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Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games! (store.steampowered.com)

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Edit: it looks like the banner is incorrect. On the front page of steam it’s the right dates and says summer, but when I click on it to see all the sales it says spring with the dates for the spring sale. It’ll probably get fixed soon.

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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Here are some "patient" games I've played that are on dollar-bin deals right now. Some are actually cheaper off-Steam, so in those cases, I link there instead.

Black Mesa — 90% off, tied all-time low
- The fan-made remake of Half-Life
Crypt of the NecroDancer — 90% off, new all-time low
- Rhythm roguelike
Downwell — 75% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Shmup platformer about jumping deeper into a well
Gato Roboto — 85% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Little metroidvania featuring a cat in a mech
Her Story — 90% off (cheaper on GOG)
- Freeform detective game with FMVs
Bastion — 80% off (same price on GOG)
- Action RPG with painted art, and Supergiant Games's debut title
Psychonauts — 80% off (same price on Itch)
- 3D platformer where the levels are in the minds of interesting characters
- Note: It's an old game that works a bit weird on modern hardware, so check PCGamingWiki for tweaks
Grapple Dog — 75% off, tied all-time low
- Grappling hook platformer with Nitrome-style pixel art

[–] Jessica@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Thanks for the suggestions! I picked up a few of these I didn't already own.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 4 points 17 hours ago

Black mesa is worth it, full price. I played both the OG and black mesa back to back. Fantastic game!

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

You only listed Bastion, but the other Supergiant games always go on sale as well. Anyone interested, do yourself a favor and get Transistor and/or Pyre instead or as well.

I’ve been a long time Supergiant fan and it was a thing of gaming beauty to see Hades have such success as it masterfully blended all 3 of their games into the perfect package. Bastion was their first and my least favorite (probably because of it). But it is still worth playing for sure.

Transistor was the first I played and what made me fall in love with their studio. God tier soundtrack, incredible setting, and innovative real time/turn based combat gameplay.

Pyre is the black sheep but my favorite. It is undeniably unique gameplay. But, true talk, you really play it for the story, and that is very much not my gaming MO. It’s indescribable and any fan of Hades wouldn’t receive that game without Pyre coming first. If you liked even 1 character in Hades, you owe it to yourself to play this. I’m not a fantasy fan but I adore the world they crafted. And it is, somehow, probably Korb’s best soundtrack.

Patience may reward you with even lower prices. But they routinely hit this low in every big sale these days. And the risk of not playing them before you die far outweighs the extra dollar you might save.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Psychonauts required following a guide very, very closely to get it working correctly with a PS5 controller on the Steam Deck. Worth it!

[–] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 1 points 1 day ago

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