Blight
Blight is an extremely challenging and realistic single-player top-down perspective survival game.
The Blight
A mysterious new disease called the Blight has descended upon the land. You have managed to escape its devastating effects as it has consumed your village and left it to ruins - You now find yourself alone in the wilderness, tired and hungry. You’ve bought yourself some time, but for how long? The Blight grows larger every day, consuming everything in sight…
Realism
The game strives on providing a punishingly realistic and immersive experience with a ton of depth. Actions like chopping trees and cooking food take a lot of precious time. You can only carry a few things at a time. You need to boil water to make sure it’s safe to drink. Water and other liquids need to be carried in bowls and other containers, and will spill out if not transported securely. You will need to scavenge numerous raw materials, many of which will need to be processed, combined, treated or hardened to make tools, items and structures.
Challenge
The Blight is just one of many threats to your existence in the unforgiving wilderness. After quickly setting up camp you will constantly need to keep yourself well fed and hydrated, replenish lost energy with sleep and short rests, defend yourself from the wild beasts that still inhabit the woods, heal your wounds, protect yourself from the harsh elements, and figure out a way to somehow end this terrible disease. Almost everything in the procedurally generated world can and will kill you if you aren’t careful.
There are whispers of Druids in a far off land that may know more about the Blight…
Upcoming Features
The demo is currently live! You can download it to try out most of what the game has to offer and the level of realism/depth it’s going for. The next big update for the game in the current alpha testing phase is called The Story Update. It’s coming in the next few months and it will contain all these new things:
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Beginnings of the story around the Blight, where it came from, how to cure it, resources to collect, etc
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Village and road generation, with a compass to aid with navigation in Realistic mode
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More unique locations in the world where various resources are more abundant
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Ranged weapons such as throwing spears
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Armor and other protective items like shields
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Many more unique resources to find
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Panning for random resources in water
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More buildings and items to create
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Sharpening tools to regain some effectiveness
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Other survivors and creatures, hostile and otherwise
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Carts to move things around
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Localization and translations, starting with Russian
Long-term Future
The long term future of the game includes some of these big features:
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Co-op multiplayer
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Fishing
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Farming
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Building system (floors, walls, roof, etc)
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Character customization including gender
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Taming animals
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Injury and wound system
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More localized languages
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Jurassic Architect
The earth has been deteriorating more and more for many years. The development of civilization has depleted most of the earth, and the sky no longer lets in as much sun as it used to. The only solution was to combine the forces of the world’s greatest powers and the construction of a portal that would allow humanity to once again move to the times of natural fertility. Unfortunately, not everyone can get there. First of all, it will be necessary to send appropriate groups of people who will build and secure the settlement in order to be able to attract more people to it over time.
When creating our settlement, we must remember to provide it with all the necessary resources. The areas from this era provide not only various rock deposits, but also ideal conditions for renewable energy sources or soil for numerous crops.
It is only up to you what kind of people you want to create a new civilization from. Qualified scientists, soldiers, mechanics, farmers - there is a job for everyone if you provide them with a roof over their heads.
This era provides plenty of essential resources, but the presence of dinosaurs is not always positive. Some of them can be harnessed to work in mining, others can be ridden or placed in arenas to the delight of the inhabitants, but you have to defend yourself against others, constantly strengthening the fortifications of your settlement.
Lead a group of colonizers and create a new civilization in the age of the dinosaurs. The fate of mankind depends only on you!
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Operation Deep Magic: Cryptanalysis
Operation Deep Magic is a detail-oriented, decryption simulator for learning how to break codes. Very good trainer. It’s defintely much easier to follow along the concise steps in this simulator than to study articles and textbooks.
I like:
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real code breaking experience and practices
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automatic math explanations for my analytical work
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puzzles that are super hard and also very easy
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all puzzles are real-life communication, math, and computer problems
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real, NSA-approved encryption that is adopted internationally
– Real player with 247.6 hrs in game
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Let me start off by saying that this is probably one of the most deeply technical games on Steam. The cryptanalysis techniques utilized in this are actual, real-life techniques used in academic cryptography and spy alike.
How do I know this? I’m a cryptographer. :)
By playing this game and learning how these techniques work, you will gain an understanding of how these attacks are performed. If you’re not familiar with the basics of cryptography, this game is likely too difficult for you, but there’s no better time to start than right now,
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Astonishing Baseball Manager 21
Astonishing Baseball (or AB for friends) is not your usual baseball simulation game. It’s not only about tables full of players and stats. It’s about people! Well okay, you heard that line from your Economics 101 class already. But I promise, this game will be way more interesting! It’s like a narrative roguelike sports game, Seriously!
What’s new in AB21
Already an AB player? Here are some of the main new features:
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Play historic seasons or try our brand new scenarios. There’s a challenge for every kind of coach!
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Always play for the best team in the new career mode
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A new minor team system, where you can hire your coach and train your rookies!
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Edit the portrait of your favorite player, or import an online logo for your team!
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Congratulate your starter, taunt your rival or ask your fans what to do with your new rookie thanks to the Bleachers message creator!
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Hire a brand new coaching staff to get advice on contracts and strategies
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Join the excitement of the draft thanks to the new Draft projections, or the top prospect interview
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Enjoy a brand new history listing, retire your Hall of Famer number in the ballpark, or use the new player history to check past performances!
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Pick the menu at your stadium, and hire a chef to get the prestigious ballpark awards!
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Show who’s the boss in the new World Cup, or admire the best players in the Power Contest and Pitching Contest.
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And more, like league records, improved game simulation, smarter AI, new awards, legendary players… Too much to describe here!
Fake (but real) baseball players
AB is about fake (sorry, virtual) baseball players. Some you’ll like, some you will hate, and a lot of them you will LOVE! That anonymous “Jim” guy at the top of your lineup? Give it a few minutes, and he will become your favorite player ever. Or maybe he’s actually very bad, and you’ll send him finish his career in your minor league team, because he disappointed you. Poor Jim…
And that starter, Sandy. Is he an ace or not? Well, maybe you should train him a bit. And make sure you have solid relievers to help him if a left-handed batter is giving him a headache. After all, you’re paying him 12M a year, that’s a lot! And he’s asking for an even bigger extension contract now. Not sure you’ll like Sandy after all… Oh but look, his nickname is “Cubbie”, that’s so cute!
Watch them evolve!
One of your tasks is to draft rookies. And once you’ve drafted your first prospect… Let’s call him John okay? Well, you’re going to be very interested in John’s life. Where to put him in the lineup? How much training does he need? Do I start him everyday, or does he need to go to the minor leagues first? Why is he suddenly struggling? Wait, it’s getting better… HE’S THE MVP NOW! But is he really worth 20M per year? See, it never stops!
The lineup of your dreams
Okay so the team is not too bad these days, but you want to do a big move and win the Baseball Cup. Is it time to do a big trade with another team? Or maybe it would be better to wait next year and sign a big free agent during the offseason? Or maybe do both? One thing is sure, building the lineup of your dream is actually super hard! And you haven’t even tested the “Extreme Mode” yet. Or maybe you want freedom and receive job offers from other teams too. In that case, the career mode is for you!
A living world
Astonishing Baseball features an artificial but living world. Fans are posting about the game and your brand new rookie. Journalists write articles about your starter’s last night performance. Players send you messages about their concerns or their contract. It’s all about baseball! Fortunately, all these people are very positive persons! Except if they complain about their contract. Or their role in the lineup. Or the team performance… Well, it could be worse. It’s not like they’re French and complain all the time, right?
For baseball fans and stats nerds
Astonishing Baseball is very easy to learn. If you know the game rules, you’ll know how to play! But if you’re a sabermetrics savant, you’ll find all kind of stats to satisfy your nerdy instinct! I even suggest to use wOBA. You don’t know what wOBA is? Don’t worry, according to very serious studies, about 99.999% of people don’t care about wOBA. Good news, right? And now you can even see the future thanks to our WAR projections!
Get international
Not enough talent in your league? Send your incredible and local scouts to find the best prospects in the world, and then invite the most promising player to your team! But be careful, even the best scouts can make mistakes… My favorite one is named “Francis Dupont”. Yes, he’s French, from Paris, and he’s always hyping up his prospects. Like “Look, I just saw that guy from Strasbourg for three minutes and I’m rating him 80/80 and he’s already in the Hall of Fame blablabla”. Best thing to do with Francis is to ask him to spend a bit more time on the prospect. Generally it ends with a final rating of 50+/80 and a simple “I told you so”. I really like you Francis, but if you’re reading this, do your job correctly please.
Live incredible stories
As a coach, you have a life too! In Astonishing Baseball, you can take your team to a burger restaurant, help local associations, but also meet your favorite author, become a rock star, visit Iceland and even marry the love of your life!
Apparently I have to put a disclaimer here. You’re not going to really meet the love of your life with this game. It’s like… Your in-game soulmate, okay?
If you like baseball, fantasy sports and simulations, or just good stories, you’ll love Astonishing Baseball Manager! I hope. If you don’t, I like messages!
Toy Tinker Simulator: Prologue
A super cute game that isn’t too difficult, it’s perfect to just relax and enjoy as you tinker on toys. It doesn’t require much mind power at all, just click and point or occasionally move your mouse around. The graphics are really nice, it’s aesthetically pleasing and it has realistic tools to work with. It isn’t hard to help repair these too-loved toys to their former glory!
My only request would probably make it a tad more hands on, such as having to assemble the toy at the end by putting it together yourself rather than just clicking and having it magically appear in place.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
I really enjoyed the prologue to this game, I’m super excited to see the whole game come together! It has similar vibes to House Flipper, but it feels more straight to the point, and it’s based on fixing up toys! I feel like an Elf in Santa’s workshop, I loved it. I can’t wait to see all the other toys we will get to fix up, getting to use even better tools and equipment, and being able to deck out the office/workshop!
I liked the intro music as you come into the main menu of the game, but I wasn’t as much interested in the music choices whilst in the game. Personally I would have liked to hear something more relaxing, but that is just personal preference. I do very much appreciate that you can shift through music in the game, and can also pause it.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Captain of Industry
Captain of Industry is a construction and management simulation game where you and your loyal crew escaped to an abandoned island to start a new colony after the world has spiraled into chaos. In order to survive, you will need to mine raw materials, harvest food, build factories, manufacture products, construct vehicles, research new technologies, and explore your surroundings. If you are successful, you can even start a space program, build rockets, and assemble your own space station! With all that power and technology, you might be even able to end the word chaos. It’s all in your hands.
Manufacture products
Start simple - smelt iron, mix concrete, create construction parts, and grow food. Soon you will be able to expand into crude oil processing, electronics, solar panels, datacenters, and even rocket parts. There are over 100 unique products to work with!
Build efficient factories
To build an industrial empire, you need to be clever. Place machines carefully to connect them more efficiently with conveyor belts. Refine raw resources close to their mining location to save fuel needed for transportation.
Shape fully dynamic terrain
No mountain is tall enough for your fleet of excavators! You can shape your island to your will - build natural bridges and ramps to access remote areas. Are you running out of space? How about dumping some rocks into the ocean to create new land!
Mine raw resources
Find the natural riches of your land and use them to expand your factories. Mine coal, iron, copper, gold, or pump underground water!
Farm your land
You need to feed your people. Start basic by growing some potatoes on farms. But this won’t be enough. Later, use fertilizers and advanced greenhouses to keep up with the food demands.
Research new technologies
Research is a must have! Unlock new buildings and materials and make your factory more efficient. New technologies will change the course of your future.
Construct new vehicles
Trucks, excavators, and tree harvesters! Upgrade your fleet to make the most of it but make sure you are producing enough fuel to run all of these heavy machines!
Explore the world
Repair and upgrade your ship with better engines, armor, and weapons. Explore your surroundings, find refugees, discover more resources, and be ready for naval battles!
Logistic Expert
It’s a nice simulator but it’s still feel like an unfinished product. The train worked fine but after unlocking the other ones it gets quite buggy. It can be a chill game while listening to something else and play this but I will only recommend it if it’s working without bugs.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
The game has stopped for me, no new objectives come up and there’s nothing to do. Useless waste of time.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
Demolish & Build VR
Played on Oculus Rift seated.
Good fun game with some bugs here and there which I hope they will fix. It don’t take itself too seriously as you can probably see from the trailers. I have only just reached the second world so there are plenty of jobs to do including some unexpected ones like demolishing an old space shuttle. Most of the vehicles are fun to drive as it is full motion steering although the steering wheels axis can break making you turn in opposite direction. A quick turn back fixes it.
– Real player with 16.4 hrs in game
Experienced on the Oculus Quest 2
You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/sP3iQO4hRcQ
I did enjoy playing this game. However, this game isn’t for everyone. If you’re looking for a physics sandbox game, you will be disappointed. If you’re expecting a smooth & polished VR experience, you will be disappointed. This is a port of a non-VR game, Demolish & Build 2018. The good news is that it is a full-fledged game and not a demo. The bad news is that the VR interactions are quite basic & poor.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Fast Food Manager
Absolutely awesome so far, enough to keep you busy to start with. love the way you need to go buy your product/equipment and set up first before you open. Funny characters, easy to use controls, highly recommended for those who like to roam the streets but also work a business at the same time. Looking forward to the first updates :-)
– Real player with 108.5 hrs in game
Simple but very fun. I’ve missed these type of games. I’m looking forward to future updates, like furnishing your apartment, more challenging food combos, wider assortment of goods you can buy and use in your businesses, like higher prices, better quality etc… or even maybe more managerial approach with businesses where you’ve hired workers. Great little game overall!
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game
NANOCELLS - Mission: Back Home
Primeiro game da querida produtora brasileira SERA STUDIOS!
Tive o prazer de jogar o game na sua fase beta e no lancamento!
A proposta do game é solida e o carinho em que foi colocado no game em sua producão é notável.
Um game desafiador ao bastante pra deixar voce careca nas primeiras gameplay!
Recomendo a todos amigos que joguem e apreciem os detalhes que o game propoe.
Parabens, galera da SERA pelo projeto e sucesso sempre!!!!!
– Real player with 15.4 hrs in game
Game with a very good setting and a history with a lot of potential for exploration.
The graphics are very surprising.
Very suitable songs for every occasion.
I am very happy that a Brazilian company managed to reach this level of quality, congratulations!
Jogo com uma ambientação muito boa e com uma história com muito potêncial de exploração.
A parte gráfica está bem surpreendente.
Músicas muito adequadas para cada ocasião.
Estou muito feliz que uma empresa brasileira conseguiu chegar a este nível de qualidade, parabéns!
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game