I love how they advertise "up to 20% off a steam deck," but that's only for refurbished and there's none in stock.
So between 0 and 20. 😛
Aren’t the brand new LCDs still in stock an 15% off? Still a decent deal
Initial scroll through looks pretty meh. There a list of good'ns going yet?
Edit-
From another thread, looks like Witcher 3 is 90% off. If you haven't played it yet, now's the time!
Very worth it at that price. I thought the DLCs were great too. 180+ hours
One of the best games on the market. Worth every cent and then some, even at full price.
I found out that Satisfactory is on sale right now, and will go up in price by $10 after the sale. So if you want it before 1.0 comes out now would be a great time.
Hello fellow lemmies! Any recommendations for new must have indie games?
Celeste is 90% off, Kingdom Come Deliverance is 80% off, Braid Anniversary Edition is 75% off. All worth it imo.
The second KCD is coming out later this year too so nows the time to try it!
Love some diver Dave, and balto.
Can confirm Dave the Diver will zen you out and make you feel good inside.
I wouldn't call Dave the Diver new (released exactly a year ago) nor indie (Mintrocket is a subdivison of Nexon). Yet it's something that can be recommended wholeheartedly.
Couple of games in no particular order that are pretty new and can be considered as indie:
Depends on your definition of "new" and "must-have".
I just picked up Dread Delusion, Shadows of Doubt, and Stellar Tactics. I played demos of Dread Delusion and Shadows of Doubt a while back, and both of them blew me away; the former just launched out of early access and the latter is supposed to do so before the end of the year. Stellar Tactics is one that's intriguing, but I haven't played it yet. I've been playing Fallout 2 lately, and it made me want to find a CRPG that was more successful at what Starfield was trying to do; I typed in some tags into the Steam search, Stellar Tactics was what I found, and I think it'll scratch that itch. Stellar Tactics is also in early access, and it's been in early access since 2016 with no end in sight, but it's very systems driven, so I'll likely be okay with playing it early anyway.
I'm new to Steam and pc gaming, grabbed an OLED deck a little bit ago. I'm looking for recommendations for FPS and RPGs that I can play offline. I've never played any of the Elder Scrolls stuff should I grab one of them? What do you suggest?
Some offline-friendly FPS games.
First-person puzzle games (other than Portal 1 and 2, which you've heard about enough already):
Not one of the types you were asking about, but Hades feels like it's made for the Steam Deck, and it's a great game (and also on sale)
For FPS games, Doom (2016) is one of the all-time single-player FPS games and runs great on the Deck.
Doom 2016 was just about perfect. It blended old-shool FPS fundamentals with modern aiming, collectibles, etc.
Stardew valley, Midnight sun, diver Dave, persona 5
Try these gems:
It's as if they were made specifically for the Steam Deck
Half Life 2 and it's episodes are always on a massive sale in a Valve bundle.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/
There's a lot of stuff there you won't play, but it's a must have for the Half Life and Portal series.
Also Wolfenstein: The New Order and Doom 2016 are great.
The Halo Anniversary collection shines on SteamDeck. It was my first purchase after getting mine, I think.
Monster Sanctuary! Outstanding mix of metroidvania and pokemon sorta game
For Elder Scrolls, I'd recommend giving either Oblivion or Skyrim a whirl, and then after you feel done with one, try the other. In my opinion they are both great for different reasons, and they are different enough to feel like very different games in some ways.
If it helps you make a decision in terms of RPG story feel, Skyrim is more about you as the hero, and Oblivion you're more like a person that happens to be there.
There's great modding resources too if you're into that. Especially on Nexus. Even light modding like some QoL upgrades or bug fixes. I'm not talking crazy mods.
Oh, the endgame for Skyrim (the original DLCs) really do give you some rewarding post-game fun in like a god mode.
Shadow of war is 2.99 CAD
Decent game to quit about 30h in because while it's good and fun to play, it's incredibly repetitive.
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines
Not sure how it plays on Deck (UI is pretty small scale iirc) but Morrowind is great if you like RPGs with great atmosphere that don't hold your hand, and if you're ok with oldish graphics (some famous mods make it much more palatable however). I don't particularly like Oblivion or Skyrim, they're much more generic whereas Morrowind is pretty unique in terms of universe. But then again you'd have to look up how well it runs on the Deck and whether or not you can install the unofficial bugfix mod among other obligatory things
In case RPG includes JRPG for you: Both Nier:Automata and Nier:Replicant play fantastic in the deck, and those games are far more enjoyable with a controller instead of keyboard and mouse
Cat Quest
I'm currently in the process of trying to 100% Cat Quest, since I already have all achievements on Cat Quest 2, before Part 3 comes out this august. Very much enjoyed the first two games, so I recommend as well :)
RPG wise all the dragon age games are on sale, plus there's always fallout or skyrim.
Grabbed about half of my wishlist. Disappointed that Dark Souls Remastered isn't on sale at all, but it can wait.
Frogun
Mail Mole + Xpress Deliveries
Toree 3D
Toree2
Pseudoregalia
Heckabomb
Alwa's Awakening
GRIS
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Macbat 64
A Hat in Time - Nyakuza Metro DLC
Cavern of Dreams
Tails of Iron
Super Kiwi 64
Lunistice
Now begins the summer of platforming
That's a great list, Spyro trilogy alone can last you a really long time.
Nice suggestions! I picked up almost all of them thanks to you!
This one offers daily trading cards for finishing a discovery queue, and stickers for following a "browse by category" link on the main page and clicking the "claim" button.
Looks like the site is overloaded at the moment. Some things are not working quite right.
Celeste for $1.99? Hell yes! Insta buy for me, been wanting to play this game so bad.
What's good this time around? In my cart so far I have Until Then, Disco Elysium, and MS Flight Simulator.
Pacific Drive is in there now too.
I love disco Elysium
A strictly anti-capitalist fever dream adventure RPG getting completely consumed and milked by greedy capitalists who added nothing of value to its creation is peak this timeline.
Don't buy Disco Elysium. Pirate it.
Original devs got screwed over by the publisher and have encouraged folks to pirate it as not to let the publisher profit from their shittiness.
I get the principled reason to do this. But most people aren't set up to pirate. And even if they were, it's inconvenient to have games not attached to their steam library. I don't think anyone should deprive themselves of this masterpiece.
If the prospect of pirating is holding you back, just buy it. The game is too good to miss out
Disco Elysium is probably one of the greatest works of art this century.
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