Hidden gems on Steam

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HyperRogue A truly non-Euclidean tactical puzzle/roguelike!

Price -79% 2.14€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Jan 2015
Echoes+ Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Jan 2015
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.

Price -78% 4.42€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Jan 2015
Unhack The 5K Worm is on a rampage across cyberspace. As the top unhacker in Smash Security, it is your mission to bring an end to this virus. Join forces with AI companion Weedy and become an unstoppable duo!

Price -84% 0.65€
Rating 8.0
Release 09 Jan 2015
Sword of Asumi Take on the role of Asumi, a new warrior for the people of Edo. As Asumi you must root out a rebel from within a prestigious samurai academy. Now the assassin must walk in the light for all to see.

Price -64% 3.52€
Rating 6.9
Release 08 Jan 2015
Xsyon - Prelude Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.

Price 27.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 29 Dec 2014
Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ is a visual novel game designed for female audiences. It was distributed by the publisher, Cheritz, in English, Korean, and Japanese on Nov. 11th, 2013 and now it is available on Steam.

Price 27.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Dec 2014
Ukrainian Ninja Ukrainian Ninja is a multiplayer platformer game for Windows. The Ninja shoots and slashes, using weapons sold by the trader to clear each world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Dec 2014
Alchemy Mysteries: Prague Legends Follow orphan Eva on a trip to mystical Prague in Alchemy Mysteries: Prague Legends.

Price -71% 0.59€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Dec 2014
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike Against explosive firepower, bitter cold, and dizzying heights, Fork Parker must outwit a group of no-talent game developers in a deadly holiday promotional game. Also, it's free.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Dec 2014
Pilot Brothers The case of the stolen elephant! Elephant... Rare... Striped. ...has been kept for many years by an animal trader named Karbophos. Being unable to overcome abuse, it escaped and found a home at the zoo in our city. This is definitely Karbophos's work. To the zoo!

Price -84% 0.83€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Dec 2014
Outcast 1.1 Outcast 1.1 is an enhanced version of the critically acclaimed action-adventure game developed in 1999 by Appeal for the PC.

Price -85% 0.80€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Dec 2014
Verde Station What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Dec 2014
Oblivious Garden ~Carmina Burana This is a sumptuous palace built for the seven princesses. It is a "birdcage" glorified with the name "garden"… Irell Reis was once a famous general leading thousands of soldiers. However, the defeat three years ago cost him everything. Now, he is summoned by the Emperor of Celantu again...

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Dec 2014
Strife: Veteran Edition Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Dec 2014
About Love, Hate and the other ones About Love, Hate and the other ones is a puzzle game, in which you influence your surroundings by the force of Hate and the power of Love. Find a way through caves and ice, castles and factories, all by the might of your puzzling!

Price -80% 1.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Dec 2014
Words for Evil Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 11 Dec 2014
Xeodrifter Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 Dec 2014
Braveland Wizard Braveland Wizard - old school turn-based strategy game is back! The graduate of the Academy of Magic is ready for new adventures.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 04 Dec 2014
Carmageddon TDR 2000 Yes, it's the game literally... SOME of you asked for! And so, in the spirit of "well, alright then, if you insist..." we present the third game in the Carmageddon series, in the knowledge that some of you Carma fans out there would like to have a complete Carmageddon collection in your Steam library. Nothing wrong with that.

Price -90% 0.40€
Rating 7.0
Release 04 Dec 2014
Potatoman Seeks the Troof Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?

Price -93% 0.29€
Rating 7.2
Release 03 Dec 2014
The Old City: Leviathan The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Price -90% 0.62€
Rating 6.9
Release 03 Dec 2014
Wings of Vi Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Price -93% 1.16€
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Nov 2014
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered For Sommerlund and the Kai! Lone Wolf is back with an exclusive storyline, stunning graphics and a deep combat system. Make meaningful choices and carve your own path.

Price -88% 1.80€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Nov 2014

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