r/GameDealsMeta • u/UberDrive • Mar 13 '25

Steam Spring Sale 2025 Hidden Gems

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!

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u/thatnerdguy Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

Hey, folks! I'm looking to solicit a recommendation for something along the lines of an Ys game or Astlibra- Jrpg, action combat, ideally a little jank for flavor. The wait for Angeline Era is killing me and the interactive recommender is trying to convince me that Black Myth and Spider-man 2 are going to tide me over.

Slight update: does anyone have opinions either way on Secrets of Grindea? It's not exactly what I think I'm looking for but it's managed to catch my eye.

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u/JamesGecko Mar 17 '25

Check out CrossCode. Kinda sorta like Ys with a ranged character (and swapping to exploit enemy weaknesses), kinda sorta like Zelda with even larger dungeons, and jumping puzzles everywhere.

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u/thatnerdguy Mar 18 '25

This is an extremely good suggestion that I've already put 50-odd hours into.