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Do you like Retro Survival Horror? Do you like stories which aren't direct, yet have excellent world building?
If yes to both of the above, you'll probably like Signalis.

If you haven't played a survival horror but do like the sounds of a game with intriguing world building, I'll briefly summarize.
The game is good, but flawed. The intent behind the game, and the story, isn't one that is going to be naturally fulfilling. This means it won't be a game for everyone.
The game has beautiful moments, but also significant mechanical frustration. The biggest spoiler is the exact number of boss fights, and why all except for one sucks. If you want to go in blind, skip to the next paragraph.
The first boss fight does not telegraph that there is a boss fight, and if you don't have your pistol and specific items on you the fight becomes unwinnable. This fight occurs very soon after you acquire a shotgun, and due to inventory management, its not unreasonable that you might think a shotgun alone will work, it doesn't and deals no damage to the boss during its "vulnerable" state.
The second boss is a meat cage which requires you to run around for 3 minutes straight. That's it. Its the worst boss I've seen in a game. There's no fighting, just running around in a small circle for 3 minutes. Even longer if you accidentally walk to the wrong side of the arena.
The final boss however is good. Its nothing to write home about, but it lets you know its coming, makes use of prior mechanics, forces you to think on your feet, and is difficult, but fair.

The overall story is something that, well, its flawed. So why recommend the game? Because it does something that most other games don't do, and is successful in doing so. The game is incoherent, but does so for the sake of immersion.

The games world building and art direction are superb, its coherent and oppressive. Its a very immersive game, yet also one that does not make sense. Mostly. The game is purposefully vague about the story, and it does try to clear up certain aspects of the game by its ending, but you will not be satisfied when the credits roll.

Instead, you kind of have to sit on it. Sitting on it doesn't solve some of the plot contrivances, nor does it let you fully understand the... well flow of the story. It doesn't make the game suddenly coherent, it just makes the incoherence more palatable.

If you can get this game for cheap, its at least worth your time.
The vibes of the game are immaculate, and the characters are, at least to me, enjoyable in their conversations.

That said, this game is not complex. Its a fairly linear experience, and the ending is... somewhat mediocre.
Overall I would give it a 7/10 purely for how effectively the game conveys tone, how good some of the dialogue is, but just know that you will be disappointed. However, I think the game is worth playing if you get it on sale.

An excellent game that contains handy dev cheats for when it inevitably has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ death to a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ off screen suicidal lizard.

This game is undoubtedly worse than the first, but it still is good enough that I can softly recommend it.

Without spoiling anything, this game is advanced stupidity. Its great, but also god please do not play this if you're hoping for a good story follow up to the first game. If you're willing to accept a bad story, then give it a go. The actual gameplay is significantly better than the first game.

This game is so insanely dumb. Absolute Clown Mode. Enjoyable, funny, stupid as ♥♥♥♥. Jesus Christ what an enjoyable waste of time.

Insane challenge but very much worth it!

I got all the achievements in 30 hours of simple but fun gameplay and it cost like $4. Definitely worth it.

This game is very special. I don't know what else to say. Its unlike anything else and the length of time it takes to uncover all the mysteries of the universe allows you to take your time.

This game is absolute freedom, pain, sorrow, happiness, loneliness, emptiness and meaninglessness. No matter what you do there are certain things that are inevitable. But even still, so what if everything is meaningless?

its fun

Its fun.