What's the best way to find hidden gems on steam?
hidden gems, you say?
>>747578771By talking to other people.
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>>747578771You can always manually search tags on Steam, but sometimez I get recommended indie games on X and Youtube. If you follow indie devs, you'll find more indie games of the type they're making.Also try the cunny curator. Lots of hidden gems in there! https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46065114-Cute-and-Funny-Playable-Spotlight/
>>747578771Pick a game, that is how the page is called, it picks a game for you, depending on your settings it might give you some obscure shit.
>>747578771How do you even animate with distortion. Impressive.
>>747579893It's AI
>>747579848>>747579857Noyce
>>747578771next fest
>>747578771That's a good way to get malware.
>>747579893You trace over a video of a human actor doing the same thing, like Walt Disney did >>747579929That’s hunter hunter nigga
>>7475787711) Use the tag system2) wishlist even stuffs you won't buy fitting the style of game you want.Even if you just like the concept => wishlistBefore long Steam will be suggesting you game with combinations of tag you didn't imagine existed.That's how I discovered "Nuclear Option".Finally3) Accept that the gaems you want might be a small early-access game with little chance of growing big.
Post some of the gems you guys have found. Fallen Hero seriesRoadwardenDeath Howl Colony ShipCrown Gambit Septerra CoreDating JoyceBanquet for FoolsXanadu Next
>>747580875>hidden gem>8k reviews
>>747578771Anons frequently find them for me. Thanks for suggesting Infested Planet, kind anon.
>>747581349Some of these might have turned into common gems by now, but:>true gemsVesselsDon't Escape 4 Days To SurviveGhost 1.0All the Hero of the Kingdom gamesJ.U.L.I.A Among the StarsOutcore>flawed gemsIn Other WatersParadise KillerFight KnightRusted MossCrystal ProjectBeacon PinesAI Limit
>>747582005>8k reviewsConsidering there's a billion humans with internet access I'd say 8k reviews is a hidden gem
>>747578771steamdb search with a liberal usage of filtersthe hidden gems threads here (mainly during sales) occasionally have good stuffchecking daily releases on pirate sites, there are so many new games out per day that the worst ones don't even get pirated so it works as a first pass filter
Use the interactive recommender and set it to niche.store.steampowered.com/recommender
>>747578771have people who aren't total normgroids on your friendslist
>>747581349VholumeThe Message from Deep SpaceStar FetchersBad Bitch BlastersClash: Artifacts of ChaosMars First Logisticsof the DevilQ-Up
Personally I just lurk on those hidden gem threads here. I bank on anon’s taste in vidya.
>>747583317Have you played ASTLIBRA yet?
>>747578771Is the 1999 Hunter X Hunter anime any good
>>747583350yeah. I 100% too but the dlc ruined it
>>747583573>the dlc ruined itI thought it was pretty decent for a *spits on ground* roguelike.Have you played AI Limit?
>>747583667>I thought it was pretty decent for a *spits on ground* roguelike.no lol i meant he added more achievements and my 100% was ruined. Though I admit that i don't like the dlc that much. I have not finished it myself>AI Limiti did not but the game was on my backlog for a while
>>747581349>Drunken Rogue>Excrazeus Castle>Code Reactors>Call of Ponchy: Mahjong Warfare>Decline's Drops>Lilia>Last Command>Super Puzzled Cat>Demonpact: Clarice/Bad Bitch Blasters>The Untitled Tower
>>747583978>wasPut it back
>>747581349>Banquet for FoolsI've enjoyed this one but nu-/v/ would not like it.
>>747578771By playing random games from time to time
>>747585914I'm sad to say I immediately got filtered. It's an extremely cool idea but I just did not like the way the intro/tutorial thing controlled and I felt like the font size not being resizable was going to give me a migraine.
>>747582252>OutcoreCurious if this was always free or if this is just a temporary thing.I'm also glad these desktop kind of horror P&Cs are becoming more of a thing, I enjoyed Desktop Explorers.
>>747581349Into the BreachGunpointHeat SignatureRoninCities in Motion (stick with the first one)Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (I love isometric games)Lara Croft and the Temple of OsirisThe Marvellous Miss TakePathwayStealth Bastard DeluxeZombie Driver HDAnomaly: Warzone EarthCogsRetro City Rampage™ DXRecettear: An Item Shop's TaleNex MachinaMarlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (although, it's really only worth one playthrough)Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs AttackParty Hard 1 & 2Fury UnleashedAtom Zombie SmasherGatewaysBlocks That MatterThey Bleed PixelsOkhlos: OmegaBeholderHotline Miami 1 & 2Lux Delux
>>747586706>Ronin>Nex Machina>Anomaly Warzone Earth>Marvellous Miss TakeI don't remember making this post.Would also recommend Bleed and Bleed 2.
>>747585914I picked this up on sale a while ago and haven't started it yet, I think I'll finally get around to it.Any tips for party composition?
Woah you're so cool and contrarian for playing these dogshit indieslop games no one else gives a shit about
>>747578771WAIT, THE FUCK? A female? In Homo x Faggot? That's not the glasses girl or whoever the one with the pins is?
Since the recs ITT seem to be cool indies in general regardless of the usual low review count restriction, here's some less hidden shilling than what I normally do.>>747587301Thanks for the bump, normgroid!
>>747587301Why, thank you.
>>747587097I just made your typical RPG party.Stealth archerSummoner/mageBarbarian with 2 hand polearm and a shieldDual wielding fighterI'm not going to delve into meta-gaming, but stealth is useless. Music is mandatory.Each instrument specializes in different type of effect, every party member should learn to play an instrument because it's automatic. Summons are very powerful because there isn't much level scaling in this game, early level spells will stay relevant for the whole game. But you can customize those skills as well. Lock-picking isn't mandatory but you will find tons of hidden locked chests.I didn't level up a single armor skill and I never had a reason to.Intercessions are interesting but they are hard to level up and good ones are hard to find.
I think there was a site for this - showing games with barely any reviews.
>>747586114I played through it in 4k, was the font too small or too big
>>747588254You're probably thinking of https://steam250.com/hidden_gemsI've found some good (and bad) off it, but the way it ranks games biases heavily toward puzzle games, shmups, and other genres where the only people buying in the first place will for sure like it.We also had a thread for https://9games.pages.dev/ a few months ago, the site's intent being to make a 3x3 of games you want people to know about and getting recommendations based on that. You can also search a game to see all the 3x3s with it, which imo is the better way to find games there.
>>747589460Hell yeah
>>747580875>picindie games are just as bad. there are so many stinkers it's almost impossible to find another good one once you play a handful of decent ones
Play Ska Studios gaems.
>>747591219this one looks coolhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/268990/The_Dishwasher_Vampire_Smile/?curator_clanid=6869583
>>747579341>By talking to other people.Hidden gems are hidden because no one know about them.That's where a robotic tag & suggestion system actually work better than mouth to ears.If there's a tag system trying to find a good game for you instead of it just trying to sell you the popular-thing someone paid to see advertised more than actual good games
>>747591463Anon, by "people" I mean "friends" or otherwise "those you share a connection with".I know your interactions with other people are limited to advertisements and marketeers, but come on now.
>>747591379Yeah, that one and Carlie Murder would be my main recs.Then there's Salt & Sanctuary, but I imagine every anon worth his salt (heh) already knows it.
>>747588225Neat, thanks anon.The big guys being able to one-hand 2H weapons is cool.
>>747591763*Charlie Murder
>>747582005>>747582357Nuclear Option STARTED as a hidden gem.I bought it years before I saw any thread about it here.And for the quality of that game I'd say it is still hidden and deserving of wider recognition. I won't even touch Ace Combat now that I have been exposed to such radiance, unless I'm confusing with radiation and the fact I don't have long to live
>>747591841One more important thing.If you find enameled tumbler key make sure to keep it until the end.This game doesn't hold your hand at all, getting stuck is common.
>>747591463Tags and suggestions don't work because they still push the popular shit you see everywhere.
Always check the publisher back catalog. For every successful indie, most publisher groups have like 20 good games that never hit it.
>>747578771dumbass neon poster
>>747592181Will do, that's just how I like my vidya. Stumbling around in the dark and getting lost is fun.
>>747592756Then you will have a lot of that. Make notes :^)
>>747589674Not at all.Say there's 10 AAA game, if 90% are shit you only have 1 good geam.Say there 100 indy game, if 90% are shit you still have 10 good gaems.Even if 10,000 Indy are 99.99% shit, you still end up with 100 good gemas.It's a sign the market isn't going badly. I'd worry a lot more if the market was so tight and competitive the only games that worked were a dozen from franchise taking no risk.Recently I found this gems.Gameplay or storywise it's not AAA revolution, but it's perfectly balanced, non frustrating, and the sort of SOULFUL game I would have dreamed to have when I was young.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/Speaking of early gem, I'll have to try this next time.I just need more vehicular games.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445980/GRebels/
>>747586706>PathwayDisappointing. I liked the combat and the setting, but it was very short on content. Also, trying to get some random events to appear was a repetitive pain in the ass.
>>747578771Hiso Hiso victim, btw
>>747592820Is it La Mulana tier where I should be writing down every cryptic thing I find, or just making notes of quests and locations?
>>747593519Write down all interesting rumors, quest objectives, make comments on the map especially for NPCs and puzzles you can't yet figure out.
>>747592367Try using more than one tag and wishlisting stuff that are adjacent or off by 1 to your dream game.>>747591605And why do you think your friends would know a hidden gem if they only take suggestion from close friend like you?Do you have the exact same taste as your friends?Do you expect them to list EVERY game that might satisfy you?You are just pushing on others the job of filtering for you, sound like the very definition of a normies who only buy the-popular-thing because enough people talked about it.>your interactions with other people are limited to advertisements and marketeersDon't lump me with you.You wait for others to tell you what is good.I look for it myself on various search systems as long as they have a proper tag system, still take suggestion here or on forum, still have to scroll and filter a lot, but I sure wouldn't have never heard about this games even if I had 1000 friends who love spaceship game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/Only 2,000 reviews.
Lot of trannycore and furfag shit being recommended. Never change /v/.
>>747593868Thanks, anon.While I'm in this thread I'd like to shill Horizon's Gate. I've only played about 6 hours so far, but it's a neat sort of blend between an TRPG and Uncharted Waters, and there's a lot of very good mods according to the friend who recommended it to me.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224290/Horizons_Gate/
>>747578771hate to spoonfeed, but i want this dev to make more moneyhttps://store.steampowered.com/developer/curiousplanet
>>747592367Only if the store don't have enough tag.That's why a store like Steam is objectively superior to other limited to broad genre.>why would you need more tag than Action game?>why do I have to scroll through a billion of game?>whatever I'll just take the ones with ten thousands bot generated reviews
>>747582252> Paradise KillerkinoFirst time I tried I didn't get it, came back to it a few weeks later and got hooked. It's really good.I did not like their latest game "Promise mascot agency" though
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>>747583394dude it's awesomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQgY95dJQI
>>747581349Confess My LoveMy Dearest Direst DisasterKreisReiseSouzinengi VNekoba RocknRollNight CastleEve of Souls
>>747599016>Nekoba RocknRollholy based, I thought I was the only one dropping this one in these threads
I've finished Sephiria which was a fun and tight action roguelike recently but it has 2k reviews so not really hiddenAnd I've been playing a lot of Endless Alice (RoR2 like) which has like 700 reviews
>>747578771Hidden gems threads.
Demonic Mahjong, it's on sale right now. Name a type and I'll see if the game has one that fits.
