One thing I've found with some of these is that the developers seem to have the idea of "I know what everything is, so I don't need to be told."
And sure, you know the thing that comes from inside your head where the full idea is, rather than just the expression of the idea you're able to put into a game and send out.
We're not psychic, though. We don't have that info.
Floating Isle Days!
You wake up on a floating island with a little baby cloud sprite to assist you. Or rather, do everything for you, while you walk around.
Has some bugs, but it's interesting, and the promo vid shows a train, so that's cool.
Don't sleep while cooking, you'll break the cooking timer.
Followed.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3586020/Floating_Isle_Days/
165/?
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Floating Isle Days on SteamYou have traveled to a magical world in your dreams, and there is now a cute little sprite by your side. You will spend many wonderful moments with it on this land.
Feastopia.
A city builder centred around feeding a big blobby baby thing. Unlock buildings and recipes via RNG.
Not for me. Maybe for you. Unless you prefer games that don't give you quests you can't complete because the RNG won't give you what you need.
Oh, and you get points to unlock things, including basic features, between runs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3251360/Feastopia_Demo/
171/?
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Feastopia Demo on SteamFeastopia is a Roguelite culinary city-builder, inspired by Against the Storm. Forge a pact with an adorable deity and build a thriving foodie metropolis in a bountiful land. With randomized maps and events, unlock hundreds of wondrous abilities, experience a unique adventure every time you play.
Grimshire.
A Stardew Valley-like, but everyone is animals that I can never remember the identities of, food production may actually matter for survival, and also we may have brought an apocalyptic infectee into the village with us. Oops.
If I could actually get a feel for who's who, I might be interested. Alas.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2238470/Grimshire/
172/?
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Save 20% on Grimshire on SteamA deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
"Feel free to play the minigames"
okay let's look at the minigames
"You need more than a week of grinding to get the currency to unlock these"
...you understand why I'm trying to force your hand into the toaster, right?
Also: Don't jump past the menu into the game straight away, and especially don't block menu access because you want me to do a tutorial.
JFC I hope sea urchins spawn in your bladder.
173/?
Wasteland Orchard!
It's a semi-idle game in which you try to grow an orchard in a post apocalyptic shithole. Work on improving tree stats to survive awful storms, because once you're out of trees it's game over.
Has some bugs, but gonna wishlist it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4311810/Wasteland_Orchard/
182/?
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Save 30% on Wasteland Orchard on SteamA Survival-Farming-Roguelite Game with Idle elements
Not very different from other games with the same theme, and was tedious and felt bad to play.
197/?
AdventureBarStory!
In which you go beat up monsters for ingredients so you can serve food and drink at your family bar, while a dickhead tries to bully you into selling it to him because he likes the location.
Needs some improvements made like not flashing the screen bright white when poisoned, and not nearly so much grinding.
Followed for now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2785950/AdventureBarStory/
200/?
(Been a while since I've had one good enough to mention, eh?)
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AdventureBarStory on SteamAdventure through the kingdom, collecting materials! Make food, manage a bar!