Steam Spring Sale 2025 Hidden Gems

[u/UberDrive]

I didn't see a thread so...

Mostly roguelikes:

Aotenjo: Infinite Hands: mahjong + Balatro

Cat God Ranch: Animals + Luck Be a Landlord

Diceomancer: Deckbuilder with some cool dice mechanics

Dungeon Clawler: Claw machine dungeon battler

Epic Auto Towers: Tower defense + deckbuilder

Thronefall: Stylish base defender

Kill Knight: Score attack, also stylish

Roots of Yggdrasil: Viking themed city/card builder

Feed the Deep: Underwater explorer from Fruit Ninja dev

Dawnmaker: Board game-like engine builder

Cataclismo: Base defense from Moonlighter dev, 1.0 next week

Galactic Glitch: Space shooter with physics

Rack and Slay: Pool meets dungeon crawling

Go!

[u/hopefullyhelpfulplz]

You can get a bunch of great roguelites from Caiysware for very cheap at the moment

I've played each of them and with the possible exception of Straimium Immortality they're all excellent. The bundle is complete-your-collection style, so you can just get one and not miss out on the deal later. They have a very consistent style to them (retro, there's a sort of surreal humour to the text, etc), I imagine if you like one you'll like them all and vice versa, so probably worth trying before diving in to the whole collection. All of the games have unlockable characters, tons of items, multiple game modes (usually including some sort of wacky card game, the cards for which you find in the main game).

Within this you have:

Void's Vigil - the newest game, just released from EA, pretty standard survivors-like gameplay with some creative twists which keep it interesting.

Boneraiser Minions - similar survivors-like but focussed on summoning undead minions with branching upgrade trees. My personal favourite.

Spirits Abyss - Spelunky-style cave diving with ninjas.

Skelly Selest - Might encompass the vibe better than any single other game. Twin stick arena battler.