Ew, not like Fortnite, I mean like indie launchers
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- Ace0fBlades@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
Beyond All Reason (BAR) A spiritual successor to supreme commander made by a team of fans. It’s free and had LAN and online multiplayer. Really fun if you enjoyed the source material.
- afaix@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
I’m surprised no one mentioned it yet, but Kitten Space Agency
It’s a free spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program that tries to be everything that KSP2 wasn’t. It’s still in early development by its progressing fast and it already looks great and allows you to do a lot of cool things, and it’s also built using their own engine instead of Unity and has modding support.
And it’s not on steam.
- Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish5 days
Probably because it’s not really a game yet. You can play it, but there’s really nothing to do at the moment. It’ll be on a list like this when there’s actual gameplay.
However, the studio also make Stationeers, which more people should play. It is on Steam though, so it’s not for this list. I’m a pretty big fan of their studio. They seem to be doing everything right.
- afaix@lemmy.worldEnglish5 days
Seems to have the things KSP had when I first played it in 2013, before career was added
- Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish5 days
Not really. I played in the first version that had the Mun, which was just a stationary object straight above the launch site, and it’s missing stuff from that even. It does have more than that too though.
You can build rockets now, as of a very recent update, so it is actually something you can play with. Before then, the only thing you could really do was fly around a premade craft with unlimited fuel, so it’s progress. KSP, before career, had more parts and more mechanics for the parts though. It also had reasons to explore, with secret locations all around the system. KSA is just the Solar system, which is cool but also you know what there is to see.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t play it if they’re interested. It’s free, and it’s a cool look at the tech they’re building. It just isn’t much of a game yet, especially if you already have KSP1. I fully believe it will get there though.
- Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish5 days
Is stationeers actually done yet? Last time I played the best station was a single cube with as few features as possible.
- Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish5 days
Done? No. They keep adding content. It may never be “done”. It is feature-rich though.
A cube probably still is the best shape, as it is in real life often. It maximizes the volume-to-suface ratio. However, there’s tons of reasons to build other shapes. Usually you’re expanding organically, so you end up things tacked on all over as you add more features.
You can get to a livable base pretty quickly (especially on the normal start on a planet like Mars), and then just stop playing. The game is mostly about what you do beyond that though. Automating your furnace, backup power, mining, farming, etc. is the real goal. Stopping at just the basics is like stopping Minecraft after you build a farm.
- dukeofdummies@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
Vintage story. Much grittier minecraft with a larger emphasis on survival
- NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netEnglish7 days
Voices of the Void
Absolute peak game that doesn’t really have any contemporaries.
A game with base management, fully open map, random events ranging from spooky to hilarious, minigames to fix equipment, little robot helpers, big robot helpers that require some assembly, but don’t need charging thanks to running on nuclear power, and a quadbike you can backflip.
And the Christmas gun.
- rethnor@lemmy.zipEnglish5 days
Dwarf fortress is on steam, humble bundle, itch io and free on their website.
Dwarf fortress is an essential gaming experience.
6 daysShould be played until your most common cause of fortress failure is FPS death
Bought it myself. On my 5th playthrough and its such a blast still. Mods keep the game fresh. All ya gotta do is.download a folder from the game’s forums and put it in the right place. If thats to much work, there is always TriOS mod manager
Starsectors website: https://fractalsoftworks.com/
- 6 days
Freelancer. Basically abandonware at this point, but tons of community support, with some great mods and servers.
- Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish6 days
I really wanted Freelancer 2. Star Citizen was meant to be it before Chris Roberts did… well I have no idea what he did, what he is doing or the state of Star Citizen any more, its got so out of hand.
Elite Dangerous just wasnt it for me. The ship and space stuff is amazing but the world just isn’t as fun as Freelancer. I know its come a long way after I played it just after release but it doesn’t seem to quite fill the same niche.
- 5 days
Same. And star citizen isn’t necessarily bad. But the scope creep has gotten out of hand. I started playing back in the mid 3.0 releases, back when delamar was still part of Stanton, and I thought the future state of the game was clear and obvious. But man CIG, or Chris, just keeps going bigger and bigger and bigger. A lot of people talk about SC without playing it, and that’s a shame because it has so much going for it. They truly are developing amazing things… But I have to agree. The vision is super muddy. Freelancer 2 it is not. I don’t even think they know what the ultimate goal is. I keep saying its an indefinite test bed for things they want to develop. No end goal in sight. Just play and QC our development sandbox please.
- chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
Oh man I sunk countless hours into this like… 20 years ago. Amazing game.
Edit: I just found my old registration code from Oct. 2006 and it still worked to download the game. The game still runs great!
- Tyropitoubas@nord.pubEnglish5 days
Unciv (https://github.com/yairm210/unciv) is a great low graphics but with nothing to be jealous of Civilization 5 free and open source alternative. It also has a great mod scene with mods that add undead and fantasy armies and so much more.
Hytale, Tibia, Escape from Tarkov, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Brogue
I recently logged back into my telltale account on a whim and was surprised to find that I owned “Back to the Future: The Game”. Even though I’m certain I never bought it. It’s not listed on Steam or GOG, but I think you can find it as abandonware somewhere.
Have only played a bit so far, but it looks pretty good. It’s a typical point-and-click, not a “X will remember this” story game.
- 7 days
It was a decent 4th installment. Still have it on steam, but not tried it on modern machines.
Dunno if anyone already said it, but Devotion is always a favorite of mine to share. Beautifully well done story for anyone into horror games.
Had to buy it there too, still pissed about it getting dropped from absolutely everywhere. Glad the studio is doing OK (at least I believe Nine Sols sold quite well)
- CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.worldEnglish6 days
The Croc remake is Gog exclusive (and on console) and I love it! It’s the first single player PC game that I’ve 100%'ed!
- CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.worldEnglish5 days
Thanke Edit: Oh, I guess it is on Steam now?? The trailers definitely had a Gog logo at the end but not a Steam logo. This was the game that convinced me to get Gog in the first place lol
