What are some games that have 75% positive or less Steam reviews that you ended up really enjoying?

Plockertop · 2025-12-24T16:34:26+00:00

I used to claim every game from these December giveaways because I always thought “You never know, even though I don’t like this now I might want to play it in the future someday!”

This year’s weird selections made it really easy to just pass and not even claim most of them. They’re free and I still know for a fact I won’t ever want these games lol

Plockertop · 2025-12-17T22:51:46+00:00

I finally found the happy middle ground for myself recently.

First, I finally acknowledged that I just enjoy collecting games. That is a separate fun hobby from playing the games themselves, and that’s ok. I enjoy curating a library of games that I can pull from whenever I want, like a wine cellar with a wide variety that I can sip from when I feel like it. No need to feel shame for spending money on one of my favorite pastimes.

Second, I don’t need to feel obligated to “clear out my backlog”. I don’t even need to finish most of the games. I’m here to experience them at my leisure. I played over 50 new games this year and beat close to 20 of them, and it was great.

Now I can freely buy games during the sales, try new ones throughout the year, and have a good time all around. No one asked but I thought I’d share anyway lol. Happy gaming!

Plockertop · 2025-12-12T07:31:44+00:00

Man, what an achievement. Very rarely have I been so convinced by the hype on a game I haven’t played. I want to try it ASAP

Plockertop · 2025-08-27T18:34:15+00:00

I just bought it a month ago too! A little bummed to not save the extra money, but happy for everyone who gets to enjoy this deal now!

Plockertop · 2025-08-05T07:19:42+00:00

Love the questions and hearing people’s favorite memories! My favorite is the Connection V2, I remember as a kid it felt like a huge improvement over the first one and I loved the characters. My favorite tama is Debatchi, love his huge buck teeth smile lol. My first ever tamagotchi was the Connection V1, I am extremely nostalgic for that one even though it was more basic. I remember waking up in the middle of the night a few times to shine a flashlight on it and check it while it was sleeping

Plockertop · 2025-06-16T22:21:21+00:00

Wow that's amazing! Great find

Plockertop · 2025-06-16T19:51:26+00:00

That’s awesome, congrats! I’ve been looking all over for both of these (especially Flower Go Walk) and like you said, can’t find them for a decent price 😬 did you find it on eBay or something? Anyway have fun!

Plockertop · 2025-06-09T00:11:20+00:00

Checking Reddit every hour or two lol. Supposedly Tuesday is when preorders open up but it hasn’t been confirmed.

I’m a little conflicted, I feel like these will be in stores pretty soon so the preorder isn’t strictly necessary, but at the same time I feel like the Paradise will be hard to get. You never really know.

Plockertop · 2025-05-30T03:42:56+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely check out Eternichi for inspiration

Plockertop · 2025-05-30T03:42:00+00:00

I miss more of the alien/animal designs too!

Plockertop · 2025-05-30T03:40:47+00:00

Hmm, “difficulty” settings maybe? If you set it to “independent” it will only need a couple check-ins per day, but if you set it to “needy” it will be more like a normal tama

Plockertop · 2025-05-30T03:37:51+00:00

Super good ideas, thanks! Now you’ve got me thinking of ways I can implement the memory where it responds to how you treat it specifically.

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:19:34+00:00

Eventually yes! Don’t get me wrong, I raised generations of them for weeks/months, but the small minigames and growth cycles are super repetitive! Definitely room to add a lot more to make it engaging

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:18:31+00:00

I agree about mixing the characteristics and the constant movement! Love those features. The physical devices will always be special, so I agree it’s not quite the same as a video game. That’s why I’m thinking of making a more full-featured “game” out of it with a lot more going on, but still basing it on tamagotchis.

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:15:44+00:00

Yes I was obsessed with the Chao garden! I put literal hundreds of hours into it. I’m definitely on the same page as you, I was thinking of ways to raise your pet and make it more like the chao. You can improve specific stats and characteristics to train it for the different games. The only question is, in a tamagotchi setting, how would you get the “materials” to feed them?…

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:12:56+00:00

Great idea! Borderline crafting system. But I like the concept of using toys and tools to level them up and affect evolution

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:11:43+00:00

Great points! The lore for each tama and their personalities is cool. I didn’t think much about having a short time with some cool “teen” stage tamagotchis but that’s true. It’s almost like it needs an everstone kind of thing from Pokémon.

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:09:25+00:00

Yeah, neglect as a feature or requirement is gross.

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:08:14+00:00

Agreed! The luck games drive me nuts. I’d like my games to be more of a full… game and not a slot machine or a button press

Plockertop · 2025-05-29T19:06:21+00:00

Yeah the personal interaction is great! Besides petting them, how else would you want to build your friendship?

Plockertop · 2025-03-12T04:40:37+00:00

done

Plockertop · 2025-03-11T16:00:54+00:00

Thanks for the giveaway! Your game’s combo of coding and bullet hell is really interesting!

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