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Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I just got:

JoJo's All-Star Battle R, Strobophagia, Arkham Origins: Blackgate

I'm not really into fighting games, but I got pretty into the JoJo anime and played the demo for All-Star Battle R before and I really liked it, so I got the deluxe edition or whatever for $20.

Strobophagia popped up on my homepage one time and caught my eye cause I like EDM, and mixing it into a game about a rave with a horror twist seemed pretty cool.

I've heard rough things about Blackgate as it's a 3.5D side scrolling brawler, but I'm hoping it'll play similar to those Assassin's Creed Chronicles games, cause I really liked those when they came out. Also I just want to experience more of the Arkham story/universe. At some point I'd like to play Arkham Shadow as I watched a bit of gameplay and heard a lot of positive things about it.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 5 points 10 hours ago

Why is Persona 3 Portable more expensive than Persona 4 Golden? Why is SEGA being so stingy with only a 20% discount. Another 5% (on the SALE price) if we use the Persona bundle. Why SEGA...? It's the oldest and ugliest one. Why...

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Lossless Scaling. Worth it

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

And Factorio still doesn't changes price. Wth

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Aa per the FAQ on their website, Factorio will never go on sale.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

There's always the five finger discount

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Iirc the creators said they'll never put it on sale because that's unfair to people who paid the full price. The price is the price for Factorio.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Gamers will use anything to justify the price for their favorite games.

I'm not saying it's a bad game or anything, I've never actually played it as it doesn't really look like my type of game, but the "reasoning" that they'll never put it on sale because it's "unfair" to people who paid full price is stupid.

[–] piyuv@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It’s already the cheapest game per minute played

[–] Daughter3546@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

You meant the cheapest drug, right? Factorio is addicting.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think it goes on sale, at least not for any significant amount. To be fair, it's easily worth the full price, which is not something I often say.

[–] dirigibles@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, they took a shot at doing their pricing strategy backwards from everyone else. The game was cheapest when it was in early access and the cost has only gone up as they make the game bigger and better. I don't think it has ever gone on sale, but is easily worth the full price.

[–] Jeremyward@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

I have like 4k hours in that stupid game. I love it so much

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Summer Stale.

I miss the old sales, when games had deep discounts and the deals cycled like every 2/4/6/8 hours.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

consumerism is a disease. i can't believe I'm still seeing people asking for gamified fomo bullshit.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

The periodic sale is already driving up the consumerism enough for me, I really don't need to buy more games, but I want to

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"WAH, WAH, HOW DARE PEOPLE LAMENT THE FACT THAT THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM THE HELL THAT IS REALITY!"

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Wow. That was unnecessary

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah idk if its nostalgia or wut.

In my head, the sales were much deeper like you say, but I could be wrong.

I also miss when the sale would start and there'd be a minigame or some type of event. They've really been streamlining a lot of stuff though I think to reduce network traffic maybe, or maybe they haven't had the time for events when they are redesigning their whole client and steamos and stuff.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

discounts were much deeper. because devs/publishers were more willing to give a 90% discount to their newer games if it was for 2/4 hours.

[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

yup, but in exchange would you give up the refund process that we now have?

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Has the refund process changed? From what I remember it has always been very easy to refund?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

they were easy to get if the game was a scam or if you had serious unresolvable technical issues, but not so easy if you just impulse bought a game and regretted it.

Australia sued Valve due to their refund policy and Valve changed the refund policy to what it is today.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Well, the refund policy has only existed 10 years now. Well in it's current form. Previously refunds were much harder to get.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I've only had 3 refunds.

2 on the old system, 1 on the new system.

All were accepted and refunded, because all were for technical issues that made them literally, factually unplayable.. and probably because in 10 years of steam I've only had 3 refunds.

So Yes, because it wouldnt change anything for me.

[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Yes because by the time I actually get passed the character creator or the introduction I've usually already used up my time

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 1 points 13 hours ago

Personally, yes.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I bought: Drova - Forsaken Kin, Kamiko, Spiritfarer, & Beseige

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

One of my favorite games of all time, The Talos Principle, is on sale for $5. There's a remastered version but honestly the original holds up really well. It's a first person puzzle platformer game similar to Portal but the main point is the story, which is a really thought provoking philosophical exploration of humanity, machine consciousness, and self determination. It is legitimately the most interesting game I've played in the past 5 years and it has really caused me to think about these topics in ways I hadn't before.

Myself I am buying Persona 5, Pizza tower, and the Phoenix Wright trilogy. I have been wanting to play Persona 5 basically since it came out, and I got to try Pizza Tower a few weeks ago at a friend's house and really loved it as a fan of the Wario Land games. Phoenix Wright is just nostalgic for me and there really aren't similar games out there.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 points 33 minutes ago

Talos Principle is a great puzzle solving game, but I did get tired of the back story and just started skipping it. If I wanted to be depressed I won’t be playing puzzle games.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Yes, second Talos Principal, it is excellent and the soundtrack too.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

WARNING : Playing excellent, well told, thought provoking puzzle games about AI will make you so much madder about the silly folk that say "I turned AI sentient" folk. 🙄

Great game, solid sequel too.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Alright already have it but for my VR bros, Into the Radius is half price at 15 right now. It's has its own story but it's heavily inspired by stalker. Probably the best shooter/scavenger game on VR period.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Picked up: Supreme Commander Collection, Rider's Republic, Rakugaki, The Stone of Madness, Look Outside, and Sol Cesto.

Not a bad sale imo...

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Supreme Commander is good. It is the closest modern-ish game to Total Annihilation that I've seen.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 51 points 1 day ago

The GOG summer sale is ongoing as well

https://www.gog.com/promo/2025_summer_sale

[–] enshu@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I bought

  • Nine Sols
  • Gris
  • Celeste
  • Outer Wilds
  • Unravel Two
[–] Habitforming@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Gris is a fun afternoon jaunt. I just picked up Outer Wilds finally, too. Looking forward to it quite a bit after reading a lot of reviews.

[–] Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 minutes ago (1 children)

Ya'll should be sure to get the DLC for outer wilds as well! And I'm sure you know, but go in as blind as possible!!

[–] Habitforming@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

I bought the dlc bundled. They always get me with that.

[–] mrmule@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

All these have been on my wishlist for ever. Finally made the purchases today.

  • Stardew Valley
  • Disco Elysium
  • Kerbal Space Program

Edit to add Disco Elysium has been refunded. Thanks everyone for the advice.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 30 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Dear God no. Refund Disco Elysium if you can. Some shady asshole ended up stealing the game from the original creators so any purchases you make ends up lining the pockets of the thieves.

https://medium.com/@artofrostov/to-fans-of-disco-elysium-concerning-the-situation-at-za-um-3e6bc46ea9c

The original creators have actually encouraged people to pirate the game instead.

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Check the mega thread here to get started. The game is excellent, just don't give your money to the slimy suit that stole the game.

[–] mrmule@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago

Awesome, thank you. Refund requested

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Disco Elysium drama aside, this is an absurdly great trio of games. Literally thousands of potential hours. Psssst: KSP mods.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Disco isnso good. But even the devs said they would rather have it that people pirate the game bacause they got fucked over and don't make money of the game anymore.

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