Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631270/StarRupture/

20% off. It's Satisfactory but with tower defense and the world catches on fire sometimes.

I don't do early access but $16 is hard to refuse. It's on my watch list for full release.

it's pretty fun tbh, although I found some issues with it. I never once saw an enemy during my play through or have been attacked. The raid warning happened, then the raid happened but nothing came..lol granted I haven't actually left the starter zone yet. haven't had a reason too. I assume the enemy trigger is just outside the starter zone and I haven't hit it yet.

I typically don't do early access games either, but added to the watch list.

This sounds like my thing! Thanks! Added to my ever growing backlog. :)

This isn't a discount, it's a step up in price. https://isthereanydeal.com/game/starrupture/history/

That being said, I had already bought it before the hike.

I've liked Star Rupture so far, but am I playing it wrong? I was kinda expecting there to be regular attacks similar to Factorio. Instead, after 20 hours of play, I've seen only one and killed them all so fast it wasn't even really a threat. I feel like the progression of conflict needs to be little more aggressive.

That's especially coming from Creepy Jar. If you've never played Green Hell, which they've also got on sale under $3 right now, survival in it is absolutely brutal to start off. I was expecting that kind of difficulty curve.

The Early Access definitely shows, but it definitely has the bones of being a really great Satisfactory successor as time goes on.

Is there an option to up the difficulty or attack rate or something?

It's on the roadmap, but not yet. It doesn't look like the new content update will have it yet either.