Not sure what type of game you are looking to get into, because we have covered so many different genres so far. Is there one that you haven't looked much into in the past but have taken a more keen interest in recently? I looked at your games list and it seems that you have many hours in AAA titles and we typically do not really review or recommend those, since our discussions are mostly focused on indie titles that perhaps don't get as much attention as they deserve. Let me know what your current thoughts are and we can maybe have a more productive discussion.

Nothing specific in terms of genre, as long as its enjoyable im perfectly fine. Thing is, I play different type of games from sports to RPGs etc. so it doesnt matter much. But for purpose of discussion perhaps I'd like to try out an RPG type of indie or maybe a platformer.

In terms of platformer games:

There's the combat heavy roguelite Dead Cells, which is absolutely amazing. It's rather difficult, but definitely a game to play and to get used to, slowly improve with time and getting used to the style and rhythm, the different enemy types. Etc. Lots of collectibles and unlocks:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/

The metroidvania type aesthetically oriented Hollow Knight is awesome as well. The game looks clean and the gameplay is fun. Some quite challenging sections and even if you go for game completion, it'll take you some time. Lots of varied bosses and enemies, unique combat styles for them, etc.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Another gorgeous platformer that's also a metroidvania set up is Ori and the Blind Forest. Gameplay is quite a bit easier than the above-mentioned two, but definitely still platforming-heavy and very difficult segments. The game makes it easy to deal with deaths, it has a very nice (almost) save/checkpoint anywhere you would like.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/387290/Ori_and_the_Blind_Forest_Definitive_Edition/

My personal favorite game is Spelunky, which is a roguelike (not even lite) platformer. It's incredibly difficult, my first real victory came at about 2000 attempts. I didn't watch any videos or read any guides, just fumbled through it myself. It's so rewarding to make good progress and to learn about all of the unique things this game offers. For me, a good run lasts 30-40 minutes, bad runs last a matter of seconds (instant-death could always occur). It's very challenging, but also very rewarding.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/239350/Spelunky/

For a very retro-style platformer (8-bit pixel graphics) Shovel Knight is on sale at the moment (Treasure Trove edition, and the price will be increasing after the sale, because they will be putting the final additions into the set--Treasure trove includes the original game plus all of the additional games added.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/250760/Shovel_Knight_Treasure_Trove/

As for RPGs, there are so many good ones out there, it's hard to even put together a short list. The genre is so wide-spread that it coincides with so many others. Dead Cells, Hollow Knight from above could easily be categorized as a kind of RPG. But there are also some other really good but greatly varied RPGs out there.

This Is the Police is a really good RPG game, but is it really an RPG? I think it is. It's a crime simulation game with meaningful decisions and a lot of story-based content:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/443810/This_Is_the_Police/

There's a lot of good in the traditional style top-down action RPG that is Grim Dawn:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219990/Grim_Dawn/

I personally just purchased Tower of Time yesterday, and haven't had time to look at it yet, but it looks absolutely amazing, and I have absolutely no doubt that I will love every minute of it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/617480/Tower_of_Time/

There's a really old-school looking RPG with ASCII text that I really enjoyed and I know others have as well. It's called SanctuaryRPG. This is definitely not for everyone, but you can look to see if you might be interested (I personally grew up playing text-based games, so this was very natural for me to get used to):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/328760/SanctuaryRPG_Black_Edition/

On the other hand, slightly more advanced looking but still very primitive looking game of Caves of Qud is similarly going to be difficult to get into. It's a roguelike, but plays like an RPG. The world is huge and is getting constant updates by the developer. I always think about it as the game that will never fit on my hard drive if they decided to go into AAA production in making a really polished world out of it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/

Something that was really fun for me in reliving many aspects of video game history was the Evoland series, now conveniently packed into the Legendary Edition with both games. I think Evoland 2 was better than 1, and some people are going to think that the game is shallow, but I had a blast with them both:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020470/Evoland_Legendary_Edition/


Then there's the table-top games based RPGs, of which there are many, there are older ones that are a bit cheaper, like Fighting Fantasy Legends, which has its flaws, but captures the essence of the table-top RPG component and is a fairly good digital make of the book-based game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/496340/Fighting_Fantasy_Legends/

There's newer and also awesome card-game based RPGs with roguelike gameplay such as Trials of Fire and The Last Hex:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1038370/Trials_of_Fire/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/891370/The_Last_Hex/

These last two are both early access games still, as is Caves of Qud above. If you only want full releases, you can look at what they have to offer and see for yourself whether you might like it.

I hope these two lists will give you something fun to look at and maybe play.

Cheers and happy gaming!

Please keep in mind that these games I listed are not all that comprehensive. The genres are huge and there are lots of good indie games in them. I am listing things off the top of my head.

So if other folks want to weigh in and throw in a few other suggestions, that would be great too!

Think a combination between a metroidvania, the Stylish combat of a DMC game, and an rpg. That's Valdis Story.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/252030/Valdis_Story_Abyssal_City/

A 2D soulslike, probably one of the first ones that people will mention when they bring up an indie soulslike, actually.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/283640/

An excellent combination of roguelike, and Card Game. I really wasn't sure I was going to like it as much as I did. But I went Ham on it, and obsessively played it until I cleared it with all three characters.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/

A -very- well done metroidvania with some clever puzzle elements. Has great music too, but one of the things that will leave the biggest impact is the simple fact that it's storyline pulls absolutely no punches, and touches on some seriously intense bits of plot and character development.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/393520/Iconoclasts/

An extremely tactical turn based strategy game, that sees you duking it out against Kaiju in mecha. I...think that's about as adeptly as I can describe it. It's seriously good though.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/

I can't recall if the third ones on steam, but the fifth is. In any case, if you're a fan of number crunchy turn based rpgs, with some exploration and silly humour, this series might tickle your fancy.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/265610/Epic_Battle_Fantasy_4/

And honestly, I could mention a whole lot more games. :P it's why YQM asked for a genre, since there's so many (good) games on steam, underneath the tide of chaff.

Orite. Also this is a very solid adventure-y roguelike game. It's genuinely really neat.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/718590/Dark_Devotion/

Hello everyone! I am huge fan of fps games. But I have tried roguelikes last week. And these are totally awesome. I tried this game which it is a roguelike fps. Is this really a roguelike fps? Or it is roguelite?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/992990/Beyond_Extinct/

Originally posted by Wasaaaap:

I tried this game which it is a roguelike fps. Is this really a roguelike fps? Or it is roguelite?

I don't play may FPS games. I cannot tell just by looking at the store page whether this is a roguelike or a roguelite. One thing you can look for in between runs is that there are meta-aspects of the game that would affect subsequent runs in most roguelites. We are talking about games that are like Dead Cells or Enter the Gungeon where you have things that you unlock from run to run, and these things show up in future runs.

True roguelikes starts everyone at square 1 regardless of how long you have been playing, and the only advantage you get is your experience and time put into the game.

There are some other hazy boundaries between the two but for the most part, roguelike/lite games are featured by randomized levels (so that the procedural generation affects how you play each run), permadeath(expect to start and die pretty often), have a good variety of gameplay from run to run (we are talking about just from the variety present in the game shuffled by the random generation of levels), and typically rogue-esque games are expected to be hard...

At the end of the day, I hope you are having fun, because that's really what truly matters, to me anyway.

Happy gaming!

Originally posted by YQMaoski:

Originally posted by Wasaaaap:

I tried this game which it is a roguelike fps. Is this really a roguelike fps? Or it is roguelite?

I don't play may FPS games. I cannot tell just by looking at the store page whether this is a roguelike or a roguelite. One thing you can look for in between runs is that there are meta-aspects of the game that would affect subsequent runs in most roguelites. We are talking about games that are like Dead Cells or Enter the Gungeon where you have things that you unlock from run to run, and these things show up in future runs.

True roguelikes starts everyone at square 1 regardless of how long you have been playing, and the only advantage you get is your experience and time put into the game.

There are some other hazy boundaries between the two but for the most part, roguelike/lite games are featured by randomized levels (so that the procedural generation affects how you play each run), permadeath(expect to start and die pretty often), have a good variety of gameplay from run to run (we are talking about just from the variety present in the game shuffled by the random generation of levels), and typically rogue-esque games are expected to be hard...

At the end of the day, I hope you are having fun, because that's really what truly matters, to me anyway.

Happy gaming!

Hey thank you for answer! I bought that game, Beyond Extinct, and it is really cool! I think they have more way to improve the game for content. But gameplay, it is AWESOME! And I saw that, game is developing by one developer. Interesting...

According to things you said, I can say that, Beyond Extinct a little bit mixed of fps, roguelike, roguelite. It might be good and bad. I cant decide currently.

Also I'm a huge fan of Dead Cells. I played it on my friends computer last week, and it is extremely fun!
Thanks for advices.

Originally posted by Wasaaaap:

Hey thank you for answer! I bought that game, Beyond Extinct, and it is really cool! I think they have more way to improve the game for content. But gameplay, it is AWESOME! And I saw that, game is developing by one developer. Interesting...

According to things you said, I can say that, Beyond Extinct a little bit mixed of fps, roguelike, roguelite. It might be good and bad. I cant decide currently.

Also I'm a huge fan of Dead Cells. I played it on my friends computer last week, and it is extremely fun!
Thanks for advices.

You are welcome!

It's great that you are having fun. And for indie developers, especially these small-team or one-person core coders, they really appreciate any kind of feedback, positive or negative, as long as it tells them something about their game in a way that allows them to reflect on their work and make it better or take good pointers for future.

If you have thoughts about the game, you should write a review expressing your opinions after you have spent a bit of time playing, and the informative reviews really help.

If you see bugs or have suggestions for improvement, now is your chance. The game is in Early Access, and usually that's for hopes of the community to come together to help the developer put the last ideas and polishes into the game before it goes into full release. So your opinions really matter. You can look into the Steam forums or maybe there is a Discord channel for active discussions regarding this.

And Dead Cells is definitely a lot of fun. :D