It wasn’t .99 but it was 2.50 at one point, and that was Terraria. Poured over a thousand hours into it. The consistent free mega updates they push out breathe life into it and I’ve been floored how much they’ve supported the game well over a decade since it’s launch. The team there could have just walked away after the 1.1 launch which helped fix some bugs and introduced some new things and called it a wrap. I’m very glad they didn’t
How about a free one? (its free forever)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/404410/Endless_Sky/
This really gave me a “Sid Meijer’s Pirates but in space” kind vibe. Ferry goods between ports (planets and station) shoot loot and take enemy ships work on a quest to
find your lost family memberssave the galaxy its great.Endless Sky is awesome, and it’s got really active development - which is something I didn’t expect when I first got into it.
Being free, I thought with the main story finished, the loose ends would mostly stay loose, but no - a whole community of content and engine development has sprung up while the original author is busy with IRL.
I don’t know if a $35 game would count for this, but RimWorld has absorbed vast amounts of my life, and it is a very good game.
Isn’t RimWorld one of those games that is like heroin? I’m too scared to try it
I got Days Gone for $12. Didn’t play it for 6 months, then when I finally did it was the only game I played until I beat it, and it’s not a short game
I don’t like open world games anymore. I don’t stick to one game ever and I don’t usually bother with games over 25 hours but holy shit. Such an amazing game
It’s taking everything I have to just not start a new game + immediately
To the Moon.
It’s a cute little RPG-maker adventure game and by the end of it I was ugly crying
Haha same. There’s a sequel, but I don’t know if I am emotionally prepared for it.
I found Finding Paradise as good, if not better, than To The Moon. I sniffled on the first game, but full on crying for the second one.
The third one is personally meh. I couldn’t sympathize with the conflict. But I can see it touching other people’s hearts. Still glad I bought it, to support the dev.
To celebrate Steam coming to OSX, Valve had Portal on sale for 100% off (as in, free).
I picked up Portal 2 during a $2 sale of it. Still one of the best games I’ve ever played. And it has multiplayer, so it’s infinitely replayable
I bought Minecraft way way back when it was pretty new and nobody was talking about it for about $1.50. Like a month or so later, they dropped the survival update that put it on the map.
Got MC for something like $10 in their early alpha/beta period. Probably my most played game over the last 10+ years with how many times I’ve gone back to it and dived into one modpack or another. It’s just astounding the amount of momentum that game has had, with both Mojang developed content and fan developed.
Minecraft is grand! But I got kinda stumped when Microsoft bought Mojang back around update 1.8. 0, and instantly tried to screw up all the modders.
Some of the mods have come back, and many new created, but it just doesn’t feel the same to me. :(
I don’t think I got into modding until after that, after it got much easier to use. There are definitely some fantastic mods and packs being released these days though. It’s definitely still a vibrant scene.
Both Portal games, $0.99 (due to the Puzzle Fest). I know I’m late asf but Portal was booming all those years ago but I didn’t have any money. I finally got to play both games a few months ago. Portal 1 was cool I guess. Portal 2, however, is probably the best game I’ve played. The graphics and design, the story, the overall puzzle, the music, I immediately fell in love when I played it.
Portal 1 is still great. It’s way funnier, and I think has a creepier vibe, specifically because of how little information you’re given.
2 is, yeah - a more fully realized game. Also, if you didn’t already know: co-op mode gives a whole new set of puzzles that can only be solved with 2 people working together. Finding that and playing it with my friend was my fav part of either game.
I actually didn’t know that and I’m going to try it now, thanks!
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Within this genre I’d add Halls of Torment for $5.
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Superflight, 3$ normally goes on sale for 0.59$. I’ve gotten a good 30 hours out of the game so far. Perfect for winding down after a stressful day or playing while talking to friends and passing the controller around.
I was scrolling looking for someone to say this. I can’t believe it was a student project. Aims to do one thing and does it very well.
The game Papers Please is so simple, yet so deep at the same time. Definitely worth playing over a night or two.
