There’s an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It’s in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it’s one of my goto games.

Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you’re into there’s at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It’s actually novel to fly under the radar for once.

What do you do that doesn’t have a community associated with it?

  • pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    Earlier this year I tried out a Steam demo of a game called “That Time I Found a Box” and got hooked on it. It’s a very unique card game where you create and enhance the cards as you play. I played it for days and eventually beat the demo - the devs told me I was the first person to beat it.

    The full version just came out on Steam - I’d recommend taking a look. It’s a bit janky and not for everybody, but it does something unique that really clicked for me.

  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m not into gaming. I think I’m the only adult male I know of comparable age that isn’t. I don’t really know why. I think it’s a mental block. I was big into 16-bit Atari/Amiga games in the early 90s. Then I just hit like 16/17 and got into music and drinking to fit in. The gaming scene at the time (pre-internet) was social kryptonite, and I lived in rural Scotland so I left it all behind.

    Oddly, I returned to general computing in my early 20s as the internet was blowing up and now work in the IT sector.

    But still not a gamer, which ironically is quite isolating.

    • octobob@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      My fiance is not into gaming whatsoever. He only played a handful of games as a kid. He’s 30

    • 1hitsong@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Hi 👋

      I’m 1hitsong. Now you know me.

      What are your favorite horror movies?

      Some of my favs are Nightmare on Elm Street, Trick r Treat, Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead.

  • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I really like killing invasive plants. I think that’s probably my most niche passion. Like when I have some free time I’ll just go into the woods behind my house and cut down wisteria, ivy, Chinese holly… I just find it extremely satisfying idk. I love the idea that I’m clearing out space for native plants (and in turn native animals) to grow.