I’m looking for some recommendations for the upcoming sale. We all know Vampire Survivors, but what other games can you recommend?

  • im_mr_clean@lemmy.world
    17·
    10 个月前

    Deep Rock Galactic, I play it exclusively on single player with the little robot buddy. On easier modes it’s pretty chill and pauses well if you need to stop in the middle of a mission.

    Sable is just a relaxing exploration game. No real combat, just riding through a desert on a hover bike. Cool art style.

    Inscryption is a creepy deck builder, with some wild turns. Don’t look up much or spoilers abound.

    Moonring is a free old school rpg. Graphics are classic but the game is a great throwback with some modern gameplay.

    • skulblaka@kbin.social
      41·
      10 个月前

      Thanks for reminding me to get back into Inscryption. I thought that game was neat but dropped it for something else before I learned it has like five acts.

    • Deregon@jlai.lu
      1·
      10 个月前

      Sable always had a tendency to make the Deck heat up like crazy and burn through battery in no time, but otherwise it’s a great game to play in bed 😁

    • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      10 个月前

      Oh yeah, Dave is amazing. It is “one of those games that tries too hard to be too many different games at once and ends up a mess”, except Dave pulls it off.

  • nottheengineer@feddit.de
    122·
    10 个月前

    If casual means relaxed to you, factorio. Their new controller integration is great. But be careful, it’s highly addictive.

    • cron@feddit.deOP
      51·
      10 个月前

      Oh, I love (and own) factorio. But I never tried it on the deck, because I did not think that it would play well with a controller. But I will give it a try. Thank you

      • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        10 个月前

        Be sure to check community control layouts, and not just the default.

        I’ve had several games I thought would be terrible on a controller, only to discover someone had invented an ingenious and intuitive layout already.

    • mordack550@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 个月前

      How new is it? I’ve tried it a couple of months ago, and while it seems good, it was still too clunky

    • Denisleary@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 个月前

      Peglin has been my go-to for a while now.

      If you could imagine slay the spire rogue like mechanics in a pachinko machine that’s Peglin.

  • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
    8·
    10 个月前

    I’d say Placid Plastic Duck Simulator, but that is a bit heavy for the Deck.

    Sunshine Heavy Industries is “stick together legos to build cool looking ships”.

    Toem is a great little easter egg hunt with your camera.

    Rain On Your Parade is a dreadfully cute “you are a cloud and you cause problems” campaign.

    Unpacking, Hardspace and more are in a Humble bundle right now, heard good things about them

    • DontWorryItsClean@lemmy.world
      11·
      10 个月前

      With great suggestions like Hardspace, Unpacking, and Rain on your parade, I need to check out some of these others. Hardspace is on my Mt Rushmore of smaller games.

    • frank@sopuli.xyz
      31·
      10 个月前

      The second Ori is one of the absolute most powerful storylines I’ve ever experienced in a game. I can’t believe how good it was, especially because the first game had a very light story

    • deo@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      10 个月前

      Thank you for reminding me about Children of Morta… I wonder which shiny new game i got that made me forget to finish it…

  • rike@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    10 个月前

    The Lego games! Perform well on the deck, are often on sales and cover many different franchises. The games aren’t difficult, but there’s plenty to do and explore and a good bit of humor. Currently playing through the Skywalker Saga, super easy to pick up and just explore

  • soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    10 个月前

    That solely depends on the question what you consider “Casual”. I’ll go with the definition “a game that doesn’t need a significant time investment per play-session”.

    • Super Hexagon: Amazing music, simple game, but challenging.
    • Triptych: Tetris with soft body physics. The game is great, the sound a bit annoying. Also, I don’t think it’s available on Steam, so it needs manual installation (and input bindings).
    • Cultist Simulator: While the game is very obscure, it doesn’t require a lot of time per session - you can start it, play 5 minutes, and exit it again.
    • Hades: It’s a Roguelite. You die. A lot. That’s why each session can be rather short.
    • Loop Hero: It’s not as “casual” as the others, as it takes some time for each run, but not too much.
  • ElDieLaDer@lemmy.world
    21·
    10 个月前

    Risk of rain returns just dropped, that’s going to have a permanent home on my deck’s ssd

  • JowlesMcGee@kbin.social
    1·
    10 个月前

    I’ve heard good things about Cozy Grove, though I haven’t played it yet. Seems like a good Steam Deck game

  • FawkesGil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    21·
    10 个月前

    I like to play roguelites, adventure games, and side scrollers when Im out. So I’d recommend Wizard of Legend, Lunistice, A Hat In Time, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and Hi-Fi Rush.

    All of these games are less than 20 Gb, and they’re great on the deck. Hopefully they go on sale soon for you.

  • shrodes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 个月前

    Lil Gator Game for a pretty short (maybe 4ish hours), VERY cute love letter to growing up and Zelda. 3D adventure sort of platformer I suppose, not dissimilar to A Short Hike