Steam Midcore Games Curator

Throw your toys into the fire, and burn them to stay warm. This is a game that can hardly be compared to anything else. If you're into quirky games, you need to check it out.

• Casual
• Indie
• Puzzle
• Singleplayer

1994 X-Com was an excellent strategy game about fighting alien invasion. A real cult classic, but hardcore and unforgiving. The 2012 remake is modern, epic and much more forgiving.

• Turn-Based Strategy
• Tactical
• Strategy
• Sci-fi

Such a shame the development of Godus was dropped, because the concept was definitely mid-core and had so much potential. Such, such a shame…

• Early Access
• God Game
• Strategy
• Simulation

Whenever you need a bit of mindless, hypnotizing clicking, look no further than Peggle. Inspired by Japanese Pachinko arcades, this one is equally about skill and luck. Aim steady!

• Casual
• Puzzle
• Arcade
• Singleplayer

A clever and fun strategy game for one or few evenings. Find the right set of traits and mutate your pathogen to spread a disease onto the whole world. No gore, more like an addictive board game.

• Strategy
• Simulation
• Indie
• Singleplayer

If you're in the right mood, this is a brilliant game experience that's much more than walking, listening to walkie-talkie and admiring the views. Lasts about 6 hours.

• Adventure
• Atmospheric
• Story Rich
• Walking Simulator

Few platformer games can be engaging and forgiving enough to be considered mid-core. INSIDE makes the cut thanks to the ability to repeat any puzzle over and over without having to restart.

• Atmospheric
• Dark
• Indie
• Puzzle

A good example that simple game rules can lead to interesting, engaging gameplay. Super-simple Starcraft meets tower defense with absolutely no unit management.

• Strategy
• Indie
• Tower Defense
• Sci-fi

Waste as much time as you want in this golden mid-core oldie. Fend off brain-hungry zombies by carefully placing right plants on your lawn in this light strategy with lots of humor. Free demo.

• Tower Defense
• Zombies
• Strategy
• Singleplayer

A beautiful steampunk-meets-wild-west platformer that plays more like an action-rpg. Combine that with exploration through mining to get a really addictive experience. Gamepad support.

• Platformer
• Mining
• Steampunk
• Indie

A movie-meets-game formula that actually works, characters that you actually care for, great visuals, audio and voice acting. What else do you need? Served in bite sized episodic chunks.

• Adventure
• Detective
• Story Rich
• Episodic

Great puzzles make great puzzle games. Slayaway camp has lots of them, and an awesome theme (that you can tone down if it's too gruesome for you). The fast forward arrow hides a neat hint system.

• Puzzle
• Gore
• Indie
• Funny

Puzzle games that are challenging, yet not too hard, have an interesting story and great visual are very hard to come by. That's why we're recommending this indie gem from 2008. Free demo.

• Puzzle
• Indie
• Physics
• Singleplayer

Don’t be fooled by silly graphics! Slay the Spire is a clever blend of card game and roguelike that gets better every time you play. Still in early access but already extremely playable.

• Card Game
• Rogue-like
• Turn-Based
• Strategy

One-of-a-kind indie action rpg - be sure to check out the free demo. If you're not into any kind of grind, choose the no-sweat mode and just enjoy the awesome soundtrack and narration.

• Great Soundtrack
• Indie
• Action
• Narration

A simplified take on an RTS game mixed with some rougelite elements. Divided into small but interesting battles for all of us who don't have time for couple-of-hours long skirmishes.

• Indie
• Rogue-lite
• Strategy
• Action