I’m looking for some recommendations for the upcoming sale. We all know Vampire Survivors, but what other games can you recommend?
If casual means relaxed to you, factorio. Their new controller integration is great. But be careful, it’s highly addictive.
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
Dave the Diver for sure
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.
Noita, Slay the Spire, Children of Morta, Brotato…
Thank you for reminding me about Children of Morta… I wonder which shiny new game i got that made me forget to finish it…
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
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
I really enjoyed both Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Beautiful 2D platformer with great soundtrack. Find the bundle on Steam
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
I use the Heroic Games app to play my GoG and Epic Games library.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion was free last week so I’m playing that and it’s cute/fun.
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.
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I’ve heard good things about Cozy Grove, though I haven’t played it yet. Seems like a good Steam Deck game
Having slot of fun with cocoon right now
I haven’t heard of it yet but I’m going to assume it’s based on the 1980s movie.
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.
ULTRAKILL, Halo MCC Multiplayer and Super Hexagon.
How can you play Ultrakill with a controller?? I legitimately have no idea how that’s possible
I have to turn on the assist thingy in the settings. And with a custom deck layout it becomes really enjoyable.
