Bartski
Gold Member
This year was packed with massive AAA blockbusters that pulled much of the deserved spotlight from the indie scene, which was also full of amazing releases, some of which you might have missed.
Some of which I might have missed as well so let this be a thread of tips and recommendations of smaller, lesser-known games you enjoyed that might have gone under the radar for most fellow GAFers. How about that!
And not a single word about Cyberpunk or TLOU2 and alike.
Here are 3 I played tons of this year and highly recommend, in order of appearance.
CARRION - Metroidvania inspired "reverse-horror game" where you are the alien flesh-eating monster trying to escape the maze of a human research facility.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass.
STAR RENEGADES - awesome turn-based strategic combat rogue-lite RPG. A single bad decision can cost you hours worth of a run as a failed battle resets almost all of your progress. Relies on careful planning of your every move per round across all your units (and sometimes doing some math...) as opposed to RNG like most other turn-based games.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass, Ps4 coming soon.
UNTO THE END - short but insanely well-crafted 2D action-adventure inspired by Another World with a deep and brutally challenging combat system.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass, Ps4.
Some of which I might have missed as well so let this be a thread of tips and recommendations of smaller, lesser-known games you enjoyed that might have gone under the radar for most fellow GAFers. How about that!
And not a single word about Cyberpunk or TLOU2 and alike.
Here are 3 I played tons of this year and highly recommend, in order of appearance.
CARRION - Metroidvania inspired "reverse-horror game" where you are the alien flesh-eating monster trying to escape the maze of a human research facility.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass.
STAR RENEGADES - awesome turn-based strategic combat rogue-lite RPG. A single bad decision can cost you hours worth of a run as a failed battle resets almost all of your progress. Relies on careful planning of your every move per round across all your units (and sometimes doing some math...) as opposed to RNG like most other turn-based games.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass, Ps4 coming soon.
UNTO THE END - short but insanely well-crafted 2D action-adventure inspired by Another World with a deep and brutally challenging combat system.
platforms: Steam, Switch, Xbox Gamepass, Ps4.