Hi, my name is ColdBeer and let’s start with
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
which is free to play this whole weekend!
This is an open-world survival game set just after the zombie apocalypse.
Your small community of survivors seeks to rebuild a corner of civilization, and you
get to make all the decisions about how that happens.
So knowing you, humanity is doomed and it’s all your fault.
For those who are concerned - this is a single player game with an option to play co-op.
So this is not some MMO or Online shooter Battle Royale with zombies, no, this is a
serious game with Base Building, RPG mechanics and Permanent Death.
Yeah.
That doesn't sound cool, but believe me it is very good for immersion.
You won't be jogging around with your pp out, swinging left and right, you be careful and
take the game seriously instead.
Here you will decide who to recruit to your team, where to settle your community, how
to fortify and upgrade your base.
You will select which survivor to bring along on a scavenging run for the ammo or ingredients
for delicious potato salad and who you’ll use to fight off the zombies attacking your
base.
People on Steam are saying that this game has probably the closest feeling to The Walking
Dead show and a very positive review score is proof of that.
Stray
The game has an Overwhelmingly positive review score and is worthy of the full price, without
a doubt, but now you can obtain it for a bit cheaper.
This is a cat simulator.
But not a usual one, if you know some usual ones.
Because the game is set in a Cyberpunk world and that stirs the pot a bit.
Game is a third-person cat adventure set in the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying
cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly.
Here you can roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen threats and solve
the mysteries of this unwelcoming place inhabited by nothing but unassuming droids, dangerous
creatures and things.
You know, like evil duct tape.
It’s your enemy.
If in your life a cat ever owned you, you know why.
Hand of Fate 2
This is a dungeon crawler set in a dark fantasy world.
Here you will try to master a living boardgame, where every stage of the adventure is drawn
from a deck of legendary encounters chosen by you!
So choose wisely - your opponent, the enigmatic Dealer, will try to make you feel helpless
and pathetic.
People on Steam are saying that the combat is a bit clunky, but the atmosphere, art style
and the narration of the game makes Hand of Fate 2 really enjoyable and fun.
Although keep in mind that the game is kinda difficult, also heavily based on luck - you
know, it's a card game after all, and that may be frustrating if you have an unlucky
day when everything falls apart.
So before playing, throw a coin into the air three times and try to guess - heads or tails.
If you’ll be correct at least two times - play the game, luck is with you today.
And what if this was the last drop of luck, what if guessing heads or tails right was
the luckiest thing that happened today.
Well, in this instance, I think you’ll know that you are screwed right away.
Game is not forgiving.
Desperados 3
Here you can kill quietly with a knife, or take out multiple foes with your revolvers.
I especially like the knife part, it somehow feels more personal and, of course, requires
more skill.
Scenarios Desperados presents are far from cliche, situations are quite original, but
also familiar, with a nice vibe of Wild West.
I say vibe, because here you will fight not only in small frontier towns, but also in
creepy swamps, riverbanks and even in sprawling modern cities.
Here you can choose between non-lethal and deadly attacks, meaning that you can finish
the game without killing anyone.
I have no idea why you may do that, it’s boring.
I live my real life without killing anyone, why should I do the same where I’m allowed
to snap a neck or two?
For example, I’m against hunting for fun, but I play theHunter and I slaughter all the
animals in the forest for pure entertainment.
You know why?
Because they are not real duuuh.
Anyway, Desperados 3 is like an old good Commandos game, but modern, with amazing visuals and
great quality overall.
Planet Zoo
Remember when you were a child and in zoo you saw some dumb animal and then you said
something like “I want that, I wish I could keep it” and then your mother just slapped
you and said “it’s a lion, it would eat you” and you were like “naah, I don’t
think so”.
Yeah, kids are dumb, but the point of this story is that now you can keep a lion.
And giraffe, crocodile and elephant.
And not one, but as many as you want.
And the funny thing is that you are just as unsuitable to keep them now as it was back
then when you were a kid.
All your animals would get sick and die, or they will die because you’ll forget to feed
them or to give them more cosmos.
Well, I mean space.
And It’s a fun game if you are ready not to cry over imaginary animals and their imaginary
deaths.
Base game itself is cheap, but it has like 8 or 9 DLCs so it will try to suck your wallet
dry.
Be careful.
Deep Rock Galactic
This is a 1 to 4 players First person Shooter featuring badass space Dwarves and 100% destructible
environments.
Here you can play alone or work together with other players as a team to dig, explore, and
fight your way through a massive cave system filled with hordes of deadly enemies and valuable
resources.
Pick some powerful guns like flamethrowers, gatling guns, portable platform launchers
and show those puny aliens who's the boss.
Dwarves may be small, but they are really powerful.
We in Lithuania have a saying "ne ūgis, o smūgis", meaning "not the size, but the punch"
is what matters.
And your punch is really...
you know, probably weak in real life but really impactful for the alien population in these
dangerous caves.
People on Steam are talking that there is no reason not to play this game.
And I have to agree.
Show those monsters the true meaning of extinction!
Rock and Stone baby!
Black Mesa
This is actually a Half-life, just with better graphics and better...
you know, everything.
Keep in mind that this is not just a simple remaster, this is a quality remake that expands
the scope of the original and massively improves its final chapters.
Game is made by fans and it is made so well that it is an owner of Overwhelmingly positive
reviews.
And to be honest, today Black Mesa is the best way to experience Half-life.
No clunky oldschool graphics, no compatibility problems, great gameplay and a really interesting
suspenseful story.
To say short - Half-life is awesome and Black Mesa may be the greatest way for you to play
it.
People on Steam are saying that Black Mesa is one of the best remakes ever made and the
game doesn’t give you any reason to disagree with these wise words.
Outer Wilds
Almost everyone who has played Subnautica and Outer Wilds are saying that these games
have a lot in common.
Exploring vast space in Outer Wilds is really similar to exploring the vast ocean in Subnautica.
It was named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer and The Guardian,
so that alone should grab your attention.
If it grabs something else or somewhere else, call the police.
Here you're the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a space program searching for answers
in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
You will have to find out what lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble.
Who built the alien city on the Moon?
Well, obviously aliens, but you know what I mean.
Can the endless time loop be stopped?
And why is potato salad so delicious?
Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Game has overwhelmingly positive reviews, so you can’t be wrong with this one.
Darkwood
This is a survival horror from a top-down perspective that is quite terrifying to play.
Well, at first you may think “what is so terrifying in this?
I can barely see things, they are so small”.
You know what else is small?
Of course you know, but don’t worry, I can keep a secret.
Oooor.... can I?
Subscribe, let’s be friends with benefits.
This way all your secrets will be safe with me.
This game is all about immersion and it will drag you in so hard you won’t be able to
escape.
And also it will grow some balls on your hair.
And maybe even on your eyebrows.
Yeah, you heard right.
By day you explore the randomly generated, ever-sinister woods, scavenge for materials,
craft weapons and discover new secrets and by night you find shelter, barricade yourself
inside abandoned buildings, set up traps and hide or defend yourself from the horrors of
the Darkwood.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
This is a tactical game that combines the turn-based combat of X-COM with real-time
stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature… and Mutants.
And by saying mutants I don’t mean human mutants.
Those are all gone, now smart animals rule the world.
Ummm...
Define smart?
Well, you got me here, they are not always smart, they sometimes do stupid decisions
because... you know... you are controlling them.
OMG, How dare you?
So, although animals can speak here, it’s definitely not a Disney kind of world - it’s
brutal and cruel and survival of the fittest is in progress.
Here you must venture out of the city to explore the Zone where one day you might find the
Eden of legends - the ancients’ haven in the middle of hell.
I guess with mountains of potato salad and rivers of cold beer.
Maybe you will find your answers there.
Then again, maybe not.
Game has really beautiful graphics, great humor and an interesting story.
Also very positive reviews on Steam.
BioShock Infinite
As the first two parts, this is an immersive first person shooter sim, with a wonderful
single player story.
While the first and second Bioshock games were set underwater, this time you go high
into the sky - to the city among the clouds named Columbia.
The year is 1912 and you have to rescue a mysterious girl or die trying.
Well, knowing you, the latter option is more likely.
Oh, come on, I’m kidding.
You are great.
Never doubt that.
Now subscribe.
Anyway, the flying city is a beautiful and vibrant world that holds a very dark secret.
Here you can rip apart time and space to shape the battlefield and turn the tide in combat
by pulling weapons, turrets, and other resources out of thin air.
Throw explosive fireballs, shoot lightning, and release murders of crows.
Game has more than 90% of positive reviews and is a real gem every first person shooter
lover should play.
Cyberpunk 2077
Everyone knows the game, but just a few of us know the real state of it.
Is it finally a good game?
And the answer is yes.
It’s not perfect.
You know we didn’t get the actual Mass Effect Skyrim GTA V hybrid with the best traits of
every game, but now Cyberpunk 2077 is in a great state.
The simplest proof of that is a recent review score, rated by thousands of people - it is
hovering around 90%.
So basically 9 out of 10 people who bought the game these days are really happy with
what they get.
So Cyberpunk 2077 itself is like futuristic GTA V combined with any triple A kind of shooter
and littered with RPG elements.
The campaign is great - you can buy it without any regrets just for the campaign alone.
The annoying thing, at least for me, was that you can’t fly here.
That takes a lot of fun away from a GTA-like game.
Anyway, DLC is around the corner, so this is a really great time to play it.
The Flame in the Flood
This is a rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-apocalyptic
America where you can forage, craft and occasionally evade predators.
Well, the last part will be harder to do, I was eaten by a wolf countless times there.
So basically you take the role of a delicious snack.
Snack with no desire to be tasted.
Just be sure that you are into rogue-like games, that you have stable mental health
and few deaths here and there will not make you rage quit and uninstall.
The Flame in The Flood was created by famous developers who previously worked on BioShock,
Halo, Penis Doctor Simulator and Guitar Hero.
Well, I’m not sure about that third one, but other games are definitely legit.
So here you will travel by foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river as you
scrounge for resources, craft tools, remedies, evade the vicious wildlife, and most importantly,
stay ahead of coming rains.
You know, flood is even in the name of the game.
FAR: Changing Tides
This is an atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and
his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.
You will sail stormy waters, dive unknown depths, and explore forgotten ruins in a beautifully
realized world of flood.
Game is filled with different landscapes: sun scorched, dusty planes, stormy skies and
high seas.
You will have to crack many puzzles as well and enjoy interesting mechanics.
Also I can’t be silent about a very cool soundtrack that reacts to your actions, amplifies
key moments and creates an atmosphere.
Really cool.
People on Steam are saying that the game is super chill and puzzles are not mind-bending,
so if you are like me - you know, a bit dumber, you’ll be ok as well, and it also has a
beautiful ending.
Torchlight II
People on Steam are saying that this game is highly addictive and can fast forward your
life rather quickly.
Some people say that this is a spiritual brother of Diablo 2, but I can’t agree with that.
It’s too cartoony, the models and color palette reminds me of World of Warcraft instead.
Although I played World of Warcraft for several years, I still have the best memories.
I think I will get back to it.
That is when I’m old, some 25 years from now.
Anyway, Torchlight 2 is great, very complex and fun and if you are cool with this colorful
Disney princess visual style it may be one of the best action RPG games you have ever
played.
If you like Diablo or similar games, like Grim Dawn or Path of Exile, Torchlight 2 is
probably a must play.
The Forgotten City
This game, as a lot of gamers point out - is Groundhog Day in an ancient city.
The mechanic here is simple - everyone around you is dying for unknown reasons and you have
to stop it.
If you fail, and you will fail way more than once, you can just go to the portal and restart
the day over and over again, until you solve the problem.
Of dying.
So nobody dies anymore.
If you think about it, this is a roguelite game, just story-based instead of combat.
And it's really one of the best adventure games there is, I'm not gonna lie - if you
go to Steam you will see the Overwhelmingly positive review score.
Also fun fact - this game started as a Skyrim mod a long time ago and it was so well received
it became a separate kickass game.
Overcooked
This is a game for two to four people - I have it on my PlayStation and I occasionally
play it with my wife.
So the main feature of this game is that if you and your significant other have a calm,
beautiful life, without any screaming at each other, without yelling profanities and so
on, this game may fix it.
I can guarantee that no matter how calm you are you will lose your shift here every time
you play.
At first you will fail to cook some simple meal, then you will fail even more, and will
start to wonder what you are doing wrong.
The answer is usually - everything.
So you must take the lead and become a chef.
The other one will become your bi... sous chef and will have to do as you say if you
want to complete level after level.
You may think that you are the head of the family, but turns can table very quickly here
when your lead will take you and your SO to failure and doom.
Then you will switch, and you will do as your SO says.
And if you finally complete the level, you will feel confused: you achieved your goal,
but only because you did everything you were told and didn’t use the tiny organ in between
your ears practically at all.
This is a great game.
Really humbling.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
This game is so cute and dreamy it can break even the most macho man.
So if you are a macho man, after playing this game you must hunt a deer with your bare hands
and eat his heart while it is still beating, otherwise you will stay sensitive and vulnerable
to feelings forever.
I’m kidding, feelings are great.
You can feel whatever you want and express that without fear, no matter how many balls
you have in-between your legs.
The desirable number is seven, but not everyone was born so lucky.
Anyway, Ori is a great platformer game with a deep story and even deeper feelings.
Just make sure you, as with almost all platformers, use a controller and not a keyboard, because
otherwise only one feeling will engulf you.
And that is rage.
Pillars of Eternity - Definitive Edition
You can’t find this one in the search bar, you have to click on a simple Pillars of Eternity
release and then you will find a bundle here.
This is a great deal - for this price you will get the main game and all the dlcs, so
you will have a complete game in one package.
Pillars of Eternity is a great title and if you like classic Baldur’s Gate or Icewind
Dale games, you probably have heard about the game already.
Pillars came to life after an unbelievably successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign
which raised more than 4 million dollars!
That is four times more than you have face mites now crawling on your face.
Yes, this is a wisdom you never wanted to possess.
Now go and share it with your family members.
Don’t be alone in this.
So in Pillars of Eternity you become a hero and save people from a scary phenomenon known
as hollowborn - people are being born without a soul.
Well, I guess that everyone is affected except people with specific hair color.
You know, you can’t lose what you don’t have.
Second part of the game is also discounted, but they are kinda similar in graphics and
story quality, so if you never played the first part - do not skip it.
Hob
The game was made by the same guys who created legendary Torchlight and Torchlight 2.
Presented without text or dialogue, Hob’s story is revealed as you explore a mysterious
planet and interact with the strange life forms that inhabit it.
You will transform this world by solving puzzles and repairing the planet itself.
The landscape will change before your eyes, opening new areas to uncover and explore.
People are saying that the game is just a partial RPG, it’s mostly oriented to puzzle
solving, but in general will scratch the itch you have for great games you may never have
heard of before.
Although be warned that without a controller the experience may not be the same, be sure
you have it.
Actually playing Hob without one it’s like trying to ride a traditional bike by pedaling
with your hands.