The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[normie]

from the Aquabussy thread

 

[karoliner]

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Hear this is yet another Japweeb game with bad English text localization and censored outfits. Getting very tiresome now.

 

[Elttharion]

Hear this is yet another Japweeb game with bad English text localization and censored outfits. Getting very tiresome now.

Yes, its is.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5037/Rosenkreuzstilette_Bundle/

 

[Grauken]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5037/Rosenkreuzstilette_Bundle/

I hear "Freudenstachel", I wonder what they thought this would sound like to a German

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[Infinitron]

It seems there's no public preview of Steam Next Fest this time: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

We have to wait until it starts to see a list of all the participating games.

EDIT: I'm wrong!

 

[Modron]

It seems there's no public preview of Steam Next Fest this time: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

We have to wait until it starts to see a list of all the participating games.

Steam next fest press page up if you want to get a headstart on some of the demos, I couldn't find a link online so I just had to guess the link: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_feb2024_press

They put them up 10 days before each festival.

 

[Infinitron]

OK, games classified as RPGs from my wishlist participating in Steam Next Fest:

CONSORTIUM Remastered: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2380550/CONSORTIUM_Remastered/
Caribbean Legend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230980/Caribbean_Legend/
Crown Wars: The Black Prince: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658920/Crown_Wars_The_Black_Prince/
Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393370/Dustgrave_A_Sandbox_RPG/
Geneforge 2 - Infestation: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2480560/Geneforge_2__Infestation/
Grist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2164660/Grist/
Monomyth: https://store.steampowered.com/app/908360/Monomyth/
Project: AHNO's Ark: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631670/Project_AHNOs_Ark/
Sky of Tides: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120330/Sky_of_Tides/
The Nameless: Slay Dragon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2410170/The_Nameless_Slay_Dragon/
Trash of the Titans: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2450400/Trash_of_the_Titans/
Vendir: Plague of Lies: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1478850/Vendir_Plague_of_Lies/

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's again that time.

Demos that I played or I'm planning to play (if I can be bothered):

Monomyth
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Vendir: Plague of Lies
Dragonero
Dustgrave
Gobs and Gods
The Dark Tower
Headquarters: World War II
Dough: A Crime Strategy RPG
Orc Warchief
Summa Expeditionis
Underspace

 

[Outlander]

Underspace

Huh, marketed as a "Freelancer spiritual succesor"...

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's again that time.

Demos that I played or I'm planning to play (if I can be bothered):

Monomyth
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Vendir: Plague of Lies
Dragonero
Dustgrave
Gobs and Gods
The Dark Tower
Headquarters: World War II
Dough: A Crime Strategy RPG
Orc Warchief
Summa Expeditionis
Underspace

Dragonero has the worst UI I've seen since I tried the demo of Vendir: Plague of Lies.

 

[Rahdulan]

I sadly discovered Sword of Convallaria is a gacha after playing the demo. In hindsight I guess the F2P should have been a dead giveaway. Also, nothing gets me going more than game telling me to tap the screen on PC.

 

[Modron]

I sadly discovered Sword of Convallaria is a gacha after playing the demo. In hindsight I guess the F2P should have been a dead giveaway. Also, nothing gets me going more than game telling me to tap the screen on PC.

Well that's disappointing screenshots looked like it had potential.

 

[Gerrard]

Anyone know anything about this? It's another Civ clone I didn't know existed, installing the demo right now.

 

[normie]

Anyone know anything about this? It's another Civ clone I didn't know existed, installing the demo right now.

 

[Anthedon]

That looks, uh, very heavily inspired by CivVI.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Looks a bit like Call to Power II to me.

 

[Gerrard]

It uses the same mechanic for improvements as CtP with you generating "improvement points" and buying them without worker spam. Demo is way too short though, only 60 turns.

 

[karoliner]

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's again that time.

Demos that I played or I'm planning to play (if I can be bothered):

Monomyth
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Vendir: Plague of Lies
Dragonero
Dustgrave
Gobs and Gods
The Dark Tower
Headquarters: World War II
Dough: A Crime Strategy RPG
Orc Warchief
Summa Expeditionis
Underspace

Some comments about demos I played.
Monomyth: Felt neat, looking forward to it. Items having low durability might become annoying.
Crown Wars: Medieval X-com, not as engaging as Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Wait and see 6 months from release.
Vendir: Horrid mobile UI. Best I could say about of this is that game's environments reminded me of hive of PS:T.
Dragonero: Has some nice visuals in form of comics art and some attempt at complex systems, but game still felt like barely functional Darkest Dungeon knockoff. Low expectations.
Dustgrave: Demo froze after character creation.
Gobs and Gods: Parody Battle Brothers with simpler systems. I might go for this if it costs about 5€.
The Dark Tower: Demo froze on 1st enemy turn.
Headquarters: World War II: Tactical game on post-Normandy France. Looks neat for a strategy game, but both scenarios on demo felt heavily scripted which might make this into a puzzle game. Besides I already have The Troop (among others) which fills this niche.
Dough: A Crime Strategy RPG: Prohibition mafioso setting, facebook cowclicker gameplay. Can be recommended for people who draw intense pleasure from watching timers counting down.
Orc Warchief: City builder with orcs. Not my cup of tea.
Summa Expeditionis: 3rd person survival crafting and legionnaire base management. Might be good time waster for me.
Underspace: Freelancer copy with worse controls and worse graphics and 1st person mode which feels pointless. Needs more time in the oven.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds: RPG with Final Fantasy Tactics and Divinity: Original Sin inspiration. Easily the best demo of this batch.

 

[karoliner]