The 2024 Choice of Games Hidden Gems Sale is here!
Shhhhh! It’s our super secret special sale!
Thanks to a very scientific poll conducted on our forums, we’re proud to announce that our “most underrated” games, aka the Hidden Gems, are on sale all week! Pick them up for discounts up to 40% off until February 22nd on the platform of your choice–Android, Android Omnibus app, iOS and iOS Omnibus app, Steam, the website, and on the Amazon Android Marketplace!
Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents and Sixth Grade Detective are stunners! I look forward to diving into the others highlighted here - much love deserved.
I hope this sale brings much-deserved new attention to Cliffhanger. It’s a darn good game, fast-paced and full of over-the-top scenarios. It really captures the feel of the old-timey serials it emulates. It’s definitely plot-driven, but there are some interesting characters nevertheless, and it’s both funny and surprisingly thoughtful. It’s fast-paced and relentlessly entertaining, and although the playthrough length is a bit on the short side, it more than makes it up in replay value. Definitely worth snapping up on sale!
I haven’t played Unconquerable Scorpion yet, but I also feel comfortable recommending it on the strength of Great Southern Labyrinth and the general awesomeness of Kyle Marquis.
Well, it’s time for some of the less read items in the back catalogue to get their time in the limelight! This selection may be small, but we do get some rather solid ones (Cliffhanger, Nikola Tesla, Pon Para).
And…I have all of these, but haven’t played all the way through any of these yet. Sixth Grade Detective is so much cooler than I ever expected, and I’m not sure why I didn’t finish that one yet.
So this sale is a nice prod to get going – and it is lovely to hear from people who are massive fans of these. I have no idea when I grabbed Cliffhanger, but it appears that I didn’t even look at the description – odd for me, how did I convince myself to buy it! – so thanks @AletheiaKnights for talking it up.
And as someone who has long been a Kyle Marquis reader, I feel the heat of fan-shame that I merely purchased but didn’t play the sequel yet. Like a new album from a favorite band…that you never even unwrap? (Do physical metaphors for music even make sense to people any more? Maybe vinyl or the return of cassette tapes.) Those stories aren’t able to do their job if the only choice I have played is “buy this.” But, I suppose, at the very least you all should join me in that first buy click, and then blaze on past me while I slowly catch up on my long backlist buys addiction.
I will say above all pon para is like, absurdly good. I’m probably a Kyle Marquis fanboy at this point but the lore is super solid, the gameplay is nice, perfect mix of Stat requirements but not 200 pages wiki guide. I can imagine the only reason it’s on a hidden gem list is the lore blast you with how different it is
