The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

Latelistener · Dec 2, 2019

Now, there were some interesting price changes recently.

Seasons After Fall is now $9.99, instead of $14.99:

Styx: Shards of Darkness is now $19.99, instead of $39.99:

ERYFKRAD · Dec 2, 2019

MoistCloister said:
Disk space free: 13074MB

The hell?

ERYFKRAD · Dec 2, 2019

MoistCloister said:
bare knuckle build viable? Sailor Steve Costigan type of character.

Iron Man boxing ain't a thing here, pardner.
You can certainly punch and kick the fuckers, but you don't have a class dedicated to being the best fighting sailor.
You do your strength damage unarmed, and a very late game item can potentially help you quadruple that, but that's it.

Catacombs · Dec 2, 2019

Anyone played this and liked it?

DalekFlay · Dec 2, 2019

It's pretty amazing that there's zero games I can find that I want which weren't released this year. Always thought "catching up" would be impossible but I guess not.

Catacombs · Dec 2, 2019

Abu Antar and Jinn, what did you like and dislike about Serpent in the Staglands?

Jinn · Dec 2, 2019

Catacombs said:
Abu Antar and Jinn, what did you like and dislike about Serpent in the Staglands?

I liked the presentation, setting, atmosphere, exploration, character progression, and combat to a certain extent.

The writing was a little sparse and somewhat forgettable despite the really cool setting and story concept. The world could have definitely been a little more fleshed out and populated with interactable NPCs to help with this. Questing was serviceable, but not particularly noteworthy besides a few instances.

It's an impressive first project from a two-person team, and a promising start to Whalenought Studios. The game is absolutely worth $4 (worth full price, imo), and if that's really too steep for you, you can always refund within 2 hours if you don't like what you see.

eric__s · Dec 2, 2019

zwanzig_zwoelf's game Das Geisterschiff is 60% off for 19 more hours. Get it while it's super cheap.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975230/Das_Geisterschiff__The_Ghost_Ship/

SausageInYourFace · Dec 2, 2019

Isn't there still an expansion supposed to come out for SitS? Probably been delayed by the tenth graphical makeover of their cyberpunk game.

Abu Antar · Dec 2, 2019

SausageInYourFace said:
Isn't there still an expansion supposed to come out for SitS? Probably been delayed by the tenth graphical makeover of their cyberpunk game.

A standalone expansion.

Aemar · Dec 3, 2019

Last day of the sale, and I'm torn between getting Dominions 5 or Rimworld. The problem with the latter game is that it never goes on sale.

Multi-headed Cow · Dec 3, 2019

Aemar said:
Dominions 5

If you wanna save a few shekels it's cheaper over nyah. https://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DOMINIONS-5/dominions-5-wariors-of-the-faith

Fedora Master · Dec 3, 2019

Aemar said:
Last day of the sale, and I'm torn between getting Dominions 5 or Rimworld. The problem with the latter game is that it never goes on sale.

Dominions is a MP game at heart and that means learning the ropes from people who are vastly more experienced than you. Just fyi.

PrettyDeadman · Dec 3, 2019

Buy Conquest of Elysium 4. it's different from Dominions, but have a lot of similarities (unitys and spells) and more singleplayer focused (i think).

Heroic Liberator · Dec 3, 2019

Wrong Elysium, comrade.

Citizen · Dec 3, 2019

Magnat said:
Wrong Elysium, comrade.

CoE4 is a masterpiece unique strategy/roguelike hybrid with shitton of content and endless replayability. GOTY 2015. It's also more of an RPG than disco elysium

mwnn85 · Dec 3, 2019

Didn't see diddly shit all in the so-called Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales other than a new kettle we needed and a pair a headphones for £18.
Anyway some more dumpster diving, buying the software that everyone else has already bought!

Picked up the last three games from Valve that I didn't already own in the VALVE COMPLETE BUNDLE: Portal 2, Left4Dead and Half Life Source. 32p each. 96p total.
Portal 2 is quite a good sequel; probably should've played it years ago.
I can't decide whether I like the simple test chamber setup of the first game or the more expanded levels of the second.
Shame Valve have forgotten how to make clever fps games.

Bought State of Decay YOSE for £1.92 to use up some Humble Wallet credit before it expired on the 30th December.
Not the greatest game in the world but I don't mind it. Jeff Strain did give us Starcraft and Guild Wars (1) was great when it started.

Bought Kings Bounty Ultimate Edition for £3.89 from Voidu.
Used the Black Friday code (BF19) + 100 Voidu coins (~ 85p) I had.
Here's what you get: https://steamdb.info/sub/84775/info/

Also bought Doom (2016) for £3.19.
Again the discount code plus the 100 Voidu coins from the King's Bounty order.
Comes with all the DLC now and works under Linux so I thought I'd give that a go.
Didn't realise it was a 60GB download! That'll take a few hours to acquire.
That's probably the main reason I don't buy too many new games. Massive size & short playtime.

Managed to grab a bunch of games for free just from looking on eBay / Allegro listings and doing some googling.
Some of the old retail games activate on STEAM and people clearly don't realise.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160505...powered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601

Terraria (Physical Collectors Ed)
Both Company of Heroes expansions. Dawn of War 2 + Chaos Rising
Rome Total War, Empire Total War, Napoleon Total War, Medieval 2 Total War (all Def Eds now)
Rage, Resident Evil 5, Dark Messiah (of Might & Magic)
Counter Strike Condition Zero, Unreal Tournament 3

A lot of them were old Games for Windows Live titles that got moved over to STEAM.
Terraria is probably the best find. Not found Prey (2006) yet - damn code is on the reverse of the manual :'(

Pretty pleased to hear that Volition have found the source code for Saints Row 2.
CD Project did a shit job on the PC port.
They're planning a big update to remaster it and add the console exclusive DLC plus STEAM based multiplayer.
Free to existing owners.
Only claimed it off GOG when it was given away; I wish I would've claimed it on STEAM too =\
Have to pick that up for a quid or so. It's perhaps the best non-Rockstar GTA; not completely retarded like the sequels either.

Aemar · Dec 3, 2019

Bought Conquest of Elysium 4, following Deadman's suggestion, especially for sp aspects. At first glance the game looks easier to get into when compared to Dominions 5, so I guess I'll play this one a bit before moving on to Dominions.

jebsmoker · Dec 3, 2019

https://store.steampowered.com/app/312980/Graviteam_Tactics_MiusFront/

this is an essential wargaming classic, but it is expensive if you want *all* the DLC

ERYFKRAD · Dec 3, 2019

Only picked up Soul Calibur 6.

Endemic · Dec 3, 2019

FEDSMOKER said:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/312980/Graviteam_Tactics_MiusFront/

this is an essential wargaming classic, but it is expensive if you want *all* the DLC

You can set fuse timing for off-map artillery shells? That's pretty autistic even by wargame standards :lol:

jebsmoker · Dec 3, 2019

Endemic said:
FEDSMOKER said:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/312980/Graviteam_Tactics_MiusFront/

this is an essential wargaming classic, but it is expensive if you want *all* the DLC

Click to expand...

You can set fuse timing for off-map artillery shells? That's pretty autistic even by wargame standards

well, graivteam *are* pretty much the ukrainian masters of computer wargaming. the quality of their games is comparable to the combat mission series. all of their games are absurdly deep, atmospheric, and detailed: this appeals to dumbass rivet counters like me

Endemic · Dec 3, 2019

FEDSMOKER said:
Well, graivteam *are* pretty much the ukrainian masters of computer wargaming. the quality of their games is comparable to the combat mission series. all of their games are absurdly deep, atmospheric, and detailed: this appeals to dumbass rivet counters like me

Great for scenario design, but not a decision a local commander would be making in WW2

I liked the idea of a more modern scenario with this level of detail (https://store.steampowered.com/app/326391/Graviteam_Tactics_Shield_of_the_Prophet/) but its for Operation Star which is an older version of the engine...