The platform provided by Steam is like a gamer’s paradise. With so many games to access, discuss, and play, surely some games might miss your attention. Below we list out 5 amazing games on Steam that you must give a try. Some of these games are in Early Access, which means they are not officially released in the market as yet. But, one can still buy and play an initial version of the game on Steam and provide feedback as it finishes development simultaneously for release.
1. Plutocracy
Set in the period between the nineteenth-century US to present day, Plutocracy is a simulation of politics, wealth, power, and all the means, resources, and strategies applied to gain total control of the economy, to build a formidable financial empire to rule the world. Available on Early Access, this game does not care about ethics, as is the case in many real-world scenarios. It has over 15000 characters, 36 agents willing to do your bidding, and around a dozen companies to choose one from and lead. There are lots of complexities and intricacies in this game that are highly engrossing for a player. Plutocracy has both single and multiplayer game modes. It’s also available on all major operating systems.
2. Black Future ’88
This is a rogue-ish 2D shooter game where the objective of the player is to get to the top of an ever-evolving and living tower called Skymelt and shoot its mad owner in possession of nuclear bombs. Some graphics in this game (weirdly!) remind me of the 1988 computer game Dave (interestingly, Black Future ’88 is set in 1988 as well!), except that Dave wasn’t a shooter game, of course! The player can choose from a set of five characters to play. He must shoot his way to the top of the tower within 18mins before his heart explodes. There are about 50 unique and exciting weapons available to the player for this purpose. Available on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, Black Future ’88 is touted as being a quintessential arcade game of the 80s.
3. The Political Process
<p">The Political Process is a turn-based simulator game in which the player moves up the political hierarchy in US politics. There are two game modes – Campaign and Dictator. The player can create the whole character sketch of the politician he/she would play, including, decide the post to occupy. Gaining political points is important in the game; in Campaign mode, these can be achieved by winning elections and by getting legislation to become laws. The game takes a real-world political scenario as a backdrop and allows you to act as a real politician by running for elections, win people’s trust and votes, choose from over 80 legislations that affect over 100 metrics, and choose your region to name a few. This game has over 600 procedurally-generated politicians to work alongside. In the Dictator mode, one can play President forever, and modify the budget and legislation at will. If you are someone who loves both politics and video games, The Political Process might pique your interest. It’s available on Early Access and is compatible with 64-bit Windows 8,8.1 and 10.
4. Overstep
Overstep is a 3 v/s 3 multiplayer, futuristic, battle arena game set in the twenty-fourth century, where players control two teams of three robots each. It’s on Early Access and provides a practice mode with one robot model for customization. The plot has seven large corporations from across the galaxies battling it out to see who wins. The game employs AI-driven robots having human consciousness, to avoid bloodshed. They are handled by top gamers from all over the galaxy, on behalf of the corporations. It’s available in only single-player mode and one level right now. Overstep is compatible with 64-bit Windows 7 or later versions.
5. Still There
How many games out there can pull at your heartstrings? Yet there is just that and more! It’s a psychological, adventure-game with many puzzles. The player plays the protagonist Karl Hamba, a lighthouse-keeper in space, aboard the Bento spaceship. Karl has had a harrowing past, and the game takes us through his mundane life aboard Bento, along with his AI companion Gorky, until one day he picks up a mysterious radio transmission that he must decode. All the puzzles are related to the tasks to be performed using the different machinery inside the spaceship and contain answers in the spaceship’s technical manual available to the player. The storyline is linear as once the puzzles are solved, and the mysteries uncovered, there is no replay value attached owing to a single end. Nevertheless, Still There with a game-time of approximately five hours is a beautifully crafted plot and worth a play.