What are you buying?
The thing about sales, are that if they happen every month is no longer a big event.
I feel like an old man yelling at a cloud here, but it really seems like everything is on sale all the time, but the sales aren’t actually sales they’re just the price a thing should be
I remember in the past these event sales being much, much better. I remember the discounts being higher, at least 50%. And 90% and 80% were a lot more common.
I think that’s the actual crux of the matter. These weekly sales throughout the year always existed, it’s the events that don’t feature as big discounts as they used to
I think sales have lost their luster when they’re almost the same prices we’ve seen all year around. The golden age of sales was from 2010 - 2018 I would say and it was THE time to wheel and deal on getting games you sought for the most for crazy prices.
Nowadays, things remain stagnant. You’ll find games released 5 years ago get an eh -15% off. You’ll find games even 10 years ago get an eh -30% off. Most of the games you see go 65 - 90% off are either games you already had gotten long ago with better prices or games you couldn’t give a shit about.
I understand that it’d be dumb to expect one or even two year games to be more than -50% at least. But the older the game gets, come on, you can do better.
It just replaces prices actually dropping.
This is the deepest discount I’ve ever seen on Rimworld. Still not at the right price point for me but it’s darn close.
You might want to put your wishlist in isthereanydeal.com - rimworld’s not at its lowest currently https://isthereanydeal.com/game/rimworld/info/
Isthereanydeal.com is such a good resource for knowing if a deal is actually a rare opportunity or it’s a game that comes up for deep sale constantly.
Rimworld almost never goes below $26 in sales if I recall. And it pisses me off too because it’s an 8 year old game, but the devs remain so stingy on giving a good deal. It’s like they act like they’ve made their own sacred Super Mario Bros game that can never have a good sale, like Nintendo practices.
Picked up Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance and loving it so far. Also Patrick’s Parabox as I played the demo in a recent Nextfest and loved it. Also the 2025 Nurburgring for Automobilista 2 because I cannot resist the allure of The 'Ring.
Edit: Really digging Shinobi, but goddammit I wish I could dodge cancel.
Ugh, I have too much to play in my backlog already. I’ll probably pick up one game that I want to play eventually, maybe Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon.
I’ve been playing Outer Worlds, though, so I’m saving up for the 2nd one just in case it’s good. Given Avowed’s release, my hopes aren’t high. However, the first game is so intensely 6/10 that if they can just improve a tad bit on the formula, I think I would like it a lot.
Just don’t mix up Outer Worlds with Outer Wilds lol.
Or maybe do, since they’re both good games.
Does Factorio ever go on sale? I think I’ve had it wishlisted for over a year now.
Factorio never goes on sale, but Shapez and shapez 2 are on sale and they are in the same genre but more beginner friendly.
Not sure if trolling but no, factorior will never go on sale, and will only ever increase in price.
No, not trolling. I’d never heard that they had a policy against it until I looked it up just now.
Somehow I was under the impression that devs didn’t even get a say as to if or when Steam would put their games on sale. I thought I had heard that as a major gripe of devs who list games on Steam.
Now I’ll have to decide when I feel like it’s worth the remainder of my life and $35.
As someone with 902 hours on steam and about that much on the standalone client, I highly recommend you dont. It will consume the next month of your life. If you do buy it. Learn about blueprints and how to import them. Dont have to use others but one of the better teaching tools in the game for belt mechanics. If you like trains, use the mods, the train logistics mods make them so much better, but do take some study to make work.
If I’d known that I would’ve bought it years earlier.
Nothing, too busy playing Hades II. Death to Chronos!
Dude yes, amazing game that never gets old, from a fan of the OG game as well
Moonlight guide us!
what are ya buyin??
Fixed that for you
I have a huge backlog, both in steam and physical, so no, thanks….
Maybe none, maybe a couple; lately I have resisted sales since my backlog is so big. That being said, some of the more interesting ones on my wishlist are on sale this time around. I might pick one or two of these:
First person shooters:
- Trepang2 (F.E.A.R. homage) - 60% off, $12
- Prodeus (boomer shooter) - 40% off, $15
- Metal: Hellsinger (boomer shooter) - 75% off, $8
Indie/puzzle/chill:
- The Talos Principle 2 - 70% off, $9
- Everspace 2 - 70% off, $15
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (casual/party couch co-op) - 65% off, $5
- Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - 90% off, $3
- Untitled Goose Game - 55% off, $9
- It Takes Two - 75% off, $10
- Kaze and the Wild Masks (2D platformer) - 80% off, $3
- The Forgotten City - 75% off, $6
- Dreamscaper (indie roguelike) - 80% off, $5
Also:
- Persona 4 Golden (JRPGs aren’t really my thing, but I hear that this is literally one of the best games ever) - 50% off, $10
- God of War - 60% off, $20
- Desperados III (isometric tactics) - 90% off, $4
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2D platformer) - 75% off, $8
- Sifu - 60% off, $16
Careful about persona 4, game is super homophobic and overall not nice towards minorities. If that’s a dealbreaker to you, Persona 3 or 5 are better experiences. Id argue p5 feels less like a jrpg too
Also there’s a remake coming out soon which will flesh it out, as it is a quite outdated game
Yeah it was a product of the PS2 era
I played it and don’t remember anything that isn’t typical in JPRGs. I guess you have to be able to withstand a certain amount of cringe if you’re a fan of Japanese games/anime.
No, I played quite a bit of jrpgs myself, and even my anime loving gf who usualy is okay with the usual cringe amount said that it’s just overwhelming in p4.
For context we’re trans and lesbians so it might just be that we’re more aware and concerned by the horrible moments than you.
What if I want the gays AND jrpg?
In stars and time is a wonderful queer jrpg I love a lot. No cis het character in the main cast.
Persona 3 portable has a lesbian romance scene as female MC, or just if you consider the main character as genderqueer, which they kinda are in my headcannon tbh lol.
There’s Super Lesbian Animal RPG which i’ve heard a lot of good from.
Seconding “In Stars and Time”
Removed by mod
Recommend 1000xRESIST if you want a story game.
Nothing lol, I have bills to pay.
I have room in my budget to buy maybe one game per year, and it’s never when a sale is on… *sigh*
I used my disposable income during the year to drop money in my steam wallet. That’s how I saved for the steam deck the first time around.
There’s most of the times always some sort of sale going on somewhere. Might want to put your wishlist linked in to isthereanydeal.com - it’s great! Oh and allkeyshop.com if it’s not… 😉
I will be playing Silksong until the winter sale, but I can recommend this for the sale price that they’re asking (0.75€ at the moment).
I knew I wasn’t the only one.
Cool sweeper game tho
That’s reassuring! The first one has to be my fave game. I’m replaying the first one and my love for it has only intensified. I can’t play for long rn, though. I’ve been anxious lately and can only handle so much of the spooky scary stuff lol.
I’m so excited to play the second. If it’s as good as you say it is, a third game would be awesome if they put the same amount of effort into it
It seems, like… nothing ?
Probably these: Doom Eternal (3.99€), Dust to End (2.99€), Night of the Dead (8.69€), Days Gone - Broken Road DLC (5€) and Sniper Elite 5 (5€)
