I like discovering new things. So I went through the entire list of games in the Bundle For Racial Justice and Equality. I found some I liked, and wanted to share.

What I don’t want to share are the relatively widely known games: Oxenfree, Celeste, Oneshot, A Short Hike, Pyre, Octodad, Hidden Folks, Night In The Woods. Games that already have over a thousand reviews on Steam.

Here are some of my obscure gems:

Cromwell - Clearly inspired by Reigns, and I loved Reigns. A story based card game with swipe-left or swipe-right decisions. Reigns was amazing, I was sad when I finished all the Android Play Store versions of the games, but am glad there’s another one in the spirit of that series.

A New Life - It was made by Angela He, creator of Missed Messages. The atmosphere, the aesthetic, is just so awesome to me. Why can’t other creators make games so lush with feels and beauty as Angela He? There’s just no comparison imo.

Elsemir - a really well done 2d graphical point + click fantasy game. Click through to the itch.io page and check out the reviews and screenshots.

I could go on, but I’ll pause there. What did you find in the itch.io bundle?

  • Maya
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    5 years ago

    these recommendations are great! I haven’t looked through all of it yet but I’m really interested to see what people find.

  • Ordoviz
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    4 years ago

    Thanks for letting me know about OneShot, Pyre, and Night In The Woods. Those were great, yet I never heard about them before. I can recommend the puzzle game A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build. While not being as obscure as your recommendations, the game has a cool twist after the end. Some other popular games that I liked are Minit, They Bleed Pixels, and VVVVVV.