Hidden Gems that you should play

I know that it is kind of a stretch to label some of these games as "hidden gems", when some are more like cult classics and/or have thousands of Reviews on Steam, but it is really hard to differentiate here.. I am trying...

1080° Avalanche
1080° Avalanche
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Gothic II
Gothic II
Gothic II: The Night of the Raven
Gothic II: The Night of the Raven
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Asura's Wrath
Asura's Wrath
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
Descenders
Descenders
Furi
Furi
Gothic
Gothic
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Ikaruga
Ikaruga
Into the Breach
Into the Breach
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
NieR
NieR
Ōkami
Ōkami
Pandora's Tower
Pandora's Tower
Pyre
Pyre
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Shadow of Memories
Shadow of Memories
Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned
S.T.U.N. Runner
S.T.U.N. Runner
Tetris Effect
Tetris Effect
The Darkness II
The Darkness II
The Last Story
The Last Story
Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Vanquish
Vanquish
ZeroRanger
ZeroRanger
Alien Crush
Alien Crush
Berzerk
Berzerk
Black Knight Sword
Black Knight Sword
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Chained Echoes
Chained Echoes
Child of Eden
Child of Eden
Chip's Challenge
Chip's Challenge
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Devil's Crush
Devil's Crush
Devotion
Devotion
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Gris
Gris
Hard Reset
Hard Reset
Klax
Klax
NEO: The World Ends with You
NEO: The World Ends with You
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pentiment
Pentiment
Sanabi
Sanabi
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Evermore
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Slay the Princess
Slay the Princess
Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
SuperHot
SuperHot
Tempest 4000
Tempest 4000
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The World Ends with You
The World Ends with You
Turrican II: The Final Fight
Turrican II: The Final Fight
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
XIII
XIII
Binary Domain
Binary Domain
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Detention
Detention
Frostpunk
Frostpunk
Her Story
Her Story
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Kid Dracula
Kid Dracula
Lost Ember
Lost Ember
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Mini Metro
Mini Metro
Mini Motorways
Mini Motorways
Observation
Observation
Ōkamiden
Ōkamiden
Owlboy
Owlboy
Prodeus
Prodeus
Refunct
Refunct
Rez
Rez
SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
Shadowrun
Shadowrun
Theme Hospital
Theme Hospital
The Unfinished Swan
The Unfinished Swan
Verde Station
Verde Station
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
BattleBlock Theater
BattleBlock Theater
Child of Light
Child of Light
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi
Cthulhu Saves the World
Cthulhu Saves the World
Devil Daggers
Devil Daggers
Dragon's Crown
Dragon's Crown
Freedom Planet
Freedom Planet
Game Dev Tycoon
Game Dev Tycoon
Gunman Clive
Gunman Clive
Gunman Clive 2
Gunman Clive 2
Jotun
Jotun
Killing Time At Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Killing Time At Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition

3 Comments


1 year ago

Tacoma is a great little game, was a bit of a surprise when I played it as I didn't like their previous game much but found Tacoma much easier to get invested in.
Yes^^ I really really did not like Gone Home. At all. But Taxoma was actually good :D

1 year ago

Wonderful! This is exactly what I was looking for, finding little hidden gems like these. Thanks for the list, I'm certainly going to add some of these to my backlog.


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