Heads Up: Steam sale

[ClockworkCupcake]

I thought it might be useful to have a thread where people can give each other a heads up on Steam sales.

Right now, there is a sale on that ends 6pm tomorrow (ie. Monday 19-Jun-17) and amongst the items in the sale are Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, at £7.49 apiece.

[born2bslow]

So many games so little time...

Might keep an eye on VR stuff but I haven't played half the games in my library as it is...

[r-kid]

My current favourite is in the sale: Ori & the blind forest only £7.50

A really good platformer, with great visuals and a stunning soundtrack.

[Brigand]

I think the Summer Sale starts this month, better be good I've been building up my wishlist in preparation!

[vonuber]

Great, more games to buy that i will never play.

[kowalski655]

Same here, so many that I havent even touched(from 2013 is the record I think)

[Hanslow]

Paypal have an offer on too where if you spend £20 on steam they'll give you a fiver back. Not that I need any more games, but you know, sales and all that.

[Brigand]

Looks like the sale lands here at 6pm on 22/06/17

[Guvernator]

A Steam sale seems to be the male equivalent of the Christmas\New Year sales that a lot of females partake in. You buy stuff because it's cheap, not necessarily because you actually need it.

[FourWheelDrift]

Looking at my steam game list and hours played for each I have got 13 games I have never installed or played. But one day...

[born2bslow]

I'm interested in a Space Sim that is pick up and play not too grindy, doesn't require a HOTAS and I can play in VR.

Are there any alternatives to Eve and Elite that are worth keeping an eye on in the sale?

[FourWheelDrift]

No Man's Sky? no seriously if it's reduced to £5, ok £3. And only for the VR aspect, so maybe £2 if you must.

[Bullett]

Does NMS do VR now?

I might be tempted to give it another go if so.

I will probably get some more games, I'm a lot more restrained these days and sales aren't as good as they used to be. I have 451 games in my steam library. I can't see an easy way to see how many I've actually played. It's less than a hour in the last two weels and that was on PUMG. So, errr maybe if its something I really want or really cheap.

[Speckle]

born2bslow said:

I'm interested in a Space Sim that is pick up and play not too grindy, doesn't require a HOTAS and I can play in VR.

Are there any alternatives to Eve and Elite that are worth keeping an eye on in the sale?

Have a look at Everspace. More of a shooter than a sim but, getting some good reviews on steam. I'm waiting for them to implement HOTAS support before buying it (which they are currently working on), but there is a good deal to be had during the sale, I may pick it up anyway.

Edited by Speckle on Thursday 22 June 10:22

[ajprice]

Hanslow said:

Paypal have an offer on too where if you spend £20 on steam they'll give you a fiver back. Not that I need any more games, but you know, sales and all that.

So the sale started tonight and I got a few things off my wishlist, using the PayPal £5 off £20, and it worked. Is it a one time thing or could I get £5 off another £20 of games to keep in my steam list and maybe play one day?

[ClockworkCupcake]

Ooh! "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided" Season Pass down from £24.99 to £6.24 - I was hoping that might be in the sale.

Likewise "Day of the Tentacle (Remastered)" is £2.74 down from £10.99

Ker-chinggg!

Edit: I read a good review on Abzu and that is £4.26 so that's in the cart too.

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Thursday 22 June 22:56

[mizx]

Nothing on my wishlist with particularly tempting discounts, or really, in general, looking at my home page. Going thru some curators to look for anything I may want, so here's some picks under a tenner I spotted that are all at cheapest ever prices;

£3.74 Hand of Fate
£7.49 Halcyon 6
£5.99 Offworld Trading Company
£3.73 Steamworld Heist
£7.59 Darkest Dungeon (this was also at this price on the 19th, coincide DLC I suppose, not interested in the game personally though)
£3.62 Guild of Dungeoneering
£4.74 Tales from the Borderlands (not into these, but enjoyed seeing all of it 'played' on a stream)
£2.99 This War of Mine
£3.19 Shadow of Mordor (never sure whether to get this or not, the upcoming game looks fantastic)
£2.24 Transistor

Edited by mizx on Thursday 22 June 23:35

[ClockworkCupcake]

Seems the PayPal offer is no longer available. I get "Thanks you for being a loyal customer. Unfortunately, you can't save any more offers for this merchant at the moment".

A quick google suggests that there was a paltry £24k put aside for this and when that was expended the offer expired. Which is a bit pants.


Edit: T&Cs of the offer say "The Offer shall not be available if the aggregate monetary amount credited to customers reaches GBP 24,000.00"

I think it's pretty crap that the offer is meant to run from 20th June to 5th July, but has run out after less than 3 days.

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Friday 23 June 01:26

[RobDickinson]

Watch dogs 2 for $50, was it worth it?

[bstb3]

69p for Half Life 2... never played it before. Just grabbed me non stop for 3-4 hours... Fair enough it looks a bit old now, but the gameplay is brilliant. Just been bombing around on a boat, being chased by a chopper. Absolute steal.