Kingdom: New Lands
roguelike village-builder thing where you play as the king or queen
Wizard of Legend
a great little top-down roguelike where you mix and match spells.
Hidden Folks
like Where's Wally, but interactive. check the screenshots!
DEMON'S TILT
a bit pricy, but a freakin' cool pinball game. only one table though,,,
Caveblazers
cheap little difficult roguelike platformer. like spelunky kinda
Donut County
drop stuff down holes and enjoy the super cute story
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
a short but fun little co-op (point and click?) puzzle game.
SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE
woah how'd this game get in here oh well it's probably mega cheap
Cogmind
mech traditional roguelike. it's got some really good graphics for being a text roguelike
Out There Somewhere
please play this tiny metroidvania it's always very cheap and it's really good
CYPHER
please pick this up if you like ciphers and codes
The Messenger
more devolver! 8bit platformer, very ninja gaiden. has some fun twists :)
OlliOlli2
a skateboarding platformer where you do tricks and try to hit high scores.
Prime Mover
it's a zachtronics game but not by zachtronics
Celeste
skill-based platformer game. one of this generation's masterpieces
LUFTRAUSERS
stylish (devolver + vlambeer) game about being in an air dogfight
Shatter
it's breakout, but with magnets and powerups and a KILLER soundtrack
NEO NEO
an intense geometric top-down shooter. very flashy, and VERY cheap
Hollow Knight
another of this gen's masterpieces. the best metroidvania ever made??? please buy
ШП
i got a 502 bad gateway when i opened this and that's probably for the best
RiME
BEAUTIFUL 3D puzzle game. not very hard, focuses more on the experience
Mini Metro
make your own tube system then watch it completely fail to do its job
Downwell
why buy [X] when you just buy [Y] copies of Downwell instead?
kuso
it's the most "platformer" platformer game. also check out its prequel, LOVE
Desert of Vice
i wrote the music for this game. it's so cheap. buy it or i cry
Cosmic Express
brutal puzzle game with very cute aesthetics
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
quake movement but parkour levels. horribly underrated by everyone i know
Rain World
an atmospheric metroivania. as difficult as it is beautiful as it is terrifying
Firewatch
story-based exploration in a Wyoming national park. superbly atmospheric
The Witness
god this game is fantastic. 3D puzzle game, and that's all you should know before playing.
theHunter: Call of the Wild
it's a hunting simulator. very relaxing, very pretty and very immersive
The Talos Principle
incredibly tightly designed first person puzzle game. also it's croatian
Lovely Planet
this is the same game as SEUM but with CUTE AF visuals. speedrunnable 3d platform fps(ish)
Absolver
cool atmosphere melee combat game with progression (it also has pvp)
BYTEPATH
stylish asteroids game with a lot of progression. also it's super cheap. play SNKRX by the same dev!
Cultist Simulator
cryptic card based roguelike??? you dont get told any rules. great writing
N++
a great floaty difficult platformer. it has interchangeable colour palettes!
Objects in Space
space trading game. operate your ship with entirely too many monitors
Thumper
imagine guitar hero but you're a bug having a panic attack
Slipstream
retro 90's arcade inspired racing game. check the screenshots!
Simmiland
a pretty lil god game but you play and combine cards to introduce new elements
HITMAN 2
it's just a great stealth game. if you like it, get Hitman 3
Downward
pretty cool fantasy-ish parkour exploration game. underappreciated
Receiver
roguelike FPS but with full gun handling mechanics... good luck!
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
fantasically designed dog-based puzzle game
SUPERHOT
it's the most innovative shooter i've played in years.
Watch_Dogs 2
classic ubi open world game set in San Francisco. a fun story and not very edgy
Teleglitch
kinda underrated roguelike/topdown shooter. cool vision mechanic too
Environmental Station Alpha
if you like metroidvanias you NEED to play this.
ART SQOOL
become an artist in a very strange but blessed world
Super House of Dead Ninjas
a super fast ninja platformer. unmissable for the price
High Hell
fast as heck level-based FPS. stylish (devolver published, so of course)
The Turing Test
it's like a worse Portal but its still pretty good
GoNNER
another great roguelike platformer, but with a cool artstyle
Hexcells
really fantastic sudoku/picross/minesweeper-like gameplay. and there's 3 of them!!!
Desert Golfing
listen. this is an essential game. you have to believe me. (also the sequel, Golf on Mars)
Battlerite
fun as hell top down arena fighter, with fantastic mechanics. even though it has a small playerbase, you can still find matches!
SNKRX
autochess-style snake with units that shoot at enemies + there's cool powerups + more. mega fun. play BYTEPATH by the same dev!
Red Orchestra 2
cold, depressing FPS. surprisingly immersive, though not much of a playerbase. URA!!!
GemCraft
the only tower defence games i've played which felt deep enough to keep my attention
Door2:Key
talos + the witness + baby's first unity game jank, but shows promise. *will* make you motion sick
Lenna's Inception
procedurally generated zelda, plus some interesting glitchy mechanics. not bad
holedown
one of these bouncy-ball games, which are i think inherently fun
Puyo Puyo Tetris
it's puyo puyo + tetris. what else can i write here? (also there's a sequel?)
DCS World
very realistic and unnaproachable combat flight sim. free, but bankrupt yourself with DLC
RITE
for their first released game, the dev made a very slick precision platformer. impressed!
Pro Gymnast
perform flips and tricks QWOP style, by controlling just your arms and legs
Tomb of Tyrants
10000000/YMBAB-like, but with some extra mechanics which i understand to varying degrees
ShootMania Storm
difficult to recommend, but i love it's strategic yet frenetic gameplay. TERRIBLE menus, good lord. and lots of french people
Wilmot's Warehouse
organise abstract boxes and get very stressed. also, play with a friend!
Slasher's Keep
billboarded enemies and random loot and abig dungeon to explore. pass down some spare loot to your future selves!
Spin Rhythm XD
great rhythm game, equally great song selection. wish i had a cool custom controller :(
Geometry Arena
roguelike geometry wars, where you'll get strong enough to kill god
ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS
frantic midair 2d space battles. if you got friends over, play this
ibb & obb
2 player gravity flipping puzzle platformer. it gets surprisingly hard to solve
Creature in the Well
what if hyper light drifter... was pinball...
Forager
50% idle game, 50% exploring crafting gathering collecting. you'll get sucked into it VERY HARD for a few days
Mixolumia
the lost bitGenerations game; turn your brain off and create lines of blocks
NITE Team 4
the only good hacking game on steam. apparently it's got multiplayer?
Nova Drift
asteroids, but it's a roguelike! simple as that
The Room
interact with wilder and wilder puzzle boxes for 4 games (and counting)
Crusader Kings III
become ruler of a country. assassinate your court physician. wage war against the Holy Roman Empire. impregnate your brother's wife
Crossniq+
y2k-aesthetic arcade puzzle game. absolutely nails its intended style
Prodigal
90% zelda, 10% harvest-moon-style-dating-sim. not my fav game but goddamn the character design and art carries it so hard
Generation Zero
Stålenhag's Tales from the Loop exploration FPS with ROBOTS. moody and swedish
Teardown
speedrun routing around hyper-destructable environments. super fun, cool tech, software raytracing too!
Baba Is You
mind-bending sokoban-like where you directly change the rules of the game with every action
Disco Elysium
features some of the only good writing in video games, so it gets a free pass on here even if i didn't play too much
Golf On Mars
sequel to Desert Golfing. my comfort game <3
VIDEOBALL
facing off against your friends in a super stylised abstract sports game? THAT'S VIDEOBALL
Chalo Chalo
the slowest racing game ever made. this game lives rent-free in my head at all times
Noita
terraria-roguelike with a fully simulated particle world and 100000000 spells which can be crafted together. PLUS SECRETS
Rift Wizard
fantasy roguelike with really cool character skill customisation. too bad it's giga hard
Furi
face off against impossible bosses while listening to a sick soundtrack. and lamp waifu
Ladderhead
weird text adventure thing - very atmospheric and also I WROTE THE MUSIC PLS BUY THIS AND DESERT OF VICE
Drawkanoid
yeah it's arkanoid but you draw the bat. it's just fun?
OCTOPTICOM
impossible-to-say/remember name aside, this is a really solid Zachtronics-like, despite its low-budget appearance
Factorio
build the biggest spaghetti factory and wipe out the local wildlife in the process
Everything
"haha everything on steam is on sale" anyway roll around, become an atom or planet and listen to philosophy
Flat Heroes
cool levels where you gotta dodge hazards and stay alive longer than your friends
Loop Hero
autobattler roguelike type thing with progression, good art and better music
Hyper Light Drifter
the art, the world, the combat, the SOUNDTRACK tho
Microsoft Flight Simulator
your computer will cry and catch on fire, but at least you get to fly around your hometown
Cathedral 3-D
your heart is in this box and if the enemies get it you'll die, so shoot em all before you get overwhelmed
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
another game which i didn't play enough, but lives rent-free in my head. bonkers but super cool story?
Gunfire Reborn
feels like it should be jank, but is actually a really fun and engaging third person shooter
Please, Don't Touch Anything
unlock all the endings by solving cryptic puzzles. *really* well executed (also it's Loop Hero devs)
Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
PDTA but in 3D - with some little tweaks and changes to mix it up. you can even play in VR!
Minion Masters
really addictive cardbuilding PvP moba-creep thing: summon units and watch em walk at the enemy's units
Control
finally, they made a *good* SCP game
Dicey Dungeons
i'm too dumb for this game, but it looks and sounds dope so i don't mind too much
Sea of Thieves
despite its cartoony trappings, it manages to be reaaaally immersive at points. and the water looks incredible
TIS-100
tbh play all the Zachtronics programming games. but this one has a special place in my heart
LUMINES REMASTERED
you know how you strobe monitors to fix dead pixels? this is that, but for your brain
NEOVERSE
slay the spire but with sexy ladies. this came out before it was trendy to release StS-likes!
Heat Signature
steal spaceships by roaming 'em and taking out the crew in weird and wonderful ways
Quarries of Scred
dig towards treasure and don't make boulders fall on your head
Path of Exile
nowadays i just compare the concept of learning anything to my experience learning how PoE works
Tricky Towers
multiplayer tetris but wind will push your tower over into the ocean and you'll be eliminated
Demoncrawl
minesweeper but it's a roguelike! the game LOVES to bully you, but it also gives you good customisation
Boomerang X
very slick arena shooter where you throw + recall a boomerang. and get new abilities
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
FPS roguelike where you can only shoot to the beat. they did something weird to the graphics and i think it is kinda cool?
Rogue Legacy 2
did you play Rogue Legacy? it's that. but 2
Haiku, the Robot
the comparisons to Hollow Knight are unavoidable; while not perfect, it manages to be a great mini-Hollow Knight while we wait for Silksong
TUNIC
Legend of Zelda, but you only learn the mechanics through reading an inscrutable untranslated manual (which is one of the best things i've ever seen). SO MANY SECRETS
Chronicon
pixel-art Path of Exile! not anywhere as deep but definitely still a good time for a while
Backpack Hero
mostly too dumb for this game, but 3rd character is amazing. Slay the Spire but you arrange items on a grid instead of playing cards
Just King
autochess-style arena think that- ah heck it's just slightly-different SNKRX so if you liked that then play this
Vampire Survivors
literally spawned a genre of "walking around while you mow down hordes of enemies with your upgrades" games. great fun
20 Minutes Till Dawn
Vampire Survivors but prettier and you actually have the task of aiming a gun! (which makes it have a bit more longevity)
Peglin
it's a pachinko roguelike! my tip: spawn as many bombs as possible
Neophyte
horde mode mini action roguelike thing. satisfyingly juicy, and quite diverse upgrades
Virtual Circuit Board
sandbox circuit board logic simulator... not too focused, not much of a game, but hell i like it
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
i'm a little solitaire gremlin and i won't apologise for it
Boneraiser Minions
Vampire Survivors, but with surprising depth. much combining of units, and lots of meta-progression. plus it has a card minigame too???
Battlefield 2042
honestly i think this game has basically always been good. just play Sundance and wingsuit everywhere!
Omega Strikers
kinda like Battlerite mixed with air hockey? pretty damn fun