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That Type of Games @ Steam Winter Sale 2024 (WIP)
By Sinnoware 451
Discover your next favorite immersive sim (you know, that type of game) and follow your favorite immersive sim creator!


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Sinnoware 451
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Category: Loot, Secrets
Languages: English
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22 Dec, 2023 @ 10:40am
18 Dec @ 11:48pm
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Guide Index
Overview
>In Memory 
 
>Introduction 
>Personal Recs 
>2024 Releases 
1992 - 2006 
2007 - 2013 
2013 - 2017 
2017 - 2019 
2019 - 2021 
2021 - 2022 
2022 - 2023 
2023 
2023 - 2024 
2024 
2024 - 2025 
>Wishlists & Demos #1 
>Wishlists & Demos #2 
>Wishlists & Demos #3 
>You may also be interested in... 
Comments
>In Memory
FAREWELL, ARKANE AUSTIN.
IMMERSIVE SIMS FOREVER.
>Introduction
What is this guide?
This guide is a compilation/list of "immersive sims" that I hope would be convenient for my fellow immersive sim enjoyers to wishlist, follow, and purchase (if loading is slow, please open in the Steam client).

In this guide, "legit" immersive sims as well as games that are inspired by their design philosophy/values are included, ranging from different genres and view perspectives, selected by developers, journalists, and me. I intend to show that the immersive sim design values and their influences could exist in various forms and different scales, for this reason, I intentionally included as many games, especially indie games as possible. You may disagree with many games in this selection, but that's okay.

You - my fellow immersive sim enjoyers - should decide what “immersive simulation” means to you, and what games in this guide meet your definitions.

Special thanks
Mindthunk - Thank you for making the masterpiece Ctrl Alt Ego, giving me all your wisdom, and providing support for what I do.
Shodanon - Thank you for hosting a place for indie immersive sim developers at your Discord server and helping me when needed.
Nameless Voice - Thank you for your immersive sim list back on the TTLG forum, using which I started my journey of discovering immersive sims.
Dana Nightingale - Thank you for giving me infinite confidence and strength in continuing doing what I love (and thank you for your work at Arkane Lyon).

Find me here
Steam @sinnoware
Bluesky[bsky.app] @sinnoware.bsky.social
Twitter @sinnoware
Reddit r/ImmersiveSim moderator u/sinnowhere

Last updated
November 28, 2024. The guide will be updated again upon the Steam Winter Sale.
>Personal Recs
1 - From last year's massive hits to niche indie imsims of this year, every one of these 9 games is recommendable and has reached/equaled their historically low sale prices.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1571940/Ctrl_Alt_Ego/
One of the all-time greatest immersive sims in my opinion. If you haven't bought it, buy it; if you have and enjoyed it, please consider leaving a review to help make it to a gazillion reviews. Harvey Smith once predicted an indie immersive sim explosion, which I believe is pushing near, and its reaction is being initiated by games like this one.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1411910/Fallen_Aces/
This year's biggest surprise, the first episode of Fallen Aces was released in June, containing five chapters that fully support player freedom on how to tackle objectives and goons™️. It was marketed to be light on immersive sim elements, but the development team of two people easily delivered one of the best levels in any immersive sim.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2673660/Sonar_Shock/
What happens when you put System Shock-like dungeon crawler, Soviet communism, and Lovecraftian/Slavic horror together? In Sonar Shock, political schemes and supernatural phenomena happen at the same time. Explore this massive submarine, and make your choices to survive. A must-buy if you love the original System Shock.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1150760/Gloomwood/
Gloomwood blends stealth immersive sim and survival horror elements so well and is instantly loved by many. It's easily the best ongoing immersive sim in early access and is shaping up to be among the greatest. The first half of the Underport District update (The Power Station) went live this June, go and check it out.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1097350/Weird_West_Definitive_Edition/
An isometric action RPG set in the Wild West, made by former Arkane developers Raf Colantonio, Julien Roby, and many others with their new indie studio WolfEye. After many updates and improvements including mod support, Weird West is in its best shape for players to embark on their journeys. There is also a great first-person mod for you to try if you seek immersion in first-person.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1885750/Betrayal_At_Club_Low/
IGF Seumas McNally winner Betrayal At Club Low is a wonderful genre hybrid adventure game that mixes tabletop RPG, point & click AVG, and immersive sim together. It's like a mini version of Deus Ex, but you roll dice and make pizzas. If that doesn't click with you, I don't know what will.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1545990/Deadeye_Deepfake_Simulacrum/
Inspired by E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy and Ghost in the Shell, I would say that Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum is THE CYBERPUNK IMMERSIVE SIM. Version 0.8.8.1 of DDS is now available, and 1.0 is not very far from us. Until you have tried DDS yourself, my words would fail to convey how crazy player builds and systems in this game can be.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/
Cruelty Squad is probably the craziest and most popular indie immersive sim ever. A tactical stealth shooter with open maps and multiple routes to approach targets, happening in a bizarre and grotesque world. Psychedelics and Capitalism, sound like a great combination.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1944430/Amnesia_The_Bunker/
I believe that the direction shift in an Amnesia game to allow more agency and interactions has succeeded, and on top of that, a smart and threatening AI enemy. Amnesia: The Bunker led the series into a different future, and I applaud for that.

2 - Essential collections/bundles that provide great value and are recommended for beginners and players who aim to complete a franchise or a studio's past work.


The Arkane Collection
Arx Fatalis + Dark Messiah + Dishonored + Dishonored 2 + Death of the Outsider + Prey + Mooncrash + DEATHLOOP + Redfall


Prey and Dishonored 2 Bundle
Prey (base game) + Dishonored 2


Dishonored: Death of the Outsider - Deluxe Bundle
Dishonored 2 + Death of the Outsider


Prey Digital Deluxe
Prey + Mooncrash + Typhon Hunter Multiplayer + TranStar VR


The Deus Ex Collection
Deus Ex + Invisible War + Human Revolution + The Fall + Mankind Divided (base game)


Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Digital Deluxe Edition
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided + System Rift + A Criminal Past


BioShock: The Collection
BioShock + BioShock 2 + BioShock Infinite


System Shock Pack
System Shock + System Shock 2


Thief Collection
Thief: Gold + The Metal Age + Deadly Shadows + THIEF


GOG - Ultima Underworld I+II[www.gog.com]
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss + Labyrinth of Worlds


The New Blood Stealth Trilogy
Fallen Aces (Early Access) + Gloomwood (Early Access) + Blood West
>2024 Releases
Released
February 6 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice (VR)
February 22 - Pacific Drive
February 29 - Ad Infernum
April 11 - System Shock (Version 1.2)
April 15 - Imprisoned Hyperion 2
May 22 - CONSORTIUM VR (VR)
May 22 - CONSORTIUM Remastered
May 24 - Sonar Shock
June 4 - Gloomwood (Power Station Update)
June 6 - Brush Burial (But Better Update)
June 15 - Fallen Aces (Early Access)
June 18 - Crime Boss: Rockay City
July 12 - Envelope
August 15 - Intravenous 2
September 5 - CORPUS EDAX
September 12 - Wild Bastards
September 24 - Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
September 26 - Beyond Hanwell (Version 1.0)
September 26 - Shadows of Doubt (Version 1.0)
September 26 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom[www.nintendo.com]
October 3 - Monomyth (Early Access)
November 19 - THRESHOLD
November 20 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
December 5 - Skydance's BEHEMOTH (VR)
December 9 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Upcoming
2024 - Keepsake County
>Wishlists & Demos #1

Peripeteia (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com] | Kickstarter


RetroSpace
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Neverlooted Dungeon (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


ETOS
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Sorceress (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com] | Kickstarter


Spectra
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Fragmented City (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


HEARTRENDER
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Serpens: Eternal Thievery
Twitter[x.com]


DEEP STATE
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


ExeKiller
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Militsioner
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Core Decay
Forum[community.coredecay.com]


Skin Deep
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Streets of Rogue 2 (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Memories of a Spy
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Aquametsis (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOULD MANIPULATION (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Athanasia (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Psycho Patrol R
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Judas
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Perfect Dark


Pathologic 3
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]
>Wishlists & Demos #2

Roman Sands: REBuild (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


B.C. Piezophile (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com]


Combustion
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com] | Kickstarter


DataJack 2020
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


SCP: Fragmented Minds (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com] | Kickstarter


TRUST
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Neon Intrusion


Lonely Space (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Incoherence
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Keepsake County (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


Partizan
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


beta decay
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


The Foglands (VR)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


Dead Static Drive
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


Phantom Line
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[t.co]


HYDROPUNK
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


INDUSTRIA 2
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Project Silverfish (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.gg]


The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Lifelong
Twitter[x.com]


The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot


Wild Dose
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


HEAVY AS STONE
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


ExMORTALIS
Twitter[x.com]


CHROME SWEAT


Maliguard (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Golgothica
Discord[discord.gg]


Spyrit Walker (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]
>Wishlists & Demos #3

Excised
Twitter[x.com]


Loveland (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Mechanical Sunset
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


NEET (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Red Frontier 2 (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com]


DoubleWe (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


REPO MAN
Twitter[x.com]


Safe Not Safe (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com]


Alpha Terminus (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Atrium Malum
Twitter[x.com]


The Flat
Twitter[x.com]


The Great Smog
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Glyphen
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Dagger Run Aerocombatic Racing
Twitter[x.com]


Kill the Man in the House (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com]


Remnants of Rlyeh (Demo ✅)
Twitter[x.com]


Sisters of Sweetwater
Twitter[x.com]


Without Judgement
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Yuma Will Burn (Demo ✅)


Alkahest
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Don't Be Sus


Hark the Ghoul
Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


Null Causality


Cyber Climb


The Crimson Lyre
Discord[discord.com]


GLUM (Demo ✅)
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com] | Discord[discord.com]


DEEPEST FEAR
Bluesky[bsky.app] | Twitter[x.com]


Thick As Thieves
Twitter[x.com]

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/3391540/Intravenous_2_IV1_Remaster/
Twitter[x.com]
23 Comments
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Ketchup vampire 12 Dec @ 10:19pm 
When i know about a Immersive sim, or something like that i drop here

:dexsmile:

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/269650/Dex/

(It's a Dex es like eurojank)

Spector work on another imsim multiplayer:

Argos: Riders on the Storm
Sinnoware 451  [author] 12 Dec @ 8:40pm 
I didn't watch The Wrap It Up Awards, thank you for letting me know!
Ketchup vampire 12 Dec @ 8:24pm 
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/ RPZ Warren Spector :jcdenton:
Ketchup vampire 11 Oct @ 10:32pm 
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/3199650/Pathologic_3/ Pathologic 3
Ketchup vampire 8 Sep @ 1:01am 
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/7010/Project_Snowblind/

The first name of this game was Deus Ex: Clan Wars.

There some stuff from immersive sim like multipath, and there a weapon from Deus Ex: Invisible War ( light spider bot ), you can hack turrets, turn enemies friendly, turn into invisibility, crawl in air vents, use slow mo, drive some cars....

But the core gameplay is something like a Call of Duty : Advanced Warfare

In resume we have a fps linear with very little maps who are connect by multi little embranchment and a large panel of choice of action

It's like a mix of Deus Ex: Invisible War and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

:jcdenton:
Elthosian 3 Sep @ 6:14am 
Exceptional work tbh, thanks for curating this
Drilhos 27 Jul @ 9:35am 
This is awesome, thanks for the list
Blizniak 29 Jun @ 1:12pm 
Whoops, my bad then, ctrl + f'd for it but I guess something went wrong along the way ^^'
Sinnoware 451  [author] 29 Jun @ 1:07pm 
Filcher is right below DEATHLOOP in the 2021-2022 section
Blizniak 29 Jun @ 1:00pm 
Great work, looks like Filcher is missing though https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1355650/Filcher/