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    I love how they advertise “up to 20% off a steam deck,” but that’s only for refurbished and there’s none in stock.

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      Celeste is 90% off, Kingdom Come Deliverance is 80% off, Braid Anniversary Edition is 75% off. All worth it imo.

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        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:

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      Depends on your definition of “new” and “must-have”.

      • Grapple Dog 75% off — momentum-based grappling hook platformer with a very funky soundtrack and Nitrome-style 2D art (spoiler: the dev was a Nitrome artist)
      • Cobalt Core 25% off — deckbuilding in space! There’s an actual plot with an interesting cast of characters. The board game-style positioning mechanic was what sold me on the game.
      • Cassette Beasts 40% off — creature collector with an identity that isn’t just “indie Pokémon”. Cool worldbuilding, heartfelt story, grown-up mechanics, and imaginative monster designs that avoid the “animal + element” formula.
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      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.

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      I don’t know how must have it is, but I’ve been enjoying Isles of Sea and Sky, a sokoban type puzzle game currently 10% off until July 11th (currently $17.99). I’m pretty sure it’s maybe a month or two old at least.

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      Monster Sanctuary! Scratches the Pokemon itch but way better than any Pokemon game ever has

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    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?

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      Some offline-friendly FPS games.

      • Half-Life 1 and 2
      • Borderlands 2 and 3
      • Dusk
      • SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

      First-person puzzle games (other than Portal 1 and 2, which you’ve heard about enough already):

      • Once you’re done both Portals, check out community-made mod campaigns!
        • Portal: Revolution is a prequel to Portal 2 that introduces a few new mechanics.
        • Portal Stories: Mel has pretty much zero new mechanics but cranks up the difficulty.
      • Viewfinder
      • The Witness
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        Not sure it’s steam deck friendly, but The Talos Pinciple (1 and 2) are both great puzzle games.

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      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.

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        Doom 2016 was just about perfect. It blended old-shool FPS fundamentals with modern aiming, collectibles, etc.

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      Try these gems:

      • Vampire Survivors
      • Death must die
      • Dead Cells
      • Animal Well

      It’s as if they were made specifically for the Steam Deck

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      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.

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      Monster Sanctuary! Outstanding mix of metroidvania and pokemon sorta game

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      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

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        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 :)

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        Decent game to quit about 30h in because while it’s good and fun to play, it’s incredibly repetitive.

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      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

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      RPG wise all the dragon age games are on sale, plus there’s always fallout or skyrim.

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          Skyrim is a solid RPG, there’s loads to do and the story is good too. Plus loads of replay value and opportunity for modding

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    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

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    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.

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        That’s great to hear. I collect game soundtracks. That’s like when I play a new Life is Strange, it’s an instant soundtrack buy.

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    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.

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        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.

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      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.

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        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

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        I really need to try to get back into it. I have heard so many great things and I know it’s a slow burn type game but I think I overwhelmed myself with trying to get perfect rolls on interactions.

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          Yes I definitely did some save scuming, cuz I didn’t want to miss anything, but ultimately I think it’s best to just let it play out as it will. I need to do another run for sure.

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    It’s only 20% off, but Alpha Protocol has returned to Steam just in time for the sale!

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      Did you just step out of a time machine? Their sales haven’t had games for ages now. Last one was the monster game, iirc.*

      *Oh, there was the Saliens in 2018, too, but that was like a one-off.

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        The 2015 Monster Summer Sale was particularly memorable for me thanks to the music. I downloaded it and still listen to it! Ultimately, though, I’m glad Steam doesn’t have tie-in minigames and flash deals anymore, since it was tedious to have to metagame them for the best value.

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      Yeah, their sales haven’t had events for a while now. You can get trading cards and stickers by browsing around I think, but that’s it.

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      Duck Detective is great, perfect short game. Hopefully they have the framework there to do more cases like Golden Idol did, because I would love to play more