Ew, not like Fortnite, I mean like indie launchers
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Factorio you can buy it from there website. It’s on steam yes but it’s also available on there website with (iirc) to get a steam key or link it to steam if you want to do that.
If you like factorio, mindustry in similar and open source. It’s on itch.io, Steam and their website.
This was how I first got Factorio, but the post is really about things you can’t discover on Steam.
I’ve heard good things about star citizen
It’s got the kernel of something amazing in there, but it’s insanely buggy (and essentially unplayable when it’s busy, like the Free Fly events or right after a patch) and the pace of development is absolutely glacial. And you really can’t trust anything the devs assure you is happening/on the way. It’s unclear whether they’re just bullshitting everyone or they somehow genuinely believe their own hype about deadlines, even after consistently missing all of them for over a decade, by a lot.
That probably makes it sound worse than it is TBH. There’s a really cool game in there somewhere, but you have to be extremely patient with it.
I played it in one of their free play weekends, and it had so many glitches. I spent an afternoon and evening trying to play it and have never bothered with it again.
Freelancer. Basically abandonware at this point, but tons of community support, with some great mods and servers.
Love this game.
I really wanted Freelancer 2. Star Citizen was meant to be it before Chris Roberts did… well I have no idea what he did, what he is doing or the state of Star Citizen any more, its got so out of hand.
Elite Dangerous just wasnt it for me. The ship and space stuff is amazing but the world just isn’t as fun as Freelancer. I know its come a long way after I played it just after release but it doesn’t seem to quite fill the same niche.
Same. And star citizen isn’t necessarily bad. But the scope creep has gotten out of hand. I started playing back in the mid 3.0 releases, back when delamar was still part of Stanton, and I thought the future state of the game was clear and obvious. But man CIG, or Chris, just keeps going bigger and bigger and bigger. A lot of people talk about SC without playing it, and that’s a shame because it has so much going for it. They truly are developing amazing things… But I have to agree. The vision is super muddy. Freelancer 2 it is not. I don’t even think they know what the ultimate goal is. I keep saying its an indefinite test bed for things they want to develop. No end goal in sight. Just play and QC our development sandbox please.
Hytale, Tibia, Escape from Tarkov, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Brogue
Super tux kart
YARG - Yet Another Rhythm Game. Like Guitar Hero/Rock Band (way better than Clone Hero) - open source. Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Vocals.
I think it’s still being worked on, but some Devs have been hired for the next big rhythm game - if I understood correctly - so the development has slowed some.
You can get quite a lot of songs for free with it, there are some real bangers and it’s tons of fun (or go sail the high seas and get what feels like infinite songs, including those from the popular plastic instrument games). Also runs really well on my potato laptop…
OSU. There’s a open source client don’t know anymore which ones good.
CLICK THE CIRCLES
Lazer client works native on Linux, and is perfectly suitable to play with. Lower audio latency on both Windows (WASAPI) and Linux (runs native and not via Wine) is a pretty solid reason why most people prefer it, but the interface isn’t as skinnable as Stable is currently and slider head accuracy is confusing for some old players, but other than that there isn’t any reason not to use Lazer.
If i recall lazer also doesn’t let you “cheat” with spinners or some such and thus points are on avg lower compared to what people are use to.
SRB2K, or Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart, is a mod of SRB2, itself a doom mod, that is an absolute love letter to the classic days of Mario Kart (I’m thinking super mario kart or 64). Full of small QoL changes, and with a forum full of mods for any character you can think of, it’s an easy pitch if you’ve ever wanted to play a kart styled game thats better than the original, with online play
Worth noting the devs have since released a sequel, Robotniks Ring Racers, but it does it’s own thing in a way that does less for me personally in terms of nostalgia, and is also generally more complicated, and thus harder to pull random friends into. That’s not to say it’s worse or bad, it’s just got very different appeal
Japanese visual novels that never get translated are a big one. A huge chunk of them live on novelgame, DLSite, and DMM. In fact, there are some full fledged Japanese games that are DLSite exclusive. I’ve tried a few, and some can be quite good.
The Star Trek games on GOG (like Elite Force I and II, and Armada) are worth your attention.
Full Metal Daemon Muramasa is also typically bought on JAST.
There are also a bunch of gacha games that never released on Steam, though the bigger ones are working to change that.
Vintage story. Much grittier minecraft with a larger emphasis on survival
Aurora 4X if you are into very complex strategy games about building an interstellar empire.
If you can put up with the (unending) bugs and performance issues, there really isn’t something that hits white like Star Citizen for me. A friend bought it for me but I would happily pay the minimum $45 when it finally releases in a stable and reliable playable state.
Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret from GOG.
All of Project Echo’s visual novels (Ad Astra, Echo, The Smoking Room, Khemia, Glory Hounds, etc).
Beyond All Reason (BAR) A spiritual successor to supreme commander made by a team of fans. It’s free and had LAN and online multiplayer. Really fun if you enjoyed the source material.
I recently logged back into my telltale account on a whim and was surprised to find that I owned “Back to the Future: The Game”. Even though I’m certain I never bought it. It’s not listed on Steam or GOG, but I think you can find it as abandonware somewhere.
Have only played a bit so far, but it looks pretty good. It’s a typical point-and-click, not a “X will remember this” story game.
It was a decent 4th installment. Still have it on steam, but not tried it on modern machines.
