WTF you think happened in 2020? No one could leave their house, so video game went gang busters.
I worked at a video game retailer then, and it was the busiest we've ever been.
trankillity
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Welcome to the existentialist crew! It's a great and humbling place to be.
Great game made by some devs who used to work at Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja/Jetpack Joyride fame). Highly recommend playing with an actual DJ turntable for the full fantasy. Also had a recently released VR mode.
On top of all that, https://spinsha.re/
- Nova Lands just came out and has native controller support. Works very well, even if it's somewhat simplistic.
- Factorio just released controller support which works well most of the time but it's kinda fiddly.
Also, beware that DSP does not support cloud saves because the devs can't compress their save data enough to fit in the Steam cloud requirements.
I've been using this for around 8 months now on PC and Deck.
- Having multiple sync profiles each with different configurations is great if you use a variety of devices.
- The hall effect sticks are obviously great.
- Some of the programmable button combos can come in handy.
The only things I don't like about them are:
- Sometimes it doesn't connect first try to my PC.
- The right trigger developed a squeak after Diablo 4.
Would still definitely recommend though because you're basically getting an Xbox Elite controller for the price of a standard Xbox controller.
I'd hold on Cyberpunk. There will undoubtedly be a bundled/discounted version of it when Phantom Liberty comes out in September.
As a counter offer, may I present Control? One of the best action games I've played in decades that also has a really interesting story (if you like trippy Twin Peaks/X-Files style stories) and it's only $10USD currently in the sale. Runs pretty well on the Deck, and if you have a beefy PC to play on as well, has some really great RTX features.
The only other game that really fits your criteria that I would recommend is Hades which has already been mentioned. I put over 300 hours into Hades across PC and Switch (pre Steam Deck), and it's one of the only roguelike games that has a super compelling story.
Here's my decent haul. Some of them aren't really in the "Sale" as they just launched but have launch discounts.
- Control Ultimate Edition: Already own it on Epic, but was cheap enough to re-buy for easier Steam Deck play.
- Crab Champions: The meme song that become a really competent roguelike shooter!
- Dave the Diver: What if Lucasarts made a mini-game filled roguelike?
- DROP - System Breach: Sleeper hit for me. Intense puzzle/pattern recognition game with a great, simplistic hacking theme/style.
- The Entropy Centre: Big Portal vibes, but using time!
- Humanity: What if Lemmings, but you're an omniscient Shiba Inu. Plays great in VR too.
- Prey: Loved Deathloop but never had a chance to play Prey.
- Shogun Showdown: Crypt of the Necrodancer meets Slay the Spire - SIGN ME UP!
With the removal of the Tidal API from Plexamp, I will be sorely missing my discovery recommendations. Will need to give this a shot using Last.fm scrobbling (already supported in Plex).