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This can be a sleeper hit.
Nearly daily I obtain emails about upcoming Steam indies and new demos, and I obtain them for a time once I can get round to taking part in them.
Earlier this week I received an e-mail a few demo for a sport known as Dino Topia, so I downloaded it, and simply received round to making an attempt it out for the primary time. I’m comfortable to report that it’s legitimately Cult of the Lamb, however with dinosaurs, and it’s superior.

For many who missed out on the Cult of the Lamb hype, the lovable, base-building roguelike was a large hit when it launched in Aug. 2022 from Devolver Digital and Large Monster, and it’s one of many extra satisfying and enjoyable informal video games lately.
Dino Topia has the identical precise formulation—construct a base to farm supplies and home your residents, who’re dinosaurs, and exit on roguelike expeditions to advance the story, recruit new dinos, and get extra supplies.
This sport swaps the lamb for a caveperson, and swaps the lovable animals for cute dinosaurs, and the gameplay permits you to carry as much as three dinos with you in your journey as you combat your means via dungeons to seek out new dinos and extra.
Cult of the Lamb (and from what I’ve performed, Dino Topia too) scratches a very area of interest itch relating to constructing your base, breeding allies, populating your base with them and placing them to work, and supplementing all of it with exploratory fight in altering environments with randomized power-ups to select up alongside the best way. It looks as if a strong funding for Cult of the Lamb followers when it drops subsequent month.

The Dino Topia demo is obtainable now, and you’ll wishlist the complete title forward of its August launch date now.
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