A New Bundle Site Enters the Game
If you have a Steam library full of games you have barely touched, you are not alone. The 2010s era of pay what you want bundles filled a lot of backlogs and introduced a lot of hidden gems. These days bundles can feel like background noise unless one really stands out.
That is exactly what Digiphile is trying to do. It is a new bundle site created by former Humble Bundle staff, and it has arrived with a very specific mission for its debut offer. The first release is called The Return of the Immersive Sim bundle and it is aimed right at players who love systems heavy games with lots of freedom and emergent gameplay.
Instead of another random grab bag of old indie titles, this bundle goes hard on a single theme and pulls in some of the most interesting immersive sims of the last few years. If you like sneaking through vents, poking at AI patrol routes, or breaking games by stacking systems on top of each other, this collection is designed for you.
What You Get in The Return of the Immersive Sim Bundle
The full bundle costs 20 dollars and focuses entirely on immersive sims and sim adjacent experiences. Here is what is included and why each one is worth paying attention to.
- System Shock 2 remaster from Nightdive Studios. A refreshed version of one of the most influential immersive sims ever made. You get the classic mix of horror, fragile survival, RPG style stat builds, and freeform problem solving, now modernized for current PCs.
- Peripeteia. A strange and stylish alternate history cyberpunk game set in Poland. It leans into stealth, vertical exploration, and multiple solutions to problems, while wrapping everything in a very specific Eastern European sci fi mood you do not see often.
- Shadows of Doubt. A procedurally generated detective simulator where entire cities and suspects are built on the fly. Instead of following a linear story, you track clues however you want, break into apartments, check security cameras, and slowly build a case using systems rather than scripted moments.
- System Shock remake also from Nightdive. This is a full remake of the original System Shock with modern visuals and controls, but it keeps the labyrinthine level design and open ended approach that inspired so many later games. If you like exploring creepy space stations and piecing together what went wrong, this is your playground.
- Fallen Aces. A noir flavored detective action game with a gritty comic book vibe. You sneak, punch, and outsmart mobsters in a stylized city that feels like classic crime comics brought to life, with a focus on player choice and creative approaches.
- Blood West. A horror western where you sneak and shoot your way through cursed frontier locations. Think old west gunslinging mixed with stealth and supernatural threats, all wrapped in a classic immersive sim style toolkit.
- Ctrl Alt Ego. A British retro future immersive sim that lets you body hop through robots and machines inside a mysterious facility. You solve problems by jumping into different devices, messing with systems, and using the environment in clever ways rather than just shooting your way through.
The pricing is split into tiers so you do not need to go all in if you are on a budget.
- 20 dollars gets you everything in the bundle.
- 13 dollars gets you a mid tier selection of the games marked with a single asterisk in the original offer.
- 9 dollars gets you a smaller set, focused on the titles that were marked with two asterisks.
Even the high end is fairly cheap considering how recent some of these games are. The System Shock 2 remaster launched in 2024, the System Shock remake dropped in 2023, and Shadows of Doubt released recently as well. All of them have pulled in strong reviews from major PC outlets. That makes this feel less like a bargain bin grab and more like a curated starter kit for anyone who wants to dive into the genre.
Digiphile’s Clever Trade In System
If you have been buying PC games for a while there is always a catch with bundles. The more plugged in you are, the more likely it is that you already own half the catalog. Buying a bundle and getting four duplicate keys for games you bought years ago can make the whole thing feel pointless.
Digiphile has a different approach. The site lets you trade in games you already own from its bundles. In simple terms you mark that you already have a specific title, and Digiphile converts that into store credit. You can then take that credit to the site’s exchange page and pick up a key for something you do not own.
It is an unusual system but it solves a problem that has been hanging over bundle sites for years. If you are a long time PC player, a new bundle no longer has to be an all or nothing decision. Even if you own a big chunk of the lineup, you can still get some actual value rather than a pile of keys you will never use.
Between that trade in mechanic and a debut bundle built around a clear theme, Digiphile feels like a deliberate attempt to refresh the bundle scene. Instead of throwing fifty random titles at you, it is homing in on one genre and highlighting games that actually belong together.
If you have been curious about immersive sims but have only played the big names or if you just want to expand beyond the usual shooters and RPGs this bundle is a solid way to load up on smart, systems driven experiences without breaking the bank. You might add yet another stack of games to your library but at least this time they will all share one thing in common. They want you to experiment, tinker, and break the rules in the best possible way.
Original article and image: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/you-can-pick-up-the-system-shock-remake-ss2-remaster-detective-imsim-shadows-of-doubt-and-more-in-a-usd20-bundle-right-now-and-if-you-already-own-some-of-them-you-can-trade-them-in-for-something-else/
