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One of these two new free Steam games is Empyrean, Frozen District, and PlayWay’s 2018 simulation game, House Flipper, which was one of the most popular Steam games of its year. In 2023, it got a sequel, but the sequel is not available for free; only the first game is. Meanwhile, the sequel may be newer, but the first game actually has the better ratings. To this end, it has a 94% approval rating across a whopping 45,008 user reviews, which nets the PC game a “Very Positive” rating. This is the second-highest rating a PC game can earn on Steam. The other new free Steam game is a 2021 release from Take Them Games called Depths of Horror: Mushroom Day. This first-person adventure horror game has a 74% approval rating by contrast. And unlike House Flipper, which is Steam Deck Verified, Valve has not tested Depths of Horror: Mushroom Day for Steam Deck, so its compatibility is listed as “Unknown.”
Popular 2018 Steam Game
House Flipper was released back in 2018, before the simulation genre was flooded with games. In other words, it was quite novel eight years ago, and was rewarded for it. As the name implies, you buy, repair, and remodel devastated houses to give them a second life and to make a profit on them. The game is more about being a one-man renovation crew than anything else, as the actual remodeling is the core gameplay loop.
