The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Baron Dupek]

Cheaper for the owners of the older games in the series

 

[Late Bloomer]

My haul this time.

Heck yeah. Gedonia is great fun.

 

[lukaszek]

My haul this time.

Heck yeah. Gedonia is great fun.

never heard of it. How is thievery? Are traps in? Vid seems to give outward meets runescape vibes?

 

[pakoito]

Mid sale so far

 

[Alienman]

Cheaper for the owners of the older games in the series

So is this how it's gonna be now Steam...

 

[Late Bloomer]

never heard of it. How is thievery? Are traps in? Vid seems to give outward meets runescape vibes?

For thievery/traps you will want to spec in the Banditry line. There is a large variety of viable builds and stealth play is certainly one of them. As a warning, the game is super janky in its control, but becomes an afterthought once you grow accustomed to it.

 

[Ivan]

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Mid sale so far

+1 Pilgrims. That's my favorite "plaything" game Amanita have produced (from Botanicula, to Chucle, and Happy Gamel). It actually reminded me a lot of Doublefine's Stacking

 

[karoliner]

 

[Late Bloomer]

Did the people afflcted with the coupon icon ever figure out why that is showing up?

 

[Abu Antar]

Did the people afflcted with the coupon icon ever figure out why that is showing up?

No idea. Some games have the coupon, some don't. (For me.)

 

[Late Bloomer]

Possible explanation. Sounds like an EU thing.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/price-change

It works like this. When you check a game’s page on Steam, as well as the current price, you will also see a listing for what the game is normally priced and also its lowest price during the last 30 days. If a game has been discounted or part of a sale in the previous month, Steam will tell you.

 

[cvv]

Did the people afflcted with the coupon icon ever figure out why that is showing up?

No idea. Some games have the coupon, some don't. (For me.)

New EU regulation

 

[Alienman]

Steam is kinda a pain to use now. If I buy something, I get stuck on the payment page for some reason, until I click on a steam link that forces a new page. Oh and yeah, some games don't have % discount.

 

[Zombra]

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+1 Pilgrims. That's my favorite "plaything" game Amanita have produced.

A point and click with multiple ways to solve problems? You don't have to read the developer's mind for the one counterintuitive solution over and over? Isn't that illegal?

 

[Justinian]

My game is on sale for 25% off.

Got it along with some other stuff, might take a look later.

Let me know if you find any issues. I haven't had a lot of feedback regarding bugs and I'm sure there are some still lurking in there.

 

[karoliner]

I totally forgot about this.

 

[Elttharion]

Update to Discount Display

Spoiler

As of the start of the Steam Summer Sale on June 29th, games that are running a discount within 30 days of the previous discount appear slightly differently to players in a few countries. Customers in France, Poland, Belgium, and seven other EU countries see a different presentation of discounted price for games in this uncommon situation.

Does this apply to my game?
While Steam already limits discounting to require 30 day cool-down periods, there are situations around seasonal sales where those cool-downs are not required and discounts can be closer together. In these cases, customers in some EU countries see these discounts displayed alongside the game's lowest price from the previous 30 days.

This situation only arises around our four major seasonal sales, all of which are exempt from our typical 30-day cooldown enforced for all other sale events. The reason we have these four major exemptions from normal discount cooldowns is so that we can host big, exciting seasonal sales where almost everything on Steam is on sale without having periods of time on either side where barely anything is on discount.

This means customers (in the regions listed below) will notice this change only with games that run a discount just ahead of or just after these four major sales. It also impacts any game that participated in both Autumn and Winter sale, as those two sale events always run slightly less than 30 days apart.

How will this look for players?
In the situations where this arises, players will see a modified presentation of the discounted price on Steam.

• In many contexts when browsing games, players will see a new icon next to the price to indicate that there is a special offer happening now.
  
  
  
  
  
• Then, when visiting the store page for that game, more details will be visible explaining the pricing breakdown. Here is an example:
  
  

Which countries does this display appear?
This price display will appear to customers in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Sweden.

Our goal is to keep things simple and easy for developers and customers, so discounts continue to always run globally even if we have to display the prices slightly differently from one territory to another.

 

[Sinilevä]

Steam is kinda a pain to use now. If I buy something, I get stuck on the payment page for some reason, until I click on a steam link that forces a new page. Oh and yeah, some games don't have % discount.

Add -vgui to the target in steam shortcut. This way it will launch the old version and not this new "updated" abomination. That fixed most issues for me.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Some dude in the comments with a soviet hammer and sickle as his avatar says

Should be mandatory to every country.. I just have SteamDB extension installed, it does the same, for everyone that does not know.

 

[Justinian]

 

[Harthwain]

Steam is kinda a pain to use now. If I buy something, I get stuck on the payment page for some reason, until I click on a steam link that forces a new page. Oh and yeah, some games don't have % discount.

Add -vgui to the target in steam shortcut. This way it will launch the old version and not this new "updated" abomination. That fixed most issues for me.

Another way of doing it is by sorting the prices by discount. It won't show the discount itself, but it you will be able to tell how big it is in relation to other games that have their discounts shown.

I bought 7 games (well, 2 are DLCs to Unity of Command) for ~32 euro, with the pricest game being ~6.80 euro (Slipways) or lower. It's like buying a game for ~4,5 euro overall so it's not a bad deal, although my backlog keeps growing...

 

[cvv]

Yeah I have to literally ban myself from buying more gaymz, I ate through my backlog quite a bit during corona but I still have dozens and dozens unplayed.

Fuck sales, gaymz aren't going anywhere and you can always buy a key from Eneba or whatever.

P.S.: Sitrep, self-ban was successful, only bought 4 games, 40 jewro in total.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Has Conan Exiles ever had a complete edition sale for anything like a reasonable price? I've been interested in playing it for a long time, but it's currently £90 for everything

 

[Zombra]

Has Conan Exiles ever had a complete edition sale for anything like a reasonable price? I've been interested in playing it for a long time, but it's currently £90 for everything

Don't be a whale. You don't need every damn DLC, it's 98% cosmetics. Pick a culture your character is from and MAYBE buy one cosmetic DLC for that culture. (The base game already has a ton of choices.) If you need a football helmet, clown shoes, and a striped leotard to feel like a barbarian you're doing it wrong.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Don't be a whale.

What about waiting years for a decent price screams "whale" to you?

You don't need every damn DLC, it's 98% cosmetics.

That's useful information. Cheers