The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[Infinitron]

sales have been shit for longer than a decade, but also they get shittier every year. usually in december i discover some hidden gem or just try something with which i'm going to spend the following months with. this year, absolutely nothing. latest releases are all shit. the very few aaa are the shittiest. mmos are completely dead. only thriving genre is "twitch shooter where wallet trumps skill". fuck, i've never been more hopeless.

The way it works is you wishlist games and then wait for them to reach a price you're willing to pay.

If you're looking for "miracle prices" on new games then yeah, that doesn't happen anymore. Steam isn't a new platform anymore and the publishers have this all figured out.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

i'm not looking for miracle prices, i'm looking for software worthy of being paid for.

 

[Ironmonk]

The way it works is you wishlist games and then wait for them to reach a price you're willing to pay.

Yeah, I do that as well... but in most cases, by the time the price reach my "evaluated price" for some game, I completely lost interest and would not play the game even if they gave me for free + paid me the price they are currently asking for the game.

 

[Vincente]

I can post some hidden gems from my wishlist.

 

[Zombra]

sales have been shit for longer than a decade, but also they get shittier every year. usually in december i discover some hidden gem or just try something with which i'm going to spend the following months with. this year, absolutely nothing. latest releases are all shit. the very few aaa are the shittiest. mmos are completely dead. only thriving genre is "twitch shooter where wallet trumps skill". fuck, i've never been more hopeless.

Did you try Balatro yet?
How about Between Horizons?
What about Crow Country?
You bitched a lot in the Jagged Alliance 3 thread but it doesn't look like you ever actually tried it.
You didn't even see the Griftlands thread.
How about the Golden Idol games?
Did you play Sifu?
There are a million excellent games in all kinds of genres on sale now. I know the ☆☆ AAA NEW RELEASES ☆☆ shelf is very flashy but jesus christ man learn to look past it.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Even Valve is not immune to this weeb shit, dammit.

Hmmm... shirt and no panties? My my... she is just as perverted as GOG-chan. It looks like she's talking to her online.

Wearing shorts, but the knees look a bit bruised

It's from all the blowjobs.

Quite likely. She accepts rather unusual currency for deliveries. That may be what the winter video is in the steamshop store is all about; titled "special delivery?"

 

[Heroic Liberator]

80% off,



And various SF games by Wadjet Games are at 70% off in a bundle (otherwise each are 60% off individually),
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6338/Dark_Futures_Bundle/

The rest of their catalogue is decently discounted as well,
https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/WadjetEyeGames/#browse

Also 70% off,


And 60% off,

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

85% off.


70% off.


80% off.

 

[normie]

where the good shit at

 

[Zombra]

85% off.

Good game, I would not call it "strategic" like the store page says, but the loop is fun.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

where the good shit at

If you want some western style oldies,



And from western games proper, besides the various big name classics, Inquisitor might be worth a buy too,

 

[Clockwork Knight]

There are a million excellent games in all kinds of genres on sale now. I know the AAA NEW RELEASES shelf is very pretty but jesus christ man learn to look past it.

Old, tired niggas with instant access to 3 billion games instead of a shelf with a racing game, two strategy games and a FPS, it's inevitable.

 

[Konjad]

Even Valve is not immune to this weeb shit, dammit.

She has made art for Steam since the beginning of the year (or at least Spring).

Her contract ends with Dec 31 (as usual, Valve hires artists per contract for 1 year since Jan 1 to Dec 31), so we will likely see different art-style next sale.

By the way, the current artist is from Chile, hence her art is influenced by it (and we saw the short-legged deer that only lives in Chile etc.)

 

[Mitleser2020]

Last time to get it before next year's price increase

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Would you say that it's promising enough on its way to full release, Mitleser2020?

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

She has made art for Steam since the beginning of the year (or at least Spring).

Her contract ends with Dec 31 (as usual, Valve hires artists per contract for 1 year since Jan 1 to Dec 31), so we will likely see different art-style next sale.

By the way, the current artist is from Chile, hence her art is influenced by it (and we saw the short-legged deer that only lives in Chile etc.)

https://www.instagram.com/nemupan/
https://x.com/nemupanart
https://linktr.ee/nemupan

 

[deuxhero]

Getting full release (and almost certainly price increase) next year. Already has more than enough content to be worth ten bucks.

 

[Tyranicon]

Got these.




For research.




Only one I cracked open so far was Subverse, which was disappointing but not in the ways I expected.

 

[Kabas]

Here are some neat deals for games that i played and can easily recommend.
90% off

Only 26% off but the game itself is cheap anyway

40% off

35% off


https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10933/Spark_it_up_Fark_it_up/ - whole series is 50% off
There is a lot more but i don't want to spam this thread.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Even Valve is not immune to this weeb shit, dammit.

She has made art for Steam since the beginning of the year (or at least Spring).

Her contract ends with Dec 31 (as usual, Valve hires artists per contract for 1 year since Jan 1 to Dec 31), so we will likely see different art-style next sale.

By the way, the current artist is from Chile, hence her art is influenced by it (and we saw the short-legged deer that only lives in Chile etc.)

Does she have link to an instagram or art site to follow? What is her name?

 

[mediocrepoet]

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

Even Valve is not immune to this weeb shit, dammit.

Hmmm... shirt and no panties? My my... she is just as perverted as GOG-chan. It looks like she's talking to her online.

Wearing shorts, but the knees look a bit bruised

It's the color zone theory thing, same reason why tumblrite art always features red noses, as if they were bloody or drunk

This sort of internet artist think blending colors is too much effort. I don't think they are aware of the implications of bruised knees because the artist is one of those anglo-ized lgbtqabcderrgsgfdsfds types.

Also elbow and cheeks, now ive spent more time analysing some dorky art than checking out specials on the store, the absolute state of steam sales

 

[Jenkem]

Getting full release next year. Already has more than enough content to be worth ten bucks.

lol

lmao even

 

[deuxhero]

Getting full release next year. Already has more than enough content to be worth ten bucks.

lol

lmao even

It's a crazy mix of Serious Sam, Unreal Tournament, Mario 64, GoldenEye, Timesplitters, Nightfire and a bunch of other late 90s/early 2000s games all starring a little girl who just wants her stolen plushie back and is going to destroy anyone and anything who gets in her way.

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

Getting full release next year. Already has more than enough content to be worth ten bucks.

lol

lmao even

It's a crazy mix of Serious Sam, Unreal Tournament, Mario 64, GoldenEye, Timesplitters, Nightfire and a bunch of other late 90s/early 2000s games all starring a little girl who just wants her stolen plushie back and is going to destroy anyone and anything who gets in her way.

So its a game for older millennial men in a midlife crisis trooning into young girls?