# I'm addicted to Steam, hardcore. Suggest games for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 28, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952 "2012-01-28T04:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/21 "2012-01-30T17:57:12Z")
Portal, absolutely–it’s the most fun I’ve had in a video game since 1996 when my friends and I first figured out how to use a null-modem cable to do multiplayer Heretic. Don’t let anyone spoil it for you. Portal 2 is also amazing. But what others said is true. I almost never buy games at full price anymore, waiting rather for one of Steam’s giant sales. If past years are any indication, around July 4 they’ll have another enormous sale, and you’ll be able to get plenty of games that are 2 years old or newer for less than $10. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/22 "2012-01-30T22:40:03Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t forget [Good Old Games](http://www.gog.com/) for old favorites that have been reconfigured for modern Windows environments. How much reconfiguring do they do? Anything serious or just a DOSBox shell? ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/23 "2012-01-30T22:57:32Z")
This is another vote for waiting on the sales. Note that I don’t always follow this advice, largely because I’m an idiot with a credit card who has poor impulse control. I’ll never play all the games I have now and yet I bought another buttload at the Christmas sale. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/24 "2012-01-31T00:06:33Z")
Thanks for the tips and advice, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/25 "2012-01-31T00:16:16Z")
I noticed the other day that you don’t have Portal 2. Get that. But not just yet; once I finish the co-op campaign I can get an achievement for going through the tutorial course with someone who’s never done it before. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/26 "2012-01-31T01:42:27Z")
Sure thing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/27 "2012-03-11T07:23:09Z")
Sorry, forgot about this thread. > [@cckerberos](#): > > How much reconfiguring do they do? Anything serious or just a DOSBox shell? Depends on the game. Some are native Windows and some are a DOSBox front end. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/28 "2012-03-11T10:53:11Z")
Lessie… •[DEFCON](http://store.steampowered.com/app/1520) is a favorite of mine—basically “Wargames” or “Fail Safe,” the game. A lot of fun, especially if you’re in a ghoulish mood; and a great atmosphere, especially if you’re in a REALLY ghoulish mood—you’re basically just staring at “the big board” in a command bunker during the game, with all the ambient sounds you’d expect. Cooling fans, teletypes, muted chatter, occasional klaxons…women sobbing, softly, a distorted Lord’s Prayer being read over an intercom somewhere in the distance… :eek: 😃 • [Atom Zombie Smasher](http://store.steampowered.com/app/55040/)—overhead tactical map game, where you direct mercenaries and rescue parties to clear/evacuate survivors of various zombie-overrun South American metropolis’, while trying to keep the infection from spreading. Lotta fun, lotta mods, and a groovy surf-rock soundtrack. • [Moonbase Alpha](http://store.steampowered.com/app/39000/?snr=1_7_suggest__13)—free demo-ish thing, provided by NASA! Simple, one level moonbase-repair mission. Realistic, fascinatingly meticulous stuff. And free. • [Mirror’s Edge](http://store.steampowered.com/app/17410/)—a parkour action-adventure game…a bit hard to describe, but not hard to get into or appreciate. You’ll find yourself leaning around in your chair during jumps as you play this one. • I find [Dive to the Titanic](http://store.steampowered.com/app/65200/) fun, in a weird way, although it can look a bit crude, and your mission control guy sounds like the [foreign guys from Family Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCRuqpcIIhY). On uppers. At best. On the other hand, it’s the only game I know of where an objective is stealing watches from a maritime grave site! And, of course, Portal and Portal 2. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/29 "2012-03-12T23:38:20Z")
Another strong recommendation for “Orcs Must Die”. I played the xbox version and it is by far my favourite xbox arcade game ever. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/30 "2012-03-14T18:23:09Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t forget [Good Old Games](http://www.gog.com/) for old favorites that have been reconfigured for modern Windows environments. Thank you! I’ve never heard of this site, and just this week was wondering if I should just get rid of all my old adventure games since they’d probably not work on Win7. Riven! ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/31 "2012-03-21T19:01:33Z")
Based on your description of games you like, \*\*Amnesia: The Dark Descent \*\*seems right up your alley. Just try playing it alone, with the lights off. I dare you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952/32 "2012-04-03T14:35:12Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > How much reconfiguring do they do? Anything serious or just a DOSBox shell? The DOS games all use DOSBox, but they are preconfigured to the the best possible settings for each game. They’re also usually pretty cheap:The highest I remember seeing is $12, and most are half that. You also get 7 free games for signing up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-steam-hardcore-suggest-games-for-me/610952.md?page=1)