Game suggestions for Baroque Decay fans?

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Everyone lurking these pages obviously enjoys this rare niche. But finding good games in this style can prove difficult. It would be great to hear all of your suggestions of other action/adventure games in this style with great humor and storytelling. Something to tide us fans of Count Lucanor and Yuppie Psycho over while waiting for the DLC. I've tried getting into some of those hyped RPG Maker games like Mad Father, but found the humor and fun lacking. Hoping there's something better.

Please share some suggestions! Especially off-the-beaten-path ones people might not have heard of otherwise.

A few I like:

West of Loathing - Open-worldish stick-figure turn-based action/adventure game with a lot of great jokes.

Thimbleweed Park - Funny Lucas-artsish adventure game throwback without the obtuse pixel-hunting and illogical puzzles that haven't aged well for that genre.

Telltale's The Wolf Among Us & Tales From The Borderlands - These are a bit of a stretch from this style, but they're both fantastic storytelling, funny and a lot of fun.

Oldschool: The Heroes Quest games - The Baroque Decay games are admittedly a lot cooler than these, but the fact that they were more of a hybrid of adventure and action/rpg put them somewhere in the same niche as these.

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Suggestions from Baroque Decay devs would be much appreciated, too. What are some projects you all are fans of that we should probably check out?

[Stutsies]

I'd actually suggest checking out Disco Elysium that's recently released.
Especially if you're a fan of CRPG.
Very mindf*cky

[EST]

I look forward to the release of "Lamentum". We can play the demo version now!
Beautiful pixel art & puzzles. Looks like Gore and action RPG tendencies are strong.
(Baroque Decay expects this game. So, You may know. )

[Henrique]

I would recommend

- "Deadly Premonition"
- "Earthbound"
- "Lisa: The Painful"
- "Lone Survivor"
- "Maniac Mansion" & "Day of the Tentacle"
- "The Last Door"
- "The Stanley Parable" & "The Beginner's guide"
- "Oxenfree"
- "5 days a stranger" (with it sequels: "7 Days a Skeptic" and "6 Days a Sacrifice").
- "Clock Tower"
- "Detention"
- "Rusty Lake" series.

[Musica_Optima]

I really enjoyed 'the darkside detective'
Also 'the Lion's song'

(But I must say that Lucanor and Yuppie Psycho have something... a feel to them... that I yet have to find in another game...)

[monsieur_max]

My personal recommendation would go to "Catequesis"

[Musica_Optima]

Originally posted by monsieur_max:

My personal recommendation would go to "Catequesis"

I am dying to play that one!

[Old_Albert]

For the original take on Horror adventure i highly recommend "Lakeview Cabin Collection" and it's recent sequel "Lakeview Valley"
If it's the humor you after i'd recommend "Wuppo".
For supernatural indie adventure games can't go wrong with Blackwell series and "Unavowed". Also try "Detective Grimoire" and it's recent sequel "Tangle Tower"

And for more spicy and hardcore stuff there's amazing game "Fear & Hunger", you can't even find it on steam without adult content filter off, but it's very good if you spend time figuring it out.

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Thanks for the suggestions! Hours after posting, I ran across the Griftlands alpha and have played the hell out of it. Only playable on the Epic Games store for now, unfortunately, which I know some have a near religious aversion to. But it's great. Think Slay The Spire, but with a real story-line, fantastic hand-drawn animation and an NPC friend/enemy system where choices matter and dictate not only the story-line but the boons and handicaps you play with. Unfortunately, being in Alpha, it's only 3/5 complete. You can see the trailer on Steam here. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/256752880/movie480.webm?t=1560189192

Best thing I've played since Yuppie Psycho, but it might be a matter of taste. You have to be cool with Deck Building + turn-based RPG dynamics.

That Disco Elysium suggestion looks great, but I'm scared it would vampire my life. Those huge, open-world games can be dangerous to us with low self-control thresholds and I might not see the sun for a few weeks.

I like some of the Rusty Lake series, especially the particularly surreal/twisted Rusty Lake Hotel, but not to the point of avid fandom.

Lamentum looks cool too, but hopefully it saves in the full game. Played through the demo and having to complete it in one go was a bit awkward. Lacking the humor of the Baroque Decay games, but if the trailer is any indication, there's some really cool, campy, dark atmospheric gameplay to look forward to.

I've played some of the other game listed previously and will check out the rest. Thanks!

[Malkav0]

Originally posted by Henrique:

I would recommend

- "Deadly Premonition"
- "Earthbound"
- "Lisa: The Painful"
- "Lone Survivor"
- "Maniac Mansion" & "Day of the Tentacle"
- "The Last Door"
- "The Stanley Parable" & "The Beginner's guide"
- "Oxenfree"
- "5 days a stranger" (with it sequels: "7 Days a Skeptic" and "6 Days a Sacrifice").
- "Clock Tower"
- "Detention"
- "Rusty Lake" series.

Of this list, Oxenfree is an absolute piece of art imo ^^

[Malagon]

Originally posted by Malkav0:

Originally posted by Henrique:

I would recommend

- "Deadly Premonition"
- "Earthbound"
- "Lisa: The Painful"
- "Lone Survivor"
- "Maniac Mansion" & "Day of the Tentacle"
- "The Last Door"
- "The Stanley Parable" & "The Beginner's guide"
- "Oxenfree"
- "5 days a stranger" (with it sequels: "7 Days a Skeptic" and "6 Days a Sacrifice").
- "Clock Tower"
- "Detention"
- "Rusty Lake" series.

Of this list, Oxenfree is an absolute piece of art imo ^^

Oxenfree is an awful game.

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I wasn't that into it either, or into Night In The Woods, but to each their own. They just seemed too cutesy for me, without any extra edge, but I can see why others might like them and most definitely appreciate the huge list of suggestions there. :)

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Disco Elysium was great, btw. Though I like Yuppie Psycho more. Kind of an apples vs oranges comparison though.

I'd absolutely love to play Catequesis as Monsieur Max suggested, if it were out or if there were any way of getting a beta copy in the works.

[Einar]

Originally posted by monsieur_max:

My personal recommendation would go to "Catequesis"

Should I take this for an announcement?

[memnoch87]

How about every other Another Indie game *Shameless Plug*

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