Umbra’s Steam Winter Sale Recommendations $3 or less
Need to find some good games this sale? Here are some fantastic ones!
A strategy puzzle game, where the objective is to scare all the occupants of the current level until they leave. Simplistic in the beginning, it allows you to take surprisingly complex routes later down the road. Silly, fun, and extremely cheap, Ghost Master is something for everyone.
Dino D-Day $0.99 ($2.99 4 Pack)
While not the greatest shooter, nor all that balanced, Dino D-Day still manages to secure itself as a fairly good competitive game. Americans versus Germans in World War II, but with dinosaurs. You’re more likely to see more players on the German side however, as they have the most dinosaurs, while the Americans have most of the humans. For this price, it’s worth it to play it with your friends.
The Ship: Murder Party $0.99
A mixture of clue and assassination, The Ship is a game of murder. Giving the player a target they must kill, and setting you up as a target for another passenger, you must use whatever you can find to kill your target and stay alive. Add in necessities such as food, water, cleanliness, and sleep, it becomes more of a challenge. To add to the difficulty, you must kill your target out of the watchful eyes of guards and security cameras, lest you be thrown in jail. The single-player is fairly bland fighting against AI, and the multiplayer is pretty dead. At this price though, you can buy yourself and some friends copies to have some great murdering fun.
The indie game that wanted to make an homage to all Rogue games, Rogue Legacy is basically a game of “How far can you go this time?”. With moments of bullet hell, very difficult enemies, and a procedurally generated world, Rogue Legacy combines difficulty with enjoyable gameplay. A progression system allows you to essentially get stronger with each subsequent run, matching the skill gain you acquire as you continue to progress.
For those who love source games but want to explore more with them, Garry’s Mod is perfect. Containing several player created game modes, and a fun single-player for posing ragdolls and creating your own unique scenarios, Garry’s Mod is endless amounts of fun. DISCLAIMER: You do need source games to run Garry’s Mod properly. Counter Strike Source comes equipped with most of the models, textures, and areas you’ll need.
Dust an Elysian Tale $2.99
A surprisingly well done indie game, Dust displays beautiful art work and storytelling, with powerful beat-em-up platformer gameplay. A great experience, Dust offers about 12+ hours of a story, with tons of collectables and side-quests along the way.
An astonishingly beautiful game, Trine 2 is fantastic puzzle platformer. While simple looking at first, Trine 2 possesses some difficult mind-bending puzzles. Giving you three protagonists, each with their own unique playstyle, the freedom of solving puzzles is higher than most other games. You can play this either alone and switch between the three protagonists, or play with two other friends.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (multiplayer works) $2.99
Is EA’s Star Wars Battlefront’s lack of content getting you down? Come back to play the classic! Having tons of content in it, even more so than EA, and gameplay that, while has aged some, still holds up fairly well, Battlefront 2 is still a pleasant star wars game. And with a new way of playing multiplayer through gameranger.com.