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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[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Children of a Dead Earth is a tactical space game with n-body Newtonian physics. This means that on the surface it is very similar to something like KSP, you can do things like orbit a Lagrange point. In addition, you can design all the parts of you spacecraft and weaponry down to the materials they use. If you can make a fuel tank made out of aerogel work with the laws of physics, then you can use it. For example, I made a coilgun that fires nukes which was devastating at close range but the low velocity of the nukes made them easy to dodge at long range and without any thrusters, they cannot course correct.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Europa 1400: The Guild

Ignore that heretical work of The Guild 2/3 et co. Only the ORIGINAL is truly worthy.

[–] Cascio@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Taipan!

A naval trade game about 1800's China from the Apple II. You won't believe it till it happens but I'll become addicted.

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

Out of Space a cozy co-op game similar to Overcooked but less chaotic.

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[–] androogee@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Original game page

Archive.org mirror of the game download

I genuinely have NO clue if this game is known, but i suspect it mostly isn't.

It's Keyboard Drumset Fucking Werewolf! It's kinda like a music video, but it's a music video game 👉😏

It's a collaboration between 2000s indie weirdo darling gamedev cactus and Swedish synthpunk band Fucking Werewolf ASSO.

it's aggressively strange and moderately challenging, but I think it's just a goddamn delight and maybe you will too.

[–] dense_crane44@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Eternum (warning: NSFW) is an adult visual novel that keeps touching me with every new update. It's completely free, and I can't help but think of the creator as a master of the genre.

The characters are all well written and (those who are meant to be) lovable. The story is interesting, compelling even, and the humor is often hilarious. When you go to the website, you might think "Porn game!!!", and not be entirely wrong, but Eternum is so much more. It's a story about love, friendship, and a mystery.

Setting: Orion moves back to the USA after a long time. In recent years, a video game called eternum has been gaining traction, that allows going into virtual worlds, think full dive VR like in Sword Art Online. I'd say about 60% of the story happens IRL.

I can only recommend this masterpiece of a visual novel.

[–] androogee@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Are you sure you aren't touching yourself?

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[–] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm always on the lookout for the next release. Also Ripples is pretty good

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