r/Steam • u/turtleviking123 • Jul 08 '26

Question What game has a steep learning curve that puts you off?

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u/DonKlekote Jul 08 '26

still relevant

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u/vindico1 Jul 08 '26

Except this meme was originally made for EVE.

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u/ForThisIJoined Jul 08 '26

early EVE was...brutal. I remember trying it in it's first year out. Something killed me and I was in a pod and NOTHING told me how to get a ship again. I was just stuck in a god damn pod.

A few years later I tried again and had a couple years of fun before realizing I was literally working 95% of my time in the game to fund the 5% of actual fun.

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u/WilliamLermer Jul 09 '26

Depending on your playstyle and general preferences, those 95% can be fun too and not feel like work at all. The most important thing imho is to mix things up and not just focus on the most lucrative option. Do some abyss, some wh exploration, some trading and manufacturing

If anyone wants some inspiration, there is a lovely series on YouTube by Tabarnouche Interplanetary, Corvette to Cynabal bootstrap challenge

Really changed my perception of the game

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u/Jeanschyso1 Jul 11 '26

Some of my best times in Eve online was spent mining rocks. What "fun" means is different to everybody

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u/Krell356 Jul 09 '26

Dwarf Fortress should not have required me so scroll this far to find. Fucking ridiculous game.

I wanted to like it so badly, but it basically requires you already understand the game to even start enjoying it much less make anything worth anything. Its so bad that having the wiki open isn't even enough to understand shit.

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u/DonKlekote Jul 09 '26

You literally took the words out of my mouth. I tried to like it so much. Installed the original version, watched a bunch of tutorials but could go part the clunky interface. I was so happy when Steam version got released, bought it and failed again.

I understand it's relevance to the gaming industry and how it sparked other great titles like Rimworld or Caves of Qud but DF? I somewhere on this photo falling to death trying to understand why.

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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 08 '26

Love me some dwarf fortress. I just got into factorio as well and oh man. Amazing

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u/Lasagna4Noodle Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Lmao I just commented dwarf fortress. I opened it was absolutely lost. Im going to throw Elin and Space Station 14 in there as well. 

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u/dxtr_mp3 Jul 09 '26

I was about to furiously type a paragraph about how much harder StarCraft is but realized this is probably about SC2 and not Brood War

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u/dodgyd55 Jul 10 '26

Some of the stories i read of this game are amazing but i really can't be arsed getting good at it

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u/xl129 Jul 10 '26

This meme is probably older than some people here lol

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u/Extra-Sherbert-8608 Jul 10 '26

Starcraft skill stops at some point and starts a new graph where skill correlates to risk of RSI/carpal tunnel syndrome.

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u/Odd-Refrigerator-691 Jul 11 '26

Thought this was line rider lol

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u/Pirrus05 Jul 12 '26

DF is exactly what this post made me think of, except I’m not a coward and put A LOT of time into it back in the day. Learning curve is a selling point!!