Alpha One
In Alpha One you awaken from bio-stasis alone in an uncharted region of the galaxy. Aboard the United Colony Ship Alpha, you were part of an interstellar expedition gone wrong. To survive it was necessary to deploy the colony ship into station mode and outfit a space capsule with the ability to collect resources. After discovering a strange, crystalline substance, it allowed you to create an experimental jump drive that you hope one day can get you home to Earth.
With your limited jump-drive capabilities, you explore the region and find out there are many types of resources with the potential to build and unlock new technologies. However, you quickly learn you have an adversary. You meet an intelligent life-form pursuing those same resources and they see your very existence as a threat!
Find a way to control these systems, defend them, harvest and use them to research technology. It’s a race for you to defeat the enemy or stay alive until you can find a way home.
What you do in Alpha One:
GATHER RESOURCES
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Classic Newtonian physics; thrust in one direction, spin your capsule to angle your trajectory
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Harvest resources with your space capsule
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Use resources to build, repair and research
SPACE COMBAT
- Compete for resources in dogfights with hostile NPC ships (and escape if you have to!)
EXPAND TERRITORIES
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Each star system is a level that you have to clear in order to claim and deploy automated outposts (your opponent will do the same)
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Outposts will collect resources from the system they inhabit
DEFEND OUTPOSTS
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Defend your outposts, with your ship or leave it up to automated Gunship Defenders
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Build and strategically deploy Gunships Defenders on the map to protect your economy
RESOURCES
- Strategically expand by deploying outposts to systems with resources that counter your opponent!
- Use each resource for its own line of weapons and defense
COUNTER THE ENEMY
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Research tech to defend the enemy’s weapons
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Create weapons that your opponent can’t defend!
ATTACK ENEMY TERRITORIES
- Attack Enemy outposts to hurt their economy and hinder their ability to make repairs, build and research tech
MAPS
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Play a progression of maps that get progressively harder
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Includes a map editor to make your own levels
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or generate your own random map/settings for a custom randomized experience
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Disjunction
I’m thoroughly enjoying my experience with Disjunction. You play as three separate characters whose storylines intertwine and run parallel to one another. Despite being advertised as a stealth-RPG, the game gives you a plethora of options to customize your gameplay. You can play non-lethally with melee, lethally with different guns, or use a combination of both. Your choice in lethality affects the dialogue, characters, and endings. The game can also be quite challenging depending on your playstyle.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
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Hmm… I don’t know if recommended is really what I should place this game under.
But it’s not bad and it’s cheap !
This game is quite weird because the story is very mature, It can also be quite bloody if you go full rampage…
The music is awesome and could be described as some kind of dark ambient, the pixel art graphics are fantastic though repetitive.
But the gameplay is childish… The game consist of small levels divided in two floors each time with a save point located on each floor which you can use at any point but you can use it only once… The game would be perfect for a kid to learn how to handle stealth games, it is a very good introduction to the stealth genre.
– Real player with 16.2 hrs in game
Mech Farmer
Mech Farmer is a story driven farming RPG set on a terraformed world where you must provide the colonists with food, help them achieve their life goals and protect them from hostile alien monsters - amongst other things…
Howdy! Soon your ship will land in Moonshine Gulch and you’ll assume the exciting role of MECH FARMER. The colony was established to extract precious minerals from below the planet’s surface - some people say the heavy machinery used is aggravating the local fauna and causing attacks but that’s not gonna get in the way of profits! Besides, you’ll have a mini-gun on your left arm, a flamethrower on your right and rocket launchers sitting on top of that 20 ton mech of yours, so quit ya belly achin'! Just keep the colonists fed and alive, OK? And don’t be putting crazy notions in their heads, like the company is only interested in money and doesn’t care about them - we don’t want a rebellion on our hands, do we?!
FEATURES
Farmin'
Full day/night seasonal cycle with over a dozen crops with different requirements. Deliver basic crops to each settlement or use them to create hearty meals that will be greatly appreciated.
Fightin'
Pilot a customisable mech. Quickly switch between the tools needed for farming (Plow, Seeder, Harvester etc.) and equip your weapon systems if necessary. Change mech components for greater speed, armour or power - and throw a splash of paint on whilst you’re at it.
Livin'
The colony of Moonshine Gulch consists of five settlements, each home to a variety of colonists that will require your help in various ways. Perhaps a recent widower will ask you to take her son fishing? The saloon owner may need you to help in the production of her patented NovaCorn moonshine? The scientist may require you to capture a large, ferocious alien bug? The more you help the people, the more they will trust you and bestow certain benefits upon you - perhaps you may even find love…
Choosin'
Your actions will have consequences. Some may be fairly minor, perhaps somebody may be a little upset. Others will have major ramifications. Families may be torn apart, people may leave the colony - some may even die. Your choices matter.
Playin'
You have a job to do, sure - but that doesn’t mean you won’t have time for fun! Equip your laser harpoon for some fast paced fishing, take pictures of the more docile local fauna as you fill out your collection and if you’re lucky enough to be given a FarmBoy - collect and play arcade classics at anytime!
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Shape Shooter
Even better than Counter-Strike.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
A lot of fun!
I absolutely adore the simplicity and drive of this game.
It’s easy to pick up, tricky to master and even trickier to stop playing.
Makes you want to try again, again and again to improve your progress without making you want to brake your controller.
Great job! :)
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Starship Saboteur Prototype
Nice prototype… worth playing. Some things I would change, tho:
1 - The models keep squirming after you killed them, even after you try to hide them inside a box
2 - I would make the pistol sound also noticeable to those who are close
Overall, there’s a lot of potential ;), imho
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Rad.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
DRAKE
DRAKE is a Sci-Fi Action-RPG set on a distant desert planet. Game is currently in development. Join our community to stay in touch with the progress!
Uncover the secrets that are hidden under the planet’s crust. Сreate the right impression during the first contact and try to survive in a harsh Space Western World.
STORY WITH CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DECISIONS
A series of events leads you to an unknown device deep under the surface of the planet - an artifact of an alien civilization. However not everyone is happy with this discovery: the planetary administration, which siphons resources from the crust, declares you public enemy number one. Save yourself and uncover the truth about the artifact. Meet different factions, make decisions that will affect the story and the endings.
VARIOUS WAYS TO PLAY
Use the wide perk and skill system to create your own play style. It’s up to you to decide who your character will become - a reckless thug who leaves behind rivers of blood, or a charismatic leader who persuades the gullible. Are you a deceiver looking for personal benefits, or prefer staying out of trouble? Finish the game not firing a single shot or saying a word!
SCI-FI ADVENTURE
Gather a team that will help you along the way. Meet the prospectors coming in search of easy money, miners and criminals. Choose the most suitable path - long but safe or fast and risky one. Remember - you are the public enemy, the pursuers are close and time is always running out!
WELCOME TO DRAKE - SPACE WESTERN WORLD!
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A Sci-Fi Top-Down Action RPG set on a desert planet with a Space Western vibe.
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Choose the backstory and appearance of the protagonist and guide him through a fateful adventure.
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Non-linear story with lots of characters and branched dialogues inspired by our beloved CRPGs.
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A well-developed world with different factions and forces where you have to find your own place.
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Original soundtrack.
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Sand that’s coarse and rough and gets everywhere!
ANCIENT EVIL
Отличная реал-тайм стратегия, хотя на самом деле сложно дать точный жанр, тут смесь многих, и это круто.
Рисовка и движения персонажей просто огонь, это и привлекло к покуке, и не пожалел :D
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
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Stars received: 1.9/10 ___ Note: v.4 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
Game description key-points: indeed a puzzle, with little sense whereabouts
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
RD Mars
Are you willing to bleed for your craft? How much of your life do you owe to the greater good? And what does that lead you to?
RD Mars is a top-down shooter with a focus on narrative. It follows an AI named Mars exploring the laboratory of its creator. Its creator, Felix Darwins, was a man of extreme passion, with a desire to see progress for mankind. Explore the laboratory, and learn of his rise and downfall.
Features:
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A strong, character-driven story that explores the human condition.
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A unique parry-based combat loop with a focus on the fluidity of play.
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Mystery and intrigue that drives players to uncover the secrets of this world.
RD Mars analyzes the pitfalls of this inventor’s mind while you explore both the lab, but also Mars himself.
Content warning for epilepsy, motion sickness, or those sensitive to issues relating to mental health.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714020/RD_Mars/
Too Much Water
I really enjoy how fresh “Too Much Water” feels. Many indie games tend to rely heavily on already successful elements from existing games, but this experience feels brand new, and I actually struggle to compare it to any other game I’ve ever played.
While steam has classified this game as a top down shooter, that is woefully inadequate. Yeah, guns exist, and you can get one fairly easily, but is that the best use of your time and limited resources?
The best description of “Too Much Water” is the one given by the dev- it’s a castaway simulator and a survival game.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
BEST GAME. Too Much Water, more like Too Much Fun!
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Volatile
Set in an alternate future of humanity, Volatile is a top-down space exploration game, full of action, adventure, choices and dire consequences.
You take the role of one of several pilots at the start of a routine escort mission, when catastrophe strikes. The world opens up to let you explore your options in this indie game, which, at its core, is designed around actions and reactions, where consequences from even the most mundane choices have ripples.