Not all games are for everyone. I think big issue is specially if many people think that game is masterpiece it will be even harder to enjoy the game because you will feel the pressure from the people.

Stardew Valley (like other farming games) is just grinding simulator so it is imo really easy not to like it. Some people find watering plant relaxing and some people find it tedious.

Well this is silly :D. It has been while since I played Palia, but I also remember when “cake parties” was way to grind money.

I am mixed between “Wow! Ten years already” and “Only ten years old, it feels like it has been out for ever”. I am always amazed that it is still receiving updates. ConcernedApe is always developer I look up to and admire. He didn’t let the fame and success affect him and still just casually keeps developing games.

I played it when it was in closed beta. And as a fan of Overwatch and previous LoL player, Deadlock was super fun to play. But combination of high mechanical requirement and knowledge requirement it is hard to enjoy the game as casual peopler. Thank god now there is light version of Deadlock as Overwatch Stadium.

Deadlock. As a parent and full time worker I don’t have time to commit to a new live service multiplayer. It would be amazing to be a teenager or student again and just grind that game as nolife.

Wow is kinda similar. Housing update seems like fun thing that they finally added but no way I have time to play wow.

Here is list of some games that I enjoyed playing with my wife:

One of my favorite recent games were: Ale and Tale Tavern and RV there yet.

Here is list of other game I have played (+ or - if I recommend it). These were all I found in my Steam Library.

Single player games that can be played “together”

• Witness (++)
• Last day of June (+)
• AER Memories of Old (±)

Farming sims:

• Stardew Valley (+++)
• Ale and Tale Tavern (++)
• Roots of Pacha (+)
• Sun Haven (+)
• Travellers Rest (±)

Exploration/Story:

• It Takes Two (+++)
• Squirreled Away (++)
• Swords 'n Magic and Stuff (++)
• Split Fiction (+)
• Peak (+)
• Don’t Starve Together (+)

Action:

• Moon Hunters (+)
• Full Metal Furies (+)
• Nine Parchments (+)
• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (-)
• Pathless Woods (-)
• Castle Crashers (-)

Puzzle:

• Portal 2 co-op (++)
• Trine 2-4 (+)

Party:

• Overcooked (+)

Interesting to see Split Fiction there. Kinda fun idea to speedrun CO-OP game.

I am stealing this name for my next game.

Started playing “RV there yet” with my wife and we were laughing out loud how silly the game is.

Sad to hear that company is not doing that great. Hyper Light Drifter is one of my favorite games. I never tried Hyper Light Breaker because of the mixed review and my having less time than usual to play games.

Yeah controller support is one of the features that they are working on. I complained it about it when playing with SteamDeck and they are working on it.

Fun idea for game!

Same, this is why I like Hyper Light Drifter. Boss fights are hard, but when die you are instantly back at the fight.

I tried playing the Titan Souls but it was really annoying game. It is a boss rush game where both you are boss die in one hit. So some times you can die instantly when boss fight starts. Issue is that there is really long load times and you have to walk back to boss (and there isn’t even combat). Some times walking back to the boss takes longer than the time you fought the boss.

This looks interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Traveller’s rest. Cozy tavern keeping game that has co-op support.

Waiting for new research to test how Teams Meetings affect people’s happiness.

Exactly. Right now developers get good deals when adding their games to game pass and the game pass is pretty cheap, but after game passes become “the thing” and developers have to be in a game pass, it will get worse for developers and consumers.

I guess the scope was too ambitious. Economy is not doing that well so AAA studios don’t like to take any risks. Both this and Blizzard’s survival game was cancelled. It is sad that so many developer hours are wasted on these projects and we get nothing out of it. It would be amazing if these games would get released as open source for someone else to finish it.