Tired of repetitive mainstream bullshit? Sick of people circlejerking over the same five indie games? Want to increase your knowledge and widen your perspective of the medium if you're a total dork like me? Here's the place to find and recommend games! Just list a couple games you like that aren't well-known and jot a description down as well to explain why other people should care. I'll start:
Valdis Story: Abyssal City - This is a solid ARPG/Metroidvania released by Endless Fluff Games. It's surprisingly ambitious for a game from a small indie team, with four playable characters, stats-leveling, skill trees, a magic system, decent enemy variety, and a number of bosses, all presented with a unique art style that I personally enjoyed very much. There quite a few rough edges (as is to be expected of a game in this niche), but overall, this is a very good game, and I highly recommend it.
Hypnospace Outlaw - I feel like this is more dubious than the other games on this list and may be a good bit more popular, but screw it. It definitely deserves a recommendation. This is a faux internet simulator, where you are a moderator on a Netscape inspired version of the internet, in your virtual sleep virtually, in 1999. It's really fricking brilliant and I can't emphasize enough just how well the creators of this game managed to pull that concept off, with a fair number of ridiculous yet believable webpages, a great interface, and fantastic intertwining narrative threads throughout. Great stuff.
Toree 3D/Toree 2 - These are two fun 3D platformers that should be bought as a combo package because A: They are priced the same and B: Toree 2 is essentially just an extra level pack for Toree 3D. I've got 8.7 hours between the two and can attest that they are well worth it to get.
Broken Reality - A vaporwave adventure game with solid aesthetics and fun exploration. Don't really know what else to say beyond I had a good time with it and, since you're on this site, you probably would to. It evokes the same nonsensical internet "vibe".
Eversion - Fun little 2D platformer with some unique mechanics. What's not to love?
Know By Heart - Ice Pick Lodge's woefully overlooked latest release. It's a narrative game about letting go of the past that pulls you into that narrative full force. Play this game.
Also, not obscure, but I've been playing Tunic and it's very, very good. Highly recommend that as well.
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You Are Empty — the granddaddy of Eastern European FPS jank. Released in 2006, it depicts a post-apocalyptic unnamed Soviet city filled with mutated citizens still wearing their job uniforms as they try to kill the player. It feels so similar to Bioshock gameplay and atmosphere-wise it is crazy that You Are Empty actually predates it. Half of the developer team would later on work on the Stalker trilogy, so it is somewhat the spark that ignited the ukrainian fps industry (Stalker and Metro games). I tried to find any non-malware links to purchase it, but seems like the game was taken off steam years ago and no other reputable site wants to deal with it. Search at your own risk.
King of Dragon Pass and its prequel Six Ages — manager games where you take on the role of a tribe’s elder, as you have to guide your people through a fantasy post-Bronze age collapse setting with dragons and beastfolk. Seemingly passion projects, because the prequel came 19(!!!) years after the release of the first game. They are planning to make a third game, but many suspect that the devs will just George R R Martin it.
I couldn’t think of a third entry so here’s a good collage of obscure games.
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Nerd note: King of Dragon Pass/Six Ages is set in the Glorantha TTRPG setting, which is the granddaddy of things like Elder Scrolls and Warhammer's settings (the interesting parts, anyway)
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Thank you for leaving this nerd note for anyone unfortunate enough to scour old rdrama posts
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Unfortunately this post is pinned.
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Wow, you must be a JP fan.
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Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
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