It’s Friday again, which means Steam is running another sale and our wishlists are once again whispering dangerous financial advice into our ears.
Now, before we get started, I should probably acknowledge something important: Cody’s picks lately have actually been… really good. Like, suspiciously good. The kind of good that makes me question whether all the teasing I’ve been doing has somehow unlocked his true gaming taste.
Either way, the format remains the same: a few games living rent-free on our wishlists, now discounted enough that resisting them would be irresponsible.
Or at least that’s what we’ll keep telling ourselves while clicking “Add to Cart.”
Let’s get into it.
Skate Story
Price: R148 marked down from R185
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Why It’s On Arielle’s Wishlist:
I love skating. I even have a nice little collection of boards at home.
What I don’t love anymore is the growing statistical probability that a fall could end with a hospital visit.
This is where Skate Story comes in.
All the thrill of skating. None of the broken bones. No awkward limping for three days because you tried something that looked cool in your head but absolutely wasn’t.
What Is Skate Story:
A surreal skating adventure where you play as a fragile glass demon in the Underworld, performing tricks, grinding through hellish landscapes, and battling demons while chasing one very weird goal: skate to the Moon and swallow it.
Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Price: R69 marked down from R167
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Why It’s On Arielle’s Wishlist:
Everything you need to know about this game is in the title. Gori. Cuddly. Carnage.
We have a murderous cat. A wisecracking hoverboard. A galaxy overrun by evil toys. If that combination doesn’t immediately make you curious, I genuinely don’t know what will.
What Is Gori: Cuddly Carnage:
A fast-paced action platformer where a deadly cybernetic cat and his sarcastic hoverboard battle an army of twisted toy creatures in chaotic, combo-filled combat across wildly dangerous levels.
Henry Halfhead
Price: R81 marked down from R124
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Why It’s On Arielle’s Wishlist:
I absolutely love games that look at the medium and say, “What if we did something weird?” Henry Halfhead definitely qualifies.
You play as a character who can become anything around them, literally. A chair. A toaster. A paper plane. A watering can.
It’s basically the childhood imagination simulator we all had when we were younger, except now it’s an actual game, and you can solve puzzles by turning yourself into furniture.
What Is Henry Halfhead:
A quirky sandbox puzzle adventure where you play as a half-headed character who can transform into everyday objects to solve challenges, explore rooms, and navigate a charmingly strange world.
Solasta II
Price: R359 marked down from R399
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Why It’s On Cody’s Wishlist:
Dungeons and Dragons, tactical gameplay, turn-based combat, customisable party, claims it will have a ruleset that more resembles tabletop gameplay.
Simple things. It’s simple things that make me like them.
What Is Solasta II:
Solasta II is a party-based, tactical CRPG that focuses on deep story, custom characters, and a world where every decision you make has an impact.
It’s based on the latest Dungeons and Dragons ruleset and is a tabletop-heavy game. So, you can expect dice rolls for skill checks, combat and more.
If you are a fan of games like Baldur’s Gate, then Solasta is definitely something that should be on your radar.
Atomfall
Price: R207 marked down from R415
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Why It’s On Cody’s Wishlist:
Technically speaking, it’s on my wishlist on Steam for the sake of this article.
Anyone who reads the NAG Magazine would know I’ve already reviewed Atomfall and actually had a great time with the game. If you’re a fan of old-school RPG action games, similar to older Fallout games, then you may want to pick up Atomfall.
Plus, it has an interesting twist in the story that kind of keeps you going.
What Is Atomfall:
Britain has been struck by a nuclear disaster. You awaken in a bunker in the restricted zone with no answer in sight.
Craft, explore, scavenge, make decisions and find the answers as to what went wrong, and why you’re all locked in the nuclear zone.
Oh, I mean, it’s an RPG action adventure.
Teardown
Price: R199 marked down from R399
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Why It’s On Cody’s Wishlist:
Sometimes, a good physics-based game that lets you accomplish the goal however you see fit, be it with mass destruction or clever contraptions, is just what the brain needs to keep its juices flowing.
Teardown looks like a whole lot of that, plus you can do all the crazy you want with 11 other players at the same time.
What Is Teardown:
Teardown is a voxel-based game where the world is literally your sandbox. Tear down walls using any means necessary to complete the heist of the century.
Get creative, manipulate the environment to suit your escape, or crash land right in the middle of the heist zone with perfect awesomeness, the choice is yours.
And there you have it: another Friday, another Steam sale, and another batch of games that are dangerously close to jumping from the wishlist straight into the library.
I will also admit, begrudgingly, that Cody’s picks this week are actually fantastic. So clearly the teasing has been working, and I will therefore continue doing it for the foreseeable future.
For the good of the team, obviously.
As always, happy wishlisting, happy deal hunting, and remember: if it’s on sale, it’s basically saving money.
