The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

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[Multi-headed Cow]

When did they remove the flash sales? Those were reasonable discounts. Now pretty much every third party site has way better deals. https://isthereanydeal.com/ for the win.

They removed them around the time they added the refund system. I believe flash sales were dead before refunds went live, but the writing was probably on the wall.

That always looks tempting but from what I've seen and heard about it, it's a ridiculously huge grind. Similar to starting Mount and Blade from scratch although even worse. I always think about picking it up but that puts me off.

 

[Catacombs]

it's a ridiculously huge grind.

I can confirm.

Similar to starting Mount and Blade from scratch although even worse.

At least the grind was enjoyable in Warband. I didn't enjoy it as much in Kenshi. You could buy the game and play it for an hour or two and see if it works for you. If not, you could just return it.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

At least the grind was enjoyable in Warband. I didn't enjoy it as much in Kenshi. You could buy the game and play it for an hour or two and see if it works for you. If not, you could just return it.

True, but since it sounds like a long-playtime game, getting an hour and a half into it probably won't be much of a demo.

 

[Catacombs]

At least the grind was enjoyable in Warband. I didn't enjoy it as much in Kenshi. You could buy the game and play it for an hour or two and see if it works for you. If not, you could just return it.

True, but since it sounds like a long-playtime game, getting an hour and a half into it probably won't be much of a demo.

True. It's mostly a bird's eye view of the game, to see if you'd like the controls, atmosphere, world, etc. If you're still hesitant on buying it, then maybe watch some long LPs to get a sense of what's possible.

 

[OSK]

To get the $5 discount do you have to spend $30 pre or post tax? I'm at $29.99...

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

To get the $5 discount do you have to spend $30 pre or post tax? I'm at $29.99...

I'd like to know that too, but I'm not sure either. I'm guessing pre, you get an alert that the coupon will be applied if you go over $30 pre, but they may sneak it in post.

 

[Ivan]

It will show up when you checkout

 

[Seethe]

Fuck. I want to play Titanfall 2. Resist I must.

I got it, fuck it. I swore to myself that I'll no longer play competitive multiplayer garbage, but I'll just approach it casually without caring too much.

 

[Konjad]

The sale is pretty good, but what I like most are the new possibilities for Steam profiles! I never thought I'll become a fashion bitch, but damn, they got me.

How do you like my profile, guys?

https://steamcommunity.com/id/kony4/

 

[toro]

That always looks tempting but from what I've seen and heard about it, it's a ridiculously huge grind. Similar to starting Mount and Blade from scratch although even worse. I always think about picking it up but that puts me off.

Depends. Go in blind. You will have one of the best gaming experiences.

 

[Irata]

These holiday Steam sales are awful now. Even when you ignore the flash sales the older holiday sales had better discounts. Now it is rare that you ever see an all-time low and it isn't unusual to see games cost more than they did in the past.

I am tempted to pick up Rimworld. With the 5 USD off deal I believe that makes it cheaper than even its pre-release price. However, now that they're releasing DLC it is in their interest to lower the price of the base game.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Ended up grabbing the Outer Wilds, Firewatch, A Legionary's Life, Dustbowl, and Doom 64. Just barely puts me in coupon range. Last three I was going to buy basically no matter what, first two I'm just especially in the mood for. Heard that the Outer Wilds should scratch an exploration itch somewhat similar to Subnautica which massively increases my interest, and the tiny bit I've seen of it while trying to avoid spoilers looks cool.

Not a terribly great Steam sale but I think I'll be happy enough with all of it. Kenshi will remain on the back burner just because I don't feel like a big timesink game right now. Been replaying some RPGs recently anyway so some walking simulators sound more refreshing.

 

[Ovplain]

Gee, those 5€ really made all the difference. Went a little bit crazy there! Already excited about the thought of which one of these will get stuck in my backlog for years to come.

 

[Curratum]

Aaaaaaaand we're done with this year's summer sale...

At least Gaben's 5 EUR made up for the disappointing base discount and got it to the 40 EUR / 30% off I was willing to buy it for.

 

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[PrettyDeadman]

Basically Fallout: Tactics / Door Kickers multiplayer game.
They also added some singleplayer content in later.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

The sale is pretty good, but what I like most are the new possibilities for Steam profiles! I never thought I'll become a fashion bitch, but damn, they got me.

How do you like my profile, guys?

https://steamcommunity.com/id/kony4/

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

Gee, those 5€ really made all the difference. Went a little bit crazy there! Already excited about the thought of which one of these will get stuck in my backlog for years to come.

damn dude, you can find total warhammer 2 for 5-10 euros less pretty much everywhere.

 

[Rahdulan]

Gee, those 5€ really made all the difference. Went a little bit crazy there! Already excited about the thought of which one of these will get stuck in my backlog for years to come.

Consider https://gg.deals/ if you haven't. Steam rarely has the best prices during sales, especially as they go on and other sites price match or one-up Steam. I'm not even talking about 3rd party key selling sites here some would consider shady.

 

[Ovplain]

damn dude, you can find total warhammer 2 for 5-10 euros less pretty much everywhere.

I use 'cheapshark.' And clearly, the game has been available at a greater discount, yup! But right now? I didn't see it. So here we are.

I'm not married to Steam, but I am on a bit of a Total War kick so I was always going to buy this thing now. As long as I found an OK discount. And as far as I'm concerned I did. I'm not gonna worry about '5-10 euros,' I mean, come on.

 

[AliceAlcina]

In never understand those deal seekers, if game is good, I would probably buy it full price... if I think it would be discounted, I would wait for discount... but would I worry about game not being hugely discounted? No. Discoutn is discount, take it or leave it, or just support the devs by buying full price...

 

[chuft]

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock or Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 (or 1) for blowing shit up in space? What say you.