Game Suggestions [Steam Only] ($20 and below!)

Paid youtuber?

Doesn't Youtube TOS say you can't earn from game footage?

well, you are not giving much for your choice
anyway, I suggest you try this :P not steam but a real addictive RTS game
clicky

I don't see Deus Ex or DE: Human Revolution. There you go.

Dragon Age Origings isn't $20 but I hear it's pretty good. Metacritic

When I saw 'Addicting' gameplay, I was going to say Sid Meier's Civ games, you then said not too much turn based so I won't.

Don't know of any other 'really' addicting games. When I sit down to play Civ, I swear the clock speeds up, too many times have I meant to have only a couple of hours of playing up to 11 / 12 ish and the next thing I knew it's 4am. No other game I've played would make me sit and play 4 or 5 hours more than I meant to without me realising it :/

Off-topic: Apparently someone has a game on Civ 2 that they started over 10 years ago and have reached a ridiculous stalemate but he isn't giving up.

Wait for sale

Mark of the Ninja video

Fallout?

Puzzle Quest 2?

Dark Souls. The community is a continuous trainwreck of complete assholes but the coop is fun.

Want something really odd? Then check out Cargo! The Quest for Gravity.

You can't really go wrong with Europa Universalis Rome (just make sure to get the Gold version, containing the expansion. Pre-expansion, it is not great)

Myst is still one of the best adventure games out there. Won't post a gameplay video for this one though, as it would spoil some of the fun.

I love Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, it is one of the most unique RTSs I've ever played. It needs to be experienced though, a simple video won't do it justice.

L.A. Noire Complete edition is on sale now for just 7.5 bucks.

Super Meat Boy for 4.49.

Trine 2 for 3.75.

The Witcher 2 for 20 bucks.

A lot lot more to me, maybe doesn't fit your taste.

Mark of the Ninja is probably one of the best platformers I've played.

Mirror's Edge. If you want the DLC you won't be able to get it on Steam but it's an awesome base game otherwise.

There's Forge, which has a free weekend going on right now so you can try before you buy.

Warframe, really fun F2P game, I've been addicted to it the past couple of days.

FTL, great space rogue-like.

Would definitely recommend the Mount & Blade series, specifically Warband and its DLC, lots of fun to be had there.

Are you going to wait for a sale when it comes to recommendations?
I'd recommend FTL if you don't have it and enjoy rogue-likes.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine Let's Play

Really any of the Ys games may fit the bill. Ys Origin has a demo even if you want to try it before you buy it. If you haven't played any of the games, would recommend starting with Oath in Felghana, but any are fine to start with and Ys Origin has the most overall replay value with three different playable characters. And if you love good soundtracks these games have some of the best.

But if you want some gameplay here you go:
Oath in Felghana gameplay
Ys origin gameplay (video is of Japanese version)

Dota 2. Lol jk :D

If you like Action RPG then definitely Torchlight. I'm waiting for an offer to buy both of them but if you want you can buy the second one since the story is not very complex. Even if you don't like RPGs you can still enjoy that game, it's very addictive! Here's a video of the gameplay and some features.

Get Dead Island for $9.99 while it's on sale. It's an open-world first-person game with an emphasis on melee and includes RPQ elements like skill trees (so kind of like Borderlands?). I've played many hours on it (not on this steam account), and there's something addicting about bashing up zombies where it doesn't get old. Here's a video of a walkthrough for the game (jump to 7:50 for some action): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBPn6U6rt8w (side note: I'm not sure if this is what you consider "paid youtuber" stuff, but I've watched many of this guy's videos, and they're hilarious and well-made.)

Although I've never played it, I hear Max Payne is a good series too for its story (the bundle of the first two games is one sale for $7.50 right now, but it ends Apr 29th :/ ).

if you could add just a littlebit I would suggest StarDrive: clicky

edit: also Dragon Age origins is well worth the sale price.

wait a few weeks, the Summer sale is on it's way!

Now that it's Rockstar games weekend, I'd say you should get the Max Payne bundle, or wait and see if they're going to be 75% off during one of the following days, so you can get the trilogy.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

Quake 3 is an incredible game. you can try the demo if you want to.