Lesser Known Games

[RevXwise]

This is a thread to share some lesser known games you've found that others might not know about.

On steam:
Kenshi:
A single-player Ultima Online. No magic, but you auto-attack, can mine, farm, build weapons and armor, build a town, recruit a bunch of people and wage wars on the NPC factions. Crazy awesome game; I thought I was bored of video games, but playing around with the game editor caused me to stay up all night long playing video games for the first time since I was in my teens. My favorite part of this game is that there are always battles going on between the NPCs - in fact, that's basically one of the best ways to make money starting out; you can just loot all the corpses after the random battles!
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Running with Rifles:
Overhead shooter that reminds me a bit of General Chaos for the Sega Genesis. You. Will. Die... A lot. Has RPG elements to where you can get followers, command vehicles, and get rare weapon drops.
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Grim Dawn:
Action RPG that should be the successor to Diablo 2. Dark atmosphere. Created by the people who made Titan Quest.
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Retro-Pixel Castles:
Mix of city builder and tower defense. Plays like The Settlers but monsters spawn and constantly attack you. The goal of the game? You eventually lose! Made by one guy who constantly updates it.
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Party Hard:
8-bit graphics. Everyone is partying and your goal is to murder them all. There are level weapon traps to kill them and you can dance to lure some away or piss others off! Stab them, store their bodies in coolers, and make sure the cops don't bust you!
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[Concrete]

Thomas Was Alone

 

[Joseph Budden]

Deadly Premonition

Greatest game i've ever played

 

[echohead]

Single player UO sounds like hell

 

[jrams]

Screeps
https://screeps.com/

Screeps is about scripting your creeps.

It is a MMO RTS sandbox game for programmers, wherein the core mechanic is programming your units AI. With all the attributes of a full-fledged strategy game, you control your colony by writing real JavaScript which operate 24/7 in the single persistent world filled by other players on par with you.

Your colony can harvest resources, build units, conquer territory, trade with another colonies. As you conquer more territory, your influence in the game world grows, as well as your abilities to expand your footprint. However, it requires a lot of effort on your part, since multiple players may aim at the same territory.

Screeps is developed for people with programming skills. Unlike some other RTS games, your units in Screeps can react to events without your participation – provided that you have programmed them properly. And, unlike other MMO, you do not have to play Screeps constantly to play well. It is quite enough just to check once in a while to see if everything goes well.

Features:

• You play by writing JavaScript AI which controls your units 24/7 even while you're offline.
  
  
• No shards, game realms and session match-ups: units of all players coexist in the same real-time persistent world and obey the same rules.
  
  
• Units, base, mining resources, territory control, economy, manufacturing, transporting, logistics, trading – all the attributes of a real strategy game which you need to program!
  
  
• The better your scripts, the better your game — irrespective of the time played. Your creeps will mine, build, defend, and conquer as you just work, sleep, or walk your dog.
  
  
• Only basic programming skills are required. However, if you are a pro developer, now is the chance to put your skills to the limit!
  
  
• Edit your scripts from the in-game editor, or using your favorite external IDE.
  
  
• Lifetime MMO access with 10 CPU limit included in the starter package. Raise your CPU limit to the point depending on your game level by purchasing a CPU subscription plan or via in-game items called Gametime Tokens. The subscription cost is the same for all players, there is no way to pay more to gain more advantages.
  
  
• Open source game server engine, and an option to create your own hosted world and play with friends without limits or subscriptions (not available yet, please read the Early Access notes).
  
  
• And many more features to come! (see Roadmap)

 

[badascan]

This war of mine "PC": not sure if its well known or not. It's dark, with a good atmosphere. It also has a unique play style, side scrolling survival "horror"?

What did I do to deserve this, my lord 2 "PSP": a fun and unique but extremely difficult real time strategy/god game where you construct dungeons to prevent the "hero" from defeating your "anti-hero". Hard to explain.

 

[RevXwise]

Empyrion - Galactic Survival
No Man's Sky meets Minecraft. You can build hovercraft, spaceships, massive bases, and even capital ships which float around in space. Travel from planet to planet, mine for ore, destroy bases, and build whatever you want. It's singleplayer, coop and multiplayer. I've been having a blast with this recently.

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[Coolthulu]

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse: I'm still pining for a HD remaster. The explosive gut grenade and severed hand are fiendishly marvelous. combat techniques. The epitome of undead badassery.


Deadly Premonition: It's basically Twin Peaks: The Game. The insanity is intoxicating. Love it. All of it.