The Steam Thread

[Thomkal]

GoG.com now offering ARMA: Cold War Assault free to claim for about the next 26 hours.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

GoG.com now offering ARMA: Cold War Assault free to claim for about the next 26 hours.

Free on Steam as well

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Free on Steam as well

Thanks Jon!

[Thomkal]

Steam Summer Sale now through July 8th

[Thomkal]

A nice free game to end Gog.com's Summer Sale, the Shadowrun Trilogy is free to claim through the weekend.

[Atocep]

Tainted Grail is a fantastic deckbuilder that's somewhat similar to Slay the Spire.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Tainted Grail is a fantastic deckbuilder that's somewhat similar to Slay the Spire.

I am debating between this and Griftlands, but in usual fashion will probably get both

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

I am debating between this and Griftlands, but in usual fashion will probably get both

You can't go wrong with either honestly.

[Capital]

I picked up Griftlands and Tower of Time. Enjoying each of them.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Tainted Grail is a fantastic deckbuilder that's somewhat similar to Slay the Spire.

oh boy, been looking for a sequel to slay the spire. Probably my all time biggest time waster.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Lathum

oh boy, been looking for a sequel to slay the spire. Probably my all time biggest time waster.

Tainted Grail is solid, and it is challenging as well, in a good way

[Honolulu_Blue]

I played Across the Obelisk last night with three friends. It's the love child of Slay The Spire and Darkest Dungeon. It was good times!

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Tainted Grail is solid, and it is challenging as well, in a good way

I've played every class on normal difficulty so far. It's definitely a challenging, but not punishing, game. I think they struck a nice balance. The classes are fun and varied. I really like the way the story unfolds. It's not a grand, Witcher 3 type of story but it's more than most of these type of games have.

Anyone going in should know the game and it's story are meant unfold over course of many playthroughs and the classes arent as balanced for normal difficulty as they are for the more challenging difficulties. There are a couple classes you can use to breeze through normal once you get the machanics down and unlock enough new cards and passives.

[Thomkal]

The Outer Worlds now just under $17 at Green Man Gaming

[QuikSand]

Thanks to everyone who touted Slay the Spire here, I owe my current fascination to you all.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Thanks to everyone who touted Slay the Spire here, I owe my current fascination to you all.

Do you have Monster Train?

[thesloppy]

I can't really explain why, but I much preferred Monster Train to Slay the Spire.

[QuikSand]

...now on my wishlist. This is the first time I have "gotten" anything described as roguelike. I'm more of a builder, overall, but roguelike deckbuilder... maybe.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

...now on my wishlist. This is the first time I have "gotten" anything described as roguelike. I'm more of a builder, overall, but roguelike deckbuilder... maybe.

"Join the Rogueside Quik"

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

...now on my wishlist. This is the first time I have "gotten" anything described as roguelike. I'm more of a builder, overall, but roguelike deckbuilder... maybe.

Monster Train is highly "one more run" addictive. Great game.

[Thomkal]

Was looking at the early access notes on Ultimate Adom:Caverns of Chaos and saw that it may come uff of Early Access end of next month and that the price will likely go up then (currently $20). It may be a good time to snag it on Steam-its 25% off or $15 right now.

[Ajaxab]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I can't really explain why, but I much preferred Monster Train to Slay the Spire.

I completely agree with this. For whatever reason, Monster Train feels like it has an extra bit of polish that I don't feel when I boot up Slay the Spire. I'm sure it's personal preference in a lot of ways, but the art style and music work for me with Monster Train a lot better.

Anyone try Roguebook here? That one is the next card battler, roguelike on my radar.

[Thomkal]

Symphonia, a platformer where you play as a violinist where you move to the core of the realm to understand your role in the universe and play the best Concerto is free to claim at Gog.com

[Vince, Pt. II]

Using my free month of Apple Arcade to try out Fantasian, the new JRPG by Hironobu Sakaguchi (creator of Final Fantasy). The visuals are pretty stunning on my iPad. Generic turn-based battle and story so far, but not bad.

[Thomkal]

Syberia I and II are free to claim from GoG.com for about the next 60 hours

Outer Worlds just under $20 there too.

[Thomkal]

Far Cry 5 and Far Cry New Dawn Deluxe Bundle are $15 while keys last at Fanatical

[CrimsonFox]

Planescape Torment Enhanced Edition on super sale this weekend for $2

[Carman Bulldog]

Kind of surprised to see no mention of the Steam Deck in this thread. I've been contemplating picking up a Switch (either Lite, current or OLED) to play a lot of the indie games that I feel that I would play if I could do so on a handheld system. But with the announcement of the Steam Deck, it seems as if I have to at least wait for the reviews to comes out. I mean, I already own a lot of the games on Steam, so the price point is almost offset.

What are people's thoughts... can the Steam Deck really challenge the Switch? Is anyone else considering picking one up?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog

Kind of surprised to see no mention of the Steam Deck in this thread. I've been contemplating picking up a Switch (either Lite, current or OLED) to play a lot of the indie games that I feel that I would play if I could do so on a handheld system. But with the announcement of the Steam Deck, it seems as if I have to at least wait for the reviews to comes out. I mean, I already own a lot of the games on Steam, so the price point is almost offset.

What are people's thoughts... can the Steam Deck really challenge the Switch? Is anyone else considering picking one up?

Had this conversation here with the kid. He's probably not wrong that it at least has the _potential_ to be the first handheld I've ever had the slightest interest in.

Will have to see how it actually performs (vs the promises made pre-released). Thing is, am I really going to get in for $399 or to play HOI4 or EU4 or Rimworld am I going to have to get to the $649 version? And if it's the latter, how do I justify that vs buying whatever my next general purpose laptop is?

The mobility part isn't really a factor to me at all, I can't think of anything I play on Steam that I'd be able to see well enough on a handheld screen to play it, it'll always be chained to my desktop monitor for that reason.

[thesloppy]

Steam's fucking horrible history of hardware is dampening my enthusiasm. I guess if it truly is just a mobile PC it already has a ton of content, we just have to see whether it can perform in reality.

[GrantDawg]

"Steam Deck" sounds like something that happens if you have a stomache problem while grilling.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Steam's fucking horrible history of hardware is dampening my enthusiasm. I guess if it truly is just a mobile PC it already has a ton of content, we just have to see whether it can perform in reality.

This!

[Fidatelo]

I've reserved a Steam Deck, middle version. The biggest thing that keeps me from playing Steam video games more is being tied to my office downstairs. The other is that I dislike the laptop + controller couch setup for playing anything controller-based, so those just sit wasted in my library (or better yet unbought if I am thinking clearly about them).


If the Steam Deck can basically be a Switch but for my Steam library I will be over the moon. I don't need it to play the latest and greatest top-end games, either. As long as it can smoothly play the majority of titles I'll be happy.


One thing I'm curious about is if it will play non-Steam games that you add to your Steam library. If it truly is a PC under the hood and there are ways to add games from other stores that would be the bees knees. But I feel like it's safest to assume that won't be possible.

[sovereignstar v2]

I'm sure running non-Steam games will be possible eventually. It's just a matter of whether it'll be something officially supported or something you have to go through a few hoops to get running. The issue is that the Deck runs on Linux (not Windows 10). If Valve doesn't come up with an official solution, you can almost certainly bet on the community figuring something out.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I've reserved a Steam Deck, middle version. The biggest thing that keeps me from playing Steam video games more is being tied to my office downstairs. The other is that I dislike the laptop + controller couch setup for playing anything controller-based, so those just sit wasted in my library (or better yet unbought if I am thinking clearly about them).


If the Steam Deck can basically be a Switch but for my Steam library I will be over the moon. I don't need it to play the latest and greatest top-end games, either. As long as it can smoothly play the majority of titles I'll be happy.


One thing I'm curious about is if it will play non-Steam games that you add to your Steam library. If it truly is a PC under the hood and there are ways to add games from other stores that would be the bees knees. But I feel like it's safest to assume that won't be possible.

So you can be a guinea pig for us I'm leery of the Deck because like others have said Valve's history with hardware hasn't exactly been stellar, and I'm guessing there will be bumps and bruises when it comes out. I've pretty much decided I'm going to get a new computer after 11 years with this one when Windows 11 comes out, but Steam Deck may be a good thing to have when visiting family/holidays, so we will see

[Thomkal]

The Falconeer is $10 for almost the next two days at Fanatical

Also The Outer Worlds on sale for just under $17 too

Over at Gog.com Monster Train is 50% off or $12.50 and Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace is 40% off or $12

[Thomkal]

So a new game popped up on my radar today-Dice Legacy. There are several dice board games out there right now, not sure if this is connected or not, but it looks like an interesting mix of tabletop board games, RPG, and Survival games. Due out in early Sept:

RATING / ESRB / A

[Carman Bulldog]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

One thing I'm curious about is if it will play non-Steam games that you add to your Steam library. If it truly is a PC under the hood and there are ways to add games from other stores that would be the bees knees. But I feel like it's safest to assume that won't be possible.

Valve confirmed that Epic Games Store, uPlay, Origins, etc. would work and you should be able to use those launchers. So presumably GoG as well.

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog

Valve confirmed that Epic Games Store, uPlay, Origins, etc. would work and you should be able to use those launchers. So presumably GoG as well.

Woooo!! Thanks for that uplifting bit of news to start the day!

[Thomkal]

Humble Bundle has a Hearts of Iron 4 Bundle where you get the base game for $1, the base and 4 DLC for under $10 or the base game and 7 or 8 DLC for under $20

[JonInMiddleGA]

Rimworld on Steam now has free core game update available (adds a few tweaks, one new lifeform, animal pens) as well as the $20 new DLC "Ideology"

[thesloppy]

I love Rimworld, but also burnt out so hard that I still haven't fully kicked the tires on that last Rimworld DLC after buying it, even though it's probably close to a year old at this point.

[Abe Sargent]

Hello all!!! I am trying the early access version of the 2021 release of the ski resort tycoon game Snowtopia right now. I'll let you know how I like it.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

Hello all!!! I am trying the early access version of the 2021 release of the ski resort tycoon game Snowtopia right now. I'll let you know how I like it.

Just don't break a leg Abe

[Abe Sargent]

I put around 2 hours into the build. It was a typical early access with a light tutorial that sends you into the game. It was fine for what it wanted and it has levels of difficulty that I haven't figured out yet, and I enjoyed it thus far and hope to check in later after they've added more to the game.

Here's a let's play that's a good sum of the first 30 minutes of the game although we have more added to the game like another ski lift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Xc...B2S7_8B2jcW9QB

Oh, and there was no money just sandbox with tech and developing a campaign story.

[Thomkal]

Golf with your Friends free to play on Steam thru the 2nd

Marvel's Avengers free to play thru the 1st on Steam, PS, and Stadia

[Thomkal]

From the makers of The Witcher, Gog.com has a free game available to claim-Wanderlust: Transsiberian-two men travel the length of the railway, each with a reason to be there in this travel story adventure

[Izulde]

I'm one of those who's taking a WAS approach to the Steam Deck. If it truly is a Switch style console for Steam games and actually works, I think I'd be interested. Especially if the mods for games are also usable - would make Skyrim much more fun, for example.

[Thomkal]

Far Cry 5 is free to play through the weekend on Steam and I think other services too. It's also 85% off or $9 on Steam too

[MizzouRah]

Jupiter Hell is a fantastic roguelike TBS similar to DoomRL. Tough as crap but I can't stop playing.