Slay the spire sale
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Metroidvania that fine tunes everything that is good about the genre, while keeping the same gothic / mild horror vibes that Castlevania had. So read on to find ten great games that I have dedicated a lot of my own personal time to - I’m sure you’ll be able to find something in there that will catch your fancy as well!įrom the makers of the Castlevaniaseries - including its original producer, Koji Igarashi - comes the spiritual successor to that franchise. Whatever the case, I’d be remiss not to bring your attention to them now that their prices are slashed. These might be games you’ve heard of, or gems that flew under your radar.
Instead, this article will focus on games that I have experienced myself, to varying degrees - whether they’re popular or obscure, AAA or indie, old or new - and that I can attach my own personal seal of recommendation to. If you weren’t, well, you are now - just click those links. If you’re interested in those, you’re probably already aware that they’re on sale. So you won’t find titles like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, or Cyberpunk 2077 here, because those are all games that, frankly, can sell themselves. There are many ways one could go about curating those games, so I decided to go with “personal experience.” That’s to say, I won’t be talking about games I haven’t yet played myself - even if they’re very big names.
The 2021 edition of the Steam Summer Sale has begun, and a lot of games are included in it - too many for us to realistically talk about them all.