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prokopetz · 2 months
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I've got 50 cents in my steam wallet. You seem to know a lot about indie games. What's a good Metroidvania or RPG in that price range?
Unfortunately, there is not a single metroidvania or RPG on Steam I'd actually recommend that is both non-free and currently going for less than fifty cents – all of the paid ones cost at least a buck. I've got a bunch of free ones you can check out, though:
A Game with a Kitty 1 & Darkside Adventures (metroidvania)
Alien Squatter (RPG)
Astra Hunter Zosma (RPG)
Bloody Hell (metroidvania)
Custodian: Beginning of the End (metroidvania)
The Dark Egg (RPG)
Deep Night Detective - Chapter One (metroidvania)
Dispersio 2 (metroidvania)
Eldtritchvania (metroidvania)
Eternal Senia (RPG)
Ex Vitro (metroidvania)
Franzen (RPG)
Grimm's Hollow (RPG)
Hare Apparent (RPG)
Heart of Enya (RPG)
Heroine's Quest : The Herald of Ragnarok (RPG)
Janosik - Highlander Precision Platformer (metroidvania)
(Throwing a break in here because Tumblr's goofy maximum-characters-per-text-block limit is weird about link URLs.)
Last Chance in Xollywood (RPG)
Lockheart Indigo (RPG)
Lorera (metroidvania)
Moonlaw (metroidvania)
Moonring (RPG)
Nocturne: Prelude (RPG)
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt (RPG)
The Rainsdowne Players (RPG)
Regenesis (RPG)
Saira (metroidvania)
Soma Union (RPG)
Soulscape (RPG)
Towards the Pantheon (RPG)
Void Pyramid (RPG)
Wienne (RPG)
Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening (RPG)
Xenosis (metroidvania)
You Have to Win the Game (metroidvania)
As noted, all of these titles are available for free at the time of this posting, so they will not help you spend your fifty cents.
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wolfnanaki · 5 months
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You: "What's your favorite video game genre?" Me: "Furry." You: "What?" Me:
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a-dinosaur-a-day · 1 year
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Why You Should Play Roots of Pacha
What is Roots of Pacha?
It's a Stardew Valley Clone, sure
But it's a Stardew Valley Clone that takes place in the Stone Age
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In a lot of weird ways, the mechanics and complexities of Stardew make way more sense in this setting? And a bunch of things are improved, like the inventory system and interpersonal interactions
But the best parts of the game are, hands down, the people and the animals
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literally within one season I got a pet baby mammoth, it's too cute for words, I'm speechless and overcome and many seasons have passed since I took this screenshot
you can domesticate/bring home tons of different cool animals, including Ibex, Wild Boar, Bison, and Ostriches
You can also ride them!!!!! My current ride is an Ostrich!!! Like omg???
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I haven't done an outright count but it's waaaaay more diverse than Stardew by leaps and bounds, honestly its a bit embarrassing on Stardew's part. A nice decent chunk of characters - much more than in Stardew - are POC, and there are way more girls as extra characters than in Stardew. Plus, more children and more complexities of interactions. Also...
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LESBIAN MOMS
LESBIAN MOOOOOOOOMS
Anyways, this game is amazing and I want it to blow up in popularity so the soundtrack will be released.... also so there can be updates/new content/mods even. Plus it's fun and I want y'all to know about it
So this is has been Meig's PaleoMedia Recommendation! Let me know if you want more recs, I tend to try everything so it says a lot that I felt I had to make this post
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faislittlewhiteraven · 2 months
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Me a few days ago: I think I need a break from my Undertale fanfic plotting for a bit as I'm getting a bit obsessive. I'll just go recharge by playing some random game... Hm this 'In Stars and Time' looks cute, let's try it out :)
Me a week later: ... ... ... Best mistake of my life holy crap..!
*Is now obsessing about two games instead of one and thinking of how I'd write a crossover between them XDDD*
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polarcoconut · 5 months
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What Video Game Should You Play? PAC
I love these fun, cute “what should you…” readings.
click read more get some video game recommendations based on what energy you need the most in your life right now
@crystaldivinee suggested I have a theme so it’s beach and snow.
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Pile one: banjou and kazooi: nuts and bolts
Casual games
bitlife, yandere simulator, papas franchise, subways surfers, movie star planet, among us
Pile Two: Nights: Journey of Dreams
Role playing
Dragon age, reckoning, world of Warcraft, fable, fallout, mass effect, Skyrim
Pile three: Wizards of waverly place ds game
Sad games
That Dragon Cancer, The Last of Us, Bioshock, Alice in Borderlands, The Walking Dead
Pile Four: Barbie Salon
Kid games
Moshi monsters, Club Penguin, Minecraft, Roblox, Candy Crush, Mario
Pile Five: Fable Two
Sports Games
skater, rocket league, NBA 2K11, Wii Sports, FIFA
Pile Six: Dragon Age Two
Girly Games
Lost Words, Life is Strange, Animal Crossing, Bratz!, Disney infinity, Silent Hill
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organ-market · 9 months
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Unconventional Detective Games
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Return of the Obra Dinn, 2018
The maritime mystery game Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope is almost entirely subversive for a detective game. Everything in the game from its core premise to  hyper stylized presentation, is all ambitious and experimental. Every person aboard the Obra Dinn has mysteriously died and you assume the role of an insurance investigator piecing together the horrific events using a magic watch that delivers to you a front seat viewing of a vignette of each person’s demise. Using these dioramas of death, you are charged with recording the manner of death of each and each crewmember and passenger aboard the ship.
Return of the Obra Dinn and its addictively satisfying detective puzzle gameplay left me hungry for more. Playing the game instilled in me a deep love for a good mystery and a desire to solve them. While I love games like Disco Elysium, which stars detectives as its protagonists, the investigation was never really the point. Moreover, a love for the unconventional detective was entrenched in my heart and as an interactive medium, video games are perfect for aspiring would-be detectives.
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Overboard! , 2021
The year is 1935, aboard the S.S. Hook, Veronica Villensy throws her husband overboard under the foggy shade of night. In Inkle’s devilishly clever puzzle/visual novel, Overboard! you have eight hours before reaching the ports of New York and in that limited time you must relieve yourself from suspicion and guilt for your husband’s death at any cost. It’s a sort of anti-detective puzzle about getting away with murder which forces you to learn your fellow passenger’s schedules, plant evidence, and be consistently careful with your language lest your words betray you much later.
The DNA of time loop games such as Majora’s Mask and The Sexy Brutale is woven into the gameplay loop of Overboard! It’s a fairly short game taking around 2-3 hours to finish the story but at the benefit of allowing an immense amount of player agency. There is a wide variety of solutions to evading the mighty hand of justice, you are free to travel around the ship on a whim with no direction from the game itself. The only hint system is visiting the chapel and praying to God which is both cleverly diegetic and hilarious.
The nonlinearity of your objective incentivizes logical thinking and experimentation. The puzzle is rewarding much like learning each map and NPC routines in the Hitman: World of Assassination trilogy is. At first you clumsily trip over your words when Major Singh interrogates you but eventually you can get away with murder in style along with netting some pocket money from the life insurance if you pull it all off just right!
The nonlinearity of each puzzle in Overboard! is incredibly refreshing, it just feels organic and natural. Going achievement hunting in this game is its own little puzzle and I still haven’t figured out some of the little secrets it hides from us. It’s a game I can’t put down and haven’t yet been able to stop thinking about and I really recommend giving it a shot since it’s only $15 and only $6 if you catch it on sale.
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Pentiment, 2022
Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment was my favorite game of 2022 and enraptured me for long nights as I obsessed over its rich dialogue and gorgeous medieval illumination manuscript inspired art. So much love and research was put into the historical setting, it takes place in 16th Century Bavaria within the town of Tassing is filled with life and character. You play as Andreas Maler, an artist working in an abbey on a hill and whilst attempting to finish your masterpiece, your co-worker and friend, Brother Piero, is falsely accused of the murder of a wealthy Baron who was staying in town. You are sprung into action as you only have a limited amount of time to clear Brother Piero’s name.
You are given a limited amount of time to wander around town, attempting to conduct interviews, deduce motives, and eventually gather enough evidence to bring the culprit to justice. Because of the impending trial, time is ever so precious in Pentiment and you will never have enough time to do everything you want at your leisure. Every moment dwelling on conversation or recreation is time you could have spent digging for answers. In order to pin a suspect you must hone in on what you think is most beneficial for your case like a true detective.
Brother Piero’s freedom is always at the cost of another’s conviction, in Pentiment you must push the blame onto someone else. During your investigations, you find that Sister Matilda, a nun at the abbey, had been assaulted by the late Baron many years ago. This is one of the clearest motives in the game but most physical evidence points in other directions, all the while every nun in the abbey will assure you of her innocence.
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Saint John's Eve Festival Bonfire
Convincing the archdeacon (the head of the trial) of Sister Matilda’s guilt is perhaps the easiest of all the suspects to accomplish and Pentiment will not tell you outwardly that Matilda didn’t do it but it doesn’t have to. In a clever subversion, the game never tells you if you caught the culprit in the end. Pentiment, brilliantly, left me to wonder if I made the right choices as the totality of the lethal consequences of my actions weighed on my mind. You can easily convince the archdeacon of someone’s guilt but are you able to convince yourself?
The brutality of the executions should not be understated. You look on helplessly as someone you convicted meets an unwieldy end as they plead, cry, and eventually die. The executioner’s sword rises and falls as it lodges itself into the neck again and again until the head breaks free from the neck. Whether you like it or not, your choices matter in Pentiment and the consequences stare you down with a harsh disposition.
While playing Pentiment I was continually reminded of a line from Rian Johnson’s murder mystery film Knives Out. The titular detective Benoit Blanc (he’s so me by the way) notes that, “...the complexity and the gray lie not in the truth but what you do with the truth once you have it.” The complexity of truth is captured beautifully by Pentiment. In many regards it is a conventional mystery but by weaponizing the player’s need for clear answers it infected my mind for many hours after the credits rolled along with the minds of many others. There are fierce debates and chatter surrounding who really did the killing. Pentiment wasn’t as well talked about as it deserved, with all the games releasing it was overlooked by most. Well, it isn’t exactly for everyone but for the price of $20 it gave me a wealth of dialogue to mull over and wonder about.
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Phasmophobia, 2022
A multiplayer ghost hunting spookfest is not exactly what you’d think of when discussing detective games but Kinetic Game’s Phasmophobia is deeply investigative by nature. Intense inspection is at the beating heart of the game with an important twist. Where ordinarily a detective chases after a suspect after the fact, here your suspect is reacting to your every move and can (and will) kill you on a whim. In the game you and up to three other friends venture into a haunted house and gather evidence and clues to determine which of the twenty four ghosts in the game is currently residing in your location. 
You and your team will wander out of the safety of your van and into cold, darkened rooms to find clues by checking thermometers, speaking into spirit boxes, and throwing salt all over the floor in hopes of getting the ghost to step in it. Not only can you gather evidence with your camera and UV lights but another layer in your investigation is the behavior of the ghost. Knowing how aggressive each ghost is or how fast it is, is a tremendous asset in your deductive arsenal. The more you know, the more you can whittle the possibilities down until you have your culprit.
But finding the ghost and gathering evidence is just one thing, surviving the ghost is another. Being in the dark and bearing witness to paranormal activity will deplete your sanity and eventually the ghost will target you for a hunt. The front door slamming shut marks the beginning of a hunt, the ghost will manifest physically and chase you down and kill you if you don’t hide in time.
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Corpse of my friend, deceased. Moments before I run out of the house in terror.
Phasmophobia is a dangerous balancing act of facing your fears by delving into the darkness in order to find clues and trying desperately to find the ghost type as fast as you can so you can get the hell out of there. The reactivity of the ghost keeps you on edge as you wander the halls gathering data. Speaking into the spirit box may prompt a raspy whisper into your ear or the candle you just lit may be blown out moments after. More interestingly though, is the voice recognition AI that takes advantage of the communication players rely upon. Everything from saying you’re scared to a simple curse word can lead to the ghost favoring you as prey. Even players who stay in the van for too long get targeted by the ghost!
Within Phasmophobia is one of the most unique investigative experiences on the market and definitely a one of a kind multiplayer experience. The comfort of having a buddy to share your terrors with is stripped away when they stop responding to your radio! It’s truly unlike anything I’ve ever played and the developers are constantly updating it, two big thumbs up from the afterlife. 
The satisfaction from my first time getting away with murder in Overboard! and the despair when I find out I had the ghost type completely wrong in Phasmophobia are some of my most memorable experiences in gaming! And Pentiment proved to be one of the most well written games I’ve had the pleasure of reading. I sincerely hope you check them out if you haven’t already! They’re all pretty cheap anyway. And once again begging for recommendations in the comments/reblogs so if you know any good, and hopefully weird, detective games let me know! Thanks in advance everyone and I’ll catch you on the flip side :P
-Ghost Emoji 👻
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troythecatfish · 4 months
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Here’s my personal Video Game recommendation. Paleo Pines. ( No Spoilers ). It’s a cozy ranch simulator with dinosaurs. The art style is very unique and cute. The gameplay is very calming and peaceful. There’s a diverse range of dinosaur species in this game. This game is available for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox series XS
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zehecatl · 10 months
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happy steam sale to all, here’s a 'little’ rec list for (primarily) indie games that, in my opinion, isn’t as popular as they deserve to be!
Ghostwire: Tokyo -60% the only triple a game you’ll see on this list, and my own all time personal favourite. if you like anime, japanese history and folklore, and bromance, you will very likely love this game. it also lets you explore Tokyo and pet the dogs! and cats! literally perfect game!!
Iconoclasts -70% i have been shilling this game, at every major steam sale, for pretty much four-five years. before Ghostwire, it was my all time favourite video game. it was in development, by one person, for around eight years. it is still, in my opinion, one of the most gorgeous pieces of pixel art in the whole damn medium. just. please check it out i beg
Angels of Death -40% rpgmaker game that absolutely excels at being a character driven story. it also got an anime adaptation? which i’ve actually never seen?? but if you grew up playing horror rpgmaker games, please do yourself a favour, and check this out. and if you didn’t- check it out anyway! it’s not super scary or anything, with a more psychological horror focus
Owlboy -65% tiny owl boy does his very best and will worm his way into your heart and then crush it because life is maybe a bit too cruel to him. also you can fly! did i mention you can fly??
Pony Island + The Hex -80% did you adore Inscryption? did you like the meta element? then oh boy, should you check out Daniel Mullins’ two former games! they’re good! probably has the same vibe as Inscryption! could not tell you i still have not played that thing! but these are both very good, and absolutely worth every cent
Underhero -70% it’s a bit rough around the edges, but man, this game has so much love put into it, and i think it deserves way more love than it got
My Friend Pedro -75% the action is definitely the high point here, but i have a personal soft spot for the lil’ bit of lore we do get. like, there is something there, and i want to dig my fingers in. also wacky banana is funny
Sayonara Wild Hearts -40% queer girls on motorcycles? in my rhythm game?? it’s more likely than you think!! (also, if you suck at rhythm games: me too, this is still worth picking up)
MO:Astray -50% the fact that seemingly no one on tumblr has played this... despite the fact that it feels like it’d be a right shoe in... criminal. there is a little CREACHUR! LOOK AT IT. IT IS A SLIME!!
The Messenger -75% i legit thought this game was way more popular than it, apparently, is, which i think just speaks volume of my opinion on it. it’s genuinely right up there with Shovel Knight as iconic retro throwbacks- plus! the devs are making THE most gorgeous indie rpgs, apparently set in the same universe. so that is another reason to check it out
This Strange Realm of Mine -90% an extremely weird little game that will likely not be for everyone, or even most people, but that i really liked. considering the price, i don’t really think there’s much to lose on buying this little gem
Darkside Detective -70% funny point & click game with very shipable protagonists! there’s also a ‘second season’ that i have not played (yet), but is very likely absolutely worth getting
Haiku, the Robot -33% it is, rather obviously, not as good as Hollow Knight, but if you’re suffering from ‘waiting for Silksong’, perhaps this little gem will tide you over
Transiruby -30% another small metroidvania! has really pretty pixel art, and is just a fun little time
Flynn, Son of Crimson -50% not what it was promised, but it’s a fun platformer with gorgeous pixel art, and a dog. it’s a good time, and isn’t that what we all want :]
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows -70% a cute horror game, with excellent enemy designs, and a whole town to explore. also the story is so good. i am still absolutely enamoured with this title. this is, technically, the 2nd in a series, but you can play the games standalone, and while i’m sure the 1st is just as good, i’ve only played this one. because priorities (also keep in mind!! that this is a horror game!!! i’d recommend looking up some trigger warnings, because, uh. horror game!)
A Short Hike -35% just an extremely cozy and fun little game. exploring every inch of this island was just such a good time, i still think extremely fondly of this title
Webbed -30% i am gently laying an hand on the shoulder of every bug enthusiastic on this website. you play as a spider. who is trying to get back her boyfriend from a bird. and there’s a really fun swinging mechanic. do you really need anything more?
Garden Story -60% i am once again shocked this game isn’t more popular. what do you mean a cozy adventure game with community restoration, foraging, and some fun combat with a grape protagonist isn’t one of the biggest sellers in cozy gaming spheres. there’s a frog. you can put on different hats. what else do you want!!
Donut County -70% funny little game about making holes and being a chaotic racoon. i have an extremely soft spot for the characters in this, i could not explain it <3
also Oxenfree is not on sale, but it’s cheap, and the sequel is dropping very soon! and you should absolutely check it out! because it’s really REALLY good!!
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i got a few new steam games for christmas and the two i’m currently obsessed with are I Was A Teenage Exocolonist and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOTH OH MY GODDDDD
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yeahprobablyh · 4 months
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i was looking for secrets in super paper roblox and i stumbled upon Socks' Homestuck Shipping Cave .... finding it made me feel terribly clever
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i'm not sure if the scrawlings in this hidden area are meant to be a joke or canon, but ..
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gay ppl are real, that is so cool :D
(i am referring to the tragic fellows in the top left corner)
also GO PLAY SUPER PAPER ROBLOX if you like obbies !!! it is a story-based obby, it has a lovely art style based on paper mario, and i've never seen anything else like it on roblox!
(i'm not telling you where The Shipping Cave is! you will have to find it yourself :3)
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prokopetz · 6 months
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if you feel like doing any more game rec requests, got anything for "pokemon, but harder"? that is, actually needing to stop and think about next moves rather than just spamming my strongest move ("FLOWER TRICK! GO!"). despite how influential pokemon is, i tend to have a lotta trouble finding games in the "monster collector fight em all" genre that arent even more pared down! I still have fun w those oc, but other times i want a lil challenge ya kno?
For example, one i have found myself that was at least a lil bit more challenging was monster hunter stories 2, a game where ironically the story is one of the weaker points.
while I wouldnt call it incredibly difficult, the battles are designed to be at least SLIGHTLY longer so that you need to plan at least a lil more long term, unlike pokemon which seems to end up with a TON of 2 hit K.O. battles even for the late game and sorta makes non-damage moves feel like a waste (though i would wanna avoid st with the "long battles automatically equal harder", just. 5 turns avg is a lot more time to strategize than 2 turns!) and the battle system is designed to encourage switching up moves (its got a sorta rock-paper-scissors system)
It really depends on what your tolerance level for edgy neo-gothic bullshit and monsters that look like giant dicks is. The Shin Megami Tensei franchise is basically the gold standard for monster-collecting games that a. actually provide interesting tactical choices, and b. try to kick the player's ass all up and down the street. However, most of the games are also edgy to the point of self-parody, which isn't everybody's cup of tea.
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hum-tittle · 6 months
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So I just finished my second play through of Mass effect (on the Xbox, but I do have a gaming laptop!), and I'd love some other game recommendations that are similar!
I tried Dragon Age years ago and wasn't super into it.
Here are other games I really enjoy
Fallout series (4 is my favorite)
Fable 2 and 3
Mirrors Edge Catalyst
Here are some games I like
Just Cause 3
Halo series
Skyrim
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gamegirlx · 7 months
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so is no one gonna talk about how this game's graphics are 7 years older than twilight princess???
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this game is called Samba De Amigo and despite not playing it as a child i now wish i did 😔🚑✨✨ (pls watch the cool intro cutscene they have here pls pls)
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iamthelowercase · 6 months
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Okay okay. So.
If you like cute video games, and you:
Like Undertale
Like Doki Doki Literature Club
Like video games making shout-outs to other video games
Like when video games play with the medium
Have a Steam account
Are still running Windows 10
Are justifiably disgruntled over the whole "Unity will start charging Indie game developer" debacle
Like free video games
...Then you should look up and play Outcore on Steam before December 31st 2023.
It's got a cute little protagonist who will stand around on your taskbar (the stripe at the bottom of the screen with windows in it). It's got a minigame that introduces programming stuff, but that you don't need to play if you don't want to. It's got a couple of minigames that help you safely explore your computer.
(It's also a good demonstration of why you shouldn't run software you don't trust. The second thing it does is drop a file on your desktop, which is really scary if you know enough about computers to realize why that would be scary but not enough about computers to be sure that it's fine in this case.)
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mo0nbugs · 20 days
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Can anyone recommend books or games with a similar vibe to Dredge because I am craving the horrors the deep
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meroif · 6 days
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Hi Mero!! I was wondering, do you like video games? have you played any recently? I’m curious to know what games a person like you enjoys. Yes I’m inspecting your brain from the inside………..
Hello there!🌙 Thank you for taking an interest in little me, I was very flattered up until you mentioned my brain. Please don’t take residence inside my skull!
Jokes aside, I do enjoy video games! I tend to favor story-heavy and narrative-driven experiences, but have played many others.
Recently, I had the pleasure to stumble upon Citizen Sleeper, which is as shattering as it is beautiful. It spins and spins in the back of my head still.
I have also played In Stars and Time, which I found to be a very tender story wrapped in barbed wire. Do be careful if you’re as soft-hearted as I am (which is to say very).
And this might be cheating a little, as I have recently replayed it, but I’d still like to mention Night In The Woods. It can help, when one’s feeling lost.
Hope that answers your question! If you ever have game recommendations, feel free to send them my way, I’d love to play more 🤍
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