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Steam Summer Sale: Hidden Gem/ Recommendations thread (beehaw.org)
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Hey all. Always enjoyed reading everyone's suggestions on more unknown games available during big steam sales.

I'll start off with one that I have been a fan of for a long time: Death Road to Canada

This game is like a zombie action Oregon Trail like game, where you manage supplies and fight through hordes of zombies on your way to the safe haven of Canada. Only US$3.74 right now and well worth it imo!

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[–] altz3r0@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

EXAPUNK - 50% - 96% Positive

If you like old time puzzle games, and have a pinch for programming, then you will love this. In this game you control bots by creating algorithms to extract data and other challenges. The cool part is you must study the game language and learn the lore from manuals and magazines that the game provides.

SHENZHEN I/O - 50% - 93% Positive

From the same creator of EXAPUNK, only the thematic here is electronics.

Road 96 - 50% 91% Positive

Summer 1996, Today is the day! You hit the road. Adventure. Freedom. Escape. Run. Flee the Regime. Try to survive.

On this risky road trip to the border, you’ll meet incredible characters, and discover their intertwined stories and secrets in an ever-evolving adventure. But every mile opens up a choice to make. Your decisions will change your adventure, change the people you meet, maybe even change the world.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not quite the same thing as Exapunk/Shenzhen but Duskers gives me those vibes too. Maybe worth a look if you don't know it already.

[–] phoenixes@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I really really love duskers. Just beware that there...

spoilerbasically just isn't an ending.

[–] scarecrw@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shenzhen I/O is one of my favorite games, along with TIS-100. I think it's time to just dive in and go through the rest of the zacktronic games.

[–] Karzyn@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's worth noting that EXAPUNKS is substantially easier than Shenzhen I/O. I actually preferred it though because experimenting with different strategies to increase speed was more fun to me than, say, beating my head against kelp harvesting robot.

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Road 96 was so much fun! Definitely worth it at that price.

[–] liminis@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Zachtronics games are great. ^Especially their solitaires...^

[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 1 points 2 years ago

They are. I was hooked on SpaceChem long ago and since then I've bought all of them (even Infinifactory ~~despite the lack of solitaire~~)

I'd recommend Silicon Zeroes too, not by Zach Barth but in very much the same genre and well made too.