Community recommends started to be much more useful, I had to ignore as first recommended game was Windows game and checking every game what platforms it supports is quite tedious.

It looks like there are three widgets to go. "Players like you like love" shows Windows games (I had bit of bad luck and all of the recommended games were Windows only).

"Because you played" is also riddled with Windows games. With this one it's bit of a shame that Deep Dive is gone as it's able to show quite large selection of similar games, even split between popular and niche categories.

Of course when next sale comes, all nicely filtered stuff is going to be replaced with event specific stuff.

Quite lot of stuff to ignore if I would shop just based on the Steam store front page.

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Great that the project is still going. I remember that it's old and what I was able to find from Github, it looks like it started back in 2002.

I think I must have played it sometime before Steam for Linux was launched, which is also long time ago.

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Quoting: pageroundIn the meantime, if you want to run DD via steam, opt into the beta branch "prebclinuxmac". In my testing the default will crash on me. Running the current version through proton gets you a little further, but still results in a crash.

I have been playing 12 hours or so with the beta branch and I don't remember it crashing.

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Quoting: TheRiddickI think this only shows off the AUTO resolve combat. Oh wait, a flicker of it at 0:09, would have been nice if they showed some more.

There was combat in the demo earlier. It was basically 2x3 grid of combatants on each side and each character had different abilities. If that's all there is to combat, it could get repetitive quite fast, unless there's some variation thrown in during the game.

Looks like though free prologue coming up in a week or so, so those that missed the demo can take look at the game too.

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Quoting: EhvisI can imagine that it's hard to get seen in the flood of games. Especially in the roguelike segment where you're not exactly alone. Need some luck there I think.

Still a very good show to get a full game on there at 17. Even if motivation was a problem, you still managed to get through it and get it done. Don't think I would have replicated that at that age.

At least based on how I browse games, having lot of positive reviews helps. Also if at glance there seems to be something unique in the game, I might at least spend more time reading about it.

Though Humble Choice subscription demotivates bit on buying new games, I haven't bought any so far from Steam sale this year. Past years I have bought relatively much from Steam sales.

Though I think even people wishlisting the game makes Steam algorithm see the game in more positive light, which might mean it appears on front page.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: wolfyrionI dont remember anything about Beyond a Steel Sky :unsure:
I dont remember if I finish it or rage quit :cry:

I guess I will have to play it again....

I remember that I finished it. It is one of those games that have been in the Ubuntu repos since the beginning of time (approximately) so it was a long time ago. Apart from a few iconic scenes, I don't remember the story at all. So my question is now, do I replay the Beneath a Steel Sky before this one and will I have time.

I have finished it too. I remember that it has at least one annoying pixel hunting puzzle. Though as the game is pretty old, they didn't know better back then.

Spoiler, click me

I remember that there was something small in middle of the floor, I think it was some kind of factory or something.

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I have been playing Train Valley 2 and Red Planet Farming.

For Train Valley 2, gameplay takes some time to get used to. It's kind of puzzle and resource management variant of a tycoon game. Might have to play some more to really get hang of it, but lets see if I get distracted with some other game before that happens.

Red Planet Farming is kind of simple but fun and also free. You basically have to get enough food while trying to get enough money for expanding. Challenge comes from providing all the necessities for the plants and also protecting them from hazards. So maybe not so simple after all...

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Quoting: GuppyIs there any way to get the recommderer https://store.steampowered.com/recommender/ [External Link] to not display windows titles? I have steamos/linux only in my preferences already :s

AFAIK no and I don't know when it will be implemented if ever. Noninteractive version on the front page version seems to be still showing just Linux games at least for me. I don't know if it's coincidence or does that widget actually implement the OS filter.

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I did roundup already earlier. I kind of tried to play all the available Linux demos, but fell little short. After the original post I played little bit of Vagrus - The Riven Realms , which seems to be kind of pen and paper RPG style thing, which makes it feel bit like visual novel. I tried also OFF GRID - Stealth Hacking, but controls were so horribly broken that I couldn't get past the menu.

Here's the original roundup:

Good

• Sail Forth
  Pretty nice cute sailing simulator with little bit of FTL style area progression thrown in there
  
• Midnight protocol
  Surprisingly fun hacking game. It expands bit on what could be a minigame in some other game and cyberpunk flavor works quite nicely.
  
• Hadean tactics
  Very Slay the Spire inspired autobattler. Once I got over that and concentrated on just enjoying the game, game mechanics actually seem to work. I'm not sure if it's actually better than Slay the Spire though.
  
• Ray's The Dead
  This one was bit of surprise. Beginning of the game felt like a generic beat'em up game, but there's a twist in the plot that makes it more tactical and more fun game.
  

Pretty good

• Patrick's Parabox
  Unique twist on the puzzle genre. I got bit stuck, but I guess I should have another try.
  
• The Long Gate
  Somewhat frustrating at first as it really doesn't instruct at all what the game wants you to do. Once you figure out what you actually need to do it gets actually bit fun. It takes bit of risk as puzzles are quite nerdy.
  
• DRAG
  Quite challenging racing game. I had quite fun failing though, so basics are quite right.
  
• HyperCore
  Pretty challenging bullet hell inspired rhythm game. I'm not sure if it would be still fun in longer sessions though
  
• Deathbulge - Battle of the Bands
  Music themed game with quite clear JRPG influences. World is quite wacky and there's plenty of humor.
  
• Protomancer
  Pretty interesting space base builder. Hopefully final game has enough content so it doesn't end up as another Spacebase DS-9
  
• Nine Noir Lives
  Comedy point and click adventure with cats. Demo has just so much exposition that it gets slightly tiresome, even when it's funny at times. Developers hinted that they are going to change the pacing for the better, so final game might be even better (though you need to be bit of a cat person get all the jokes).
  

Dunno, maybe

• Growbot
  Cute point and click adventure with bit more original backstory, demo is just so short that it's hard to say if it's good or not.
  
• Fragment's Moonrise
  Seems to be old fashioned RTS, I'll have to play some more to figure out if it has still something surprising
  
• ASYLUM
  Keeps crashing, hard to enjoy at the moment as it is
  
• Port Valley
  Somewhat charming old fashioned adventure game. I got pretty stuck in it, so let's see if I have time to finish the demo on time
  
• Monster Camp
  Maybe this one is better if you have played the first one. For me there was some funny moments, but everything seemed too random to feel like a game.
  
• Mutropolis
  Interesting background story about future archaeologists. Characters could have been more intriguing if they had voice acting
  
• Learning Factory
  Idea might be good, but demo was somewhat too simplistic. It's kind of Factorio inspired game with machine learning and cats.
  

Nope, not for me.

• art of rally
  Almost had fun with this one. DRAG looks much better.
  
• Beat Beat
  Some kind of rhythm game. I didn't get past tutorial. Maybe I'll should try to finish 140 and Bit Trip Runner instead.
  
• ProtoCorgi
  Shmup with dogs. Maybe it was too hard or I just don't like corgis...
  
• Tenderfoot Tactics.
  I couldn't get excited after losing training match. I didn't have any sound, which made the game even less fun.
  

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Based on the demo it's bit simple compared to Factorio, though store page promises more complex machine learning scenarios.

Maybe it works even as gateway drug to Factorio :)

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