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The Steam winter sales are here, up to the 4rth of January.

What game did you enjoy playing and want to share with the community, and why?

It's like a mini (or a bit larger) review for the people in the community to discover your loved game, and get it for a smaller price. Also remember to share a link to the store page to help people find the game.

The game must be on sale currently and must not be a free to play game, or what would be point of this post.

The release date doesn't matter. Neither the sale amount. If you enjoyed the game, it should be shared.

You can put the game type/tags at the beginning of your comment if you wish so, it may help other people.

Please a single game per comment if you post a review.

I'll start in the comments.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spirit of the North

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213700/Spirit_of_the_North/

An indie adventure/exploration/puzzle game. There is no combat in this game. You explore, solve puzzles, and take in the vibes of a story told without any dialogue at all. It's all in the visuals, music, and mood. This is Abzu with foxes.

The gameplay is fairly simple, but also pretty forgiving - there are very few places where you need fast reactions or precise timing, and if you fall off a platform you only have to redo the last few jumps, not the entire level. It's the kind of puzzle game where you have plenty of time to think things through and even more time to just enjoy the journey. Definitely a game for the casual gamer who wants to look at pretty landscapes, listen to beautiful music, and bark at things.

If you stick exclusively to following the story, it's maybe 2-3 hours long, and getting 100% completion on all achievements, collectibles, and alternate skins took me 16 hours. So it's not a huge game - which means the best time to buy it is when it's heavily discounted, like right now.

I love this game so much. I like a lot of games, but it's rare that I absolutely adore one. In fact, I might just go and play it again tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've bought this game because of you. This looks amazing, thank you for bringing it up!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No problem! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! :)

The sequel is being released sometime next year, too. It may be the one game where I break my usual rule of not buying a new game at launch.