Community PC Gaming 2018 in retrospect - A look back at 150+ releases!

[Tizoc]

2018 was a kickass year for gaming in general, but as is the case with this hobby, we all gotta deal with having too many games and not enough time to play them.
Non the less, this thread aims to make note of the various releases of 2018 that were well received by many players and to bring to light any that would've gone under your radar or hadn't yet picked up in a recent sale.

The following list showcases titles released between January 2018 and October 2018.

If you want to spread the word about a game from 2018 in the hopes of spreading more awareness of it to your peeps on Steam, just go to your main activity page

https://steamcommunity.com/id/*****/home/

Tag a game and Post about it.

BTW if anyone's got a custom tag Wing Diver that doesn't show the spider, I'd greatly appreciate it :3

Action





















RPG

















Adventure



















Metroidvania-style




Platformers & Auto-runners








Strategy





Racing





Shmup/Shoot'em-up





Fighters






Puzzle







Simulation, Building & Management style games







Visual Novel




Multiplayer centric & Battle Royale style games



Rogue-lite & Rogue-like



Card game


Rhythm


Party game



Virtual Reality


Stealth


Game development software


LucasArts Classics





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[MegaApple]

In absolute awe of this post.
Thank you for making this. I love stuff about celebrating video games!

 

[lashman]

another awesome thread ... great job, Tizoc!

(don't forget about the cover )

 

[Kurt Russell]

Hot damn, this is amazing.

 

[Phawx]

Damn Tizoc,

You the real MVP

 

[KenOD]

What a great year it's been, even if I forgot a couple of those came out in 2018.

Thanks for doing all that, helps remind me I need to play some of them.

 

[Tizoc]

I need a better banner for DQ11 @o@ Might steal a custom one from the other forum and resize it, cuz the default one is just...hella lame :V

EDIT: BTW feel free to link to any notable 2018 release between Jan and October that I overlooked. The Council itself was a last minute addition :V

 

[freshVeggie]

Dang, you put a lot of effort into creating this.
So many good games!

Only game of 2018 I played is DQ:XI for an hour
Gotta wait a couple years until the stuff I want gets bundled.

 

[Tizoc]

Dang, you put a lot of effort into creating this.
So many good games!

Only game of 2018 I played is DQ:XI for an hour
Gotta wait a couple years until the stuff I want gets bundled.

You ain't playing the real DQ11 experience until you have a Draconian Quest turned on.

 

[lashman]

You ain't playing the real DQ11 experience until you have a Draconian Quest turned on.

... and have the music mod installed

 

[Tizoc]

... and have the music mod installed

Yeah that too.

 

[lashman]

Yeah that too.

that's pretty much a requirement

 

[Blizniak]

I'll be playing this year's games for at least another 2 years. There has truly never been a better time to be a gamer.

 

[「Echo」]

I just wishlisted a bunch of games from your December highlights... Guess I'll go through this thread tomorrow and add a bunch more stuff! Curious to see how much I missed, or didn't, for all of 2018!

Thanks for all the effort you put in Tizoc!

 

[Ryne]

Found a lot of great games thanks to these threads. Really do appreciate the work you have put into them, despite me never replying to any of them before. Just wanted to get a word out at least once.

Thank you

 

[RionaaM]

That's a crazy amount of games. How do people find the time to play all that? I can't even deal with games released 10 years ago.

 

[lashman]

That's a crazy amount of games. How do people find the time to play all that? I can't even deal with games released 10 years ago.

we don't .... we don't play games, we only buy them, remember?

 

[Tizoc]

That's a crazy amount of games. How do people find the time to play all that? I can't even deal with games released 10 years ago.

 

[Tizoc]

So I take it as is, there aren't any stuff during that period I overlooked?

 

[lashman]

So I take it as is, there aren't any stuff during that period I overlooked?

none that i could find

 

[uraizen]

Just gonna toss this in here for fighters.


Umm... it's good and nearing the 200 hour mark.

 

[lashman]

Umm... it's good and nearing the 200 hour mark.

daaaaaaaayum

 

[Teggy]

What's amazing is that Tizoc finished every single one of these games.

 

[Tizoc]

Just gonna toss this in here for fighters.


Umm... it's good and nearing the 200 hour mark.

Ah see, I actually forgot THIS game. TOO MANY GAMES, you forget some games actually released this year :V

What's amazing is that Tizoc finished every single one of these games.

Not really no, I don't own most of them :V

 

[Alexandros]

Great work!

 

[lashman]

Great work!

Tizoc does the best summary threads - it's a fact!

 

[Teggy]

Not really no, I don't own most of them :V

I’m sure you’ll get to them in the 100+ games you finish in 2019

 

[Guilty of Being]

Dude, thank you for this!

 

[lashman]

Dude, thank you for this!

Tizoc does the best summary threads!

 

[Guilty of Being]

Tizoc does the best summary threads!

Yes. He won me over a year ago at another place.

 

[lashman]

Yes. He won me over a year ago at another place.

his monthly threads are great too

 

[Kvik]

Nice work as always, Tizoc !

'Tis has been a great year indeed for RPG.

As one who plays RPGs almost exclusively, I own most of the titles (and planning to put more into my backlog play the ones that I haven't). Trails of Cold Steel II and Dragon Quest XI are probably in my top 2, followed by Ys Celceta. Which, I admit wasn't the best Ys game but still enjoyable.

I'm keen to check out Atelier Lydie and Coven, which I heard has a fantastic localisation (which is a tall praise since it was localised by NISA)