The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Theodora]

Where's the Terrifying rating?

 

[Hellion]

Just received a very important press release stating that "diverse fantasy game Arcadia Fallen is released on Steam today". The many fans of the genre here should definitely check it out.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Just released:

 

[Theodora]

New roguelike and some roguelites (all on sale),





And RoR2 got a DLC listed,



edit: oops, guild of dungeoneering is more like a rerelease

 

[deuxhero]

Autumn sale starts tomorrow.

 

[someone else]

Halloween sales feels like only yesterday.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Halloween sales feels like only yesterday.

Yeah, I always find the Steam sales schedule to be really strange. They basically have nothing for half the year, then the Summer sale, a few months, then the Fall / Halloween sale, Winter sale, Christmas sale, all back to back.

 

[Terra]

Everything after the Fall sales are basically non-events ever since Valve started asking sale participants to submit singular discounts which would remain the same between every sale after the Fall sale that year. Bye bye Daily & flash deals with deep discounts, all replaced with much safer, long running, flat lower discounts. It's become so bad ever since your best bet is always key seller websites (whether legit or grey market) - both routinely will undercut Steam's best deals, and their sales typically occur just before Valve's big sales.

I read a post from Valve saying this resulted in higher spending from people during sales, but who knows where & how they arrive at that conclusion, I barely buy anything direct from them anymore at least.

 

[deuxhero]

I read a post from Valve saying this resulted in higher spending from people during sales, but who knows where & how they arrive at that conclusion, I barely buy anything direct from them anymore at least.

If I were to guess, I would say it means people just grab whatever is on their wishlist with a good discount as soon as they find out the sale starts (which for many people might not be the first day of the sale) instead of waiting till the last day to make sure there's no flash sale. That turns an impulsive purchase into a measured one ("Do I really need to buy this at 50%? I still haven't played that other game..."), which works poorly for entertainment.

 

[Infinitron]

Autumn sale is live.

 

[Azalin]

Steam sale is on,Red Dead Redemption 2 is 50% off for the first time



Should I get this,Horizon Zero Dawn who is also 50% off for the first time(also on GOG) or save the money for something better?



BTW Life and Suffering of Sire Brante is 35% off for thr first time both on Steam and GOG

https://af.gog.com/game/the_life_and_suffering_of_sir_brante?as=1649904300
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/

Blasphemous is 75% off for the first time



and Wonderful 101 is 55% off for the first time

 

[Infinitron]

First sale:

 

[Azalin]

Also Yakuza Like s Dragon is 40% off for the first time,although I think it was a bit cheaper on Fanatical a few days ago

 

[Poseidon00]

Kingmaker, WOTR, or Solasta? I can only pick one. Someone pick for me.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

Halloween sales feels like only yesterday.

Yeah, I always find the Steam sales schedule to be really strange. They basically have nothing for half the year, then the Summer sale, a few months, then the Fall / Halloween sale, Winter sale, Christmas sale, all back to back.

why do you care? they're still not worth it.

 

[Konjad]

Voting for 2021 GotY be liek:

 

[Theodora]

First sale:

Is it good?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kingmaker, WOTR, or Solasta? I can only pick one. Someone pick for me.

Kingmaker or WOTR. I'd probably go with Kingmaker right now because although I think WOTR is the better game, it's still working out bugs whereas Kingmaker is done being patched.

Solasta is also interesting, but shorter and easier. It's a nice adaptation of 5E and does some interesting things with party personalities and backgrounds though.

 

[lukaszek]

Also Yakuza Like s Dragon is 40% off for the first time,although I think it was a bit cheaper on Fanatical a few days ago

is it worth it for this price?

 

[Abu Antar]

Also Yakuza Like s Dragon is 40% off for the first time,although I think it was a bit cheaper on Fanatical a few days ago

is it worth it for this price?

It is worth it, but it's €30 at Fanatical.

 

[mastroego]

What do you guys think of:

Control -70%
Phantom Doctrine -90%
Strange Brigade -90%

 

[lukaszek]

Phantom Doctrine -90%

yes

 

[Azalin]

Strange Brigade -90%

Definitely yes for coop,probably yes for sinlge player

 

[gerey]

What do you guys think of:

Control -70%
Phantom Doctrine -90%
Strange Brigade -90%

You can get a Control GOG key for close to 10 cents on a key reselling site.

 

[Beowulf]

Control -70%

Pretty, nice gunplay, but gets repetitive after a while. There is noticeable bactracking.