what’re you buying?
my backlog has like 400 games now, i will not buy anything this sale…
Steam Summer Sale 2026 Has Begun
Submitted 3 days ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/
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Runecrush376@lemmy.world 3 days ago
RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 3 days ago
Me when I lie
baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 3 days ago
i got to work on my backlog!
Go back to my 300hr save on Factorio
speakupattheback@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Noob
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Get stuck on Gleba again.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And now your game library has a function where you can easily pull up all the unplayed titles too.
tuckerm@feddit.online 3 days ago
Same, coming up on three years without a Steam purchase for me. Stay strong! :D
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 days ago
5 euros for the entire Metro series (2033, Last Light, Exodus, plus the expansions) is insane.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
The first two games were already given away before multiple times for free. Not that surprising but good for anyone who missed those.
geekwithsoul@piefed.social 3 days ago
I’ve already got it, but Dishonored is $1.99 USD, and definitely worth it for ten times that amount even after all these years.
64bithero@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Got the Dead Space remake for 6 bucks. I need to stop buying games … my backlog is big enough
GargleBlaster@feddit.org 3 days ago
While true, it’s an amazing remake and definitely worth 6 bucks
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is literally the only game I’m even interested in from EA, but the thought of paying them even six dollars is giving me the Nesquik rabbit testicular torsion.
londos@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My desktop is sluggish My backlog too long RAM price too high KNICKS IN FIVE!!!
Nima@leminal.space 3 days ago
what’re you sellin?
is that all stranger?
HEHH HEHH HIHH HEH… thank you…
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The Binding of Isaac + all DLC is like $5. Definitely jumping on that.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 days ago
I have the original one and I might just do this to get it to work well on the deck. The OG version is kinda janky control wise.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ah glad you mentioned that because I had the base game on my wishlist and saw it for under $2 and just added that.
But now, looking more closely, I’m a bit confused. I see the DLC bundles, but only one of the DLCs (other than the soundtrack) has a price, though the others are a mix of Free and N/A. Going into bundle details does show a price for the N/A ones but I’m just confused about what’s going on there. Are the DLCs only available through the bundles and that’s why they don’t have their own prices unless you dig a bit?
Anyways, they are all 90% off.
Though with the way valve handles bundles, at least it isn’t really an issue, whatever is going on. It’s refreshing that they don’t try to nickel and dime you and even warn you if you have a game in a cart when a bundle with that game is cheaper (because you already have the other games and it still gives you the bundle discount without needing to buy those games again).
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Dishonored 1 full collection for 2 EUR?
DAMN!
I might buy it for some friends and maybe even a few give aways…
SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Thank you for mentioning party hard! I think I had that back on my Xbox a decade ago. Time to try it again
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
There is even a sequel, Party Hard 2, not a super fan personally, I find the original better.
anakin78z@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Got Absolum. Not the biggest discount, but I played the demo some time back and it kept lingering in my mind. Really looking forward to play co-op with my wife.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The only one I have my eye on (for now) is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and basically because it never gets discounted.
jinwk00@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Wolfenstein?
TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Here’s some mostly small game suggestions I wrote up for a hidden gems thread elsewhere :)
Yes I Know I Play a Lot of Roguelites:
- Cavity Buster ($4.49, -70%) – Top-down roguelite with a lot of engaging action play and a weird “toothpunk” theme
- RAM Random Access Mayhem ($8.99, -40%) – Top-down roguelite where you don’t have a character but jump between controlling enemies, each of which plays differently and has its own tricks.
- Space Bandit ($1.79, -10%) – Simpler and lightning fast top-down shooter with active enemies.
- Curse of the Dead Gods ($3.99, -80%) – Very good top-down roguelite with heavy melee and parry influence. More limited run variety, but good action and challenge.
- Cryptark ($3.74, -75%) – Top-down shooter roguelite where you infiltrate and disable the dungeons you fight in. No cross-run progression, but a grueling spending-management campaign mode and a more standard use-what-you-find mode.
- Fury Unleashed ($1.99, -90%) – Great 2d-platformer-twinstick with good, fast action.
- Trinity Fusion ($4.99, -75%) – 2d platformer roguelite with some heavier action, cute mechanics, and an unlockable parry, but rather overwrought bosses.
- Maraka ($1.61, -82%) – Janky but cute throwing-things-around game with deceptively rich active player abilities. Slow enemies but not a horde survivor.
- Red Tether ($6.49, -50%) – Bizarre little roguelite where you fight using bungie cables.
- Odinfall ($7.79, -40%) – Top-down shooter roguelite, with very Nuclear Throne feel, but with upgrade attachments for weapons, and an overmap you can choose routes through. Early access, and slow devs, but still fun and plays well.
- Metal Mutation ($1.69, -90%) – Janky top-down melee-oriented roguelite with strong parry and somewhat unusual upgrading.
- Replikator ($2.09, -65%) – Top-down shooter with fairly intense but forgiving action.
- Airlock Arena ($5.99, -50%) – Cute local multiplayer ship-raiding roguelite hijinks.
More Shooting Things but Not Scrolling Shmups:
- Assault Android Cactus ($3.99, -80%) – Absolutely top-tier arcade twin-stick, with a lot of variety across levels and characters.
- Galak-Z ($2.99, -85%) – Neat space shooter with a randomized endless mode. Often does not bother to go on sale lately, and this is a great price, so doubly notable.
- Devastator ($0.97, -86%) – Arcade twin-stick that manages to mix more pure twin-stick play with carefully engaging rules/scenarios for a unique recipe targeting more expert players.
- Nidus ($2.60, -70%) – Mind-bending dual-stick where you control two asymmetric characters against weird floral enemies.
- Devader ($1.83, -77%) – Weird little arcade twin-stick with some neat and unusual action tidbits (bullets can be consumed for firepower) and creepy bosses.
- Combat Complex ($3.99, -50%) – Early access top-down shooter loot ARPG that doesn’t have much on the ARPG side, but plays like an arcade twin-stick with neat enemy-on-enemy elements.
- Beat Invaders ($2.49, -75%) – Space Invaders reimagined as freighter defense with some roguelite upgrades for variety. Has some simple but fun elements that enhance the action.
- Yar’s Revenge ($1.99, -80%) – Rail shmup with strong two-stick play (instead of the painful single stick a lot of rail shooters have seemed stuck on) and hit-chaining design for extra interest.
- [Bot Vice](store.steampowered.com/app/491040/Bot_Vice/ ($3.99, -60%) – Gallery shmup with fixed but tough levels and unusual action options.
- Relic Hunters Legend ($4.79, -76%) – Top-down shooter ARPG. Poor, childish story, but some nice action, ability combinations, and space for team play.
- Ardein.Fall ($1.24, -75%) – Janky space shooter defense roguelite with cute run development and unusual structure where run generation only changes daily.
Now Some Scrolling Shmups:
- Sisters Royale: Five Sisters Under Fire ($4.19, -70%) – Vertical. AKA Castle Shikigami 4.
- SophStar ($4.99, -50%) – Vertical.
- Project X: Light Years ($8.99, -50%) – Horizontal.
- Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage ($7.49, -50%) – Vertical.
- Natsuki Chronicles ($2.99, -85%) – Horizontal.
- Rolling Gunner ($5.99, -70%) – Horizontal.
- Grand Cross: ReNovation ($5.99, -60%) – Vertical.
- Revolver360 Re:actor ($1.99, -80%) – Horizontal.
- Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo ($2.49, -75%) – Vertical.
- Zeit^2 ($1.99, -80%) – Horizontal. Time-puzzle action.
A Little Less Shooting:
- Tipston Salvage ($4.24, -75%) – PC didn’t get a good Storage Inc, but this adorable, multiplayer object filing and retrieval game fills in pretty well.
- Final Knight ($8.39, -40%) – Single-player party (yes, party) beatemup roguelite with a rich space for player action. Early access.
- Trials: Evolution ($4.99, -75%) – Looks like goofy biking but actually fascinatingly advanced 2d platforming, with a host of user-created levels (that you need to download separately in a pack, because Ubisoft shut the servers down).
- SpiderHeck ($5.99, -60%) – Fun versus platform fighter.
Some Always-Cheap Mentionables that Tend to Skip Sales and are Unsurprisingly Not Discounted this Time Either (aka Oh Look There were More Shooting Things After All):
- Radio Free Europa ($4.99) – Space shooter roguelite with some nice action and a lot of weapons and enemies.
- Huenison ($0.99) – Bizarre amalgamation of puzzle and shump.
- Nova Swarm ($3.99) – Gallery shmup with random enemies and a lot of fun personality. This has a 30 key giveaway thread open for a few days in their news. Please only enter if you’d play, since this is just a solo dev trying to get their game noticed and get some more players on the leaderboards. And the game’s only $4 you cheapskate thinking about clicking that giveaway. Yes, you. You’re making the game cry.
python@lemmy.world 3 days ago
RDR2! I was actually willing to pay full price for it just a week ago because I need a chill open world game to play after getting my wisdom teeth pulled next week. But then I saw No man’s Sky in my library and got distracted playing that so I didn’t buy RDR2. That was very lucky. I’ll have to see which one ends up being the game I actually play.
I also picked up Half-Life Alyx. It’s actually kinda surprising that I haven’t played it yet after like 5 years of owning a VR headset, but I never played Half-Life 1 or 2 so I felt like I probably wouldn’t have the context to really get it. I might finally get to playing those two soon so having Alxy ready to go makes sense!
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Alyx really uses the VR very well, easily the best VR game I have played. Bonus that it is actually interesting on top of being good at VR.
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Hoping to snag a Frame when they come out so I can finally play HL Alyx.
SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
2 awesome games :) I really enjoyed both years ago. Alyx is the best VR action game I’ve played.
AstroLightz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Scored me:
- Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition
- Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
- Talos Principle 1 & 2 + Reawakened Bundle
Not a bad haul
iamthetot@piefed.ca 3 days ago
Rain World has been on my list for a while and it’s currently 90% off, cheapest it has been since 2023. Definitely picking that up.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Check the bundles first, that 90% off may drop it to a whopping $1.87 if you own the other games.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 3 days ago
Indeed, that is how I plan to buy it! (Though a little more, in CAD)
gl38@feddit.uk 3 days ago
I’ve wishlisted it On GoG where it’s only 55% off. I wonder how they decide how much to reduce based on the stores?
yakko@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Mina the Hollower, and it’s not even on sale. And I still feel smart, looking over the shit on sale in my wishlist
vrihaspati110@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I had already pirated and played through Pathfinder :WOTR, and since it was heavily Discounted (600rs=around $4) I finally bought iy with all the dlc.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I’m not yucking anyone’s yum, just noticing how the only game I was interested in isn’t on sale, yet it’s good enough that I’m not even annoyed
TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub 1 day ago
I’ve got Astralbringer (crazy mouse shmup, not actually on sale but that dev prices low and doesn’t really do Steam sales), Shikhondo: Blue Pieta (horizontal scrolling shmup), Revo (fast kinda janky gallery shmup), and Beyond Solar (scrolling shmup). I’m looking into Star Vortex and Star Solar (both space ARPGs).
So kinda tame sale, and I’ve obviously been feeling pretty shmuppy lately (and I’ve got a loooot of those already to play :), but I’ve also got Denshattack release to look forward to on the 15th, depending on price.
No Summer Sale complaints here. Saw several games I often price check around sales take nice drops this time, so deals are out there.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sales are looking really mid again. I skipped the Winter and Spring sales entirely.
I picked up God Of War: Ragnarok and Spider-Man 2 because the current sales are the lowest I’ve seen them. More than I usually pay for games but I know I’ll enjoy them.
Besides that I picked up a few cheap DLCs for games I play or will play in the near future.
mohab@piefed.social 3 days ago
And it’s shit… agaaaaa-in 🎶
FR, 30 games on my list, only 6 hit their historical lows, and 2 of which I had already decided they’re too high for me anyway.
25 either didn’t go on sale or didn’t hit their historical low.
I grabbed The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection (Fuck Sigma, I’m in it for NG3RE), Blue Revolver (Like, fine I suppose I’m running out of shmups, so I’ll try and figure out what put me off about it the first time), Counterclocking (I’ll support any new action game), and Carter’s Quest (I’ll support any new action game)
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Why does it need to be historical low?
TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Because people hate devs being rewarded for their work.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Idk, Dyson Sphere Program maybe. Been playing the shit out of Satisfactory recently.
elephantium@lemmy.world 3 days ago
DSP is great, def worth it if you like Satisfactory.
I also love Timberborn. It hits some of the same gameplay notes but with a very different vibe.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
if you use more than one computer, watch out that you can’t play the same savegame on both
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 days ago
My cart currently (although I’m not sure I’ll pull the trigger on all of them):
- The Drifter - 20% off (The game I’m most looking forward to playing at the moment. Was hoping for a bigger sale but it never seems to go below 20% so might just pull the trigger).
- Roadwarden - 75% off (Dirt cheap and I’ve heard good things about the writing.)
- Road 96 - 80% off (One dollar off the all-time low and I’ve heard great things. Procedurally generated road trip sounds interesting.)
- The Banner Saga 2 - 85% off (Played the first one and loved the setting, story and writing. Should probably play the sequel at some point).
- The Sinking City Remastered - 85% off (Found out about this because of the upcoming sequel. Haven’t played a detective game in a while and this looks decent.)
- Wanted: Dead - 80% off (Made by ex-Team Ninja people who worked on the first two 3D Ninja Gaidens. I’ve heard some mixed things but I’m morbidly curious. I don’t think this is a great game, but it could be fun for a single playthrough for the novelty of it. It is pretty unhinged and might be charming for it).
Also looking at Trepang2, Hell Is Us and ROUTINE but I’m not sure they’re my vibe at the moment.
kip@piefed.zip 3 days ago
wanted: dead is great fun and very short - finished on normal my playtime is 13 hours and i died a lot. there’s some minigames and new game+ to squeeze some extra out of it if you want
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 days ago
Would you say Normal was a fun challenge or would you recommend just playing on Easy? I’ve heard some not great things about the game’s balance.
nullspace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I should play the games I got last time.
placebo@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
what’re you buying?
Seemingly nothing. Discounts on the items on my wishlist are rather mild.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
anything that looks fun, and isn’t some aaa garbage slop.
if the discount is 50% or more, I also won’t touch it under the assumption there’s 700dlcs, season passes, and 4 stores within the game.
SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 days ago
if the discount is 50% or more, I also won’t touch it under the assumption there’s 700dlcs, season passes, and 4 stores within the game.
Is that a super common occurrence? Sure, that may happen sometimes, but I can’t say I have seen it so often that it can just be assumed whenever I see a high discount.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, it is not.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Just block Paradox and you’ve removed 90% of them.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You can see the DLCs on the store page before buying, there’s no surprises.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
cant you refund the game if it has 700 dlcs, season passes and 4 stores?
so many amazing games have discounts of over 50%
currently, terraria, celeste, and rabbit and steel are discounted and are all amazing games with no dlcs or stores that use irl currencies
GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social 1 day ago
Finally, it’s about time
TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub 12 hours ago
Yukito01@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I was waiting for the sale to buy Elden Ring or DS3. Been wanting to replay them, this time with mods. But it seems they skipped this sale… of course they did.
farmgineer@nord.pub 3 days ago
Nothing is really jumping out to me.
I may do another run of cyberpunk during rainy season since it’s about all my PC can do and upgrading is basically impossible right now.
I just finished my ~yearly run of Skyrim (with mods other than just skyui for the first time this time).
I used to play a lot of 7 Days, but they lost me when they started adding triggers in POIs that automatically alerted zombies, opened doors, etc. and TFP’s general bullshit after that.
The only other two games I’ve played this year are Last Caretaker (it was alright but had too many performance issues and bugs at the time), and Peglin which I’m also kinda over.
Nelots@piefed.zip 2 days ago
with mods other than just skyui for the first time this time
Congrats, you are well on your way to becoming the type of person that spends 6 weeks making a skyrim modlist instead of playing the game, launching it for 15 minutes to make sure everything works, and then losing interest in the game after a day or two.
I recently found out about a mod called Sentinel, and holy hell is it exactly what I needed to actually enjoy the cool looking but blatantly overpowered Creation Club armors.
DNU@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Cyberpunk is one of the moste demanding games out there btw.
farmgineer@nord.pub 3 days ago
Yeah, I can’t play it with very high settings. My PC is probably about 6-8 years old and has no upgrades (and wasn’t bleeding edge when I built it, but not horrible either)
SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 3 days ago
Considering Grim Dawn and / or Binding of Isaac Rebirth.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m only buying dlc for games I already have.
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I still miss the steam sale delivery girl
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Katana314@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You can download a Steam Deck intro video where Game Mode boots up with her walking up to deliver a package.
GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social 1 day ago
Yeah, same here honestly. I miss her too
kepix@lemmy.world 2 days ago
are you really into 13 yo girls?