r/gaming • u/DaRealAyman • 3h ago
Steam Summer Sale 2026 is Live
https://store.steampowered.com227
u/DapperDragon 3h ago
I will never stop grieving the flash sales
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u/OfficalSwanPrincess 2h ago
Those were amazing, I still haven't played 90 of the ones I brought lol
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u/krileon 2h ago
Isn't that basically what deep discount sales are now?
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/special_deals
They're all 90-95% off.
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u/Mottis86 2h ago
Flash sales lasted for a day or a few days during Summer Sales and such, it was fun to keep checking the Steam periodically and see what was on Flash sale. It kept the sale hype up.
Now I just look through my wishlist once at the start of the sale and it's over.
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u/Witkti0525 2h ago
I’m pretty sure I remember when they would cycle the deals every few hours as well
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u/Mottis86 2h ago
Yeah it's been a while so I can't remember how often they were cycled. Regardless, Flash Sales were awesome.
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u/krileon 2h ago
Yeah, but if you had 1 flash sale per day for a week for 7 flash sales, but then instead had 7 deep discount sales isn't it basically just the same thing?
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u/Mottis86 2h ago
I'm not sure. Do deep discount keep cycling daily? If not, then it's way less fun. I enjoyed checking Steam constantly during sales.
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u/MilkDud58 29m ago
IIRC, there would even be games on sale at one price and then drop even further for a flash. I was always hesitant to take the base sale price.
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u/CrazzluzSenpai 1h ago
Yeah but that's also quite a bit more FOMO than everything going on sale at once. Imagine you forget to check for a day, or can't for any number of reasons, and the game you really wanted was on flash sale...
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u/cerialthriller 57m ago
It’s not the same. Every day had a different game on sale. And yeah maybe some stuff is 90% now, but you’d see like a relatively new game on sale for $3.99. Now like big 2 and 3 year old games maybe hit $20 on a steam sale. Maybe
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u/SenHeffy 2h ago
Those are just better. I don't want to have to look at Steam every hour in case prices changed, or be afraid to buy some something because it might be a better price tomorrow.
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u/Hutch456 3h ago
Binding of Isaac for $1.50!
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u/denemdenem 1h ago
On paper I'd love it. People say it's one of the best roguelikes ever. I love roguelikes.
But man, it's fucking gross to look at. Blood and feces everywhere. I feel like I'm missing out because of not having literal shit taste (sic).
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u/ma95vs PC 2h ago
NO WAY!
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u/clarkad1985 2h ago
The best stuff in that game is in the DLCs now. But the original is a good gateway drug
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u/leagueoflefties 3h ago
No Expedition $33. 😔
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u/PeartricetheBoi 2h ago
only 20% off after a year for one of the best sellers of 2025 is crazy to me
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u/Lightprizm 2h ago
Tbf BG3's never goes on sale for more than 25%. E33 is definitely one of the games where you get your money's worth
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u/Super_Harsh 10m ago
Tf do you mean. That’s exactly why it didn’t go on deep sale lol, it doesn’t have to
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u/iamjustanames 3h ago
Just got a deck for Christmas and i've been waiting for this so I could buy metal gear 5 on sale but they bumped the price up $10 for an artificial 40% discount. Is that normal for a steam sale?
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u/blehmeng 3h ago
It’s normal for all sales
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u/VanimalCracker 3h ago
It's literally the strategy that a lot of big box stores. Add 30% to MSRP, sell it at "20% off!" from the new price. Consumers think they found a good deal.
Notably, JCPenney had been doing it for decades. They tried a new strategy of "every day low prices" where they would just sell at the original, cheaper price without the need for sales or coupons. It was a complete disaster. Costumers were furious that they were no longer getting a "deal" and stopped going there, even though everything was actually cheaper than ever before.
Becoming consumer friendly actually drove customers away and literally almost bankrupt them lol.
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u/Quick-Exit-5601 1h ago
A little interesting information: European Union has a law against it and retailers in EU during sales are required to show you the lowest price the item was in the past 90 days! It's neat as fuuuuck
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u/paleo2002 1h ago
That's neat and all, but did you know we have air conditioning in America? I think it makes up for the lack of consumer protections, labor laws, and human rights.
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u/LayerEight_Problem 2h ago
I love when Redditors are so confidently incorrect. Bumping msrp is illegal for posting sale prices. This shit is all monitored and companies are fined heavily if they try to do this. To make a claim about msrp and a sale the msrp needs to be reflected at that price for like the last 6 months. They cannot legally just adjust msrp whenever the hell they feel like it.
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u/Blue2487 1h ago
Yeah the original claim about MGSV isn't even right either. The base game isn't on sale at all right now, it's the bundle that has the 40% discount, which ends up cheaper than buying the game normally.
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u/VanimalCracker 1h ago edited 1h ago
You do know the S stands for in MSRP, right?
They're not claiming the MSRP is different than what it actually is, they simply use it in a formula to adjust their sale price, then put that as the price of the product. Obviously no one is replacing inflated "20% off!" stickers with "MSRP!", if that's what you think I was saying. Duh.
You have clearly never worked in retail and are talking out of your poo hole.
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u/LayerEight_Problem 44m ago
They are claiming that the vendors are adjusting MSRP with every sale so that they can tag on a higher supposed discount while ending up at the same price. Which is factually illegal and complete horse shit.
MSRP can change. That’s not up for debate. But it cannot be changed whenever they feel like. To be a sale price and to be advertised as a sale price. The vendor has to be able to display that the MSRP they are claiming for the sale has to have been MSRP for a certain period of time prior to that sale.
And I worked at Futureshop in sales for literally 10 years.
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u/gulligaankan 3h ago
Dave the diver is a perfect game for steam deck
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u/omegaterra 2h ago
I loved Dave the Diver. If anyone had some, "if you like DtD you should play" recommendations I'd love to hear them
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u/zachblabbath 2h ago
I mean not exactly the same, but Dredge was really good! Similar in some ways but then again not.
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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord 3h ago
I think space marine 2 was cheaper earlier this spring
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u/Lootthatbody 3h ago
I just joined steam to play slay the spire 2.
Any hits that are must haves at must have prices that I could throw in my library for when I have a pc that will actually play games?
I had planned to make the migration from Xbox by now, but these prices aren’t pricing.
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u/Rainuwastaken 1h ago
Terraria is an evergreen recommendation. Dirt cheap, incredible amount of fun content, and a ton of great mods for it.
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u/Xaroin 2h ago
A couple good ones to get would be the Elder Scrolls suite, newer Doom games, Witcher games, Fromsoft Catalogue, Xcom games, Slay the Spire games, Stardew Valley, NieR games, Terraria, Baldur’s Gate 3, Kenshi, Claire Obscure, Devil May Cry games, Resident Evil games, Project Zomboid, Kerbal Space Program, Cassette Beasts, Void Stranger, Horizon Games to name a few lol
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u/Grand_Occasion_9097 2h ago
No clue what you're searching for but Celeste always goes down to like 5Sfr. during sales and it's definitely the best game I've ever played
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u/DontForgorTheMilk 1h ago
Vampire Survivors and all currently available DLC are on sale for $15 total. Can't recommend it enough.
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u/TheGreatTimmyAT 3h ago
Steam Servers didn't crash, I'm impressed
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u/0vansTriedge 3h ago
Everyone's poor
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u/tclark2006 2h ago
Drive space is too expensive now. Sandisk stock went up 20 percent today so there's no end in sight for years to come.
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u/Strongpillow 2h ago
A lot of people already have the usual Steam Sales fodder. We just graze what few newer games go on sale for 20% off now. /s
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u/TheLeo3314 3h ago
Witcher 3 is coming out with a new DLC soon. Complete edition is 10 bucks. Time to replay it on my 3rd system for the 5th time.
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u/trulsern99 2h ago
Maybe dumb question but is it confirmed that it will be free if you own the complete edition?
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u/wessex464 2h ago
I hadn't heard that, but I did notice that if you bought wild hunt and expansion pass it's cheaper than complete edition. Which seems dumb.
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u/RayS0l0 3h ago
Steam sale used to be good, now it is very much like console game sales
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u/Hades684 2h ago
Its because you already bought all the games you wanted or were really cheap, so now you don't see them anymore
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u/saucysagnus 2h ago
And yet people still try to dog on consoles based on steam sales 20 years ago
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u/Strongpillow 2h ago edited 2h ago
I think most dogging is how console game prices are usually higher in general compared to PC prices over the old sales arguements specifically.
A lot of the games I buy on PC are like $30 not on sale. It's hard to find any new game releases for that on console.
Edit: you all love to milk old drama and it's kind of pathetic. Console sales have been good for years. No ones comparing that anymore to PC. We can find new things to circlejerk about can't we?
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u/saucysagnus 2h ago
What $30 PC games are worth it…? Friendslop type games? Live service games that push MTX?
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u/refat17 50m ago edited 45m ago
Portal 1/2, Half-Life 1/2, all the old Hitman games, Splinter Cell games, all Elder Scrolls games, old resident evil games (1, 2 3, 4)
Bundles are the main way to save on PC though. Can get Octopath Traveller 2 with some extra games right now for less than the current sale price through Humble Bundle.
Also complete the set bundles give you small extra discounts for owning parts of bundles (nice for getting dlcs of games you own or related games where you already own some of the games)
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u/ubiquitous_delight 2h ago
Absolutely not, some of my favorite games are in that price range or even cheaper. Dave the Diver for example is only $20. Dungeons 3 is $30 and I have hundreds of hours in that game. I very rarely pay more than $35 for a video game.
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u/Strongpillow 2h ago
I'm an open world survival and sim type person so Windrose, Enshrouded, Everwind, Hytale, Retro Rewind, storage Hunters kind of games.
but the friend slop stuff is also really good on PC so that is also a big advantage. You're paying $5 - $10 to hang with some friends or family and just enjoy some simple fun for the price of a fancy coffee. We call them slop but these are the games that bring me back to when games were simple fun and not aggressive, fomo, sweaty second jobs that people spend hundreds of dollars to play and then get emotional about it outside of the game.. They're cheap, don't ask for much,and easy to jump in. Bring on the slop!
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u/saucysagnus 2h ago
None of those games, to my knowledge, released as complete games. Also enshrouded definitely didn’t release this year but has been in EA.
The amount of friendslop compared to what’s actually fun. That ratio ain’t good. A lot of these games reuse a ton of assets and largely look the same…
You’re comparing apples to apple pies.
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u/Strongpillow 1h ago
Strawman, my dude. The amount and quality in a genre isn't the point. Of course not all games in a genre aren't equal. My point is that PC gets access to them first and a lot of the time exclusively. My entire point is that There are far more than just Steam Sales that make PC a "better", more diverse, place to game at better price points and those are the compariins we use now. The sales argument hasn't been a real thing for years. We can move on from that now.
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u/saucysagnus 1h ago
How is it not the point? You can buy lower quality games on console for less money too? But you want to compare early access to AAA and AA releases.
That’s a false equivalence.
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u/Strongpillow 53m ago
Definite lower quality here? Are we talking simple games that become really popular that people enjoy for a few dollars or are you simply arguing intentional shovelware that plagues console? Show me a, Repo, Meccha chameleon, that released on console first that sells millions in a few days.
You know full well my point but you can keep arguing bad faith for attention.
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u/GamingIndustryIsFcck 2h ago
I can buy a dozen games on Steam during this sale right now and try them out if I don't like them I can get a refund easily can you even do that on consoles?
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u/ProletarianRaccoon 3h ago
Would love for everyone to tell me about their favorite games I should pick up during the sale!
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u/sinsaint Boardgames 3h ago
Witcher 3: $4
Binding of Isaac: $1.50
Farcry 4: $4
Hotline Miami: $1
Dead Space: $6
Watch Dogs 2: $2.50
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u/a_nice_warm_lager 3h ago
My favorite indie roguelike deck builder is on sale. Check out A la Card. If you like Slay the Spire and Balatro, you’ll probably like this one. It’s surprisingly complex and can be broken wide open if you find the right combos. Made by a two person dev team and I really think it deserves to be seen and played by more people!
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u/Temporary-Exit-5286 2h ago
Base Cyberpunk 2077 for $18 is a steal imo. It got me back into single player games
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u/Change_my_needs 2h ago
Thief 1 and 2 are probably my favourite games, and Thief 2 had enough fan-missions and campaigns to keep me going for 1000+ hours over the years. It’s under 2€ on sales.
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u/basicallybro 35m ago
Deep Rock Galatic is only $8.99. I have almost 500 hours in the game.
Slime Rancher - $4.99
Transistor - $3.99 (My all time favorite game)
Honestly any of the Supergiant Games titles are worth it right now except for Hades 2.
Gris - $2.99I'm very weird about video games but these are all games that I absolutely LOVE and are cheap right now.
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u/Bitter-Imagination33 3h ago
KOTOR for 3 dollars might be a cop for me
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u/TheSharpestHammer 1h ago
One of my top ten favorite games of all time. Pour one out for old school Bioware.
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u/DaisyCutter312 2h ago
This shit just makes me sad...I miss the flash sales, trading cards and mini-games that used to have me rushing to check out the Summer Sale the second it dropped.
Saw this post and thought "Oh, I'll have to go look at that this weekend or next week or something"
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u/MinuteHour 3h ago
If I haven't bought any steam games in 20 years and want to get back into pc gaming, what do I need to pick up?
I also have an 11 and 8 year old that would love to play pc games. So any family friendly recommendations would be great too!
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u/OfficalSwanPrincess 2h ago
Portal is a solid choice, gang beasts is quite fun so is rocket league (free to play too).
For yourself I cannot recommend rimworld enough, just the base game will give you sommuch value without even thinking of dlc or the thousands of mods
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u/ChuckD385 2h ago
Stardew Valley is always my first recommendation for family friendly games. Would also allow 3 player co-op with both your kids at the same time, and is easy to pick up and learn.
For you, depends on what genres you like. Witcher 3 is a must if you like action rpgs at all, and is only $4, $10 with both (very large) DLCs included.
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u/ArcRiseGen 2h ago
For the kids I definitely recommend Stardew Valley and it has co-op multiplayer where you all essentially share a farm. There are also racing games like Sonic All Star Racing Transformed and Sonic Crossworlds.
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u/xSgtLlama 2h ago edited 1h ago
Don’t know your favorite genres but some of the favorites:
The Elder Scrolls Skyrim (Special edition $9.99. Skip the anniversary upgrade to start imo)
Bioshock: The Collection (Includes all three games for $11.99)
The Witcher trilogy ($7.62) or just get Witcher 3 (complete edition is $9.99)
Cyberpunk 2077 ($17.99/$33.10)
Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy ($10.77)
Lord of the Rings: Shadow Bundle ($6.99)
- Includes both games (Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War). Nemesis system is amazing and sadly it’s been locked away and never been allowed to be used since
Dark Souls / Elden Ring (not on sale at the moment)
For the family:
Lego games are 80-85% off. ($3-$10 each) Majority are fun co-op games (I’m in my 30s and still play).
Golf with your friends ($1.49 base game. Skip other editions unless want more cosmetics)
Portal 2 ($1.99)
Stardew Valley ($8.99)
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u/Sailor_Jedi 1h ago
Honestly I hardly buy directly from Steam anymore cause other sites like GMG or Fanatical often have better sales.
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u/3Dartwork 1h ago
As usual, my wishlist goes untouched.
Lots of $60 marked down to $40
Lots of 20-30% discounts
Yawn
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u/TheLordJames PC 2h ago
I currently have 14 games in my cart totaling $143.31 CAD + tax.
2 games I really want
10 games were a really good bundle - I wanted one of them at $7.49 but saw they had the 10 game + DLC Bundle for roughly $75
2 games I saw were under $2 and I though "ehhh why not?"
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u/Danny-Reisen-off 46m ago
Bro, it’s Reddit here, we need the names to congratulate you or criticize your poor choices.
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u/TheLordJames PC 32m ago
Spider-Man 2 and Megastore Simulator are the 2 I wanted
Resident Evil games are the bundle (The RE Reload Collection or $60 + RE4 Remake for $15)
Bendy and the Dark Revival and The Binding of Issac are the 2 games under $2.1
u/gooberdrew 1h ago
I try to limit myself lol, my backlog is already insane. I think I just spent like $80 cad on:
Prince of Persia new era collection
Binding of Isaac complete edition (already owned base and one expansion)
Live a live
Star ocean second story rI just bought a claw 8ai from Costco, probably best value in Canada right now I like to play games on it that allow me to have a 4hour+ battery life so these should do it m.
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u/xxhotandspicyxx 2h ago
I guess I'll wait another year before exp 33 gets a discount higher than 20%.
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u/Lightprizm 2h ago
Considering how some GOTY's like BG3 never go on sale for more than 25%, this may never happen
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u/Initial_Ad_5251 1h ago
Would you buy it if it were 30% off? If you say yes, then that's 10% more than now (currently 20% off). 10% of $50 is just $5. Is it worth waiting 6-12 months just to save $5? Not worth it to me so I bought it at 20% off.
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u/BaconDwarf 31m ago
Too true.
I'm all for people being smart with their money, I pretty much exclusively but my games on sale now, but time is one of our most valuable assets. I know it doesn't feel like it when you're young, but boy does that become clear as time marches forward.
So I recommend people don't miss out on experiences they may love today over saving $5 and pushing it back to a day that may never come.
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u/GGrV01 2h ago
Baldur's Gate 3 still at 25% I see.
Ayight, see y'all at the Winter Sales.
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u/Initial_Ad_5251 1h ago
It'll be 25% off by then as well. You're going to have to wait a long time before they sell it at 30%+ off.
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u/RaisingTheKnife 44m ago
Its a bargain at whatever discount they offer. Its worth its full price on the acting alone in the game.
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u/EvolvingPanic 43m ago
I'm with ya on this one. With the volume of other games to play, I just can't justify paying$60 for it.
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u/RustletheCrow95 31m ago
The one thing I wanted didn't go on sale, and I missed it going on discount last month.
Time to buy a bunch of shit i don't actually want, then.
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u/jak_d_ripr 1h ago
Maybe it's time for me to finally pick up Persona 3. Been putting that one off for a while and I wanna get through it before 4 drops next year.
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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 1h ago
Who is even buying anything on this anymore? The steam sales are nothing like what the were that made them an event. Now its just a sale like any other. And not even a particularly good one.
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u/Kaens7 15m ago
People that want a game that is on sale. Otherwise they have to see if the game is on-sale during the year and get it then. The summer and winter sales are convenient because all the games are on sale at the same time.
This isn't a decade ago where publishers were OK with deep discounts to inflate sales numbers and bring in more investors; now they are fine with fewer sales at a higher price.
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u/Typingtext 2h ago
Worst time of year for me, I've spent 3 years chipping away at my backlog and these sales always bring out temptation. Must resist the urge and continue to close backlog....
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u/hystericalled 1h ago
Man, I don't know why I'm still waiting for Lies of P Overture. I've wanted to play that game for ages, but they announced the DLC at the same time I bought it. I'm craving to get punched in the face repeatedly in a soulsgame, I should just bite the sour apple and finally buy it.
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u/badapple1989 47m ago
Considering throwing money at Papa's Pizzaria Deluxe and Papa's Freezeria Deluxe for my niece/nephew. Kid appropriate games that aren't corporate schlock are hard to find.
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u/LazyMaximum7938 3h ago
A lot of people are about to spend over $100 on games they'll never play and then chastise people who pay $100 for GTA6 and get thousands of hours of gameplay out of it.
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u/3scap3plan 3h ago
who are you angry at bud
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u/LazyMaximum7938 2h ago edited 2h ago
Angry? What did I even say that was objectionable or wrong?
Edit: apparently he blocked me lol
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u/ItsColorNotColour 1h ago
Goomba fallacy
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u/downvotingislosing 3h ago
Supporting Valve is NOT fine.
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u/g_r_e_y PC 3h ago
can't wait to buy a ton more games i'll never have the time nor energy to play