So, I’m trying to make sure my Steam Wishlist from 2024 (April-December) is small enough that I can play. I have about 250 hours at most (after repeatedly raising the limit).
Does anyone here have strong thoughts about any of these games that can help me decide? I’m in no rush to finish (since I’m a moderately patient gamer) but I figured some people here would have useful opinions.
Maybe one of these games has problematic developers, or maybe they’re just boring.
Please let me know if you have any thoughts.
- Vampire Therapist (18h)
- Tactical Breach Wizards (12-20h)
- Cryptmaster (11-14h)
- ANIMAL WELL (7-11h)
- Sorry We’re Closed (8h)
- Last Time I Saw You (3-7h)
- Still Wakes the Deep (5-6h)
- Neva (4-6h)
- Anthology Of The Killer (4-5h)
- INDIKA (4-5h)
- Completely Stretchy (3h)
- Tiny Glade (4h)
- NAIAD (3-4h)
- Mini Mini Golf Golf (3h)
- Dollmare (2h)
- Children of the Sun (4h)
- Botany Manor (4h)
- Grunn (5h)
- Chroma Zero (10h)
- Psychopomp (2h)
- Ten Bells (2h)
- Robot Detour (4h)
- Imaginary Friend Asylum (4h)
- I Am Your Beast (3-6h)
- The Powder Toy (NA)
- Prickle (2h)
- Squirrel with a Gun (5h)
- BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3 (2h)
- Already bought (76-96h): WEBFISHING (26-30h), Lorn’s Lure (10h), 1000xRESIST (11-13h), Valley Peaks (5-11h), Arctic Eggs (3h), Mouthwashing (2-3h), Lost Diskettes Vol.1 (2-3h), CLICKOLDING (1h), Dread Delusion (16-22h)
- Short (<2h): Void Whispers (0.5h), Lake Minnewaska (0.5h), Short Trip (Short), Backspace Backspace Backspace (Short), Egg Squeeze (1h), Buckshot Roulette (1-2h), PROXIMATE (1-2h), Miniatures (1h), Some Goodbyes We Made (1-2h), This Is Not Your House (Short)
- Free (Haven’t sorted yet): Classic Marathon Infinity, Seraphim Slum, Veil Transfer, Dreamline 404, Parts of the Elephant, Sandwich Sim, Finn Dorset’s Institute For Livestock Replication, Sarpedon, Until Oblivion, Wittle Mistakes - Prologue, Ignited Entry, Mirth Melody, DEAD LAMB WALKING, Bleeding Roots, Gorble, [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap, Krypta FM, you’re just imagining it, The Big Catch: Tacklebox, With Shining Eyes, Mimic Search, Escape 51, Dreaming After You
- Only if they add a demo: Heading Out (6h), Broken Lens (5-9h), Hauntii (8-11h), Starstruck Vagabond (16h), Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (17-20h), Fruitbus (24h)
- Only because they have a demo: Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (6h), Cataclismo (6-10h), Liminalcore (Beyond my graphics card), Psychopomp GOLD, Dungeons of Hinterberg, Little Ghosthunter, 6-Sided Stories, Until Then (25h), HITM3 (4h), Zero-Sum Heart (7h)
So you’re wanting to eliminate as many of these games as possible from your wishlist? The only ones I’ve played here are A Short Hike and Animal Well, and I can vouch for both of those being incredible.
A Short Hike is very charming. I had such a fun time playing through it one afternoon and finding all the little secrets. It has a lovely artstyle and is the perfect length.
Animal Well is simply a great metroidvania with some really unique items and beautiful pixel art. There’s some tricky platforming there if you want to get the collectables.
Sorry if that doesn’t really help with your conundrum, but if you want to cut down your wishlist I’d recommend keeping those ones!
Yes, I am looking to remove as many as I can. Although not just based on what people have played but also what news people have heard about them.
A Short Hike wasn’t on the list. It was a “Short Trip”. I played A Short Hike on Epic and didn’t really vibe with it.
Animal Well was in the group of ones I am most likely to play, although I don’t really enjoy metroidvania (I’ll give it a shot anyway though).
Thanks anyway. Not a lot of useable advice but I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Oh my bad, I hadn’t heard of Short Trip and my brain must’ve got that mixed up xD
I saw the trailers for Squirrel with a Gun, and personally I thought it looked a bit gimmicky. Perhaps the sort of game I’d tire of after a few hours.
I added it when I saw someone praise that the trans-flag shirt gives you extra damage with bricks. Last-minute addition and probably going in my “closer-scrutiny” pile along with Tiny Glade and Dollmare.
haha that’s pretty great to be fair!
I don’t get the joke, but it’s funny nonetheless.
Neva is nice if you can pick it up for less than $5.
The combat in Dungeons of Hinterberg bored me really quickly, but it’s also a Zelda-like, so if you don’t mind the basic combat, maybe give it a shot.
I pick up all games on sale, basically. Neva especially I probably won’t get unless it goes down to $5.
Dungeons of Hinterberg is in my “only because they have demo” folder. I’m not a huge fan of combat in games partly because combat as a gameplay mechanic is conceptually uninspired and partly just because I don’t really get the thrill. Dungeon’s of Hinterberg seems like a story thing first and foremost though.
combat as a gameplay mechanic is conceptually uninspired
Like in any game period? Big claim and you’re probably not interested in backing it up, but I’m curious.
Dungeon’s of Hinterberg seems like a story thing first and foremost though.
IDK, trailer had a good deal of combat—just thought to give you a heads up in case you care about the combat.
Like in any game period? Big claim and you’re probably not interested in backing it up, but I’m curious.
Nothing major, just that combat is the default mode of operation for most games, especially AAA games. So I generally trend away from games that are built around combat.
IDK, trailer had a good deal of combat—just thought to give you a heads up in case you care about the combat.
I’ll play the demo eventually, so I’ll probably find out how I feel then.
Nothing major, just that combat is the default mode of operation for most games, especially AAA games. So I generally trend away from games that are built around combat.
Fair enough and let me tell you: as someone who exclusively plays games where combat is the central mechanic, I wouldn’t touch the current crop of AAA games either.
Some of these games actually have demos you can try to get a feel for yourself if you actually want the full game or not.
That said, Tiny Glade isn’t really a “game” so much as a chill town/castle builder that you take screenshots of. It’s cool, it’s pretty, I have it, but only get it if you’re wanting something like Townscaper or Dystopika.
I’ve played a lot of the demos, but either I’m still undecided on a lot of them. After playing the Tiny Glade demo, I put it in my “undecided” folder and then moved it to my “want” folder. I don’t do well with structureless games but Tiny Glade really seems like one of those must-haves.
Tiny Glade is definitely gonna be one I need to think more about.
Why remove them? If they look good enough to buy, do it, and get around to the others eventually.
These are just the ones released this year. Next year there’ll be more. And there are games from last year I haven’t gotten to (and the classics on top of that). Leaving the list too big means I miss a lot of them and the ones I do play would be based on gut instinct.
Perhaps at this point there’s no better option than gut instinct, now that I’ve exhausted basically all other criteria. I guess there are more fundamental questions I should be asking myself about how to handle the post-scarcity world of art.
Yup. Personally now that I’m an adult and have Responsibilities, I spend less time playing games. I hardly even follow new games coming out, and just work on recommendations from friends, or stuff from developers whose games I’ve enjoyed in the past.
I’m into discovering those unexpected hidden gems, but I’m also into those recommendations and those Zachtronics or Bennett Foddy games. Combined with my limited time … I think I’m gonna have to “kill my darlings” … and of course I can’t even imagine doing that which is probably why I’m so stuck in life.
