Kevin C. Wong

Steam Summer Sale 2025

Steam Summer Sale runs through Jul 10. I'm looking through all discounted macOS games by price descended and picking interesting ones.

Caves of Qud (2024, $24, 20% off) - "science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants." More of a classic roguelike where the game looks like rogue with ascii-like map. Do have this on my wishlist.

Stray (2022, $18, 40% off) - a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home." You're a cat. You solve puzzles. Theoretically via various streamers I've seen this through to the end but probably wouldn't remember.

Empire Deluxe Combined Edition (2018, $18, 10% off) - I suppose this is the current version of Empire that I played on my roommates Amiga 500 in college. Graphics look about the same which is not a bad thing. I would be worried that, since it's from 2018, it's an Intel app so will stop working once Apple drops Rosetta 2.

The Banished Vault (2023, $16.75, 33% off) - "A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery." It's like a complicated board game. Atmospheric.

Cult of the Lamb (2022, $12.50, 50% off) - "build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult." After much paging down (and past a lot of adult-themed games which I figured out how to filter out by tags too late) finally settled on this game with a cute name.