Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale?

2 years ago by Carnival Prize to c/patientgamers

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SteveNashFan 84 points 2 years ago

Outer Wilds is on sale. Great game if you like space, puzzles or platforming!

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MarcomachtKuchen 25 points 2 years ago

My personal greatest game of all time. Do go on blind tho.

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Aussiemandeus 8 points 2 years ago

Absolutely, what i would give to play again with no knowledge

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Psythik 4 points 2 years ago

I went in blind and gave up after about 3 hours. I have no idea what the fuck is going on, which makes it too easy to die to the same thing over and over again, because I can't remember which paths lead to progress and which ones lead to death.

Outer Wilds is a game for normies with a good memory and proper motor skills.

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MarcomachtKuchen 2 points 2 years ago

If you're still willing to give the game a shot, there is the expiditon log in your ship which keeps that's off all your discoveries and keep bulletpoints on the important bits of knowledge. It also allows you to track the corresponding location should you wish to visit it again to dig deeper.

I think it's expected to be overwhelmed at first. Maybe try to stick to one clue and follow it trough before going out into a another part of the world.

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Psythik 1 point 2 years ago

People keep telling me that but my "expedition log" is always empty as far as I can tell.

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PerogiBoi 5 points 2 years ago

I’ve still never beaten it. I’m near the end I’m pretty sure. Great game.

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curiousaur 11 points 2 years ago

You're always near the end.

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sudneo 3 points 2 years ago

I have just picked it up!

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Rozz 2 points 2 years ago

Or just flying around space in a tiny solar system

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Vespair 63 points 2 years ago

Celeste is 75% off and is a near-masterpiece of a game.

Portal 1 and Portal 2 are on sale again of course on the chance you haven't yet hit these absolutely classic legendary games.

Persona 4 Golden is 40% off and is awesome, and Persona 5 Royal is 60% and is even more awesome.

Metal: Hellsinger is 70% off and while it isn't a GOTY type game, it's a hell of a lot of fun if you're a contemporary metal music fan.

but my biggest recommendation is probably gonna be

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale at 80% for only $3.99 (US) which is an completely underrated hidden gem of a game and a huge recommendation for anyone who likes quirky cozy-hybrid games or who, like me, spent way too long on the shopkeeper segments in RPGs like Torneko Taloon's chapter in DQIV.

edit: why in the world would anyone ever downvote a personal recommendation comment? Weird behavior, fam

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brognak 7 points 2 years ago path: 0 15711600 15729501, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 1
Vespair 2 points 2 years ago

Will do! I just started playing Moonlighter recently which is currently scratching that itch a bit

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sugar_in_your_tea 6 points 2 years ago

Recettear

This game rocks. 'Nuff said.

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sniggleboots 3 points 2 years ago

Metal: Hellsinger is 70% off and while it isn’t a GOTY type game, it’s a hell of a lot of fun if you’re a contemporary metal music fan.

Have you played BPM: Bullets Per Minute? If so, how would you say it compares? I like metal and I like shooting demons, but that one never really grabbed me, I'm not sure why.

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Vespair 3 points 2 years ago

I haven't ever played BPM, I'm sorry.

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Lootboblin 2 points 2 years ago

Btw Recettear is getting a HD remaster in 2025.

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Vespair 2 points 2 years ago

Eyyy I hadn't heard that yet! That's awesome, thanks for sharing!

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donio 48 points 2 years ago

Undertale is at a new all time love at $0.99. It's not really my jam but it's the time to pick it up if you always wanted to play it but never did.

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Flagstaff 13 points 2 years ago

It's not really my jam

I watched someone's entire playthrough of it on YouTube, which I find to be a decent middle ground. In fact, someone else I know doesn't even game any more and just watches playthroughs; better to see an expert do it with insightful or fun commentary than to get frustrated from not knowing what to do, etc. when we have such limited time in our lives anyway. Maybe that's why I generally prioritize roguelites nowadays; if I'm gonna play something, I wanna ensure it's a unique challenge that possibly not even the devs have ever exactly seen, and not simply be treated like a rat in a fixed maze to figure out precisely or struggle otherwise when other people have done it.

Anyway, I digress; Infested Planet is $1.94 USD for another recommendation, and it's awesome. The trailer undersells it if anything.

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etchinghillside 1 point 2 years ago

Never heard of it and I can swing $1.94 – thanks.

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Vespair 12 points 2 years ago

The inability to resize the Undertale window without using a third-party program like Sizer continues to be INFURIATING to me.

Undertale is a good game, but it just makes me so goddamn angry every time I open it to not have control over the sizing on my own goddamn monitor that I haven't been able to finish it.

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oddspinnaker 19 points 2 years ago

Sounds like they should have called it Underscale

I’ll see myself out

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Coelacanth 3 points 2 years ago

I think I missed the window on Undertale. Who knows, if I played it when I was 17 I might have a different opinion but the whole "I'm so quirky and random" schtick doesn't really land with me.

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owiseedoubleyou 36 points 2 years ago

Doom 2016 for 2$, Titanfall 2 for 3$ and battlefield games from BF3 through BF1 also go for 2$

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Tim_Bisley 6 points 2 years ago

I've never played any BF games. Do they have good single player campaigns?

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knightly 15 points 2 years ago

Not since Bad Company 2 like 15 years ago

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Atomic 10 points 2 years ago

BFBC2 was the best BF I've ever played. I wish I would have known that at the time.

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Tim_Bisley 2 points 2 years ago

Looks like that was removed from Steam a while back. It had a single player campaign from what I read.

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SolOrion 1 point 2 years ago

Battlefield Hardline's campaign was actually good, though. It felt like a cop movie, which I thought was a neat change for the series.

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owiseedoubleyou 2 points 2 years ago

BF3's campaign was average. It had an interesting story and had some memorable parts but other than that it felt short and generic.

BF4's is worse though. It was just as short and generic as BF3's in terms of gameplay, but so was the story and the general presentation this time around. Not to mention that it's really damn buggy, the bugs that were present during the game's launch were never patched for the campaign. For instance, the FOV slider doesn't work at all.

I haven't played any of the other camaigns so I can't proprerly judge them.

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Wahots 2 points 2 years ago

Battlefield 1 has a really interesting campaign. They are all short stories taking place in different points of time in the war. It's also a fantastic multiplayer game that still has active servers!

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Wahots 34 points 2 years ago

If you are the simmy type or like space, Elite Dangerous is insanely good, but has a learning curve up front. It's the only game I've put over 1,100 hours in and still haven't explored everything.

Subnautica is another game I can highly recommend.

If you wanna play games with friends (Elite is also MP), The Forest is a great game to bond over.

Black mesa is another banger.

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_core 7 points 2 years ago

X4 is on sale as well, if you want something similar to Elite

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lostbit 1 point 2 years ago

x4 has much more depth.

i would say x4 is more like EVE but single player

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iwasnormalonce 2 points 2 years ago

How does Elite Dangerous compared to starfield? I'm 20 hours into starfield but finding it quite fun.

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tal 12 points 2 years ago

Different genres. Starfield is mostly you running around on foot, having shootouts, and interacting with people and human-sized environments. The space combat is basically an elaborate mini-game.

Elite Dangerous is mostly about flying space ships around.

Personally, I liked Starfield, though I think that it's weaker than most prior Bethesda offerings. I stopped playing Elite Dangerous, though I have enjoyed some past space-combat-and-trading games, like Escape Velocity. Just never really hooked me. I didn't like the Elite Dangerous "faux online multiplayer" thing at all --- multiplayer breaking immersion in crafted environments is one thing that I'm not a fan of, and unnecessarily adding that just seemed obnoxious to me. The cockpit UI felt like it was more-oriented towards VR use to me, which may be good if you have a VR headset.

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wizardbeard 5 points 2 years ago

It may make you happy to know that ED has solo mode. Player fleet carriers are still around (as they act as psuedo stations out past the edge of developed space) and the markets are still effected by player actions, but you don't have to worry about Cmdr Immersion Breaker screaming by in his hot pink jankmobile, or ganking you with it.

It's also worth noting that compared to the size of the universe in ED, the amount of "crafted" environments is relatively small (but definitely there). The universe is so big that depending on where you are in it, you can also go long periods without encountering other players. It's a simulation before any sort of RPG.

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iwasnormalonce 1 point 2 years ago

Thanks brotits

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misophonium 9 points 2 years ago

I have 1000 hours in Elite and it's nowhere near as on rails or limited. It's set in a full scale Milky Way where you can pick up missions from a station's bulletin board, hunt pirates, or just pick a direction and jump to make discoveries, spending months alone scanning systems. The game has well developed lore that regularly updates through an in game feed, but it's mostly background fluff unless you want to strengthen your faction or if there's a major community event. It's also a good time to jump in since new ships have been added and the galaxy is rebuilding after the last war event.

o7 #KRAITKREW

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And009 1 point 2 years ago

Space sim? How's exploration compared to no man's sky?

Mostly combat focused?

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Wahots 1 point 2 years ago

It's not very arcady, and has a bit of a learning curve, though a HOTAS helps a lot. It's a lot more simulation-esque. Not as much as MSFS, but closer to that end. Combat, exploration, mining, tourism, rescue. It's a 1:1* replica of the Milky Way in about 1,300 years. Trailer for context: https://youtu.be/YESNObZJTgQ

It will blow your nuts off in VR, especially the Ship Launched Fighters (SLFs). One of the coolest VR experiences I've ever had, particularly near the center of the galaxy where the stars are much more dense than in our portion of the Milky Way.

*Some stars had to be removed near the center of the galaxy because they are so close, it makes it nearly impossible to navigate between them. On older computers, the galaxy map in the core of our galaxy will make your computer lag. Yes, we have that many stars IRL.

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ArchmageAzor 3 points 2 years ago

Starfield has a focus on running around with your legs (or wheels), while ED is more about flying around with your spaceship (or wheels).

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iwasnormalonce 1 point 2 years ago

Thanks matey

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DeadUncle 31 points 2 years ago

Noita is currently 60% off and is hands down the best game I have ever played (kind of). It is ridiculously brutal and you will die very often but you have the potential to get ludicrously powerful as well. The game will cheese you so don't be afraid to cheese it back. In has so much content that beating the final boss for the first time is considered beating the tutorial.

Also if the some aspects are too bullshit for you there is a variety of mods to fix these, and there is absolutely no shame in using them.

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Zahille7 2 points 2 years ago

I use the mod that respawns you at the last checkpoint. It's SOO nice to have.

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SolOrion 27 points 2 years ago

The entire Creeper World series is on sale- Creeper World 1 and 2 are $2.49, Creeper World 3 is $4.94, and Creeper World 4 is $9.99. Personally, I don't like Creeper World 2 so I would suggest any of them but that one. CW2 is side on and I'm not a fan. CW1 and 3 are top down, and CW4 is properly 3D.

The first couple of Creeper World games used to be flash games you could play in browser, but after the age of Java games they ported them to Steam and kept making more and better games.

The basic concept is that it's a cross between a very simplified RTS and a tower defense game, with the added curveball that the enemy is just a liquid that won't stop showing up everywhere.

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purplemonkeymad 6 points 2 years ago

He also recently released IXE which is a bit like 2, but with mobile units instead.

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SolOrion 1 point 2 years ago

Yep. I wish I liked the side-on games. I'm not sure what it is about them exactly that doesn't click like the rest.

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coronach 1 point 2 years ago

CW2 was my favorite!

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SplashJackson 1 point 2 years ago

Are these like a Minecraft game?

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SolOrion 4 points 2 years ago

Not even vaguely!

Like I said, it's a RTS/Tower defense.

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knightly 4 points 2 years ago

Very much no.

They're more like those pixel physics sandboxes combined with a real-time strategy game. The enemy faction is a simulated liquid.

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jqubed 22 points 2 years ago

No Man’s Sky is down to $23.99. I remember the launch was poor but they kept working on it and improving it. I picked it up a couple years ago on Xbox and have enjoyed it

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Tim_Bisley 11 points 2 years ago

NMS was such a mixed bag for me. I spent over a hundred hours on it yet still walked away wondering what there was to do in the game.

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SolOrion 6 points 2 years ago

It is way more of an enjoyable experience now than it was on launch. I just still find it sort of flawed on a core level. The exploration is clearly supposed to be a primary focus of the game, but I just find it incredibly bland after a bit. After I finished with that, I don't really know what to do with the game aside from.. keep flying around trying to find something worth finding.

I put 40hrs into it. I don't regret that, but I also have zero interest in continuing to play it past that.

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finitebanjo 21 points 2 years ago path: 0 15723577, hotness: undefined, score: 21, children: 0
etchinghillside 20 points 2 years ago

I added Cyberpunk to the cart. We’ll see if I actually purchase it.

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cod 8 points 2 years ago

I’m in the same boat. Got it in the cart, unsure if I’ll hit buy

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filister 21 points 2 years ago

I bought it a couple of months ago and oh boy this game is amazing. The story is really well written. I am not much of a first person shooter guy but this game is definitely worth it. The story is great, the atmosphere is amazing, it is a really well made game and especially now with the overall international state of affairs and the rise of AI, its depressively dystopian story feels even more relatable and even the fighting is fun and versatile.

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cod 1 point 2 years ago

Good to know. I played a little bit of it at launch and thought it was pretty cool (I didn’t notice many bugs when I played), but never bought it. I know it’s supposed to be much better now and I’ve heard good things about the DLC too. Maybe I will hit that buy button

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ArchmageAzor 6 points 2 years ago

The game is amazing. It's not the same game it was at launch, it's now up there with CDPR's best.

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OhVenus_Baby 4 points 2 years ago

This game is fun with all the different mission choices it's good for atleast 2 or 3 full play through.

I've added hell divers 2 and Chivalry 2 to the cart so far haven't purchased.

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paschko_mato 2 points 2 years ago

Do it!

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sevan 2 points 2 years ago

I was thinking about this one too. Not sure if I'll buy it, but it's the only one I'm considering at the moment.

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Vincente 1 point 2 years ago
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Psythik -1 points 2 years ago

The gameplay is boring and the story is confusing; don't bother unless you just want some eye candy to show off what your 4090/5090 can do. The game is a heavily polished turd.

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Atomic 20 points 2 years ago

Mass Effect legendary edition (all 3 games + all DLCs) is on for 6 Euro.

That's a great deal IMO

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TheGreenWizard 9 points 2 years ago

On the third game myself, I can't believe I didn't play these sooner. I understand the hype this series generated now.

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Bosht 6 points 2 years ago

They may not have lived up to the hype when initially released, which was understandable as there were a lot of promises that weren't keeps, but they are undoubtedly still absolutely amazing games.

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MortUS 19 points 2 years ago

Talos Principle is $5

Talos Principle 2 is $15

Highly recommend both games!

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eRac 7 points 2 years ago

Both combined is $15.58. That doesn't include the excellent expansions for either game though.

They are the only portal-likes (chamber-based player movement puzzlers) that I'd place on the same level as the Portal games.

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SCmSTR 7 points 2 years ago

Imo they're better. Portal was more groundbreaking because of when the first one came out, what valve was doing at the time, because everybody played it, and because of its connection with other games at the time.

But now, it's just a very good game that (re)introduced portals as a concept into pop culture and repopulatized and proved that AAA puzzle games were possible.

Talos, on the other hand, is a philosophical indie sleeper, and more of a social experiment. I don't like comparing it to portal, because most people see portal as an insurmountable peak with an impenetrable meme forcefield. And yeah, portal is great. But the Talos games are something very different and stands all on its own.

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anakin78z 16 points 2 years ago

Solasta Crown of the Magister for $8.99.

For me it's the best game ever to capture the D&D feeling. The custom Warlock subclass, Timekeeper, is ridiculously fun.

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etchinghillside 8 points 2 years ago

I don’t see it mentioned elsewhere - but if we’re going down the CRPG route and enjoying it I’d recommend to others Divinity Original Sin 1&2.

I’d also recommend Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. But it’s age might scare some people away – so I typically don’t lead with that.

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spicystraw 15 points 2 years ago

Here’s what I picked up during the Steam Spring Sale:

DOOM - $1.99 (90% off)
Stray - $18.99 (40% off)
Undertale - $0.99 (90% off)
Celeste - $4.99 (75% off)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - $4.99 (90% off)
Red Dead Redemption 2 - $14.99 (75% off)
NieR: Automata - $15.99 (60% off)
Hades - $9.99 (60% off)
Devil May Cry 5 - $19.79 (67% off)
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Bosht 2 points 2 years ago

That's...weird. When I checked the price yesterday Fallen Order was 18.99? Did they do a deeper discount?

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AlienTux 4 points 2 years ago

Probably different price regions.

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Kolanaki 3 points 2 years ago

You sure you didn't get the price for Survivor?

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Bosht 1 point 2 years ago

Yeah this is probably it. Getting my titles mixed up or something.

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sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe? I see it at $3.99, $4.99 is for the deluxe version. I don't see it at $18.99 on Is There Any Deal, but who knows!

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spicystraw 2 points 2 years ago

Double checked receipt, and I did indeed get it for that price

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Sanctus 15 points 2 years ago

Rain World and its DLC Downpour are 50% off (just above 11 bucks)

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Makeshift 6 points 2 years ago

Going to vouch for this game. I’ve been really enjoying it.

Best experienced without spoilers. Don’t even look up the creatures if you can resist.

You are not a hero, you’re are a small animal in a living ecosystem.

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Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 2 years ago

Love this game conceptually but I'm going to have to try again when I have mental bandwidth to get absorbed into it

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el_psd 3 points 2 years ago

Rain World is very, very niche in its appeal, but it's perhaps the best argument for games as art that I've ever come across. I've never had to rethink what a game even is in order to engage with something before.

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Throbbing_Banjo 3 points 2 years ago

This is my son's favorite game. Seems to have decent replay value.

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curiousaur 2 points 2 years ago

I went to check it out and it's already in my library. Must have snagged it in the last sale.

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Aussiemandeus 14 points 2 years ago

Elite Is a space flight economics simulator.

Fly around buy here sell there look at stuff for fun and get into battles

Great game but you will want a hotas set up if you really get into it

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Harrk 6 points 2 years ago

I keep trying to get into Elite but it never clicks for me. I was flying around earlier trying to dock into a station but everyone was refusing me so I closed the game. I’ll probably look up a new players guide before giving it another attempt later.

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mox 6 points 2 years ago

Was it Elite Dangerous? Stations grant docking clearance if you're within range when you request it; I think it's about 7500 meters. Check out the in-game the tutorials. One of them teaches this.

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Harrk 4 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately it was due to being “friends only.” Player fleet I guess? I just couldn’t figure out how to filter them out before I got there and kept coming across them.

That range one caught me out once but I figured that one out since it tells you to come closer. I’m going to take that tutorial suggestion though. Cheers!

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mox 3 points 2 years ago

Ah... Yes, it was most likely a fleet carrier, then. Those are owned by players, and not always open to the public.

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Dettweiler42 3 points 2 years ago

If they were playing online, it's likely all of the pads were full. You can either wait for someone to leave, or super cruise out and back in to load a new instance with available pads.

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mox 1 point 2 years ago

Good point. I forgot about that possibility because I don't spend much time playing in Open mode.

The same thing tends to happen on stronghold carriers in Solo mode, I suspect because Frontier programmed the game to spawn a bunch of NPC ships eager to dock with those carriers when a mini-instance is created. You can be the only player within light years, and still have to wait several minutes for all those NPCs to leave before you can dock.

*facepalm*

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LowtierComputer 4 points 2 years ago

Hotas?

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el_psd 7 points 2 years ago

"Hands On Throttle And Stick;" i.e. flight sim gear

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Aussiemandeus 4 points 2 years ago

Like el_psd said flight sim gear.

Ideally one with rotation in the stick too.

I have the A10 Warthog set up but have to screw around for side thrusters because they're replicas of the A10 warthog controls which obviously doesn't have side thrusters.

You can play without it all but it does make flying more fun and imersive and afterall thats what it's all about

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rosahaj 12 points 2 years ago

my reccomendation? whatever's on gog

in all seriousness, you can't go very wrong with games made by valve, portal especially.

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TimewornTraveler 1 point 2 years ago

gog?

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drasglaf 7 points 2 years ago

Good Old Games.

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RebekahWSD 11 points 2 years ago

We picked up Journey and Star Traders Frontier. I've wanted to play Journey since it came out but I didn't have the proper console. Well, I forgot I put it on the wishlist, and that's a real good price so.

I've (sung? musically yelled at?) another person already.

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supersquirrel 10 points 2 years ago path: 0 15712290, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 1
fefellama 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation! Just watched a couple of his vids and ended up adding like ten games to my wishlist.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 9 points 2 years ago

Doom (2016), Doom Eternal, Helldivers 2, Broforce

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Bloodyhog 9 points 2 years ago

Borderlands 3, if you somehow missed it, for under £5 is just a good value.

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Zahille7 3 points 2 years ago

Idk why you got downvoted. Borderlands 3 for $6 is a pretty good deal. And $16 for the complete edition isn't bad either. I already own the full collection on steam so I can't see the price of that, but when I bought it during the last sale I wanna say I spent like maybe $50 on the entire Borderlands series.

There really is a "Lemmy hive mind" starting to form, just like reddit.

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Bloodyhog 4 points 2 years ago

I don't think there were downvotes, just me myself removing 1 upvote (as I am a shy person). I bought it at full price myself, and have no regrets.

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TimewornTraveler 2 points 2 years ago

there's an option to split the updown vote display on Lemmy

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Psythik 1 point 2 years ago

Because Borderlands is boring and repetitive, especially if you don't have a friend group to play with.

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iAmTheTot 4 points 2 years ago

So comment your dissenting opinion instead of just downvoting with no further context.

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Vespair 1 point 2 years ago

Yeah I have no idea what fucking losers are out here downvoting people for their personal recommendations, but I can't think of much worse basement-dweller behavior.

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ThePancakeExperiment 8 points 2 years ago

I got myself and can recommend:
Returnal (29.99€) (Rogue-like shooter),
Wisper (6.99€) (Open world exploration) and Crossroads OS (3.74€) (Puzzle game).
I can further recommend:

Studio System (8.84€) (Horror),
With My Past (6.59€) (Puzzle),
Signalis (13.99€) (Horror).

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Contemporarium 2 points 2 years ago

I fucking loved Returnal on ps5 and it’s a steal for the sale price right now!!

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ThePancakeExperiment 2 points 2 years ago

I love it, too! Played the whole weekend up to the third boss. Mouse and keyboard controls are great on PC.

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darkestd 7 points 2 years ago

Kenshi is back on sale for 12$. It's a special kind of special, but someone out there might connect with it. Lots of yt videos to get a feel for gameplay.

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dustyData 3 points 2 years ago

This is one of those games that I love the description, love the sales pitches, streamers do a good job of promoting it. In paper I should love this game, but it just doesn't gel with me. There's something about video games that just cannot be conveyed through video or text.

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Feddinat0r 7 points 2 years ago

Well i enjoy snowrunner on my steamdeck quite well... Think i will get the year one pass

That will get me through till the next sale xD

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supersquirrel 2 points 2 years ago path: 0 15699877 15712444, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
PerogiBoi 2 points 2 years ago

Dark souls in mud

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Xttweaponttx 6 points 2 years ago

Ori & the Will of the Whisps is an incredible story, on sale for pretty cheap right now!

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anthropozaen 6 points 2 years ago

Anno 1800 is 5 bucks. I love it, but you need to deal with Uplay as well

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iAmTheTot 3 points 2 years ago

I have over 600 hours in Anno 1800 and highly recommend it buuuut I would advise people consider the more expensive edition that includes all the expansions.

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Gimpydude 3 points 2 years ago

True, but if it annoys you enough, there are tools to help you remove the requirement.

https://github.com/...

There are other tools too.

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EightBitBlood 5 points 2 years ago

There's a truly great indie beat-em-up RPG with Brian David Gilbert that just released called: INK INSIDE and it's on sale for $15.

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SplashJackson 3 points 2 years ago

He's from Pink Floyd, right?

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wolframhydroxide 2 points 2 years ago

From polygon, and now on Dropout. He's the new fact checker on Um, Actually.

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curiousaur 5 points 2 years ago

I've heard great things about steam world heist 2 and just picked it up.

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vxx 4 points 2 years ago

I dont know if I can recommend them yet, but I picked up Enter the Gungeon, Heavy Rain, Undertale, Doom, and Pillars of Eternity.

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Kolanaki 4 points 2 years ago

The Mafia Trilogy is $15 for the whole shebang, or $7.50 for any one of the individual games. I grabbed Mafia 3.

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Psythik 0 points 2 years ago

Mafia 2 is the only one worth playing.

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Kolanaki 2 points 2 years ago

I'm liking that 3 feels more like Shaft than a stereotypical mobster movie game, so I could see how it might not be what you're looking for if you want the good ol' Italian mob themes.

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DesolateMood 4 points 2 years ago

If it's your thing btd6 is on sale for $3

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MrScottyTay 18 points 2 years ago

Bang the donkey 6? Didn't know they continued after 3

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tal 7 points 2 years ago

btd6

I believe it's "Bloons Tower Defense 6".

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SplashJackson 6 points 2 years ago

They expanded to include alpacas

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Psythik 4 points 2 years ago

Can anyone recommend a good multiplayer shooter with a high player population? (Either 2D or VR is fine.) Or any non-MMO, non-role-playing PvP game that is mostly online and has populated servers? Something my 37-year-old ass can just jump into and play a quick match without having to dedicate my life to it?

Getting sick of all the PUBGs, Counter-Strikes, Call of Duties, and Overwatches/Marvel Rivalses. My best gaming memories were during the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 days. I never had more fun in a shooter than when I was playing Rush. But unfortunately EA never managed to recapture that same magic in the sequels. After the 2042 flop I quit Battlefield for good.

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yuri 7 points 2 years ago

BattleBit Remastered is legitimately the tightest battlefield-like fps i’ve ever played, better than name-brand battlefield even. it fills the exact same niche for me.

i play with mic off and still manage serviceable communication with a squad of randies pretty much every game. there’s relatively frequent balance updates, so the meta isn’t focused on any one single playstyle. it’s exactly what i imagine an fps made by fps-junkies to look like.

Also playing support actually feels rewarding, and i think that’s proper rare in multiplayer games.

e: fuck hahah just kidding apparently it was abandoned by the devs. last update 15 months ago, rip to my favorite fps :c

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Psythik 6 points 2 years ago

God damnit; you had me sold up until the very end. :(

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yuri 4 points 2 years ago

this is the worst way to find out my favorite game had a scummy dev the whole time lmao

there’s reviews from February that say you can still find populated servers, but that might be region dependant and you almost certainly won’t have a choice for gamemode.

guess we’re both just waiting for the next next good battlefield game 🙃

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Barrymore 4 points 2 years ago

Due Process is a multiplayer competitive shooter similar in vein to Counterstrike or Rainbow Six Siege, but the maps are somewhat procedurally generated (there's tilesets and certain rooms layouts for every map) meaning there's no consistant strategy and sniper points to meta game. You play as defenders guarding a bomb or attackers breaking into the building to disarm the bomb, switching sides after 3 rounds. Rounds last 2 minutes with an extra minute given at the start to plan out the strategy. The economy of weapons works in that all the guns for 3 rounds are all available at the start and only the living players get to bring weapons to the next round. The original devs are no longer working on it I believe, but it is being updated and maintained by volunteers.

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supersquirrel 3 points 2 years ago

Operation Harsh Doorstop is my favorite fps, it is a semi-realistic vehicle big map shooter.. but it has mod support and mods like Casualfield (which has active multiplayer servers) have much more Call Of Duty like gameplay. It is free, no live service crap. Even if you don't like where the vanilla game is right now, keep your eye on it, it is an easy platform for other shooters to be modded on. Player population isn't huge but there are consistently full servers. I also don't think the realistic nature of the game makes it less accessible than a game like battlebit, since there is such a specific gun meta at certain ranges in arcadey games like battlebit, and everything happens so fast with constantly rushing smg players... it is actually really hard to break into when you are playing on even normal pub servers. Apex Legends is in my opinion the worst game with this. In a game like OHD though, an assault rifle with a scope can do pretty much anything well enough, though you might prefer a more specific kit for a situation, but there isn't this crazy focus on constantly changing weird metas and gun balances to pump up paid skins for a gun that was just added... This is just a free moddable big map vehicle shooter with a server browser and barebones singleplayer, which is awesome.

https://store.steampowered.com/...

Halo Infinite I grew up with Halo 1-3, I don't have any special love for 343, but Halo Infinite big team battle is the best halo multiplayer has ever been. Capture the flag is amazing with the warthogs the way they are balanced in halo infinite, I can't stand microsoft lol but damn halo infinite is in a nice state now.

Splitgate Ok, player population isn't massive, but this is a realllllly good game, even outside the portal gun mechanic. The gunplay is great and the jetpack is tuned perfectly. Can't recommend it enough!

https://store.steampowered.com/...

Easy Red 2 Alright now I am just straight up lying, this game never has huge concurrent numbers, but you can give large numbers of forces commands pretty easy in the interface (like you can drive a half track up to an objective and order your squad to dismount and assault). It is another WW2 game... but this game actually strives for historical specificity in lots of areas that aren't usually covered in WW2 games. There is a great diversity of armor, vehicles and fighter planes, the games is a blast and is a steal at around $10. Cross platform tooo!!?!?!?! Great for bot bashing.

https://store.steampowered.com/...

Xonotic is the best arena fps ever, playerbase is HUGEEEE E

https://xonotic.org/

ok but I love it

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zipzoopaboop 2 points 2 years ago

Next battlefield could turn things around, respawn /Vince zampella was given control of the series

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slaneesh_is_right 1 point 2 years ago

I went back to the finals, i played the beta a lot but kinda lost interst at launch. It's a really fun, solid and pretty shooter.

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sudneo 4 points 2 years ago

I picked up civilization VI (for my PC), hades and outer wilds for my deck.

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slaneesh_is_right 4 points 2 years ago

Enter the gungeon is like 1.50

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Zahille7 4 points 2 years ago

I just bought Suicide Squad (I know, I know, but it was on sale and I want to experience it at least a little); Pine; and Sniper Elite 2R, 3 and 4.

I'm very excited to get into the Sniper Elite games. I played 5 back when I had Game Pass, but never finished. I figured the others might be just as good.

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Daggity 4 points 2 years ago

Caves of Qud has a small discount. I’ve been playing it a lot lately on the Steam Deck.

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Apeman42 3 points 2 years ago

I'm making myself finish Fell Seal before I start it, but I picked up Triangle Strategy at what gg.deals says is the record low price. As an FFT fanboy, it looks great (and so is Fell Seal for that matter).

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quietserena 1 point 2 years ago

Ooh thank you for mentioning Triangle Strategy. It's been on my mind because it seems it'll scratch that FFT itch but I didn't have it in my wishlist.

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TwoHardCore 3 points 2 years ago

I'm enjoying Railway Empire. It's on for 75% off the base game and pretty good deal for the entire DLC & Japan collections.

If you love time-wasters with some challenges, then I'd recommend it.

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Lootboblin 2 points 2 years ago

I liked it until the timed missions kicked in. It was a free game on EGS years ago.

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mohab 2 points 2 years ago

I'll always recommend Catherine, Bayonetta, and Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion. Cheap, extremely fun, and very replayable.

Also, one of the best fighting games of all-time for $4: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R.

And if you're a Persona person, maybe don't sleep on Persona 4 Arena Ultimax? Super fun fighting game and relatively cheap.

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Vincente 2 points 2 years ago

I don’t recommend any games because I purchased a large backlog I can't complete.

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eRac 2 points 2 years ago

Lingo ($6.99/$9.99) is an incredible exploration and word puzzle game. It also has a few excellent custom maps such as Duolingo and Liduongo.

A sequel (Lingo 2 $9.99) just released and is also excellent. It changes how puzzle rules are presented, making them playable in either order. It's a more polished experience though, so playing the first game after would probably feel like a step backward.

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arotrios 2 points 2 years ago

Age of Wonders 4 has been a surprise and a delight. I was actually so impressed with it I ended up buying my best friend a copy yesterday.

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KombatWombat 2 points 2 years ago

I also picked this up recently and am enjoying it a lot. Can't speak for the multiplayer, but the singleplayer is very good. There are a lot of meaningful choices and variety that keep things fresh throughout and between runs.

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jBoi 1 point 2 years ago

The Witcher 1, 2, and 3 + DLC ;)

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index -2 points 2 years ago

Can someone explain videogames sales to me? How can a game be 12$ and 8.99$ the day after?

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sushibowl 9 points 2 years ago

Can you elaborate where your confusion lies? It's a digital good, there is no marginal cost. So they can pretty much price a game however they want. So pricing is mostly about maximising revenue, i.e. get as many sales as you can at the highest possible price.

A sale is a relatively straightforward strategy where you first sell the game at a high price to all the people who are fine with paying a lot, then you lower the price to sell more copies to the people who weren't willing to pay the higher price. The result is more total profit. There is a time limit too to create a sense of urgency ("I better buy now so I don't miss the opportunity").

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index -3 points 2 years ago

Can you elaborate where your confusion lies?

Real goods have a limited lifespan, they usually go on sales when they are about to reach the end of their life or when you physically have to get rid of them. Software doesn't expire.

A price is usually set to cover the initial costs and to make a reasonable profit not to squeeze how much money you can from people.

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sushibowl 7 points 2 years ago

A price is usually set to cover the initial costs and to make a reasonable profit not to squeeze how much money you can from people.

There are exceptions, but usually that is absolutely not true. Making as much money as you can is 100% the goal for the vast majority of goods produced, physical or digital.

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index -2 points 2 years ago

We are talking in a platform that has not such greedy goals

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Kacarott 7 points 2 years ago

Games on Steam are not usually recurring purchases, one person won't buy the same product over and over like they need to for food. This means the market of people willing to pay the full price gets saturated over time.

Sales are a way to increase the market size by lowering the "barrier to entry" (price). Sometimes a price will be permanently lowered, however usually not because a temporary sale encourages people to buy now instead of later.

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index 0 points 2 years ago

Sounds like videogames sales are made to make money and the original price has not much to do with cover costs bur rather making as much profits as people are willing to pay

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Rekorse 9 points 2 years ago

Its for the people that only buy when its a "good deal". Its usually for old games that are well liked or for newer games that are maybe a year old now. The non sale price is for people who can't wait for the discount. Sorta like waiting for a movie to go to video/streaming rather than go to the theater.

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index -21 points 2 years ago

So what you are saying is that it is only a marketing move to appeal to poorer people?

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halykthered 27 points 2 years ago

Frugality does not imply a lack of wealth.

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Kacarott 1 point 2 years ago

I would think it usually implies the opposite

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index -1 points 2 years ago

We cannot get it because we are not rich but rich people aren't frugal they don't wait a videogame to drop 5$ in price to buy it

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PerogiBoi 10 points 2 years ago

I’m not rich but I’m definitely not poor. I only buy video games when they’re like $30 CAD or less. Only time I went against this rule was for Baldurs Gate.

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Rekorse 4 points 2 years ago

Hard agree. Too risky these days but bg3 was a sure bet.

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sushibowl 2 points 2 years ago

You can also view it as a strategy to extract more money from richer people, without sacrificing all the poorer customers.

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AwesomeLowlander 8 points 2 years ago

The same way your grocery can be selling something for $10 one day and put it on sale for $6 the day after.

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index -5 points 2 years ago

Grocery deteriorates, when it's about to expire it goes on sales and if nobody buys they throw it away. Software doesn't rotten.

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DrSteveBrule 6 points 2 years ago

Companies often create incentives so that their customers will want to buy more of their products. Sales exist within every industry and happen for various reasons. Even with your example of grocery stores, there are other reasons for having sales. I believe it was Kmart that had the famous blue light special. Publix, a southeastern US chain has a weekly rotating sale. Costco has a similar rotating sale. Maybe items are deteriorating, maybe there is an excess of stock. Maybe an item goes on sale for the purpose of luring customers into a store in hopes that they will buy more things. Maybe the item of sale already had a huge markup and the sale brings the price down so there is only a moderate markup, which is often employed by department stores in malls. There are many more reasons for a company to put items of sale i won't get into here.

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index -2 points 2 years ago

Yes, there are videogames sales no wonder there are sales for every other product. Originally sales are made because grocery expire, you can have sales for any reason you want such as tricking people into buy more of your products but then that's what you are doing: tricking people.

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mysticpickle 3 points 2 years ago

Software often loses its value compared with other newer better offerings that come out with time. I doubt very much anyone would pay $50 in 2025 for Heroes of Might and Magic 3, a very well regarded game released in 1999, that tons of people gladly paid the full $50 MSRP price for that year because it was cutting edge.

The game is still great even today. It hasn't changed one bit but people aren't going to be willing to pay the same price for it today that they were willing to back in 1999 because there are more competing options with newer tech/ideas that have released since then. However it is consistently one of the top sellers on Good Old Games at around a price point of $5 today

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index -3 points 2 years ago

Nobody would be willing to pay 50$ for a game released in 1999 because they know the costs to make the game are already covered

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AwesomeLowlander 3 points 2 years ago

Ah, I see you're one of those basement dwellers who've never done your own grocery shopping in your life.

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Sidyctism2 1 point 2 years ago
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Chodi_MacCunt -11 points 2 years ago
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fleet -19 points 2 years ago

Just a reminder that while we all love Steam, they run an underage gambling ring in the form of CS skins, which they refuse to address.

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ABetterTomorrow -75 points 2 years ago
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AbsoluteChicagoDog 50 points 2 years ago
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Forgottengoldfish 9 points 2 years ago

Armchair Activist

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slackassassin 11 points 2 years ago

Too true. I'm getting my games from the communist on the corner from now on.

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Contemporarium 8 points 2 years ago

Lmao

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ABetterTomorrow -3 points 2 years ago

Lol

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waterSticksToMyBalls 3 points 2 years ago

Critiquing capitalism while participating in it and name dropping a brand huh? 🤔

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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

Relavent communities: !games@lemmy.world !games@sh.itjust.works !retrogaming@lemmy.world !videogamesuggestions@lemmy.zip !linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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