Hidden gems on Steam

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TRON RUN/r Return to the world of TRON with TRON RUN/r, a new lightning fast, action-adventure runner with a twist! Hone your DISC and CYCLE skills, then challenge the grueling STREAM program that throws endless combinations of modes and levels at you until you crash – how long can you survive?

Price -87% 2.62€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Feb 2016
ChromaGun Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

Price -95% 0.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Feb 2016
Marmoset Hexels 3 Marmoset Hexels™ is a grid-based painting tool for vector art, pixel art, design, and animation. A geometric canvas grid lets artists create complex pixel and vector designs with the stroke of a brush.

Price 19.00€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Feb 2016
We Know the Devil WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.9
Release 15 Feb 2016
Control Craft 2 Control Craft 2 is a real time strategy game where you will have to act quickly against attackers who want to invade our planet! Wave after wave, your soldiers will overthrow the enemy colonies and will occupy enemy bases one after another.

Price -65% 0.35€
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Feb 2016
Cube Destroyer Cube Destroyer is a top-down shooter with a dynamic gameplay.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Feb 2016
Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Feb 2016
Black Ink Explore Black Ink, a GPU-based painting app redefining creativity. Move beyond traditional tools, customize brushes, and let your imagination soar. Node-based system offers limitless control. Create in high-definition without performance loss.

Price 33.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Feb 2016
5089: The Action RPG 5089 is a deep & complex action RPG featuring strong sandbox roots. VR is supported, but not required. Watch the tutorial & VR videos next to the trailer! Everything is procedurally generated, like terrain, enemies, weapons, items & quests. Planet Xax's war rages on... how is that possible?

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Feb 2016
Cobalt Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Feb 2016
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2 An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.

Price -42% 5.86€
Rating 8.4
Release 02 Feb 2016
CALENDULA How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.

Price 6.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 02 Feb 2016
Defunct Defunct is an indie adventure game with a focus on flow, speed and an engaging world. You are a broken robot that accidentally falls out of a giant cargo ship onto a post-human Earth, now inhabited by robots. You have to get back to your ship before it’s too late!

Price -93% 0.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Jan 2016
Eventide: Slavic Fable Explore the exciting world of slavic legends!

Price -96% 0.66€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Jan 2016
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project "Life is like a waiting room, except people don't leave in the order they enter." Narcissu is a thought provoking visual novel series about terminal illness, living, dying, and the relationship between those leaving and those left behind. There are no miracles, no heroes, no villains in this story.

Price -74% 0.80€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Jan 2016
Aozora Meikyuu Aozora Meikyuu is a short Romance Visual Novel with focus on a cute girl.

Price -81% 0.97€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Jan 2016
DarkMaus DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Jan 2016
World's Dawn Bring life back to a sleepy seaside village by building friendships, finding love, harvesting crops, tending livestock, competing in festivals, fishing, mining, discovering magical secrets and more!

Price -96% 0.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 25 Jan 2016
Rivalry Rivalry is a hotseat game where two players take turns moving their rag-doll character’s limbs and weapons until one is victorious. While the beginning stages of each game captures the strategic essence of swordplay, as damage and limbs are taken, the endgame turns rather Pythonesque.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Jan 2016
Warlords Battlecry III Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 Jan 2016
Between Me and The Night ‘Between Me and The Night' is a surrealist action adventure game that walks the thin path between sanity and madness. Take on the role of a young boy and explore and interact with the mysterious house in which he lives.

Price -81% 0.95€
Rating 7.3
Release 22 Jan 2016
The Westport Independent The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 21 Jan 2016
Starward Rogue Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.

Price -97% 0.43€
Rating 8.4
Release 20 Jan 2016
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 19 Jan 2016

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We curate the most popular and highest-rated games on Steam considering factors such as player count, review score, and genre to give you a comprehensive overview of the best games that Steam has to offer.

Whether you're looking for a new game to play with friends, a single-player experience that will keep you entertained for hours, or something in between, we're sure you will find something you'll love.