While I barely remember the end of the Steam Autumn Sale, the Steam Winter Sale kicked off yesterday, bringing in millions of cheaper video games. If you are staring at the endless list of endless transactions, you can use some help. Honestly, most Autumn promotion on Steam still standing, but a few of us in the RPS treehouse who haven’t started the Christmas holidays have some new options for you, too.
Pack of 100 hidden objects
What is it? A collection of 15 hidden object games.
Price: £6.34 (59% off)
Alice0 says: I’ve enjoyed 100 Hidden Doodads games over the past year. Every month or so, another drawing appears with another 100 doodles to find less than one quid. They are small, simple, often fun, and often pretty. So 15 of them for £6 is great. The hidden object game seemed perfect for the Christmas holidays, lounging around with a full stomach lazily searching for one last damn bird. And if you want to enjoy them, 100 hidden frogs is free.
Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection
What is it? Crime investigation and courtroom drama, in bombastic visual novel form.
Price: £29.99 / €44.99 / $44.99 (25% off)
Hayden says: Since Rebecca was away for Christmas, I thought I should make a suggestion that she would approve. In fact, Rebecca will defend this in court if necessary. The Ace Attorney Turnabout collection has loads of amazingly weird mysteries to solve, bringing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Great Ace Attorney Chronicles together into one stuffed package. This is practically spilling out of Santa’s sack, and for £30? Well, that sounds like a steal. Wait, no, we’re not actually stealing anything! Why do we have to go to court?! OBJECTION!
Read more: Katharine and Matthew’s Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy review Judgment and Katharine’s The Great Lawyers Chronicle Review.
Deadly premonition
What is it? An open-world horror soap opera that is simultaneously shocking and trashy
Price: £3.99 / €4.99 / $4.99 (80% off)
Alice0 says: Some people will tell you Deadly Premonition is “very bad, it’s good”. They are wrong. Deadly Premonition is good, but unfortunately also too bad — and its stark contrast between good and evil adds to its goodness. Some will also tell you it’s “like if David Lynch made a video game” simply because it’s clearly the crib from Twin Peaks. They’re also wrong, partly because a Deadly Premonition only comes out after escaping the shadow of Twin Peaks, and partly because I really don’t think David Lynch is ever into open-world survival horror games again. on PS2.
So what really is it? A game with charm, personality, characters that I deeply care about, an interesting mess of systems, from being paid by the FBI to shave to sometimes sleeping in a graveyard , desperately gobbling up stolen tomatoes in order to survive, a central mystery that reveals me thrills, gruesome combat, a limited list of character animations that add to the melodrama and a terrible PC port with lots of bugs and technical limitations. This is one of my favorite games, and one that I sometimes have trouble recommending.
The Deadly Premonition usually pops up in sales back years but recently stayed the same price for over a year until oh hey, look, it sold again. And although I found it unplayable when I tried a new playthrough last year, now it seems huge instead of straight up broken? Mysterious things. But hey, Steam offers refunds. But really, follow it PCGamingWiki to install the resolution fix.
Read more: Adam’s A review of the omen of death, Samuel Horti’s argument why Deadly Premonition is a game worth saving from 2013, and just a list of some of the things you do in it.
Exo One
What is it? Atmosphere-based, momentum-based interplanetary exploration.
Price: £11.59 / €12.79 / $13.59 (20% off)
James said: Note 1: This is on Game Pass. Don’t buy it if you have a Game Pass. Note 2: Graham didn’t like it. But I’m no Graham, and I find gliding the Exo One’s shape-shifting marble spaceship around distant worlds completely enjoyable, bordering on therapy. While it’s actually a mild challenge once you get annoyed with ignoring friction for momentum, this short sci-fi story still offers enough little twists to keep it interesting. taste. You’ll go from rolling and jumping over hills to long-range surfing, jet-hopping and even gliding your flat ship across the oceans like a rock. It’s all set against the backdrop of some really eye-catching alien scenes, along with some hauntingly minimalist sound designs that do a great job of maintaining the feeling of being alone in space. Although like a ball.
Read more: Graham’s Exo One Review.
Risk of rain 2
What is it? A co-op shooter that lets you combine powers to take on hordes of aliens.
Price: £11.99 / €14.99 / $14.99 (40% off)
Ed says:A great bitty game, is Risk Of Rain 2. By “bitty”, I mean it’s nice to gather some mates and shoot some aliens for a bit. No mess about. You choose your character, peek at the aliens, accumulate power-ups, and gradually form an inexplicably powerful construction. It’s hardly a new concept for sure, but ROR2 is polished and well-paced, with power-ups and characters you’ll feel the unstoppable urge to unlock.
Read more: Matt’s Risk Of Rain 2 Review.
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. first
What is it? A first-person adventure game set in a surreal city.
Price: £3.59 / €4.09 / $4.99 (50% off)
Alice0 says: I love Cosmo D’s weird first-person adventure games, which take us to exotic spaces to explore and marvel at. He’s a musician first, and games set around and outside of his surreal city always sound great. I also admire their caricature look, objects united by their dissonance. And his stories are fascinating, the lives of people caught up in systems of profit and influence beyond their control. They’re great.
Read more: Nate’s Tales From Off-Peak City Review, where he thought he was going to hate it but ended up loving it.
Titanfall 2
What is it? Super intuitive sci-fi FPS with mechs being best friends too.
Price: £3.99 / €4.79 / $4.79 (84% off)
James said: As much as I love Apex Legends (1464 hours and counting, I need more games), Titanfall 2 remains for me the best FPS in recent years. There’s an unprecedented brilliance in how it moves so gracefully between kinetic freestyle races and persistent battles, and the solo campaign and co-op mode offer plenty of opportunities to enjoy it without breaking a sweat of competition.
Speaking of which, I won’t lie: many players have had better days. Even at peak times you can expect a long wait for matchmaking to get you into a game and that’s when it’s not DDoSed by idle playboys or Apex haters (not always clear). But when does it work? Hooooo boy, even the most basic death match an absolute blast, and anyway there’s always the perfectly paced, creative campaign to retreat.
Read more: Adam’s Review Titanfall 2and our statement that it was best shooting game of 2016.
The last horse
What is it? Competitive multiplayer platform where you build levels as you play.
Price: £5.49 / €6.24 / $7.49 (50% off)
Hayden says: Ultimate Chicken Horse is the funnest I’ve had all year. It’s a kind of stupid fun that lets you attach swinging axes and destruction balls to things and watch the chaos unfold, but sometimes that’s exactly what you need to deal with.
It all starts like any platformer. Reach the flag, win some points. Simple, right? UCH mixes things up by allowing you to set traps at the beginning of each round, gradually turning this peaceful level into a deadly obstacle. Whenever I play with friends, it quickly turns into anarchy as we try to make the level so difficult it’s almost impossible. Of course, someone is always trying to find a way through various flamethrowers and spinning crossbows with some great skill (or luck).
Yakuza 0
What is it? Sega’s open-world RPG in which a chicken runs your real estate company while you beat punks.
Price: £3.74 / €4.99 / $4.99 (75% off)
Ed says: At this price, I won’t forgive you for skipping Yakuza 0. A game bursting with boys who love to show their emotions with their fists. This is a horror movie full of twists and turns. A real estate manager. A game where you help a ruler become more assertive. Somehow, it perfectly distinguishes between serious and fun with ease. Want a troubling story and some genuine giggles? This is the ticket.
Read more: Our glow Yakuza 0 comments, the joy of karaokeand our claim that it’s one of the The best PC game of stress.
I’m sure you also have many suggestions of your own, dear readers. Please, please share!
