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The thing about sales, are that if they happen every month is no longer a big event.
I feel like an old man yelling at a cloud here, but it really seems like everything is on sale all the time, but the sales aren't actually sales they're just the price a thing should be
I remember in the past these event sales being much, much better. I remember the discounts being higher, at least 50%. And 90% and 80% were a lot more common.
I think that’s the actual crux of the matter. These weekly sales throughout the year always existed, it’s the events that don’t feature as big discounts as they used to
I think sales have lost their luster when they're almost the same prices we've seen all year around. The golden age of sales was from 2010 - 2018 I would say and it was THE time to wheel and deal on getting games you sought for the most for crazy prices.
Nowadays, things remain stagnant. You'll find games released 5 years ago get an eh -15% off. You'll find games even 10 years ago get an eh -30% off. Most of the games you see go 65 - 90% off are either games you already had gotten long ago with better prices or games you couldn't give a shit about.
I understand that it'd be dumb to expect one or even two year games to be more than -50% at least. But the older the game gets, come on, you can do better.
It just replaces prices actually dropping.
This is the deepest discount I've ever seen on Rimworld. Still not at the right price point for me but it's darn close.
You might want to put your wishlist in isthereanydeal.com - rimworld’s not at its lowest currently https://isthereanydeal.com/game/rimworld/info/
Isthereanydeal.com is such a good resource for knowing if a deal is actually a rare opportunity or it's a game that comes up for deep sale constantly.
Rimworld almost never goes below $26 in sales if I recall. And it pisses me off too because it's an 8 year old game, but the devs remain so stingy on giving a good deal. It's like they act like they've made their own sacred Super Mario Bros game that can never have a good sale, like Nintendo practices.
Picked up Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance and loving it so far. Also Patrick's Parabox as I played the demo in a recent Nextfest and loved it. Also the 2025 Nurburgring for Automobilista 2 because I cannot resist the allure of The 'Ring.
Edit: Really digging Shinobi, but goddammit I wish I could dodge cancel.
Ugh, I have too much to play in my backlog already. I'll probably pick up one game that I want to play eventually, maybe Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon.
I've been playing Outer Worlds, though, so I'm saving up for the 2nd one just in case it's good. Given Avowed's release, my hopes aren't high. However, the first game is so intensely 6/10 that if they can just improve a tad bit on the formula, I think I would like it a lot.
Just don't mix up Outer Worlds with Outer Wilds lol.
Or maybe do, since they're both good games.
Does Factorio ever go on sale? I think I’ve had it wishlisted for over a year now.
Factorio never goes on sale, but Shapez and shapez 2 are on sale and they are in the same genre but more beginner friendly.
Not sure if trolling but no, factorior will never go on sale, and will only ever increase in price.
No, not trolling. I’d never heard that they had a policy against it until I looked it up just now.
Somehow I was under the impression that devs didn’t even get a say as to if or when Steam would put their games on sale. I thought I had heard that as a major gripe of devs who list games on Steam.
Now I’ll have to decide when I feel like it’s worth the remainder of my life and $35.
As someone with 902 hours on steam and about that much on the standalone client, I highly recommend you dont. It will consume the next month of your life. If you do buy it. Learn about blueprints and how to import them. Dont have to use others but one of the better teaching tools in the game for belt mechanics. If you like trains, use the mods, the train logistics mods make them so much better, but do take some study to make work.
If I'd known that I would've bought it years earlier.
Recommend 1000xRESIST if you want a story game.
It seems, like... nothing ?
Just purchased Stationeers and that's likely it for me. I've been meaning to pick it up forever and it rarely goes on sale, so it felt like a safe choice!
Ahh that game is so great but I hate it and can never get far in it. It both scratches a itch that almost no other game can yet is so exhausting to play I can never keep at it for more than a couple hours.
Only buying Ghost of Tsushima and just gifting Cyberpunk 2077 to a friend. It feels like every sale it's the same deals, at least to me.
I still want to play MGSV, but it's currently not on sale. My guess is because of the latest remaster.
Everyone in this thread: happy with what they have and got bills to pay
Me: ok cool I can actually stay under 400€ nvm the fact my backlog bigger than Beverly Hills
Never played the first Hades. Never played Cult of the Lamb. They're both on sale now, and they seem like pretty good Steam Deck games.
Hades plays very nice on steam deck
Two of my favorites games on the deck
That's reassuring! The first one has to be my fave game. I'm replaying the first one and my love for it has only intensified. I can't play for long rn, though. I've been anxious lately and can only handle so much of the spooky scary stuff lol.
I'm so excited to play the second. If it's as good as you say it is, a third game would be awesome if they put the same amount of effort into it