With the Steam sale running, this seems like a good time to try this thread again. We don’t often use the downvote button much in Lemmy, but the idea is this: Do your best to present game suggestions that no one has heard of before. If, in reading other people’s suggestions, you spot one that you’re familiar with, then put a downvote on it. Ideally, if the game is past a year old, it may have a discounted price during the Steam sale, and others will be able to check it out.
I’ve made this thread once before and it generated some good suggestions, but the rate of indie publishing on Steam has only accelerated with time, so it seems to be worth trying again.
Duskers!
A sci-fi/horror game where you try to survive the vast coldness of space by controlling a group of drones through CLI or individual ones via top-down camera.
Pretty interesting, deep lore and quite atmospheric.
It’s both on Steam & GOG.
I love Duskers! (therefore you’re getting a downvote) But hopefully you’ll be pleased to learn they’ve announced a sequel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2211630/Duskers_20/
I actually don’t think this one is quite as obscure as you think, since it was given away on Epic a few years ago.
I purchased this game so long ago, when it was fresh. I’m pretty confident I remember them talking about adding scripting, which seemed really obvious, but I’m pretty sure that never came.