Rather than doing the usual bashing about how disappointing the
seasonal Steam sale is, let me try to be positive for once. But I'll
need some help with that, so here's a PCGamesN article entitled '10
Great Games To Grab During the Steam Autumn Sale 2026" >https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/autumn-sale-2026-games
Their choices:
* Sons of the Forest (71% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/
* 007 First Light (30% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/007_First_Light/
* Esoteric Ebb (25% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/Esoteric_Ebb/
* Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (40% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2713000/Resonance_A_Plague_Tale_Legacy/
* Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus (95% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673880/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus/
* The Outlast Trials (90% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304930/The_Outlast_Trials/
* The Witness (90% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/210970/The_Witness/
* Bramble: The Mountain King (82% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623940/Bramble_The_Mountain_King/
* Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (70% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2909400/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REBIRTH/
* GTFO (73% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493520/GTFO/
#
Of their selection, really only "The Outlast Trials" attracted me, and
that mostly because it was so damn cheap. Maybe "Bramble: The Mountain
King" too, except I tire of these Indie platformers where young
children run away from magical monsters. It's such an overdone genre.
Other discounted games that caught my interest:
* Stray (50% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332010/Stray/
It's got a kitty-cat!!! Too bad I already own this one.
(I really only mention it to get others to buy it ;-)
* Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (40% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2677660/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Great_Circle/
Still a bit pricey for me, and honestly, I'm a bit tired
of the franchise... but I figure if it's as 'good' as Tomb
Raider I'll be happy... and reviews indicate it's better.
* Echoes of the End (80% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821610/Echoes_of_the_End_Enhanced_Edition/
Mentioned here earlier by another poster. Looks
interesting but I'm not sure I'm really in the mood for
another game of this sort right now.
* Kong: Survivor Instinct (47% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769080/Kong_Survivor_Instinct/
Run away from the giant ape as he rampages in this
action/platformer. Looks really good but I don't think
it has much replayability and it's not really a genre
I'm that into, so I'm not sure it's worth the price
* Atomfall (60% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/
British Fallout, basically, except a bit more crafting
focused. It's fine but I hesitate because I still have
"Fallout: London" to play.
#
Any games catch your eye this season? Anything you recommend we take a
look at, either because you think it's a good game or because it's
Just That Damned Cheap? Will The Number be going up for you or will
you manage to resist the Call of the Bargin Bin this time?
Maybe I will reinstall the Outlast Trials. Can't remember why I quit
playing it. I am looking in my library and Steam for a spooky game
for this Halloween. I have been trying to move along with Silent Hill
2 now for two of them and it ain't doing nothing for me. Not very
spooky, there is a LONG time between checkpoint saves and manual ones
that you have to find, and between anything that happens. Just tons
of walking around.
Last year, I think, I bought the new Resident Evil one and uninstalled
it because of the crafting BS. Wasn't as scary as other RE ones
either. It was mostly a PITA to play.
I guess there is always Left For Dead 2 to fall back on. But man, the
maps are so huge and it takes forever to finish one and the combat is
hard!!!
On Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:38:35 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:
Maybe I will reinstall the Outlast Trials. Can't remember why I quit
playing it. I am looking in my library and Steam for a spooky game
for this Halloween. I have been trying to move along with Silent Hill
2 now for two of them and it ain't doing nothing for me. Not very
spooky, there is a LONG time between checkpoint saves and manual ones
that you have to find, and between anything that happens. Just tons
of walking around.
Last year, I think, I bought the new Resident Evil one and uninstalled
it because of the crafting BS. Wasn't as scary as other RE ones
either. It was mostly a PITA to play.
I guess there is always Left For Dead 2 to fall back on. But man, the
maps are so huge and it takes forever to finish one and the combat is
hard!!!
True, Halloween season is soon upon us. I gotta think of some spooky
games to play too.
If I really want to scare myself, "Outlast" is where to start. I mean
the original. That one was too much even for me. Something about its too-close-in FOV, and the dingy, wobbly view through the camera just
was more than I could take. And there are some sequences in the
original that still make me cringe thinking about it.
"Alien: Isolation" is another good one to scare yourself with. The AI
in that is scarily good (even if you can, eventually, pick up on its
habits).
"Dead By Dawn" can be quite effective in spooking you... /if/ you find
the right group (and the right player to take on the role of the
killer).
Then there's "Manhunt". Not so much scary as just unpleasant, as you
take on the role of a psycho-killer. Some of the kill animations are repugnant, but that's of course the whole point.
Or the hillbilly-horror bits of "Resident Evil VII". A lot of the game
veers into the usual weird-Japanese horror, but some sections of the
game are genuinely creepy.
So many games to choose from...
On Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:38:35 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:
Maybe I will reinstall the Outlast Trials. Can't remember why I quit >>playing it. I am looking in my library and Steam for a spooky game
for this Halloween. I have been trying to move along with Silent Hill
2 now for two of them and it ain't doing nothing for me. Not very
spooky, there is a LONG time between checkpoint saves and manual ones
that you have to find, and between anything that happens. Just tons
of walking around.
Last year, I think, I bought the new Resident Evil one and uninstalled
it because of the crafting BS. Wasn't as scary as other RE ones
either. It was mostly a PITA to play.
I guess there is always Left For Dead 2 to fall back on. But man, the
maps are so huge and it takes forever to finish one and the combat is >>hard!!!
True, Halloween season is soon upon us. I gotta think of some spooky
games to play too.
If I really want to scare myself, "Outlast" is where to start. I mean
the original. That one was too much even for me. Something about its >too-close-in FOV, and the dingy, wobbly view through the camera just
was more than I could take. And there are some sequences in the
original that still make me cringe thinking about it.
"Alien: Isolation" is another good one to scare yourself with. The AI
in that is scarily good (even if you can, eventually, pick up on its
habits).
"Dead By Dawn" can be quite effective in spooking you... /if/ you find
the right group (and the right player to take on the role of the
killer).
Then there's "Manhunt". Not so much scary as just unpleasant, as you
take on the role of a psycho-killer. Some of the kill animations are >repugnant, but that's of course the whole point.
Or the hillbilly-horror bits of "Resident Evil VII". A lot of the game
veers into the usual weird-Japanese horror, but some sections of the
game are genuinely creepy.
So many games to choose from...
On Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:32:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><[email protected]> wrote:
True, Halloween season is soon upon us. I gotta think of some spooky
games to play too.
There is a new game called Halloween, but reviews aren't good. I
never saw the movie so I wouldn't play it anyway.
"Alien: Isolation" is another good one to scare yourself with. The AII am reinstalling that one now.
in that is scarily good (even if you can, eventually, pick up on its >>habits).
"Dead By Dawn" can be quite effective in spooking you... /if/ you find
the right group (and the right player to take on the role of the
killer).
No MP games for me.
Rather than doing the usual bashing about how disappointing the
seasonal Steam sale is, let me try to be positive for once. But I'll
need some help with that, so here's a PCGamesN article entitled '10
Great Games To Grab During the Steam Autumn Sale 2026" https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/autumn-sale-2026-games
Their choices:
* Sons of the Forest (71% off)
* 007 First Light (30% off)
* Esoteric Ebb (25% off)
* Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (40% off)
* Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus (95% off)
* The Outlast Trials (90% off)
* The Witness (90% off)Puzzles. No.
* Bramble: The Mountain King (82% off)
* Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (70% off)"mixed" at 65% right now. apparently the best version is the 2013 version: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3837340/FINAL_FANTASY_VII/
* GTFO (73% off)Horror again. And multiplayer though it's at least co-op.
* Stray (50% off)$14 for 5 hour of play, no thanks. Get that down to $5 and I'll buy it.
* Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (40% off)
* Echoes of the End (80% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821610/Echoes_of_the_End_Enhanced_Edition/
Mentioned here earlier by another poster. Looks
interesting but I'm not sure I'm really in the mood for
another game of this sort right now.
* Kong: Survivor Instinct (47% off)
* Atomfall (60% off)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/
British Fallout, basically, except a bit more crafting
focused. It's fine but I hesitate because I still have
"Fallout: London" to play.
Any games catch your eye this season? Anything you recommend we take a
look at, either because you think it's a good game or because it's
Just That Damned Cheap? Will The Number be going up for you or will
you manage to resist the Call of the Bargin Bin this time?
On Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:35:31 -0600, PW <[email protected]> said
this thing:
On Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:32:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><[email protected]> wrote:
True, Halloween season is soon upon us. I gotta think of some spooky >>>games to play too.
There is a new game called Halloween, but reviews aren't good. I
never saw the movie so I wouldn't play it anyway.
I've seen the movie, but it never really 'clicked' with me, so the
fact that a game is based on it means little to me. Plus, it just
seems another in a long run of asymetric multiplayer games based on
horror franchises. It's not that necessarily makes "Halloween" a bad
game but since I already have "Dead by Daylight" and "Friday the
13th", it means I have less use for the game unless it does something
new or interesting.
And the user reviews on Steam aren't indicating that it does any of
that.
"Alien: Isolation" is another good one to scare yourself with. The AII am reinstalling that one now.
in that is scarily good (even if you can, eventually, pick up on its >>>habits).
I liked "Isolation" but man, did that game overstay its welcome. It
just kept going and going, long after it peaked; it just wouldn't end.
By the time I got to the actual conclusion, I was more exhausted than
scared.
The game really should have ended after the "escape from the Project
KG-348" level (the bit where they eject the module from the rest of
the station and you have to escape back to the main station). That was
a suitable climax and would have ended the game on a high point.
(Also, I really disliked the change of making the game having one
alien hunting everyone to where there was a whole hive. It felt cheap
and lessened the horror of the titular alien. YMMV, though)
"Dead By Dawn" can be quite effective in spooking you... /if/ you find >>>the right group (and the right player to take on the role of the
killer).
correction: Dead by Daylight.
No MP games for me.
But... you're playing "Left 4 Dead"?
(Yeah, I know, it has a single-player mod too)
Technically, DBD has single-player against bots. But the AI is pretty
limited and --unlike L4D-- the gameplay is more complex. Left 4 Dead
is just running to the end-point blasting anything in your way. DBD is
more about avoiding the monster and activating various objects to
finish the level. Teamwork is essential. When it all comes together
it's really good... but it can be hard to find a group that works. The
person playing the monster also has to be good too; they need to know
the level and mechanics, and shouldbe more interested in the overall >enhancing experience than necessarily 'winning'.
The one thing I don't like about DBD (and many other similar games) is
that they have progression systems built in, where you can level up
perks. I much prefer L4D where the all the characters are more or less >identical. It makes for quicker drop-in gameplay. But again, YMMV.
Helldivers II $30. - It's supposed to be somewhat similar to EDF, which
I'm a big fan of.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/
Pragmata $48 (20% off) - This is the game where you're a little (AI)
girl's dad, which got so much press. It's at 96% on Steam. It's tags
are Cute Sci-fi Action Third-Person-Shooter Funny >https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/
Days Gone $16 (60% off) 92%. Zombie Survival Open World game. Well it's >open world and survival which I don't usually like, but I played it a
bit on PS5+ streaming, and other than the extreme cloud streaming lag, I >liked it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
On Tue, 6 Oct 2026 17:47:58 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
said this thing:
Helldivers II $30. - It's supposed to be somewhat similar to EDF, which
I'm a big fan of.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/
It's multiplayer, innit? I mean, there's probably a PVE vs bots, but
the game is mainly designed for multiplayer gameplay. Given previous
comments above, I'd think that'd be an instant write-off for you.
Pragmata $48 (20% off) - This is the game where you're a little (AI)
girl's dad, which got so much press. It's at 96% on Steam. It's tags
are Cute Sci-fi Action Third-Person-Shooter Funny
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/
It veers into Japanese weird, and the girl is too uncanny-valley for
me to see it as 'cute'. Plus, it's Capcom. I'm not a fan of that
company, which has been quite vocal about its anti-modding stance.
Days Gone $16 (60% off) 92%. Zombie Survival Open World game. Well it's
open world and survival which I don't usually like, but I played it a
bit on PS5+ streaming, and other than the extreme cloud streaming lag, I
liked it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
I wasn't as much a fan. It didn't help that the whole motorcycle gang
culture thing has no appeal to me, but otherwise I found the game
quite ordinary and unexceiting in its open-world gameplay. It felt
quite 'Ubisoft' to me in its gameplay, despite it not being published
by them,
(Ubisoft and EA games both feature deep bargains this Steam sale. I
don't think that's a coincidence. Both companies are struggling
financially, and these sales smack of desperation to get some cash
into their coffers.)
On 10/7/2026 8:17 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Oct 2026 17:47:58 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
said this thing:
Helldivers II $30. - It's supposed to be somewhat similar to EDF, which >>> I'm a big fan of.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/
It's multiplayer, innit? I mean, there's probably a PVE vs bots, but
the game is mainly designed for multiplayer gameplay. Given previous
comments above, I'd think that'd be an instant write-off for you.
It's more that the game I was talking about was Multiplayer Horror,
which I've liked even less than Horror in the past. Squad based games
like EDF and Vermintide were pretty good.
Pragmata $48 (20% off) - This is the game where you're a little (AI)
girl's dad, which got so much press. It's at 96% on Steam. It's tags
are Cute Sci-fi Action Third-Person-Shooter Funny
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/
It veers into Japanese weird, and the girl is too uncanny-valley for
me to see it as 'cute'. Plus, it's Capcom. I'm not a fan of that
company, which has been quite vocal about its anti-modding stance.
The girl is meant to be an AI so uncanny valley is perfect for it.
'Cute' is usually a turn off for me though. I didn't realize that was Capcom either. I guess this one is coming off the list.
Days Gone $16 (60% off) 92%. Zombie Survival Open World game. Well it's >>> open world and survival which I don't usually like, but I played it a
bit on PS5+ streaming, and other than the extreme cloud streaming lag, I >>> liked it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
I wasn't as much a fan. It didn't help that the whole motorcycle gang
culture thing has no appeal to me, but otherwise I found the game
quite ordinary and unexceiting in its open-world gameplay. It felt
quite 'Ubisoft' to me in its gameplay, despite it not being published
by them,
I'm not into motorcycle culture either, but I do love riding motorcycles around in games. I only played it until I got on the motorcycle and
found cloud streaming lag made it unplayable, so I didn't get very far
into it. Being ordinary is a sin in entertainment, I guess this one
comes off the list too.
On Tue, 6 Oct 2026 17:47:58 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
said this thing:
Helldivers II $30. - It's supposed to be somewhat similar to EDF, which >>I'm a big fan of.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/
It's multiplayer, innit? I mean, there's probably a PVE vs bots, but
the game is mainly designed for multiplayer gameplay. Given previous
comments above, I'd think that'd be an instant write-off for you.
Pragmata $48 (20% off) - This is the game where you're a little (AI) >>girl's dad, which got so much press. It's at 96% on Steam. It's tags
are Cute Sci-fi Action Third-Person-Shooter Funny >>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/
It veers into Japanese weird, and the girl is too uncanny-valley for
me to see it as 'cute'. Plus, it's Capcom. I'm not a fan of that
company, which has been quite vocal about its anti-modding stance.
Days Gone $16 (60% off) 92%. Zombie Survival Open World game. Well it's >>open world and survival which I don't usually like, but I played it a
bit on PS5+ streaming, and other than the extreme cloud streaming lag, I >>liked it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
I wasn't as much a fan. It didn't help that the whole motorcycle gang
culture thing has no appeal to me, but otherwise I found the game
quite ordinary and unexceiting in its open-world gameplay. It felt
quite 'Ubisoft' to me in its gameplay, despite it not being published
by them,
(Ubisoft and EA games both feature deep bargains this Steam sale. I
don't think that's a coincidence. Both companies are struggling
financially, and these sales smack of desperation to get some cash
into their coffers.)
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