Hidden gems of Steam Summer Sale 2017 (July 5th last update - thx a lot to all for discoveries)

ok... Maybe not ? XD

i add a little giveaway https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/V6ACm/you-must-build-a-boat (finished)
i'll gift it to the winner from row steam store (winner add me on steam to receive the gift)

i opened the thread because i'm curious of your ideas, not to enforce mine ! :p

There is one for games under 1$, another for packs, and one for glitched prices, that obviously turned into...pretty much this thread.

Stories: Path of Destinies
Monster Monpiece

Both Look really good, and are quite cheap at around 3-4$

Here's a non-exhaustive list :)

• Goetia: an awesome atmosphere, even if some puzzles are a little hard.
• Castle In The Darkness: a nice and challenging metroidvania
• Flinthook: that hook ♥ and I love platformer roguelikes
• Future Unfolding: a colourful walking simulator
• Stories Untold: four short tales with a theme based out of the 1980's. It made me think of Stranger Things
• Wailing Heights: I really like the visual style of the game and the soundtrack .
• Message Quest: a cute and colorful little game. The graphics are really
• Darkness Within: I'm a fan of Lovecraft ^^
• Yomawari Night Alone: cute graphics for an atmospheric horror game
• Conarium: another game for Lovecraft's fans

Shrouded in Sanity

nice souls-like arcade game... sequel on the way... :)

Hyperdeotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart - http://store.steampowered.com/app/415480/
Low price and the cards alone pay for half of it

Before the Echo - http://store.steampowered.com/app/200910/
One dollar, and I'm really enjoying it so far

Might add more late ;)

Thanks for briniging Ironcast to my attention. I do not like rogue-types one bit, but chaining match-3 combat games are super rare. And it seems to have a DRM free build at Humble, so I'll wait for a 50% cut there. :3

1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum
Not the historical lowest but there's a ton of content for the price. Twenty hours in and I still didn't get my first ending. I don't think many people know about it, Long Live the Queen fans should give it a try.

Thanks for the list

I got Seraph yesterday for $2.59 (80% off), been playing it for about 6 hours so far and I love it. The combat is extremely fun and the story is also pretty cool, although the dialogue is star-wars-prequels level of bad.
Easily worth the money

Line Way
Disoriented
Detective Grimoire
The Shape of Heart - reminds me a bit of Pony Island which I loved. Somehow I also enjoy its graphic style :P
The Sandbox Evolution
Learn Japanese to Survive - the title is self-explanatory: play the game and learn Japanese at the same time :) I've heard it is quite effective :)
1979 Revolution: Black Friday - looks like an interesting story and it is enough to intrigue me
The Guild II - Renaissance - something different, not usual knights and castles medieval game, instead it is a story of a clerk (IIRC) who's going to make his way through in ranks. EDIT: so you have 8 characters to chose from: mercenary, grave digger, stonemason, juggler, innkeeper, banker, miller and the fruit grower. Your objective is to become the most powerful in town, sounds awesome to me :)
A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build - looks like a great puzzle game, the concept is really interesting, despite weird theme :D
Miasmata
Casuality
Milkmaid of the Milky Way - pixel art, nice story and fjords, do we need anything else? :P
Interloper - minimalistic yet nice looking MP game with an interesting concept
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Sumeru - great looking puzzle game, the gameplay seems to be quite interesting too
Political Animals - looks like a nice and funny managment game :)
Shardlight - seems to be a game that has nice story
Paint It Back

Just for the record , Hyperdevotion Noire is the worse game in the NepuNepu series...
Tho its 90% off , 1/3rd of which you make back from the cards...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/524580/
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
JRPG full of hilarious JRPG trope jokes, sort of similar to Nep-Nep

Not something I personally own, but it is a WL game for me that I've heard great things about - Historical Low Price.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/214790/The_Basement_Collection/
Near historical low, collection of games by the creator of "Super Meat Boy" and "The Binding of Isaac"

Only tried out one so far, but it has great reviews and I'm looking forward to trying more.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/
Historical Low, amazing platformer game with great story and detail to Alaskan culture

I usually have issues sitting down and just playing a game for horus on end, but I beat this one in I think two sittings? Definitely one of my favorite games. Probably not so much a 'hidden gem' but I thought I'd add it. If you can, I'd say grab the DLC, too

Amnesia Memories 90% off $2.99 (Visual Novel)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/359390/

Penumbra Collectors Pack - Amnesia is definitely more popular, but for 1,49€ its a must own for horror fans. You can also install Necrologue and requiem.

GoNNER - Incredibly fun fast paced platformer, it's a bit short and relatively easy

I was going to recommend Call of Cthullu but that game as a nasty bug later on, way after the 2 hour mark for a refund, but it's totally doable even without a patch

Maybe Clandestine

I like Hyperdevotion Noire, it's turn-based and stuff, but still a change of pace from the others (plus, Noire). And Monster Monpiece is great from what I've played, though collecting different cards feels a bit slow at times (maybe just because I'm going pretty slow through the story and clearing all the fights in each area?).

Also, I haven't gotten it yet, so I'm not sure how it is, but Moekuri is at it's historical low (I think) and it looks pretty fun.
Also, the Disgaea games, maybe? It looks like they're at a new historical low (at least the digital dood editions)?

Deathstate: Abyssal Edition

Lowest price by a pretty good margin, but I'm personally holding off as this may very well indicate that it will get bundled soon :p

Why they don't answer ? They have no idea of gems this year ?
... OMG i'm drowned !!! \o/

Thanks all for the gems suggestions, i stop to add to list (it's already pretty big !!!)
But don't hesitate to add more ! i'm sure many are interested to read your ideas !

Transistor is pretty good same with bastion and there real cheap now

Kingdom: New Lands Royal Edition is a really great game that i got into a couple days ago with a neat learning curve with the mechanic that actually punishes you if you did a bad move (might be game ending in some cases). It requires you to think and plan most of your actions ahead and the difficulty level increases as per your progression on the islands. The further you get on the game the more stuff to unlock so it doesn't feel too mundane even after playing it after sometime, even though RNG is surely a nice factor in generating a good map for you.

This got bundled on HB April's Monthly but its also on lowest ever now if you did not get it (its also on mobile) , i strongly urge users that wants to try it to go play it. If you love those games where you build a pixel army, farm gold, upgrade your defenses, fight greed, build ships to get to other islands, explore new and unique game mechanics and RNG while riding an animal and just moving the arrow keys (game is suited for 1 handed gameplay). This is definitely the game for you

There are Kingdom: New Lands and Kingdom: New Lands Royal Edition. Both are the same game but Kingdom: New Lands is the older version and if you bought the Royal Edition it has new updates and includes the older version of the game as well.

The Cat Machine Fun programming challenge type puzzler. Not the most difficult one I've played, but it has enough variation within it's limited mechanics.

Thanks for this great thread and the list. I've learned about some new good games out there :)

Divinity dragon commander is a good game and has a pretty big sale right now. http://store.steampowered.com/app/243950/Divinity_Dragon_Commander/

EDIT: I liked it a lot because you run your own government, and you can either decide to be a monarchy or a democracy.
plus, you can turn into a dragon and command HUGE armies! The story is really epic as well. The choices you make actually have benefits/consequences and it's just so COOL.

Thanks for this thread.
I'm debating if I'll pick up Transistor or not... and I'll consider a few others mentioned.