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What's the nichest game you've ever played?
- Thread starter Lightjolly
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I want to want to say it was this:
Hell yeah, one time I accidentally bought 3 copies of this game and somehow managed to pawn it off to two friends.El Shaddai : Ascension of the Metatron
Pretty sweet game btw.
Adventures With Anxiety! by Nicky Case!
An interactive story about anxiety. You play *as* the anxiety
ncase.itch.io
Race Mania is pretty niche I think:
A 1996 DOS top-down racing game which is really fun in multiplayer.
A 1996 DOS top-down racing game which is really fun in multiplayer.
From recent memory: Bury me my love. It's a phone-based visual novel (aka by whatsapp chat) following a Syrian refugee trying to get into Europe through the eyes of her husband who stays in Syria. The game deserves more love.
A bit longer ago, I booted a free-to-play Japanese eShop only train game. I have no idea how it was called, but I remember loading screens were 99% of the gameplay (which is why I gave up on it).
As a child, I played games like Same Game (find blocks of equal colors, the bigger the batch, the higher the score) and some kind of Sinterklaas collectathon platformer (find presents and sweets and drop them into chimneys).
A bit longer ago, I booted a free-to-play Japanese eShop only train game. I have no idea how it was called, but I remember loading screens were 99% of the gameplay (which is why I gave up on it).
As a child, I played games like Same Game (find blocks of equal colors, the bigger the batch, the higher the score) and some kind of Sinterklaas collectathon platformer (find presents and sweets and drop them into chimneys).
Mhm thanks, I played Shadow Tower! That's also definitely obscure. Kings Field is a little more known, I think?
Yeah I would say ST is more obscure,I just like KF more which is why I picked that haha.
Probably something so obscure and niche that I don't even remember. I played some near unintelligible and super obscure games on the Amiga back in the day.
Probably indie games that were made before indie was a thing. The one I was most into was Strifeshadow. They literally mailed you a CD. Great RTS and always wish it could get rereleased or remastered somehow.... it came out like 3 years too late for its art style and 3 years too early for digital distribution.
Does Katamari Damacy count? At the least I remember my brother deciding to rent one of the only copies from Blockbuster and no on heard about it until a follow up was announced but I still feel the series counts.
Also, I don't think I've met anyone else who played this:
Also, I don't think I've met anyone else who played this:
Probably some DOS games, atleast relative to anything by today's audiences. Otherwise I think most of the Indie games I've played or gotten into have had some meaningful measure of acclaim.
Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness?
Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy?
Jazz Jackrabbit?
Police Quest 1?
Ultima VIII?
Round 42?
I know... this awful fucking Spider-Man game where getting hurt reveals his skeleton underneath. Also R2-D2 is in it??
Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness?
Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy?
Jazz Jackrabbit?
Police Quest 1?
Ultima VIII?
Round 42?
I know... this awful fucking Spider-Man game where getting hurt reveals his skeleton underneath. Also R2-D2 is in it??
Dwarf Fortress even though it's probably more popular than some games listed here.
I also used to play some of Acclaims old online MMOs. BOTS!, 9Dragons, and their DDR game specifically but I have no idea if they were popular or not.
I also used to play some of Acclaims old online MMOs. BOTS!, 9Dragons, and their DDR game specifically but I have no idea if they were popular or not.
Will check it out, thanksTakes about 30 minutes to read through. Would gladly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in the concept.Adventures With Anxiety! by Nicky Case!
An interactive story about anxiety. You play *as* the anxiety
Probably Arcane Kids stuff? Zineth or better yet the criminally unfinished Perfect Stride
Actually no. Nightmare Ned. That's the most niche game I've played. I've literally never heard anyone else mention this shit in all my years of gaming. If y'all played this please quote me I'm genuinely curious.
Actually no. Nightmare Ned. That's the most niche game I've played. I've literally never heard anyone else mention this shit in all my years of gaming. If y'all played this please quote me I'm genuinely curious.
I played a PS4 game called AIPD. I could tell by the Trophy completion percentages that almost no one had played it. That was years ago and even now PSNProfiles only has it at 180 people that have ever played it and only 5 people (1 being myself) that have got all 12 Trophies.
I've never seen anyone mention this before but it sticks in my mind as one of the earliest games I played
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Styx (Spectrum video game) - Wikipedia
I played the heck out of this old freeware side-scrolling online shooter called Soldat back in the day.
My casual Googling has revealed that it has actually just recently finally released on Steam, AND there's a sequel in development. Well... I know what I'm doing tonight.
en.wikipedia.org
My casual Googling has revealed that it has actually just recently finally released on Steam, AND there's a sequel in development. Well... I know what I'm doing tonight.
Soldat (video game) - Wikipedia
Arcania: Gothic 4
Apparently this came out in 2010, I got a collection with Humble Bundle on PS4 and I played a few years ago. I wouldn't say its a bad game, but its not good either.
I skipped most of the story and the gameplay is mediocre, so i got NO IDEA why I actually beat the game and still remember it to this day XD
Apparently this came out in 2010, I got a collection with Humble Bundle on PS4 and I played a few years ago. I wouldn't say its a bad game, but its not good either.
I skipped most of the story and the gameplay is mediocre, so i got NO IDEA why I actually beat the game and still remember it to this day XD
A friend and I played (close to) the entirety of The Darkest Night DOS one night. We made a custom map on grid paper and everything. Had to do it by trial and error as the game is ridiculous and unforgiving (and not very good, haha!) Unfortunately I think the game is bugged as we couldn't finish it despite doing everything possible. Apparently there is a sequel, but I haven't been able to track it down!
Probably some Tokyo subway sim arcade in japan. There was even a jacked and hat you could put on for that extra weirdness (I obviously put on both the jacket and hat, didn't affect my score in the game though).
Well, I've been playing tons of niche games - try to beat a text-based Star Trek (1971 game), so I'll mention just three which were able to stand the test of time.
- Jelly no Puzzle (free PC-Android game), one of the best puzzle game ever created,
- Outer Wilds alpha (free PC game). I loved it in 2013, it was my personal GOTY. Not so niche anymore since 2019.
- Shariki (free DOS game). It's the first match-3 game, known for its clones - Bejeweled, Candy Crush Saga etc. Again, not so niche nowadays.
- Jelly no Puzzle (free PC-Android game), one of the best puzzle game ever created,
- Outer Wilds alpha (free PC game). I loved it in 2013, it was my personal GOTY. Not so niche anymore since 2019.
- Shariki (free DOS game). It's the first match-3 game, known for its clones - Bejeweled, Candy Crush Saga etc. Again, not so niche nowadays.
Hey, I remember this game! I played it in computer lab a ton.
As for my entry, I recently picked up:
Seems like almost nobody is playing it, time attack leaderboards don't even have 100 entries.
I love the Umihara Kawase series and this is an excellent entry. A little more approachable than other entries but still highly technical platforming and hard as hell later on.