Favorite game that I could afford and thus played and really loved:

NO-SKIN!

I could write essays about what makes roguelikes compelling, but one element a lot miss is discovery; new item combos, secret routes, hidden stuff. etc. This horror game has that in SPADES, and great style to boot.

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NO-SKIN on Steam

Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries

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Runner up for ICAATPARL:

It's just fuckin R.E.P.O man. what i thought was a lethal company rip off turned out to be a really smartly designed game that shares one of my deepest understandings: it's really funny when muppets go :| 😁 :| 😁 :|

thank god they changed the store banner lol

store.steampowered.com/app/324…

R.E.P.O. on Steam

An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

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next up the coveted February award for FAVORITE UI DESIGN

and i gotta give that to KEEP DRIVING. I absolutely adore the way everything in this game is done from inside the car, and it ALSO has fucking werewolf asso on the soundtrack. i fuckin love fucking werewolf asso

store.steampowered.com/app/275…

Keep Driving on Steam

An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy.

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runner up for favorite ui is STORIES FROM SOL THE GUN-DOG

how do you make a gundam inspired point and click/ adventure/visual novel really, really sing? surround the whole thing in a pc-98 inspired UI that makes all the incredible anime pixel art even more incredible. absolute perfection

store.steampowered.com/app/211…

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

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Next up is BEST VISUAL NOVEL I DIDN'T PLAY BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY PLAY VISUAL NOVELS (BUT IS STILL FANTASTIC)

it's of the devil

what if ace attorney was fucked up and evil women and had gambling mechanics. what more could you want. except for me who doesn't really play visual novels but still

store.steampowered.com/app/273…

of the Devil on Steam

Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

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and the runner up for BVMIDPBIDRPVM(BISF)

urban myth dissolution center!

it's really cool!! this was a fucking wildly good month for visual novels; tbh, this entire year was GREAT for visual novels. you should check some out! like this one!

store.steampowered.com/app/208…

Urban Myth Dissolution Center on Steam

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies.

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next up is the NICHE PERVERT GAME award for a game that nails it's limited audience

this one was easy, it's desecrators. how often do you get a brand new six degrees of freedom fps style game releasing??anyone who still thinks fondly of Descent, your time has fucking come! or it did in february lol

store.steampowered.com/app/131…

Desecrators on Steam

Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.

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the runner up here is even more obscure

FLASH DOLL is an autobattler game built for people who like opening blind boxes of funny little figurines. there's no microtransactions, no scamming, just millions of gacha boxes for you to open and go "ooo" and then put on a guy.

i love it.

store.steampowered.com/app/332…

Flash Doll on Steam

Physics engine-powered trendy toy figures, automatic battles, customizable moves, bring your friends and fight crickets together online!

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lastly, best FREE GAME of the month...

i'm giving this one to a porn game y'all can fuckin deal. i can't easily post a link to the steam page cause it's an adult game but SLIME FEET is beautiful, hot, and sad as hell. the page pitches it better then i possibly can. enjoy crying about sex.

if this puts you off, great news, the runner up is the totally sfw 100 lil jumps

you're a frog who's been cursed, and you gotta beat the game in 100 jumps! it's cute, it's fun, it's got a bunch of weird additional content, i had a great time with it. and it's free! yaaaay

store.steampowered.com/app/263…

100 lil jumps on Steam

Nara the frog has been cursed and can only make 100 jumps. Complete the challenge and break the curse

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okay, runner up prizes.

GAME I CAN'T RECOMMEND CAUSE A FRIEND MADE BUT YOU SHOULD BUY IT RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY: FISH FEAR ME store.steampowered.com/app/300…

GAME I REALLY WANTED A TRANSLATION FOR BUT DIDN'T GET: 寒いから鍋食いたいね女苑ちゃんと！！

PORN GAME I ACTUALLY LIKED THE GAMEPLAY MECHANICS OF: Hidden Realm of the Enchantress

STUPIDEST IDIOT TRANSPHOBE DEVS RUINING A GAME I WAS EXCITING FOR YOU PIECES OF SHIT: peripetia fuck you fuck you fuck you

FISH FEAR ME on Steam

A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish.

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and that's everything for february!!

tune in tomorrow for march, which will hopefully come out sooner in the day because i'll hopefully be feeling less sickly

hope you've enjoyed so far!