I consider myself as a person who spents WAY too much time on steam/itch/etc. to find obscure or lesser known games. So whenever one of those "HIDDEN GEMS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT" videos pop up, I am usually disappointed, because most of the games in the video are so easily discoverable... Your videos are different so far. I only knew like 3-5 games in this list. And every title you presented got me interested in the game. In addition , your style of presentation is more than just reading off the steam store page so...yeah. Great video. Thanks for the work!
As someone currently developing a game seriously, it breaks my heart to see games with a top 10% level of polish, innovative and with a reasonable scope not even having 500 reviews. Some of these devs might have put a lot of passion, time and money from their own pockets to get their project out there, following every guidelines regarding project management but probably failed at marketing. Thank you for sharing their work, hope it will allow some of them to actually make a profit out of their game and being able to make more. I recently saw a game called Schim that released last week, beautiful little puzzle game about jumping from shadow to shadow, and there's like 60 reviews and the game isn't pushed forward by steam. Breaks my heart. If you want to check out, definitely a hidden gems in the making. Wish the best to all my devs out there. Peace
It's terrific that people like you exist in this world. To highlight smaller under-rated games is a huge favour to the small dev teams and I can imagine it's very much appreciated. SkillUp always gets my respect when he highlights the smaller overlooked titles in his Put This On Your Radar section, and what you're doing here is just as amazing, so thank you. (I'm an indie dev myself, so I'm a little bias). :)
On note of Sunshine Heavy Industries, the same group made the more recent game called Cobalt Core, which is one of my top games for this year. It's a deck-builder roguelike with decent variety, humor, and a nice story. I got it for $15 during a Steam sale, and was very happy with it. Also, Aaron Cherof's soundtrack is phenomenal (Lawless, Self-Defense ftw).
If not for Balatro it would be roguelite of the year (maybe it was published in 2023 I'm not sure). Everyone should check it out because it's a little less approachable than Balatro but just as good
I love adding a video to my watch-later, opening the creator‘s channel after watching it to see if he has more and finding out that he literally uploaded the sequel one minute ago.
These are real gems. Thanks for helping fill up my wishlist. You basically nailed it, most "hidden indie gem" videos are great but insanely popular games.
You were right about variety here. I’m personally only interested in girl genius, twwwr, and leap year, but glad I watched the whole thing to check out some new stuff. I had never heard of any of these games which means you crushed this format.
Wow. Someone recommending games I haven't actually heard about! I've gone through some of your other videos too. Please keep making videos, these recommendations are phenomenal.
This series reminds me of Extra Credits' Games You Might Not Have Tried series. Those videos got me into weird games, and this is the first series I've seen since to capture the spirit.
Wow! I didn't expect it, but the only game here that I had heard about previously is Micro Mages, and that's obscure enough in itself. :D Great job for finding so many that actually look interesting!
Didn't expect to find an obscure game video that actually has obscure games lol, its about time. Thank you, filled up my wishlist with a lot of these. Think i'm gonna roll the dice on Kharons Crypt first.
It's nice to see IguanaBee recover with The Amazing Crackpots Club after the disaster that was Skull Island: Rise of Kong. They make a lot of cool lowkey titles, like Murasaki Baby and Headsnatchers.
Dude, I really appreciate this! I’m always looking for unique and novel games and your videos have been so helpful with showing really freaking cool stuff.
Came back to finish watching the video. I love this series because it spotlights truly undiscovered games, some of which could be unique gems. I'll be here for the next one! 😄
Yet again so many games that look quite special and rare from most other lists. Gosh dang, you do sweet work. Thank you for the time and effort. I remember 8-BitRyan playing The Heilwald Loophole, and it's a fun surprise to hear you speak of Maximo! Didn't expect that today! In my comment on your last video of Steam Games You've Been Missing Out On, i've been mentioning a little list (not from the opera The Mikado). Since then i found a few more. Did i mention The Dungeon Experience, My Familiair, Bad Boro, Zet Zillions, Pillory, Immortal: And the Death that Follows and Ruffy and the Riverside back then?
@@CABROWN You're welcome, and thank you for the reply. Yoooo very nice! I finished ZZ yesterday and guite enjoyed it. Its colorful and mad sci-fi fantasy setting makes me wish for more of the world. I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to want to include!
I would highly recommend The Void Rains Upon Her Heart, it has been in active development for around 5 years and it’s a great boss rush shmup rougelike
I'm glad you immediately had another video for me to watch! I found so many games on this one to play with the wife. She's gonna hate me for killing her in Angry Arrows so much, but I'll win her back with the Micro Mages one. Thanks again!
Your videos are great! Please don't feel like you need to keep making this exact type of video though like you said at the end. Make whatever you want to make!!
Thanks so much! I use tools like SteamDB and www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/ to filter and sort. They are extremely useful. (Also I buy a ton of random game bundles and those can have the occasional gem)
Most games I like aesthetically turn out to be another roguelike and I get disappointed again. I like games with handmade levels, definite progression and stable difficulty. I don't understand how roguelikes got so popular that every other indie game is one.
i'm not sure how i feel about how NO ONE IS DOING some of the ideas i've come up with that i'd like to see. i have an MMO RPG idea that i'm not too surprised no one is doing. But basically, there are TWO factions, but you can only make a character for the "other" faction after you do a certain thing in the game. It's "PvP" turned on it's head. And there are no "monsters" until a player "brings it" into the world. And it will look alot like a farming game until such. My other game idea i'm surprised no one is doing is a take on Sonic and Tails. One character is "powerful" and mobile, while the other character is just "utility and repair" but the "powerful" character has to let the other character recharge them. imagine an RPG where one player controls a total DPS character that can dodge all damage and the other player is a healer that can buff. With how many games seem to be making sure everything is symmetrical i'm kinda worried about that direction.
please be more informative with the games that you cover, less "i love this" or "like that" or "if youre like me" or "if youve played xyz or seen my other video on xyz" please just be informative about the game
I consider myself as a person who spents WAY too much time on steam/itch/etc. to find obscure or lesser known games. So whenever one of those "HIDDEN GEMS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT" videos pop up, I am usually disappointed, because most of the games in the video are so easily discoverable... Your videos are different so far. I only knew like 3-5 games in this list. And every title you presented got me interested in the game. In addition , your style of presentation is more than just reading off the steam store page so...yeah. Great video. Thanks for the work!
same, this man is crazy
As someone currently developing a game seriously, it breaks my heart to see games with a top 10% level of polish, innovative and with a reasonable scope not even having 500 reviews. Some of these devs might have put a lot of passion, time and money from their own pockets to get their project out there, following every guidelines regarding project management but probably failed at marketing. Thank you for sharing their work, hope it will allow some of them to actually make a profit out of their game and being able to make more. I recently saw a game called Schim that released last week, beautiful little puzzle game about jumping from shadow to shadow, and there's like 60 reviews and the game isn't pushed forward by steam. Breaks my heart. If you want to check out, definitely a hidden gems in the making. Wish the best to all my devs out there. Peace
It's terrific that people like you exist in this world. To highlight smaller under-rated games is a huge favour to the small dev teams and I can imagine it's very much appreciated. SkillUp always gets my respect when he highlights the smaller overlooked titles in his Put This On Your Radar section, and what you're doing here is just as amazing, so thank you. (I'm an indie dev myself, so I'm a little bias). :)
Including the title screen of each game is a great stylistic choice.
Thanks again for being the only channel that shows actual hidden gems.
On note of Sunshine Heavy Industries, the same group made the more recent game called Cobalt Core, which is one of my top games for this year. It's a deck-builder roguelike with decent variety, humor, and a nice story. I got it for $15 during a Steam sale, and was very happy with it. Also, Aaron Cherof's soundtrack is phenomenal (Lawless, Self-Defense ftw).
If not for Balatro it would be roguelite of the year (maybe it was published in 2023 I'm not sure). Everyone should check it out because it's a little less approachable than Balatro but just as good
I love adding a video to my watch-later, opening the creator‘s channel after watching it to see if he has more and finding out that he literally uploaded the sequel one minute ago.
These are real gems. Thanks for helping fill up my wishlist. You basically nailed it, most "hidden indie gem" videos are great but insanely popular games.
Happy to help!
Mind if i try to give a list of lesser-known Steam games that may be interesting?
@@jurtheorc8117 sure
@@jurtheorc8117 Sure, always glad to fill up my wishlist with real art
Casually mentions Love-de-Lic games like everyone knows them. Subscribed!
You were right about variety here. I’m personally only interested in girl genius, twwwr, and leap year, but glad I watched the whole thing to check out some new stuff. I had never heard of any of these games which means you crushed this format.
‘This Sunshine Heavy Industries sure looks/sounds like Cobalt Core’
::checks Steam page::
‘Yup’
similar music and everything
I did the same with spirit abyss and boneraiser minion
Wow. Someone recommending games I haven't actually heard about! I've gone through some of your other videos too. Please keep making videos, these recommendations are phenomenal.
This series reminds me of Extra Credits' Games You Might Not Have Tried series. Those videos got me into weird games, and this is the first series I've seen since to capture the spirit.
Wow! I didn't expect it, but the only game here that I had heard about previously is Micro Mages, and that's obscure enough in itself. :D Great job for finding so many that actually look interesting!
Didn't expect to find an obscure game video that actually has obscure games lol, its about time. Thank you, filled up my wishlist with a lot of these. Think i'm gonna roll the dice on Kharons Crypt first.
It's nice to see IguanaBee recover with The Amazing Crackpots Club after the disaster that was Skull Island: Rise of Kong. They make a lot of cool lowkey titles, like Murasaki Baby and Headsnatchers.
I streamed Mystwood Mansion a while back. It was a lot of fun. I only got hard stuck on one puzzle, mainly because I wasn't being observant enough.
Dude, I really appreciate this! I’m always looking for unique and novel games and your videos have been so helpful with showing really freaking cool stuff.
Glad you like them!
These videos are amazing.. actual gems compiled together in a nice format. Appreciate the work 🙏
Came back to finish watching the video. I love this series because it spotlights truly undiscovered games, some of which could be unique gems. I'll be here for the next one! 😄
Yet again so many games that look quite special and rare from most other lists. Gosh dang, you do sweet work. Thank you for the time and effort.
I remember 8-BitRyan playing The Heilwald Loophole, and it's a fun surprise to hear you speak of Maximo! Didn't expect that today!
In my comment on your last video of Steam Games You've Been Missing Out On, i've been mentioning a little list (not from the opera The Mikado). Since then i found a few more. Did i mention The Dungeon Experience, My Familiair, Bad Boro, Zet Zillions, Pillory, Immortal: And the Death that Follows and Ruffy and the Riverside back then?
Thanks for the heads up. I'm including Zet Zillions in my next video!
@@CABROWN You're welcome, and thank you for the reply.
Yoooo very nice! I finished ZZ yesterday and guite enjoyed it. Its colorful and mad sci-fi fantasy setting makes me wish for more of the world.
I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to want to include!
Dude this is excellent. I spend a ton of my time immersed in the steam catalogue. and I've only heard of a couple of these. Thanks for the great list!
Subscribed. Your curation is on point. Your descriptions are thorough while being concise. Excellent work!
That's the goal. Thank you so much!
I would highly recommend The Void Rains Upon Her Heart, it has been in active development for around 5 years and it’s a great boss rush shmup rougelike
Great video! Seeing as you've made so many hidden gem videos, I'd love to see a video of the best hidden gems you've found over the years!
Grats on 2k, keep up the great work!
Love this. Like many other comments its cool to see actually hidden gen games. Wishlisted a few!
I'm glad you immediately had another video for me to watch! I found so many games on this one to play with the wife. She's gonna hate me for killing her in Angry Arrows so much, but I'll win her back with the Micro Mages one. Thanks again!
Awesome video! Great narration, superb editing, meaningful list of games. Keep putting out the videos that you enjoy to make!
Great video! Good editing and coverage of some lesser-known games! Added some to my wishlist. You deserve a sub ❤
Welp, you did it again, I have 15 more new tabs open. Had only heard of a couple of these before. Bravo.
Thanks be to God for calm videos like this.
Great, great, great video all around. As you said “you’re not joking around”! Knew none of them but want to play most of them!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice chill video and I like your suggestions and knowledge of past games. Liked and subbed
I appreciate it!
Bears in Space fits the criteria for this. Its sort of ratchet and clank meets serious sam.
Currently sitting over a 90% rating on steam atm.
I did not know one of these games and I feel I keep up to date with a lot of indie games. Good job and thanks for the list
Glad I could help!
This has been a very great polished video, wishlisted so many from this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great indie games, great content creator, easy sub, thank you for your service!
Great video. Anger Foot is great too.
Micro mages has a pretty interesting video about how it was made on here.
picked up twwwr and paradise marsh, thanks!
Your videos are great! Please don't feel like you need to keep making this exact type of video though like you said at the end. Make whatever you want to make!!
CA Brown, always making videos that make me happy and my wallet angry.
you are a godsend, im normally tapped in but god ive not seen these and they are great!!!!
Very unique and special list. Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
fantastic video! how do you normally go about finding such obscure games like these?
Thanks so much! I use tools like SteamDB and www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/ to filter and sort. They are extremely useful. (Also I buy a ton of random game bundles and those can have the occasional gem)
I couldn't find Pegidle anywhere on Steam?
this should be the link: store.steampowered.com/app/2821890/PegIdle/ If it doesn't work for you it may be a regional issue or something..?
O shir he’s back at it again let’s go
Comment to support these hard works :)
Hey! New subscriber! Great stuff ^_^ what’s the intro song id? ;)
Thanks! The song is All Stars by Patrick Patrikios.
tagline is a classic.
Girl Genius looks really cool.
Love the fact that I don't know most of these!
I read "Steam's Moist Underrated". That is all. ✌️
great selection, keep going!!!
Thanks, will do!
24 killers is so good please play it
We need more videos like these, especially with all the garbage "AAA" titles that have been coming out.
Great list, buddy
Glad you enjoyed it
Most games I like aesthetically turn out to be another roguelike and I get disappointed again. I like games with handmade levels, definite progression and stable difficulty. I don't understand how roguelikes got so popular that every other indie game is one.
great recommendations!
i'm not sure how i feel about how NO ONE IS DOING some of the ideas i've come up with that i'd like to see.
i have an MMO RPG idea that i'm not too surprised no one is doing. But basically, there are TWO factions, but you can only make a character for the "other" faction after you do a certain thing in the game. It's "PvP" turned on it's head. And there are no "monsters" until a player "brings it" into the world. And it will look alot like a farming game until such.
My other game idea i'm surprised no one is doing is a take on Sonic and Tails. One character is "powerful" and mobile, while the other character is just "utility and repair" but the "powerful" character has to let the other character recharge them. imagine an RPG where one player controls a total DPS character that can dodge all damage and the other player is a healer that can buff.
With how many games seem to be making sure everything is symmetrical i'm kinda worried about that direction.
Crackpots club is so fucking good and im so sad that no one will end up playing it.
Its like smash bros and pong had a baby.
This video is a hidden gem because it has less than 500 likes
Awesome video!
thanks
The farmer has been replaced *
how tf do you find these lol
you forgot void stranger
These videos have been really useful but I gotta say every summary of the game you give sounds like you have no idea what to say.
Tbh fair
I wouldn't have found kharons crypt. Awesome list, thanks.
please be more informative with the games that you cover, less "i love this" or "like that" or "if youre like me" or "if youve played xyz or seen my other video on xyz" please just be informative about the game
Another great set of picks, very nice video! Thanks for sharing!