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Funny, feel-good games are what the Laughs & Smiles Steam Festival is all about. Hilarity comes in all shapes and sizes, too. Maybe you get the giggles from the goon-kicking speedruns of Anger Foot. Maybe you laugh loudest at the magical mishaps of sorcerer SWAT in Tactical Breach Wizards. Whatever the case, there’s sure to be a misadventure you’ll enjoy. At least we kept the meddlesome goose out of the garden this time. Here are 10 of the best deals from the Laughs & Smiles Steam Game Festival.
Anger Foot
- $14.99 (down from $29.99)
Kick goons off ledges and into explosive barrels. Use superpowered sneakers to beat levels in new and weird ways. Discover skeletons praying to a giant toilet. Less thinking, more turbo-killing! Blast anything with the misfortune of stepping between your foot and your revenge. Anger Foot is a high-octane, silly FPS with thoughtful levels and gunplay far more satisfying and precise than you’d expect. Whether you’re a die-hard speedrunner or prefer kicking it casually, Anger Foot is an easy pick.
Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?!
- $0.99 (down from $19.99)
Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?! is an adorable indie sim with turn-based combat and galaxy-hopping adventures. Between making friends with anthropomorphic vegetables and scouring the universe for your missing grandfather, there’s lots happening here, and it’s all silly. With an endearing soundtrack and Casual Mode for those who just want to chill, Holy Potatoes! is easy to love. If you’ve wanted a game to scratch the FTL itch without the whole “yawning abyss of the universe” vibe, put Holy Potatoes on your plate.
Unrailed!
- $3.99 (down from $19.99)
Plopping a train onto the tracks before they’re finished is a recipe for derailment. In a way, Unrailed! is all about saving your caboose. In this co-op game, you and your friends will need to gather resources, lay tracks, and keep your train chugging. There’s a surprising amount of strategy involved, and the endless procedural world unfolds in beautiful ways. No two journeys are ever the same, whether or not things go off the rails. If you haven’t already donned your conductor’s hat, the Laughs & Smiles Steam Game Festival is the perfect time.
McPixel 3
- $1.99 (down from $9.99)
The pixel yeti on the ski slope slapped me hard with SkiFree nostalgia, but McPixel 3 offers way more than that. One second, you’re painting a pretty island. The next, you’re trying to stop a runaway train with your bare hands. Few games this side of WarioWare offer such a charming variety of challenges. McPixel 3 throws creativity at the wall to see what sticks, spicing up its adventure gameplay with over 20 minigames. McPixel 3 is exactly the kind of excellent oddball that Steam festivals like Laughs & Smiles should be about.
Tactical Breach Wizards
- $15.99 (down from $19.99)
Some turn-based strategy games are puzzles as intricate and pain-filled as the Lament Configuration. Tactical Breach Wizards might not cause as much suffering at Pinhead, but the stakes for your wizardly SWAT team are still high. It turns out breaching and clearing rooms as time-warping wizards is a bigger blast than a pocketful of C4. You’ll need every spell in your book and every gun in your arsenal to survive these XCOM-esque missions. If you’re hungry for a magical tactics game with a solid story, chow down on this one.
Manual Samuel – Anniversary Edition
- $1.99 (down from $9.99)
Manual Samuel might as well be The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy meets QWOP. You’re Samuel. Being handsome and rich wasn’t enough to save Samuel from being dead. Now that he’s deceased, it’s time to cut a deal with the reaper. You’ll get 24 hours back on earth, but only if you control your entire body manually. Manual breathing? Manual blinking? How ’bout manual all of it? It still beats fighting Radahn on a dance pad. Get ready to spill, drop, and bungle absolutely everything in this darkly humorous adventure.
Inkulinati
- $8.99 (down from $24.99)
We might associate the Middle Ages with darkness and ignorance, but it produced books as beautiful as any before or after. Inkulinati takes inspiration from these illuminated manuscripts. It’s a cheeky tactics game with roguelite elements to keep things interesting even after your hundredth run.
Draw an army of beasts. Spill enemy ink. Use Hand Actions to turn the tide of battle with a tap of your mystic fingers. Nothing else at the Laughs & Smiles Steam Festival looks or feels quite like it. If you’ve ever wanted to show Dante Alighieri what the Nine Circles really look like, now you can.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes
- $1.99 (down from $19.99)
Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes has a definite Donnie Darko vibe. Maybe it’s the giant, creepy rabbit. Yeah, it’s definitely the rabbit. Daedalic Entertainment created a piece of art just as profound, funny, and unsettling as Coraline or Edward Scissorhands. Help shy schoolgirl Lilli explore her hand-drawn world and escape the wrath of the Mother Superior. Don’t mind the potato-bodied Censor-Gnomes. Don’t think about why they’re painting over everything that could upset Lilli. It’s probably fine, right?
Minit
- $2.49 (down from $9.99)
Minit gives you 60 precious seconds to get things done. Then you die. Respawning means another minute of life. It also means another fleeting chance to find a new item or open a new path. Thankfully, managing your time while exploring and discovering secrets isn’t as difficult as it sounds. This minimalist adventure packs as much charm as classic Zelda, so even playing one minute at a time, it’s easy to lose hours. It’s also a roguelike in which the consequences of your actions linger after your death. Spend your time wisely.
Jazzpunk
- $3.74 (down from $14.99)
Sometimes being weird for the sake of weirdness works out. As a spoof detective comedy set in Cold War World, Jazzpunk starts strange and only gets stranger. Spy conspiracies? Bizarre gadgets? Inscrutable NPCs? Figuring out the unnatural logic of the setting is half the fun. If you’re into sentient martinis and CyberCrime, the Laughs & Smiles Steam Festival is the perfect opportunity to get weird. Don’t ask what’s happening with the lipstick and sushi. Nobody knows.
