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I havent had the hardware to do any gaming in about 5 years but Ive kept up pretty well with the big/well-known games and have bought a handful of them so now Im looking for recommendations of lesser known titles.

Duke Nukem 3D

Man this is a broad request. Do you just mean stuff from the last 5 years?

Dysmantle is a pretty cool background game. Something to play while you're watching TV.

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is uh. A thing.

Inscryption is an excellent card game rogue-like kinda thing that you should not look up in the slightest before playing.

The Talos Principle is an excellent puzzle game.

Omega Labyrinth Life

some game called elden ring, it might be good

Literally almost any game ever made

The most addicting Steam game I've ever played. Got it for sale when it was $5. Have sunk hundreds of hours into it.

https://youtu.be/59z-TTeetAg

Across The Obelisk
Balatro
Dicey Dungeons
Exo One
Hot Wheels Unleashed 1/2
Monster's Den: Godfall
Peglin
Pocket Crystal League ++ (itch.io)
Slice & Dice

Really depends on what you want. These days a lot of former console exclusives eventually come out on pc, and there aren't a lot of pc exclusives anymore except in niche categories like certain kinds of strategy games or flight sims etc.

Keep an eye on Humble Bundle. While the bundles often aren't so great these days, every once in a while an amazing one does come up. They had an RPG bundle a while back that cost me like $20; I spent 30 hours on one game, tried and didn't like a second, and am nearing 60 hours and still haven't finished a third. And then there's like... 7 more I think? Amazing value right there.

Crystal Project
The Cursed series
The Fear & Hunger series
The Fears to Fathom series
Ghost of a Tale
Gurumin
Lakeview Cabin Collection
The Legend of Grimrock series
Little Witch Nobeta
Noita
Project Wingman
Pseudoregalia
Rabi-Ribi
Rain World
Recettear
Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Scrap Mechanic
Slay the Princess
Undertail
World of Horror

Cuckhold simulator

Knuckle Sandwich if you want an Earthbound/Wario Ware hybrid.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1012570/Knuckle_Sandwich/

Some people got it, I think he meant stuff console players never had, ex pc exclusives which I admit I never really thought about, the list is pretty pathetic these days huh?

I would have said rts, crpgs, mmos, and mobas back in the day.

I guess maybe some good rts, if anyone even still makes them anymore which brings up a point I had in another thread about things made for pc

Thank you everyone, Ive added a lot of these to my list. Feel free to keep em coming.

pegusus123456 posted...

Dysmantle is a pretty cool background game. Something to play while you're watching TV.

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is uh. A thing.

Inscryption is an excellent card game rogue-like kinda thing that you should not look up in the slightest before playing.

The Talos Principle is an excellent puzzle game.

Thanks, Inscryption was on sale so I got it and played it for a few hours. It adds an extra dimension to the genre that really has me engaged, much more than other games of its type that Ive tried.

Alteres posted...

Some people got it, I think he meant stuff console players never had, ex pc exclusives which I admit I never really thought about, the list is pretty pathetic these days huh?

I would have said rts, crpgs, mmos, and mobas back in the day.

I guess maybe some good rts, if anyone even still makes them anymore which brings up a point I had in another thread about things made for pc

Yeah you nailed it and Ive been having some fun with RTS games for sure, Age of Empires IV mainly. Its very comfy and nostalgic, I played the originals a lot back in the day.

Bejewelled

Little Big Workshop

Witchspring R

If you like sci-fi, and colony building simulators, I recommend Rimworld

Modern PC exclusives look like a bunch of indie crap to me. If you want deals check out key sellers like cdkeys.com. They're usually cheaper than steam sales.