r/ImmersiveSim

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The only game that looks like it could actually be released sometime soon is RetroSpace. I feel like so many cool looking projects never get finished or are stuck in development hell for decades.

So does anyone know any games that have potential and could get released in the next year?

Also are there any AAA games in development? I think that Arkane studio is making a blade game but im not sure if its going to be an immersive sim.

I was overjoyed whenever I worked on this film. With no prior knowledge on how to make a film, I learned by doing, and applied all my skills, from photography to guitar-playing, to tell a story of my childhood and of Thief's influence upon it. The important part for me was to capture that dreamlike atmosphere that childhood inspires, where nightmares and imaginary friends blend into a strange tapestry.

When my girlfriend joined the project as assistant director is when wild ideas began sprouting. 'We should have a personalized Tarot card with Garrett in it...' 'And it should glow in the dark!' But, honestly, if you look at Garrett's story long enough, and stare at the visual language of the game, you find that there is magic afoot! Aside from the magical symbols, Garrett himself is a sort of prophetic figure, the great balancer of forces, bringing equilibrium to the City. And, as a thief, he teaches us that there is more to the darkness than meets the eye.

It was really my father who introduced me to Thief and this film acts as a sort of homage to him. He was a great photographer and always scanned his film photos, and catalogued them thoroughly. Whenever I would uncover a new folder of photos from when I was 6, a wave of emotions would emerge from some vanished corner. A couple of years after my father's death, I started this project as a way to make a posthumous collaboration and remembrance.

The fear of the dark, just as my father and I had, mirrors our fear of the Unconscious, and of all the strange beings residing there. A kid's imagination is a frightening thing. But that's what Garrett teaches: that darkness is not a negative thing, it is not a lack or a void, but a door, a way. Shamans meditate in the dark to have an easier passage into the realm of the Gods. And Garrett lingers in the darkness to get paid, certainly, but also to unwillingly balance the cosmos. Darkness is a door between our realm and that of the Unconscious. And Garrett, foolish as he may seem at first, becomes enlightened precisely because he can glance into the dark and see the infinity beyond the void.

Thick As Thieves finally released, the online stealth Immsim, Warren Spectors latest. Wanted to broadcast it here as the it's looking a bit dire from the get go, and I want the studio to continue making games. Clearly made by a small team, and definitely looks like an investor pulled out or so (speculative) and had to rush towards a release.

Either way the game is pretty fun! Currently lacks proper control rebinding + fov sliders and such, making it sit at mostly negative currently. If that's a dealbreaker I'd wait. However if you want a fun game, and support an immsim studio, I'd spend those 5 dollars now and give a recommendation (if you like it). They've indicated they want to release more content and fix it down the line.

Biggest mistake imo is not rebranding to early access. Anywho, I'll support anyone trying to make these kind of games, even if they miss the mark a bit.

Among them Deus Ex and Thief.

Almost finished with Cyberpunk 2077 and it’s got me craving a good Immersive Sim. I’m looking at the indie market because it seems super promising for this genre.

Currently considering:
- Fortunes Run
- Gloomwood
- Peripetea
- Shadows of Doubt

Bonus if it runs well on Steam Deck OLED

Wizard life is what i've been calling the idea of wizard focused gameplay thata more then casting spells or doing alchemy.

Things like studying arcane tomes to gain both experience and understanding how spells are made, researching constellation and how they can boost different schools of magic and their effects on rituals, studying artifacts and magic items to learn how they are enchanted, studying magical beasts and how they relate to a school of magic.

Essentially a wizard life sim that goes full boar into how you gain spells and power rather then you just leveling up and buying the spells.

I've tried finding a games like that but the best i can do is using mods for simple games like skyrim.

Was hoping anyone heard of a gane like that OR if there's an indie gane i haven't heard of thata doing that.

A first-person action game, inspired by Dark Messiah, that provides various ways for defeating your enemies, with weaponry, magic, stealth, or clever tactics like kicking them into deadly spikes.

Explore a handcrafted campaign filled with unique levels, absurd situations, and a stupid story that starts with rescuing a princess and quickly goes very, very wrong.

The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot on Steam (Demo Available)

DataJack Steam Page

Released in 2013, DataJack was an open-ended top-down 2.52 retro immersive sim RPG that even to this day is so underappreciated....

I know the art style isn't everyone's cup of tea in this subreddit, but the Deus Ex mechanics are so strong in this one, and it makes up for it 1000%... give it a try, it's FREE!

Okay, so here's a brief explanation i guess.

The game was released for FREE in 2013 by an indie dev going by Epic Banana Games and was a passion project. The game is basically what you get when Deus Ex and Syndicate have a baby. It was released on an old indie platform, Desura, which got shut down in 2016. After the shutdown, the game went basically AWOL until 2021, when the dev updated it and released it on Steam again for FREE. As far as I know, the update was just to make sure the game continued to work well on newer hardware.

There are almost NO posts or information about this game online, but the dev is still alive, and so is the franchise. There is a sequel called DataJack 2020 that is currently in active development! The Steam page is already up for wishlisting, and it's looking to take the original's top-down mechanics and add true multi-level verticality, physical lockpicking, fully destructible environments, and a ton of other stuff.

Can't really explain everything here cause I suck at writing, but just PLEASE watch the trailer, it's so cool.

Here are some links to the original game and sequel for your ease of access!

Epic Banana Games YouTube Channel 

(Has cool updates and tech showcases for DataJack 2020)

DataJack Steam Page

DataJack 2020 (Sequel) Steam Page

DataJack 2020 (Sequel) Gameplay Trailer

At what point does a pureplay stealth game become an immersive sim?

Thief is a masterclass stealth game, but it's also an immersive sim. I'm trying to figure out where one genre ends and another begins.

Dishonored is another example, for sure. Is it both genres at once? Is stealth just part of the toolkit, or the genre?

Thanks for helping me parse it out!