play this game in my head when I'm not able to play for real. And it's just as good since most of it based around planning.
Anyway, I'm surprised by the depth. A lot of it is intentional while a lot of the rest is the natural result of players kind of hacking the build mode to do things you can't normally do such as curves and 1 meter vertical conveyers.
What are your favorite tips and tricks for this game?
29 votes -
Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters
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"Valve are gathering the avengers": we believe Gabe Newell is assembling the ultimate dream team for the one game everyone's been waiting for
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Humble Choice - November 2024
November 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 74...
November 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 74 83/69 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Persona 4 Golden 88 95/97 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold The Lamplighters League 71 93/72 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Cassette Beasts 86 94/95 Win, Linux โ Verified โ Native The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales 69 91/92 Win ๐จ Playable ๐ Awaiting Reports KarmaZoo 77 90 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Hexarchy N/A 66/83 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator 65 77/78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
11 votes -
Sunderfolk
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Red Dead Redemption 1 finally gets a PC release date - October 29th, 2024
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Humble Choice - October 2024
October 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB REMNANT II 82 79/83 Win โ...
October 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB REMNANT II 82 79/83 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Persona 5 Strikers 82 74/90 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Jusant 84 97/94 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Dome Keeper 78 94/91 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Jack Move 84 80 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Station to Station 81 86/90 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Remnant Records N/A 82 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum McPixel 3 67 95/97 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
14 votes -
Metaphor: ReFantazio prologue demo arrives today on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC
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Tiny Glade | Release date trailer โ 23rd September 2024
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PC players must now install BattlEye anticheat to play GTA Online. Steam Deck and Linux users are locked out.
46 votes -
WHAT THE CAR? | Steam launch trailer
14 votes -
Remedy is set to update its original version of Alan Wake on PC โ David Bowie's Space Oddity will be removed from the credits due to changes in licensing
13 votes -
Gearbox's first Risk of Rain 2 expansion gets hammered on Steam as developer admits the PC version 'is in a really bad place'
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Humble Choice - September 2024
September 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy...
September 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 82 91/94 Win โ Unsupported ๐จ Gold Stranded: Alien Dawn 82 82/85 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Coral Island 83 83/87 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 70 90/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Lost Eidolons 70 68/71 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles 87 90/92 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum InfraSpace N/A 82 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold You Suck at Parkingยฎ - Complete Edition 70 81/88 Win โ Unknown ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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Humble Choice - August 2024
August 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Sifu 81 93/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ...
August 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Sifu 81 93/92 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum High on Life 70 85/89 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Gotham Knights 68 67/68 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold BLACKTAIL 79 86/84 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Astral Ascent 86 93/93 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native Diluvian Ultra N/A 80 Win โ Unknown ๐ Awaiting Reports Universe for Sale N/A 95 Win, Mac, Linux โ Verified โ Native This Means Warp N/A 75 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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World of Goo 2 - May 23, 2024
28 votes -
Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees
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What's your recommended survival crafting game to play solo?
Basically the title. I think I've come to accept that as basic as it sounds, this is one of my favorite genres. The issue I frequently run into is that so many of them are designed around PvP and...
Basically the title. I think I've come to accept that as basic as it sounds, this is one of my favorite genres.
The issue I frequently run into is that so many of them are designed around PvP and / or Co-Op. Like ARK, I love the idea, but most of the mechanics are for PvP servers, which I have zero interest in.
Funny enough I'm not too into true survival games (Green Hell, The Forest), as I kinda enjoy the whole "Combine iron with two sticks and make an automatic weapon" progression of other games in the genre.
Obviously I've played Minecraft & Terraria, but also Subnautica, Palworld, Satisfactory (sort of counts), and NMS and enjoyed all of those.
Project Zomboid seems like it has too steep of a learning curve for me to get into.
I tried Astroneer, but the utter lack of base building and organization drove me up the wall.
EDIT: Forgot V Rising, which I also enjoyed solo, but it's definitely built with a PvP server in mind, which kind of makes progression in solo feel like you're aiming for a goal that doesn't exist.
I appreciate everyone's suggestions, I think I may give Raft or Project Zomboid a go.
34 votes -
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
29 votes -
The Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live (runs June 27 - July 11)
Quick links: Steam Store IsThereAnyDeal SteamDB Sales Tool Hidden Gems recommendations topic Share noteworthy deals! Ask for recommendations! Discuss what you bought!
51 votes -
Steam Summer Sale 2024: Hidden gems
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta: What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend? Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations...
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta:
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What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend?
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Are there any genres youโd like hidden gem recommendations for?
If you're interested in previous Hidden Gem topics, you can find them here.
For popular recommendations and general purpose sale discussion, please use the main Steam Sale topic.
An update for this topic: I've always used the number of Steam reviews for a game as a rough proxy for the game's audience size. It's not perfect, but it works well enough. Steam effectively made this canon in one of their recent sales. They had a Hidden Gems category and then broke the game list out into different tiers based the number of reviews each one had. I saved their taxonomy so I could use it here.
Feel free to tag or group your recommendations based on these if you like:
Category Maximum Review Count Shockingly Overlooked 20 Under the Radar 50 Buried Treasure 150 Underrated Great 500 Cult Classic 1000 Gem Graduate 1000+ All the categories above, except for the last one, are how Steam defined their different tiers. I have some qualms with them using "Cult Classic" there, but I'm going to follow suit for consistency's sake.
I myself added the last category, because I think there are plenty of games worth mentioning with more than 1000 reviews that still have a solid Hidden Gem vibe but have since found bigger audiences and "graduated" from the label.
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Humble Choice - July 2024
July 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB A Plague Tale: Requiem 83 86/90 Win โ ...
July 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB A Plague Tale: Requiem 83 86/90 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Ghostrunner 2 79 81/83 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Starship Troopers: Terran Command 74 88/88 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Sticky Business 78 95/97 Win, Mac โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Zoeti 72 80 Win โ Verified ๐ Awaiting Reports Figment 2: Creed Valley 72 100/94 Win โ Unknown ๐๏ธ Platinum Heretic's Fork N/A 71/86 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum HYPERVIOLENT (Early Access) N/A 78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐ Awaiting Reports Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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Co-op game recommendations
Edit: This community is amazing, thank you all for all of your suggestions. Feel free to keep them coming. I have a Google doc full of ideas with my comments that I'm going to drop on him. I was...
Edit: This community is amazing, thank you all for all of your suggestions. Feel free to keep them coming. I have a Google doc full of ideas with my comments that I'm going to drop on him. I was trying to respond to everyone and then discovered that Tildes will rate limit you. So if I don't respond to you, I'm sorry but I definitely read your comment and checked out your suggestions!
My friend suffers from depression and lives 6 hours away from me so the happiest I see him is when we are regularly gaming together. The problem is that I haven't been able to find a game we both wanted to play for a while.
I just cannot get into all the survival crafting games that seem to dominate co-op gaming these days. I am looking for suggestions for anything else. Also, it needs to be an online co-op instead of a couch co-op.
His computer isn't the best so that needs to be a consideration, nothing wrong with older games. Ideally we are talking about PC games on Steam.
Examples:
- we played a ton of Risk of Rain 2, probably the last game we played a lot together
- we have played through Halo co-op a bunch of times.
Who has ideas for me?
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Humble Choice - June 2024
June 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Risk of Rain 2 86 96/94 Win โ Verified...
June 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Risk of Rain 2 86 96/94 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Knights of Honor II: Sovereign 78 76/78 Win ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition 72 62/87 Win โ Verified ๐๏ธ Platinum Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector 76 89/83 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold Miasma Chronicles 73 79/72 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical 76 94/91 Win โ Verified ๐จ Gold A Guidebook of Babel N/A 97/96 Win, Mac ๐จ Playable ๐๏ธ Platinum Empyrion - Galactic Survival N/A 79/61 Win ๐จ Playable ๐จ Gold Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
14 votes -
PSVR2 to add PC support in 2024
28 votes -
Nvidiaโs project G-Assist - AI game assistant
8 votes -
HarbourMasters' 2Ship2Harkanian, PC port of Majora's Mask, released
10 votes -
A new native port of Majora's Mask might change how we play N64 games on our PCs
29 votes