Hi, my name is ColdBeer and let’s start with
Pentiment
This game looks kinda dumb, but it is made by Obsidian Entertainment.
Yeah, the same guys behind Pillars of Eternity, Fallout New Vegas, The Outer Worlds and many
others.
What are the others?
Oh, shut up.
This is a narrative-driven historical game focusing on character development.
With heavily stylized art and choice-driven storytelling in early 16th century Bavaria.
You will play as Andreas Maler, a clever illustrator caught up in a series of murders in a secluded
abbey over the course of twenty five years.
You will be responsible for conducting your own investigation to decide the fate of the
community, but each decision will have lasting consequences and draws you closer to the center
of an underlying conspiracy.
People on Steam are saying that the writing is top quality, art style is amazing and animations
are great.
And yeah, the game has an Overwhelmingly positive review score as well.
Syberia: The World Before
Game consists of two parts.
In the first one, you will play as a girl, who is beginning a brilliant career as a pianist.
However, shadows begin to appear over her future at the dawn of the Second World War.
And the next part of the story will take action to a year of 2004, where you will play as
the girl imprisoned in the salt mine.
A tragic event propels her into a new adventure in search of her identity.
So here you will play in both timelines and explore a fantastic and poetic world with
its amazing sceneries.
One thing I can say for sure - this game is beautiful.
Of course not as beautiful as you my friend, but still looking very good.
The art direction is at the top level, and it alone should spike your interest in this
adventure game with a great story.
Especially if you like to solve some complicated puzzles and nutcrack hardest riddles.
Oh yeah, sadly the game is not for the weak, it will squeeze your brain power quite well.
And all that is accompanied with a symphonic soundtrack composed by Inon Zur.
You probably know his tracks from Syberia 3, Fallout, Dragon Age and Prince of Persia.
Also on Steam you can try the free demo version .
Electro Ride: The Neon Racing
This is a racing game with 1980s retro vibes set in an alternate Europe.
Here the Eastern Bloc did not fall, but transformed into a center of eternal wealth and progress
- that is where the fame awaits you.
Here you will find no ABS, no traction control, no modern electronic systems.
Only you and a beautiful, classic vehicle with super-powerful neon lights.
The more neon lights - the faster your car is.
Everyone knows that.
In Electro Ride you'll have to race against 3 opponents.
Show your tackling and drifting skills on 20 racetracks in quick race or 15 races in
story mode.
And also try out more than 20 cars.
Also you can play with your mother in law in the beloved split screen mode.
People are praising a good race design and beautiful scenery.
And the music in the game matches the surroundings really well.
The only bad thing is a lack of introduction to the story and the game is quite short in
general.
XCOM 2
What can I say - a legendary classic that cannot be excluded from any list like that.
Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien
forces.
XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered.
Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities [laughs] that promise a brilliant future
with lots of potato salad for humanity.
But at the same time concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from
their new order.
No potato salad for them.
All you have to do is to regain control of the Earth.
It may sound easy and it is, because you are awesome and aliens... aliens suck balls.
Show them who's the boss.
Morkredd
This is an innovative physics puzzle game that may be interesting for fans of darker
tropes.
The game is best played as a couch co-op experience, so be sure you have at least one imaginary
friend to play this game with.
Here you are the Orb’s protector, and without it you will descend into a world of death
and eternal darkness.
You will have to survive and master over 60 puzzles while avoiding the shadows caused
by your partner and the environment.
Game is without a doubt a work of art.
People on Steam are saying that Morkredd is beautiful, but very short - you can beat it
in a bit more than two hours.
Tyranny
Like Pillars of Eternity or Fallout New Vegas it is created by the narrative masterminds
at Obsidian Entertainment.
Tyranny is a classic-styled RPG with an original story, shaped and molded by your actions.
Cool thing is that here you will play as an influential villain.
You can choose to stay on the evil path or defy your dark master and take a turn to a
light side after all.
Game looks great, it is really aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
And reviews on Steam are very positive as well: you have to scroll hard to find any
bad ones.
As people say, this game plays just like Baldur's Gate, so if you like the classics, you probably
won’t be disappointed with this one as well.
Although be prepared to read a lot.
This is more like a book than an actual game.
You will get your fighting portion as well, but it is a slow paced game, make sure you
have several hours of free time before you sit down with it.
And I mean it, when I played it for the first time, I had two hours of free time
and it felt like I hadn't even started the game.
8-Bit Hordes
Basically this is a Warcraft 3 if it would be made using the Minecraft Engine.
Here you will find 2 factions - The Dark Orcs and their Undead friends versus those annoying
Humans, Dwarves, Elves and all that puny stuff in general.
You will collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of evil or, you
know, pathetic good and ultimately crush your opponents!
Game offers 24 offline campaign missions, 12 co-op missions to play with your mother
in-law and 10 multiplayer maps that support up to 8 trolls online.
Literally and figuratively.
AI is present as well - it has multiple difficulty options, also it can play in a team with you
or destroy you.
Game is easy to understand and is really user friendly.
If you like RTS games, there is no doubt that you may like this one as well.
Dead Island Definitive Edition
The same developers who made Dying Light, created this zombie infested game as well.
And this zombie-apocalypse is more beautiful than ever.
You will be running from and killing undead in the beautiful tropical island - a wonderful
paradise on earth and this contrast is really great.
Exploring this island is really fun: from the zombie infested deserted city to secluded
beaches and vast highlands.
Roam around in order to discover the story behind the zombie outbreak.
You can also play in a story-based 4 player co-op mode.
Also, have you noticed that this game actually calls the zombies - zombies.
Not walkers, roamers, crazed ones, biters, freakers and so on, but actual zombies and
they have my respect for not trying to invent the bicycle again.
Zombies are zombies.
But what if they are fast and smart?
Then they are fast smart zombies.
Period.
Anyway, in Dead Island Definitive Edition you will get the main game and all the DLC's
as well.
Also graphics are all in HD and so on.
And the price is more than great.
Old World
A really nice game for Civilization and Crusader Kings fans.
It is an historical strategy game where you lead your empire through multiple generations,
building a grand legacy to last beyond your own years.
Here each of the 7 kingdoms has four noble families that provide various benefits when
put in charge of your cities.
So you will obviously have to marry for politics, raise your heirs, and manage your relationship
with the other influential noblemen of your kingdom.
So like in that movie I never saw with Vin Diesel, family is what matters here and if
you want to be a strong ruler - your family must be strong as well.
So probably marriages between cousins or brothers and sisters here and there is what you actually
want.
You may think that this is just a simple clone of Civilization, but the game actually takes
about 40 hours to beat and contains 3 000 unique events inspired by history and mythology.
Review score howers around 80% of positivity, so despite some minor things all is good in
this field.
Dawn of Man
This is a nice city building game where you control some ancient people, hunt mighty mammoths,
gather various herbs and build stonehenges.
Although, what is the meaning of them?
The game also has great AI.
Not as great as a Skynet, but that is nice, because Dawn of Man will fail if it tries
to conquer the real world.
Although we never know what simple AI is plotting against us.
We will never know, until it’s too late.
The biggest flaw of the game, in my opinion, is the game's color palette - boring greenish-brownish
tones everywhere can be really hard to the eye.
And the game itself is focused on survival and not war, so keep that in mind if you like
to wage battles.
Of course, there are some war elements, you have to defend your settlements from various
raider scum, but that’s almost it.
Gamedec - Definitive Edition
This is a single-player non-combat cyberpunk RPG.
You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds by using your wits to
gather information from your witnesses and suspects.
Also get to the bottom of deceptive schemes, save lives, and investigate the relationships
between virtual worlds and their inhabitants.
The game continually adapts to your choices and never judges.
Just like your dog does.
Also sounds a bit like Disco Elysium and that’s a great thing.
Although keep in mind that here you will not find any battles and no fighting is available.
Pick it up only if you like to read and carefully analyze sentences in dialogues.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
After escaping your devastated homeland you will travel far south, to new regions and
various forsaken cities.
There, you attempt to start a new life and control Hugo’s curse.
Yeah, the kid is cursed, but you, instead of dropping him into the ocean and forgetting
which ocean it was, you travel with him.
You know, no Hugo - no problems, but you chose problems.
So everything that happens from now on is basically your fault.
People on Steam are talking that this game will make you cry.
Mostly because of the story, but a tear or two will also drop when you realize that the
game is super slow and your movement speed is even slower.
Despite that Plague Tale Requiem has about 90% of positive reviews and if you like story-rich
adventure games, it's a must play sooner or later.
Dead by Daylight
This is an asymmetric horror game where you can play as the Killer or one of the four
Survivors.
Or as I like to call them - victims.
Since you are not a victim, at least not in the gaming world, your projected goal should
be to hunt down the other four players.
That is if you are lucky enough to become a killer: a powerful hacker and slasher or
a paranormal entity of nightmares.
Because honestly, there is only a small chance that you will end as an alpha and not some
puny victim.
Each level is procedurally generated and the spawn points are random as well.
But be warned that the game’s community can be quite toxic if you don’t have any
friends of your own.
If you do have friends they are probably toxic as well.
And if your friends are nice - are they even friends?
Hellslave
An interesting game for the fans of Darkest Dungeon.
Here the world is coming to an end and humanity is on the brink of extinction.
Very original and innovative plot, never heard before.
So you will have to save humanity from a demon invasion by making a pact with the Devil and
praising one of 6 demons to avoid humanity’s demise into darkness.
You will have to use your newly acquired demonic power against the invaders but it may have
a bigger impact on you than you thought...
Here you will customize your character around a passive skill tree, discover and experiment
with dozens of traits and demonic powers.
Also find great synergies between skills and achieve destructive combos to send your adversaries
back to hell.
Or just to hell if they were never in hell before.
You know, just to make things clear.
People on Steam are saying that the game has an amazing art style, dark and gritty theme
and amazing first Act.
But it lacks polish and may become a bit boring over time.
Despite that - the price is quite nice and if you are a fan of these dungeon crawlers,
it may be a good game for you to try.
Generation Zero
It may not be the best game on this list - it holds only a mostly positive review score
on Steam, but the setting and the atmosphere of the game is really worthy of your attention.
Honestly the game was really hyped upon a release and when people didn't get a masterpiece
bad reviews started to flow.
That is a story of many games and Generation Zero definitely doesn’t deserve that, because
it may not be a masterpiece, but it’s not a bad game as well.
Here you will explore alternative Sweden in 1989.
One day swedes woke up early in the morning and saw that their bellowed Sverige is overrun
by evil robots.
Where did they come from, who made them, nobody knows.
Probably evil Norwegians who were envious of Swedish reindeer herds.
Everyone knows that casual Swedish deer produces seven times the amount of milk than Norwegian
deer does.
Even the males.
That is the fact.
Trust me.
Every Swede in the comments can confirm that.
Anyway, the price is really wallet friendly.
Most people who left a review on Steam have from 10 to a few hundred hours of playtime
on record.
Monster Hunter Rise
This is originally a Nintendo Switch game released back in 2021.
Now we have this action soaked game on Steam as well and this version is obviously upgraded
to meet our expectations.
Here you will rise to the challenge and become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a
variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters.
That's what developers say, but I would change the word fearsome to airy fairy, because those
monsters are anything but fearsome.
Although they are beautiful, I can't deny that.
Each monster you hunt will provide materials that allow you to create new weapons and armor.
You can also upgrade your existing gear so you can go back out on the field and hunt
even more airier and fairier monsters and earn even better rewards!
Of course all of that is presented in 4K resolution, with ultrawide monitor support and unlocked
frame rate.
Even with a discount the game is a bit expensive, but you can try the free demo version on Steam.
Pan'orama
If you know the game Dorfromantik, which I featured several times in my videos already,
Pan'orama is basically the same, just with different graphics style.
Well, not only that - here the world is completely 3D and you can zoom in on your creation and
admire all those tiny details you have placed.
Like you know, notice that all the tractors are driven by cats.
Which is ridiculous and also very cute.
So here you will create landscapes and also discover a wide range of structures with special
abilities.
Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation.
Also you can pet your animals and get additional scores for that.
This is a great relaxing game after a hard day of work.
Also perfectly suitable for your mother in law.
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
The game is a standalone expansion of the Shadow Tactics franchise, meaning that you
are not required to have the main game to play it and that Aiko's Choice is a full game
with no strings attached.
It is set in Japan around the early Edo period.
Aiko's Choice is a stealth strategy where the main protagonist is a master of camouflage
and distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha.
But it's not the only character you will be able to control.
An agile ninja, mighty samurai, young thief, wise marksman and perverted penis doctor
joins your cause as well.
Well, maybe not the latter, but you never know who is gonna jump to your aid unexpectedly.
Tunguska: The Visitation
This is an isometric survival game that brings you to the dangerous Tunguska Exclusion Zone,
where you'll face deadly traps, infectious mutants, bandits, and well-armed rogue military.
Game is inspired by the same story as a Stalker - The Roadside Picnic written by the Strugackij
brothers.
Keep in mind that they wrote the story before any serious nuclear accident ever happened,
so it's not actually tied to Chernobyl or any other nuclear disaster.
Just a post-apocalyptic gritty and dark Soviet Union filled with unexplainable horrors.
Although you can literally describe a casual Soviet Union without any post-apocalypse with
the same words.
People in the comments are saying that if you like Stalker or ATOM RPG games - it's
a no brainer, also it has very positive reviews on Steam.
Just keep in mind that despite walls of text, looting and side quests it is an actual twin
stick shooter and at first may be difficult to control.
Although, from my own experience, when you get used to it - everything will be fine.
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
This game is intended for thinkers.
For people who like to carefully analyze statistics, plan their future adventures and so on.
Although, keep in mind that Vagrus is a very hard game - if you are looking for a casual
experience it is definitely not a good choice for you.
So here you will find a vast realm to explore, filled with unique locations, strange factions,
and a colorful cast of characters.
The continent is a wasteland, riddled with arcane anomalies, swarming with twisted monsters,
and haunted by roaming undead even after long centuries of rebuilding.
People on Steam are saying that this is a beautiful game, but only for those with the
patience and critical thinking.
Despite that the combat here is very basic and based on RNG, so don't expect miracles.
Tainted Grail: Conquest
This is a unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and
an RPG game.
Here you will explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what
happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
You will find 9 unique hero classes, 460 cards, 340 passive skills, 50 masteries and a lot
of other stuff you don't really care to hear about right now if you never played the game.
I can say one thing for sure - it's a dark fantasy game with all the dark benefits of
it - original monsters and beasts, creepy adversaries and fun gameplay await you here.
About 90% of the reviews are positive, so it's safe to say that there is a huge chance
that you will like the game if you like the genre.
People on Steam are saying that this game is gritty, gnarly, dark and worth your money
even when it’s not on sale.
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
This game has a model similar to They Are Billions where you defend from the hordes
of enemies and try to keep your base alive.
Also here you can literally relive the best moments of the Starship Troopers movie by
defending your base from hordes of ladybugs.
Anyway here you will encounter dozens of unique insect types, each with their own special
abilities and skills.
Also the map has terrain elevation, true line of sight & true line of fire providing deep
tactical gameplay.
Meaning that units that stand behind other units can’t shoot unless they stand on a
higher ground.
Sadly you can’t play as alien insects.
It’s not off the table completely, developers say, but now you can only play as a military
human society.
That’s it.
If you are wondering if you can build a base here - yes you can, but that is not the main
focus of the game I would say.
Despite that it has a very positive review score on Steam and many commentators are stating
that if you like C&C or Starcraft you must try Starship Troopers as well.
So do not ignore it.
Thank you for watching, have a nice day and I’ll see you tomorrow with another video,
bye!