Rise of the Tomb Raider is only £2.50 on GOG which is a great deal. In my opinion it's by far the best in the newest trilogy.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
52 points (100.0% liked)
Patient Gamers
15974 readers
93 users here now
A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
^(placeholder)^
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
shapez 2 wasn't able to catch my passion at all. The first game was quite simple and got repetitive and boring after a while, and that's fine. the second one added more mechanics but it didn't feel any less repetitive
I think having played shapes.io to completion, it didn't feel like the progress was any different in 2. Just more of the same, made it harder to get into for me I think. Also the new mechanics (other than layers) feel far away during the first save.
Looking for suggestions for 2D low-spec/laptop friendly games. Picked up Ale Abbey thus far, simulator/colony managers are my jam right now but want some variety too.
Fair warning: lots of roguelikes on this list. Just seems like the devs of these games really like 2d non-demanding visuals. And I don't know how low do you need to go, so check these individually.
Don't even need a sale for Moonring, which is a retro turn-based RPG, completely free. Runs on a potato.
Original Monster Train should work decently well, it's 90% off.
Shogun Showdown is really cool, 50% off. Necesse is a very fun Terraria-like, coming out of EA in like a week and on sale now.
Look into Reus 2, very fun, but it's got some more visual effects so may be a bit too much. Same with Astral Ascent, one of my fave action roguelikes but, well, it's action. Needs a decent framerate. Same with Dead Cells, Cult of the Lamb and Chronicon - great games, 2d, but may require a basic dedicated video card or a beefy integrated one.
Spellcaster University is not a forever game but it'll be fun for a while.
Cook Serve Delicious series is really good. You can start with 1, they are each a bit different.
Cross Code if you want an RPG. Citizen Sleeper or Road Warden if you want an RPG that's borderline a visual novel. Slay the Princess if you straight up want a visual novel.
Library of Ruina and Lobotomy Corporation if you're a masochist who likes a good story.
Then there's eternal classics like Stardew Valley, Balatro, Terraria,FTL, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire or Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
And on the incredibly niche side of things, I recommend Intergalactic Fishing and Rings of Saturn.
Hopefully something from this list catches your fancy!
Great list! I will add Wildfrost and LONESTAR on the roguelite, "there's gotta be a way to survive this turn, if only I could figure it out" side. Wildfrost is at the historical low, LONESTAR is not quite but close.
It's only 30% off, but Esports Godfather should run on any remotely recent laptop and is great fun. I didn't feel bad about paying full price for it, played over a hundred hours all told since release. Not quite a simulator/colony manager but it's a deckbuilder/manager so close enough?
OP, if you have a VR setup, Pistol Whip is absolutely worth it if you like games like beat saber. Even without trying to shoot on beat, it's a blast. There are a bunch of songs that are one offs, and there are two campaigns (or there were last time I played, there might be more). The devs are awesome, the guns are fun, and it's a hell of a workout.
Here are my recommendations:
- Witcher 3 - 6€
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition - 6€
- Hades - 6€
- Control Ultimate Edition - 4€
- Kingdom Come Deliverance - 6€
- Greedfall - 3,50€
- DOOM - 4€
- XCOM 2 - 2,50€
- Outer Worlds - 7,50€
- Robocop Rogue City - 5€
- Mad Max - 3€
- Vampyr - 8€
- Loop Hero - 3€
I liked mad max, and if you enjoy the volition open world format you'll like them game. For that pice though it's probably worth it if you only play the first few hours.
I think Halo the MCC is 75% off for the first time, so I got that and Mortician's Tale. Sons of the Forest also seems to be at its highest discount for the first time, so I might get that.
Not part of the Steam sale, but while Control at 90% off is a great deal I feel obliged to raise awareness of the current Remedy 30th Anniversary Humble Bundle, which has their whole catalogue minus Firebreak for about 30 bucks - which I think is an even better deal.
- Yokus island express 80% off
- Emberward 20% off
- Supraland 70% off
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
Other games that look cool but I haven't played
- Eternal strands
- Shadow gambit: the cursed crew
- Teardown
- Tactical breach wizards
- Selaco
Cheap all-time-low price tag games (according to SteamDB) that I‘ve played myself and can recommend:
Slime Rancher
Broforce
My Friend Pedro
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Poly Bridge 2 (also the first one)
Clustertruck
Risk of Rain (the old one)
The Swapper
Rogue Legacy
McPixel 3 (also the first one)
Overcooked (also the second one)
Party Hard
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince (and other series entries)
Train Valley
Minit
All of these are of varying genres so probably most of them aren‘t everyone‘s cup of tea, but maybe one or two are gems that you hadn’t heard about yet. List isn‘t conclusive, obviously, but I don‘t wanna spam too much.
Train Valley is surprisingly good. I like the combination of a geometry puzzle, planning which train to run when and real time pressure (you can pause, but you still have to multitask a lot).
Control and Witcher 3 are also on sale for 90 and 80% off respectively.