Renowned Explorers: International Society

I love this game. Tons of unlockables without DLC barriers. DLC is entirely separate campaigns with completely different mechanics. It's a roguelike RPG where story elements are revealed through finishing exploration campaigns and reading newspaper excerpts, in campfire tales which are unlockable through playing the game with various character combinations which vastly increases replayability, and through interractions with boss level characters in each expedition. Between expeditions you spend resources equipping, doing click actions to acquire more resources to spend on skill trees, and hiring help to give you buffs for resource gathering. It is punishing. You will die a lot as the RNG/dice rolling elements give you great fortune, but the combat system is very unforgiving especially as you are forced to try different player combos to unlock more content. 10/10 tons of fun. Bought at full price because it scratched an itch and was one of the first games that was fully steam machine compatible with the steam controller. So it works on the deck, fine, obviously.

While slightly rough around the edges at time, Renowned Explorers: International Society has a lot of heart, a lot of replayability and a lot of interesting mechanics that leads to a really enjoyable experience!