The way it goes: Suggest games, ideally the kind that you believe would have relatively broad appeal. Don't feel bad about downvotes, but do downvote any game that's suggested if you have heard of it before (Perhaps, give some special treatment if it was literally your game of the year). This rule is meant to encourage people to post the indie darlings that took some unusual attention and discovery to be aware of and appreciate.

If possible, link to the Steam pages for the games in question, so that anyone interested can quickly take a look at screenshots and reviews. And, as a general tip, anything with over 1000 steam reviews probably doesn't belong here. While I'd recommend that you only suggest one game per post, at the very most limit it to three.

If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Heaven's Vault is a game about archaeology and translating a dead language. You explore a unique solar system and discover ruins, in which you uncover artifacts, and bits of text. Through context clues, you translate the passages to uncover the storyline. It's not difficult, so if you're looking for a puzzle, this won't really do it for you, but it's more of a narrative experience. If you aren't sure about a word or phrase, you can give it a guess (based on assigning words from a collection of possible translations to specific symbols), and the game will remember that choice and let you slowly revise your translations as you find new text that rules out prior incorrect guesses. There's an interconnected storyline with multiple paths to follow, and a very unique world - haven't seen anything like it in other games.

The game has a NG+ mode wherein you start with all of your translations from the first playthrough intact, but, most of the bits of text are considerably longer and more involved, letting you use your prior knowledge to uncover more of the story and the lore of the world, which is also neat.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

...well I feel really bad about downvoting this one, because it's a really good suggestion

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. However, I believe it was included in a Humble Choice bundle at one point, so it may not be quite as obscure as what the OP is looking for.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

Didn't know that! Was going based off of the review score; 1600 reviews in 5 years seemed pretty little-known. All the same, don't mind the downvotes - that's the point of the thread after all. :)

[–] subignition@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

This sounds really interesting. I'm gonna put this on my wishlist in hopes it goes on sale or something. Can't justify $25 right now due to circumstances.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Never heard of it, but I own it so I'll install it.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This game is so unique and so fantastic.