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What's your hidden Steam Auteur Gem? (lemmy.ca)
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Steam is full of asset-flip garbage and clunky "chase-the-fad" nonsense. But in an environment where only the best of the best get any real attention, what's your secret "I can't believe I ever stumbled across this" gem?

Bonus points if it feels personal or revealing of the creator, but that's not necessary. Bonus points if its fun to play, but again not necessary. My only real requirements is that almost no one has heard of it, and the project was eventually finished. What I'm looking for is the weirdest "complete" experience you've ever found on Steam.

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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Mine is a more normie choice, but I'd have to say Chained Echoes.

It's a JRPG made by one guy in Germany. Lasts 40-60 hours and manages to integrate both on-foot and flying mech mechanics together in a way that works. Plus, there's several encounters throughout the story that are unique and interesting, and the story tends to subvert a lot of expected norms in the genre.

The downsode is there's plenty of spots where the quality drops. There's a couple of scenes with bad and nonsense writing, a couple of poorly thought out encounters, and and obsession for dangling post-game content in front of your nose throughout the story when there's no need to make it post-game. Mainly, Mattias Linda really needed an editor to tell him "no" on some spots. As it is, I'd give it a 3.5-4 out of 5. If he had someone for proofreading and QA it'd probably be a solid 4.5/5.

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