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15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games (youtu.be)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Games In This Video:

  • Shadow Burglar
  • Tag: The Power Of Paint
  • Liquidators
  • The Looker
  • DYO
  • Red Hot Vengeance
  • Handshakes
  • Bloody Hell
  • High Entropy: Challenges
  • OpenTTD
  • Jaded
  • Cave Crawler
  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!
  • Cats Hidden In Paris
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[–] KairuByte 80 points 2 years ago

Games In This Video:

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OpenTTD is a good time if you like those types of management games. The graphics are old, but it’s still fun.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

If you find yourself enjoying openTTD, I’d highly recommend trying the JGR patch pack. Link It adds loads of improvements that the steam version doesn’t have. I started on the steam version, loved it, and love the JGR version even more.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Looker was a funny parody of The Witness. Made me laugh.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently the creator of The Witness didn't like it because he's allegedly a pretentious twat.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Doesn't surprise me that he didn't like it. It lampshades how the themes of the original game are not actually as profound as he says they are, while also being way more fun than the majority of the original

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I just love the review of it that states, "if you like The Witness, you'll like The Looker, but if you hated The Witness, you'll love The Looker."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ending had me rolling. I didn't realize what was going on until just right before the reveal. Great game to check out because you can beat it in a couple hours

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you have to have played the witness to get the jokes, or does it stand alone?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It would still be a fun little puzzler, but it's very much a single-note satire, and a lot of it would come off as "lol random" rather than taking the piss out of The Witness. Which is also brilliant, love them both.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I've never played it. So I'd say no. I still thought it was great.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I pretty much just assume "Free To Play" games are full of microtransactions, is that wrong?

E: to be clear, I don't think microtransactions are an inherently bad thing. In fact, if people want to make games where other people with more money front the costs of development, I'm all about it.

What I hate is being reminded every 5 minutes that it has garbage skins that I can pay IRL money for.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yes, there are good games that are just totally free. I've enjoyed the hell out of both ΔV: Rings of Saturn and South Scrimshaw lately. Both offer things you can purchase, but you get the full experience without them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Also there are several really good open source games which are obviously microtransaction free. OpenTTD from this list is an example and Osu!lazer and SuperTuxKart also come to mind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I could have sworn rings of Saturn wasn't free

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I thought I heard once that the demo is just the full version, but you can just also buy it to support the devs? That might be outdated or just wrong information though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the question for me is "are they shoving those things you can purchase down your throat every 2 minutes?" because I find that disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

F2P with microtransactions isn't inherently bad. Legends of Runeterra is that way and is maybe the best-done F2P model I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't put Path of Exile in that bucket. The cosmetics and stash upgrades are there but they don't push at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

They're all way too expensive though. I'd have bought way more if they were lower and enjoyed the game more for it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have like 1000 hours in Warframe and only spent like 20$ on it. Even that wasn't really necessarily. You can farm shit and easily make enough of the in game money for what you need selling it to other players.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I know Holocure isn't, but my gut reaction to F2P is to steer clear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but there is nothing wrong with that really unless it's a multiplayer game where you get unfair advantages. It's hard to expect a f2p game to not have micro transactions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Which is why I avoid them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Grimm's Hollow. It's free and has 0 micro transactions. Enioy my friend:]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's so fucking stupid lmao. Crying about stuff that doesn't even do anything but make you look different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think you may have missed my initial reply where I stated specifically stated that I was not concerned about "stuff that makes you look different".

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

This is your hourly reminder that mineclone2 exist.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don’t forget about Frog Fractions! It’s a great experience.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Frog Fractions

A fuckin journey that game is

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

thanks - to save other cheapskates' time - these are supported on Linux: Handshakes, OpenTTD, Cave Crawler

[–] RegularJoeJoe 2 points 2 years ago

Much appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

OpenTTD is just fucken.. -chef’s kiss-

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I loved Alien Swarm, although it's like just one episode from a big game. It's disheartening it's still like that. This game has a potential, especially for coop gaming. Just no content to flesh it out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember playing the shit out of Alien Swarm back when it came out over a decade ago. It showed a ton of promise. It's a shame they haven't really fleshed it out since then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Alien Shooter and Zombie Shooter series are direct inspirations to this Valve's experiment. Idk if they are good on your platform or if they are meant to play together with others, but I liked some of these older entries playing solo. Maybe you'd like them too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

There was Reaction Drop which added more content and the Workshop for user made stuff, but even then the extra time it'll buy you is limited.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Wesnoth is pretty fun too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I'll add Endless Sky in there as well. It's an open-source spiritual successor to EV Nova.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you want to explore the most toxic community on the internet, install Dota 2.