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Anonymous

Hidden Gems: Christmas Sale ed(...) 12/25/25(Thu)05:06:35 No.729291604

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Hidden Gems: Christmas Sale edition Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:06:35 No.729291604 Archived

Not a single proper hidden gems thread in this sale yet! I don't recognize you /v/.

Rules:
>BABBY MODO: 1000-500 reviews
>NORMAL MODO: 499-250 reviews
>HAADO MODO: 249-100 reviews
>NIGHTMARE MODO: 99-10 reviews
>HI DEV!: less than 10 reviews

I'll start.
Classic space adventure epic with fun physics based shmup combat. Free version of Star Control II.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2645580/Free_Stars_The_UrQuan_Masters/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:09:22 No.729291687

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:09:22 No.729291687

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Single screen retro platformer with a wonderful chiptune soundtrack.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779560/Donut_Dodo/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:13:33 No.729291823

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:13:33 No.729291823

>>729291604
...or, if you're on linux,
sudo apt install uqm

and avoid Gabe's bullshit altogether

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:13:50 No.729291832

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:13:50 No.729291832

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>>729291604
>>729291604
reagan gorbachev. top down shooter where you play as reagan and gorbachev trying to stop terrorists from launching nukes and ending the world. fun in co-op.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/364720/Reagan_Gorbachev/
20 reviews

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:14:45 No.729291862

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:14:45 No.729291862

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Supernatural deduction game in the vein of Golden Idol/Roottrees.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2277090/DAEMON_MASQUERADE/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:17:33 No.729291963

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:17:33 No.729291963

Anyone got any good deckbuilders or colony sims?

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:19:37 No.729292031

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:19:37 No.729292031

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Brutally hard roguelike/srpg hybrid with cool industrial drone soundtrack.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1117480/Dead_Hand/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:20:23 No.729292062

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:20:23 No.729292062

https://www.gog.com/en/game/diluvian_ultra

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:22:01 No.729292104

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:22:01 No.729292104

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>>729291604
Just finished this. It's a very solid fast-paced 2d platformer. Super cheap, and there's a demo too.
I normally don't like "speedrunning" games, but this and SEUM were great. Both actually make me want to beat my times.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2944340/Unless/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:23:24 No.729292140

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:23:24 No.729292140

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Deckbuilder tactical roguelite (very unlike StS) that slightly reminds me of the old MTG Shandalar game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824580/Dungeon_Drafters/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:29:52 No.729292310

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:29:52 No.729292310

>>729291604
>inb4 thread devolves into indie devjeets shilling their pixelshit/asset flip shovelware

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:33:40 No.729292415

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:33:40 No.729292415

>>729291823
and for other steam-free versions:
https://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:34:56 No.729292441

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:34:56 No.729292441

>>729291862
nice thanks

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:40:41 No.729292603

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:40:41 No.729292603

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Short and basic 3D adventure game that I could easily see on PS2 or something
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122100/Giraffe_and_Annika/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)05:54:35 No.729293061

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)05:54:35 No.729293061

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Spanish Ghosts 'n Goblins, and just as stupid hard.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/534290/Cursed_Castilla_Maldita_Castilla_EX/

The dev has lots of awesome freeware games in his webpage, including an early version of Cursed Castilla:
https://locomalito.com/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)06:09:55 No.729293614

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)06:09:55 No.729293614

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Action platformer where you control a pterodactyl samurai. Not on sale but only 2 bucks.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/491350/Way_of_the_Red/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)07:11:16 No.729295434

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)07:11:16 No.729295434

Then once again, I'm going to shill Ichima-san, my indie GOTY 2024. Cheap and fun Japanese action-adventure game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2416190/Ichimasan/

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)07:12:17 No.729295461

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)07:12:17 No.729295461

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>>729295434
And once again, I forget about the picture.

Anonymous
12/25/25(Thu)07:35:03 No.729296214

Anonymous 12/25/25(Thu)07:35:03 No.729296214

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>>729291604
>>HI DEV!: less than 10 reviews
Not the dev. But the game deserves to be shilled so I will shill it.
What if Katamari was a platformer? A cool navigational, 'platformer', with lots of exploration, secrets, and problems to solve as you try to progress.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026260/Ocnus_Theory/
>8 user reviews