Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!

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• Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The GOG summer sale is ongoing as well

  www.gog.com/promo/2025_summer_sale

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Still unemployed so I’m not even looking. If capital doesn’t want to hire me, they can’t have any more of my money.

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  • ILoveUnions@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Looking at how few places are hiring now compared to 2 years ago is honestly terrifying.

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  • pezhore@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is there something on your wishlist that’s on discount?

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plenty of stuff, turns out. But I’m sticking to my guns. I have a big backlog anyway.

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• proper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  gmg and fanatical still cheaper for most titles.

  that said I’ve been trying to load my steam wishlist for like an hour now.

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  • simple@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that said I’ve been trying to load my steam wishlist for like an hour now.

    Me too. It's the usual steam servers having issues as soon as a sale starts.

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• suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kerbal space program at $4 is such an insane deal.

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  • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    KSP1 is the bees knees and the modding community is still going as strong as ever. Still worthwhile even at full price.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Still mad that they fucked up KSP2. I realize it was a different studio, but I’m not happy about it.

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  • richardwagner@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get the gist of this game. Build some rockets with lifelike physics, right? Do you think it’d be fun on steam deck?

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    • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have no idea how vehicle construction would work with a joystick, but other than that should be basically the same. Flying/landing might even be better on controller. It also has a native Linux client that isn’t just a shitty port.

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• Aliktren@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bit meah honestly

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  • mohab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Been mid for a few years now, in my experience. Most of the games I bought over the past two years I did outside of the Summer sale because most discounts are all the same anyway.

    I've been eyeing Okami and it was 50% last week and it's 50% again now.

    I pulled the trigger on The Wonderful 101 in March at 40% and I was worried I'll regret it in the Summer sale… it's 40% again.

    Been also eyeing Lost Judgment… 70% in March and 70% again now.

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• mrmule@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

  • Stardew Valley
  • Disco Elysium
  • Kerbal Space Program

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  • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

    medium.com/…/to-fans-of-disco-elysium-concerning-…

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

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    • mrmule@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Awesome, thank you. Refund requested

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    • TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sounds like they lost their lawsuit then, if their post is three years old and the devs are publicly encouraging people to commit crimes.

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  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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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    • BlackAura@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I actually looked up the source for this and couldn’t find it.

      That being said I agree with the sentiment.

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    • planish@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How did that happen?

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I shouldn‘t buy anything, cause God knows I have enough, but I‘ll probably get a couple DLCs and hopefully that‘s it (Narrator: It wasn‘t)

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  • tisktisk@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    do you need dlcs for risk of rain 2? I don't really like encouraging stuff like DLC's if avoidable

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    • caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Technically no (what game actually needs them?) but I like to do trophy hunting so practically yes.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No you didn't need the dlcs for it. But I highly recommend the first dlc just for the new music. That soundtrack rocks with both together.

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Summer Stale.

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

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  • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “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!”

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    • EddoWagt@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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  • picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve only had 3 refunds.

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

      All were accepted, because all were for technical issues that made them literally, factually unplayable.

      So Yes, because it wouldnt change anything for me.

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    • HiddenLychee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Squirrel@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Personally, yes.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    People got wise to it lol. People were posting flowcharts about not buying games until they were on flags deals if you want them. Also some years I think they did something that led people to believe only having specific games on your wishlist was advantageous which led to people removing everything from their wishlist except for stuff that was more expensive. That disproportionately hurt indie devs.

    All in all I think I’m glad it’s gone. Plus the games (like that racing thing) never made sense to me.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i remember one year there was a game i wanted all year

      and it came up on flash sale finally for like 95% off, and steam shit the bed for two hours and I couldnt check out, presumably from the crush of purchase attempts.

      I emailed and asked if they’d honor the price given the issues on their side, and they said no, I missed the sale. Not gonna lie, that kinda heated me up quite a bit, cause I didnt miss the damn sale, I wasnt able to check out cause their end shit itself.

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  • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    WARNING : Playing excellent, well told, thought provoking puzzle games about AI will make you so much madder about the silly folk the “turned AI sentient” folk.

    Great game, solid sequel too.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finally picked up a legit version of Rain Word, yay!

  All of the Batman Arkham games are bundled for $9 too. With season passes and dlcs.

  Major let down Kingdom Come 2 is only 10% off. That's just taking tax off and nothing else.

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• witx@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And Factorio still doesn’t changes price. Wth

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  • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s always the five finger discount

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Which is kinda stupid imo. If you want more people to try and buy your game, you should at least put it on sale once a year.

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  • Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • Squirrel@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • dirigibles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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  • piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s already the cheapest game per minute played

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    • ouch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What about the price for your life?

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m guessing minecraft beats it. Or if you look at an individual player with thousands of hours it’s probably one of the mario speedrunners.

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    • Daughter3546@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The price is the price, yo

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• Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Elden ring only 40% off? I feel betrayed

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  • caseofthematts@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since Eldem Rings success, fromsoft games don’t get deep discounts, really. They raised prices for the Dark Souls games, as well.

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    • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bought it anyways now. Have played both star wars games often enough, so need a new soulslike now

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  • MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And no discount for the DLC or complete edition

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• enshu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I bought

  • Nine Sols
  • Gris
  • Celeste
  • Outer Wilds
  • Unravel Two

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  • Habitforming@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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!!

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• bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seems like the store is down or not loading, at least for me. My bank account is happy at least.

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  • ech@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The opening is always a bit naturally DDOS’d. It’ll smooth out.

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• pezhore@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wish Expedition 33 was more than 10% off. I get why, but still.

  My wishlist has some sub $5USD games so I’ll probably drop 20 or so. I really don’t need the extras though. According to SteamDB, I’ve only played about 41% of my 714 games - and that doesn’t include all the GOG and free Epic/Amazon games I’ve snagged over the years.

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  • pscamodio@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Expedition 33 is often high discounted on instant gaming.

    It’s 40% off now instant-gaming.com/…/17015-buy-clair-obscur-exped…

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• lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was hoping for a discount on Spilt Fiction. Nothing so far.

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  • CatZoomies@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Split Fiction is worth the MSRP. Ideally it’s great if you can get it on a discount, but this is one of the few games I’d pay full price for. My spouse and I loved it.

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  • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s still a bit too new for that.

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• piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t played a single game I bought from last summer sale ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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• nivenkos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m planning to buy:

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  As I mainly play on the Steam Deck.

  Any other recommendations?

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think I’m going to get the Dead Space remake (90% off currently), Granny: Escape Together (I like horror), and Escape the Mad Empire to start.

  Might pick up more later in the sale, but this will keep me busy.

  Remember you can get things refunded if you don’t end up liking a game.

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• jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bah. Bought Animal Well for $18 last night, but just saw now it was included in a bundle for $7.

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• hitagi@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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…

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• gilindoeslemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Animal Well for me and teardown for my kids. So far…

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• Kaput@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What should I get? I’m back on Morrowind from a bout of dwarf fortress. A modern Morrowind would be perfect. But not oblivion I need something fresh. I’ve been eyeing start citizen but the reviews are really lackluster especially about the thing I care about.

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• Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I bought: Drova - Forsaken Kin Kamiko Spiritfarer Beseige

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• a_jackal@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got gnome jigsaw puzzles and the frog DLC for against the storm

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• eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Didn’t go too overboard since I have a lot of other unplayed games and money is tight. But I picked these up:

  • Sapo 3D (3D Platformer)
  • ATLYSS (Action RPG)
  • Lunacid (Dungeon Crawler)
  • Kaze and the Wild Masks (2D Platformer)
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (3D Platformer)
  • Anodyne (Action Adventure)

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• overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lot of people saying it’s Meh but ones that I’ve been tempted by are:

  ATL for Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate edition Crash Bandicoot Nsane trilogy for 90% off Stanley parable ultimate edition at lowest price since 2023

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• tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I purchased a bunch of dlc for Train Sim World (tsw). I only buy dlc for tsw when its on sale, save a small fortune that way.

  Bonus savings if you can get one of the bundles on sale for double discount. I got £150 of dlc for about £55. Yeah dlc is super expensive for tsw but it doesn’t go out of date and nor is it needed for a multiplayer mode so why rush?

  Been after the expansion pack for Germany and the Preston Route for ages.

  Train Sim World® 5: West Coast Main Line: Preston - Carlisle Route Add-On Train Sim World® 5: Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg Route Add-On Train Sim World® 5: DB BR 101 Loco Add-On Train Sim World® 5: Maintalbahn: Aschaffenburg - Miltenberg Route Add-On Train Sim World® 5: Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr: Duisburg - Bochum Route Add-On Train Sim World® 5: Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop Route Add-On Train Sim World® 5: DB BR 363 Loco Add-On

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• AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re gonna be in my backlog for a while, but earlier I got Kerbal Space Program 1 ( with DLC ) all for less than $15USD before tax and the Steins;Gate visual novel for something like $3.99 before tax. Would have gotten S;G Zero as well, but I am low on funds as of now.

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• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just finished Tyranny and Pilliars of eternity so I’m picking up the sequel Deadfire. Checked out the price history last week and seems like it’s regularly 75% off during seasonal sales so I’m pleased to see it at $10.

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