Hades is a steal at 5$, if you're into more casual gameplay vampire survivors is also a steal at 3.50 (includes all the dlc), if you want something in between brotato has been a wonderful purchase for me. If you want more of the frantic play style, but shorter sessions and less RPG decision making elements, 1 finger death punch is only a buck.

All of the source games are on sale, I recommend portal> portal 2 /half life 2 > left 4 dead 1&2

Slay the spire for < 2$ is an absolute steal, if you think you might like deck builders that's one of the o.g's. another most excellent deck builder, monster train, is also less than 2$, I cannot recommend them both highly enough.

The room is an excellent puzzle game, especially for 75 cents, not personally sure about it's sequels but I've heard they're equally good.

Don't starve for 2.50 is amazing, but if you're at all multiplayer inclined, get 'don't starve together' (I believe it comes with a second copy you can give to anyone)

Hexcells, hexcells 2, and lyne are great if you like puzzle games (everyday genius square logic is also great, but not on sale and no longer supported by devs) delete is also good, and on sale, but it's much more once over it's done game (like the room)

Doom (2016?) Is a great first person shooter at 4$, and fallout new Vegas is a great first person RPG at the same price.

FtL at 2.50 is amazing, and after you've sunk a hundred hours into it, download the 'across the multiverse' fan made expansion, and sink another thousand hours into the game.

And if you're considering Diablo 4, I plead with you to give path of exile a fair shake first, it's free to play, only cosmetic micro transactions, and so much more fleshed out of experience.

I stand by each of the above games, if you give any of them a fair shot and walk away considering it an actual bad game, hit me up, let me know what made it bad, and I'll toss you a game key (of my choosing) of equal or greater value (than the sale price of the game you thought was bad)

Edit, not sure where the hell I got those prices from, I think it may have been showing me "complete the bundle"prices on games I already owned that had bundles with everything else I also owned? I'll go through and change my reviews based on the prices I find, it'll definitely change a couple of my "absolutely must have at this price"

[–] rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Regarding your comment on Diablo 4… Is that really the case? I played Diablo 2, skipped 3 and then played Diablo 4 a few weeks back during the free weekend on Steam. I’m admittedly a casual player, but I enjoyed it a lot. I didn’t love it, though I like it. It was familiar with clear improvements, and I was able to jump right into the game and had an enjoyable experience (I’m aware others could have a different experience especially end game). Gameplay was smooth, UI was simple to navigate while chilling on the couch with a controller, story was interesting, fights were satisfying, and the choices I made for skill progression and weapons all made for a decent experience in the 6-7 hours I played till the level 20 cap. I don’t care about character customization with cosmetics, and have never/will never spend money on mtx especially in a game with this hefty price tag. With all that in mind, the trial was enough to make me consider buying it on sale, and am now considering it again.

But I’m frugal, and have heard from sources online and friends that Path of Exile is Diablo but much better, so I tried it. I gave it 2 hours, and I was personally lost. Not sure if it was the UI which felt clunky and unfamiliar, or the story that didn’t draw me in, or the fact that it felt almost expected to read through wikis to be able to get a decent build, but after two hours I didn’t have fun and uninstalled it. Is it worth it to try again and see if it will scratch the arpg itch?

[–] Jjcool27@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I loved diablo 2 and 3 but 4 was very meh for me. Path of exile was very confusing to me so I dropped it. You should give grim dawn a chance. It's so good.

[–] rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh nice, grim dawn looks neat, and very inexpensive for the base game. I’ll check it out.

[–] Jjcool27@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Game often goes on sale along with the dlc. If you decide to give it a chance, check out grimtools for fun builds, calculators, and many more tools. The game is actively being developed after so long, and it's just so fun to play. It's what diablo 4 should have been.

[–] rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the tip, much appreciated. I picked it up while it’s on sale, and will check it out in the coming weeks!

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