Underplayed Gems

New Meat (2025)

New Meat cover
Developer
Alex Lemley
Platforms
Windows
Genres
RPG
Rating
5.0 of 5, 22 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

This game feels like a frantic, darkly comedic shift between navigating a procedurally generated meat dungeon and managing a dead-end job, where each turn-based fight is a high-stakes scramble for survival and loot.

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What players say

Players praise the writing, humor, and anti-capitalist themes, and say the turn-based combat feels fast-paced. The game has twelve endings and a short, replayable structure that encourages one more run, though some find menus clunky and wish for more secrets.

Screenshots

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