240 games, only 10 reviews out of which only 2 are negative.

Unless game is either really great or really bad, I skip leaving a review. I am sure most do exactly the same.

As a hardcore fan of L4D, I just found it hilarious that I had to google for the name of their spiritual successor to L4D and that game before Back 4 Blood where you have 4 teammates hunt or be hunted by 1 big monster. Both are unmemorable abandonware games while L4D2 (also is kind of an abandonware) somehow is still played and is almost old enough to drink. Fucking timeless classic, I may say.

Last time I have heard about a L4D co-creator making another co-op game, we got Back 4 Blood which I got beta for and which sucked some major ass and eventually died in less than 2 years after release. So, no. I am not hyped and nobody should until they actually show a good game. Glad my beta was free. Didn’t had to pay for this crap to figure out it is crap.

In this crazy world where it could actually happen, I don’t think they did it with intent. Most likely the haven’t had this in their plans, but they did plan on having a minor in the game to ride a horse. They thought that it would be a great idea to capitalize on Steam ban - that is undeniable. And I can’t blame them. That is indeed a perfect advertisement campaign - loud and, most importantly, free.

It is just hilarious to me that with all this clout and attention, their game is getting barely any buzz post-release. And also that the most posted article about Steam ban is mentioning them as one of the best idie devs out there when they are like mid at best.

early 2000s EA was also on the horse. It used to be that when you hear “EA Games, challenge everything” upon opening a game, you knew that you are up for a good time. By the end of 00s that would drastically change

I know at the very least 1 person who plays FIFA. I wouldn’t say that I am friends with this person, quite the opposite. But he is a classmate of my friends so they are friends with him. Even they wonder why would he keep buying FIFA each year.

Publicity stunt.

They got tons of publicity by being banned from steam. They harnessed it as much as possible which spawned the infamous “one of the best indie game developers” title in some news articles. Being banned from two major game stores brings a lot of eyes on their game. And even with a bright spotlight lightning up their game - still barely anyone is talking about it. My theory is - game is below average at best and can be barely called an art piece in gaming industry. (based on what I know about the game and on one youtube playthrough)

Popularity matters cause it is a good metric to measure sales. If game is good and sells well - people will talk. People are barely talking about this game. Sales are probably very low. But also, what would sales be if it wouldn’t be banned of steam? I bet they would barely exist.

Ah yes, yes. The game from “one of the best indie game developers” that, as of 2025.12.04 (2 days since release), has <4 Metacritic user reviews (no score) and stands at 77 score with only 7 reviews by game critics. Devs get tons of free clout by being removed, but somehow their game is still unpopular. Wonder why.

Non-traditional as to the religion. Orthodox catholic church is fucked up in head, and lately been standing on a wrong side of many things. Even going so far to in-fight with each other for their statements. They are like The Mouth of Sauron - they preach on behalf of government and lately it feels that they spit to vile shit out of their mouth just to please their government.

Not every country has decent civic rights. Yet Steam doesn’t operate in only 4 and these are the ones US has issued a ban to trade with.

And as we are on topic of pulling out of operating in Russia, many western companies did so, yet since initial “withdrawal” in 2022 some had reinstated their businesses. And noone is taking about it. 🤷

Because MS, Epic and Sony are scared shitless that valve will dominate gaming market after major hardware announcement and had begun digging dirt on them.

Only in last 2 weeks there been like 3 “major” anti Valve news. I find them to be astroturfing. All these news are nothingburgers.

My tinfoil shines on top of my head

I got a few epic games to be claimed on epic store. I just don’t. I don’t have an account and I also do not have a will to make one. Nothing of value is there anyway.

Even giving out great games for free doesn’t make Epic more likeable. That is a next level failure.

If anything, other companies need to do the same as Valve does to gain respect and popularity. But, here we are.

Tim: Valve doesn’t understand the market. AI is going to lead gaming industry.

Also Tim: VALVE IS A MONOPOLY AND SHOULD SEIZE TO EXIST.

I chose NMS cause it is a perfect representation of AAA project that was dogshit on release but got fixed up to a promised game much later in it’s life. It fits like a glove into “don’t buy unfinished crap on release” category.

Each year there are only a few new AAA games that are worth full price. People be buying indie or older games on discount.

Why buy new bugged COD when you can pick up fixed up No Mans Sky?

Gonna put my tinfoil hat on.

Valve announced bunch of new hardware that, from the looks of it, will blew up the gaming market and make some major changes in how and on which OS games are going to be played. Microsoft, with dominant OS market and a long-run reputation of a gaming OS, going to suffer some losses(probably not so huge). They got money to burn and they begin to dig shit on Valve. First - research vessel for 500mil. Now completely bullshit article about a “GODLIKE INDIE DEV” that is so good that not many heard about it, suddenly getting their game banned for (imo) a fair reason.

I legit expect more dirt to surface in near future. But so far “the dirt” is weak AF

one of the world’s best indie studios

How this metric is measured? They have a handful of games that are nothing compared to tons of other indie devs on the market. Calling them “One of World’s best” seems misleading.

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος, mónos, ‘single, alone’ and πωλεῖν, pōleîn, ‘to sell’) is a market in which one person or company is the only supplier of a particular good or service. A monopoly is characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce a particular thing, a lack of viable substitute goods, and the possibility of a high monopoly price well above the seller’s marginal cost that leads to a high monopoly profit.[1]

Steam is not the only supplier of particular goods, they do not own the market, they have not the highest price and do not lack competition. It is just that their service is far better than whatever competition offers. Nothing stops Microsoft, EA and Epic to implement same features Steam does. Like, literally nothing. These companies have money to do so. They just chose not to.

Which is surprising, considering how much money they generate off amazon store.

All it takes is to give a good service like Valve does. But somehow, as in Zippy’s pic, competition keeps shooting themselves in a foot. Probably due to shareholders that Valve does not have.

They are definitely doing things right. My HX99G and Bazzite runs games much smoother compared to Windows 11. Or at least it feels like. CS2 de_train somehow has +40fps on Bazzite with the same settings on win11. Doom 2016 on ultra produces less fan noise when played on Bazzite (and maybe 10fps gain). Some other games feel like they work better on Bazzite too. But that is just by feeling.

Considering that Steam Deck is a very low power device that can run AAA projcects of its release year - that is a major point in trusting Valve and their Steam machines capabilities.

Also, survey is opt-in. Many just close it when pop-up appears. But I doubt 5090 and 9080 owners would click away.

Doing 5th 100% run of Psychonauts 2. Just finished my favorite part of the game - Compton’s Cookoff. Gonna try to influence my wife to play It Takes Two with me after I am finished with the game.

It is very different from the Early Access times. At some point they have rebuilt the whole game from ground up. Still is a murder-hobo-survival but is much more fun, nicer looking, better optimized and higher-skill-based game.

If you can’t play a specific game on linux due to anti-cheat and you still have to encounter cheaters on windows - is this a linux problem somehow?

Logically, these must be hell of a repayable ones.

Just wanted to post this video. If this tiny undervolted, underpowered, palm sized APU machine can run these games at these FPS, I am willing to bet that steam machines gonna run games without dropping a sweat at 4k.

Also, a portable Steam Deck can run BG3. Steam machines will be fine.

54% of all steam users have 16GB RAM or less. 66% has 8GB VRAM or less. 80% of players have 8core CPU or less. 70% of people have a CPU with a 2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz core or less.

70% is not so hard to beat.

Many modern games can run on a 780m integrated AMD GPU(APU) with FSR and other bells and whistles enabled. One can run some games on a em680 - a palm-sized PC with underpowered 680m GPU. It is not gonna be 4k@60 of course. Could probably be 1080p@30 depending on release year, requirements and settings. But that is a super tiny computer with a built-in GPU that has more power over your typical GPU from 2015!

Now, Steam Machine is going to have a dedicated GPU that is around as powerful as 7600. With FMF and FSR it could probabaly do many games from 2020 to today at 4k@60. Hardware is not as bad as many think here. There are not so many games that require more than 8gb of VRAM. Maybe they also design SteamOS to work better with custom PCs that are more powerful than Steam Machines. Who knows? But so far, hardware is not so outdated and will be sufficient for a few years.

I knew it. I still clicked but I knew it. The sound in my head. It has never stopped.

Borealis hits the vibe

Such a delight to see people really praising Valve for doing such and obvious yet revolutionary tech development and at the same time in next post people be shitting on Gabe for buying a multi-million research vessel cause he’s a fucking billionaire and there is no good billionaires.

Fun times to live!

But the money from that goes to professional players that participate in the tournament and to organizers who organize the event.

How much money from battle pass goes to Fortnite/Battlefield/COD pro players?

Neither is you, or anyone except people he works with and is close to.

Cat shit is not the same as elephant shit. Contents are different and there is a enormous difference in amounts. Would you rather have an elephant shit in your house of a cat shit in a litterbox in your house?

This yacht is a research vessel. Not necessarily a party-hookers-drugs vessel.

Can’t remember a single Valve game that is $60 (today $80?) that has a Battle Pass, built in micro transactions that are pay-to-win, half-assed DLCs that should’ve been in base game, or a game being unfinished mess on release.

Valve is not a saint. But even with lootboxes they bring way more good to gaming industry in comparison to literally any other gaming company.

If we call Steam a monopoly, then we also shall name Nestle a monopoly.

I recall 2048+ being a great time killer when I had to wait for anything else.