The Last Case of Benedict Fox being around 90% off was the only one with an acceptable price tag for me. Got it even cheaper via a bundle because I already owned Arise.
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Half off, stupid time sink.
The Owlcat Pathfinder CRPGs aren't on the deep discounts list, but Kingmaker is 85% off ($2.99) and Wrath Of The Righteous is 70% off ($11.99). Both are solid games.
Owlcat is a Russian company that is very outspoken pro-Putin, pro-Ukraine war. The EULA of the games essentially tells you that they'll install spyware.
Do not buy their games! If you already own them, do not install their games!
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous is an amazing game if you can look past the politics though. Also, the spyware thing is pretty standard now - it's usually called "telemetry" in most EULAs. I haven't read it closely enough to know if they're overreaching any worse than others, but they did walk back including the AppFlyer tool after pushback from users.
Well, shit. TIL. That sucks.
Shamelessly copying my comment:
In order,
Chorus - AA paranormal 3d spaceship combat game
Cyber Hook - First person grapple hook platform racer
Tangle Tower - Charming point and click detective game
Patch Quest - Bullet hell roguelike
Subsurface Circular - Robot murder mystery visual novel
Yes Your Grace - Addictive story driven king resource management game
They Bleed Pixels - Brutal 2d action platformer
Devil Daggers - Single arena fps where you try to survive 500 seconds (and fail)
Loop Hero Soundtrack - The game is pretty well known, but its soundtrack is amazing enough to buy or pirate even if you don't want to play it
- Keep talking and nobody explodes: incredible fun with friends, even better if the help has the documents physically printed, there's this magic that happens when you frantically search for the right page and try to keep calm
- Titanfall 2 : worth it just for the campaign, I don't know about the state of multiplayer anymore, I last played it last year, people were understandably sweaty
- Vermintide 2 : in its best state ever it seems, hours of fun and great challenges, interesting mods for qol and to add the game's longevity
- Firewatch : nice story, beautiful art direction
- Metro Exodus : superb open world
Titanfall 2 multiplayer is still up and running! Both PvP and Co-op!
I go most of those but not Titanfall 2. Thanks for the tip!
Any of the classic valve games (half life, portal, and their sequels). If auto shooters are your thing, vampire survivors is less than a small coffee. Dead space (the remake) is $15. Halo MCC is $10. Titanfall 2 is $3. The “new” tomb raider trilogy are all less than $5 each or get the bundle. Alan wake is $5. Prey is $3. And Batman Arkham origins is $2.
Just a handful of good games for cheap. There’s many more out there.
Prey is awesome. I recently finished it after getting it in de the summer sale. Highly recommend!
I wish Halo MCC had split screen on PC
there's a mod that works pretty well for that... nucleuscoop (it might have rebranded... haven't loaded it in a bit)
Bah, it's Windows only. Thanks for the suggestion though!
I got the new Tomb Raider games free on Epic, but it seemed more like torture porn than a game. Had to turn it off.
lol, yeah. The animators definitely have a kink. They're still pretty fun games, though.
Grim dawn is the best arpg of all time imo even better than d2
And it works offline.
It's like $2.50
But the DLC is 10x that
Can someone recommend some good 3-player games? Already bought Aliens: FE and I'm sick of Apex and DOOM.
It's not very patient gamer of me, but if you want specifically 3-player games Space Marine 2 comes to mind immediately. Kinda pricey, though.
These are the ones I was interested in.
I went for a few bundles because I already owned thief sim and one of the metro games, so the bundles were an even better deal.
I checked the steam db website and a lot of these were all time low.
Yay for state of decay 2!
South Park: The Stick of Truth is a great RPG. You don't have to be a South Park fan to enjoy it, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
And if you are a fan, the game feels just like playing maybe a half season of the show. Jumping right in to episode after episode!
Xcom 2 complete for like 10 or so. Excellent deal
Ballionaire is a pretty great stoner game. It's a pachinko roguelite--excuse me, autobonker
The Binding of Isaac Rebirth Complete Bundle as well as its individual components are at a new all time low. The game is an absolute classic and IMO it's still the best at what it does. It's perfect on the Steam Deck too.
If you like the base game I highly recommend all the DLCs. Besides a ton of new content they also add many quality of life changes that make the game even more enjoyable.
Pillars of eternity series. $25.
Europa Universalis Ultimate is like $45 Gonna see if i have the patience for that map game madness.
Europa Universalis Ultimate
It's my favorite game, but you really need to put in a ton of time to really get much out of it.
That said, EU5 is probably going to be announced sometime next year given the dev diaries we've had, which means this will probably get another steep discount (and maybe a Humble Bundle or something) and you may want to just get the next game after a year or so. It's a good price IMO, but I only recommend getting it if you'll play it in the next few months.
Planetcoaster for 1,89€ is hard to beat
I rarely buy games even on sale (don't remember when I last bought a game, must not have been this year) but I'm definitely getting that one! That's a steal. Just... how do I set a reminder to buy it in the morning? (okay I added an event in my calendar, I think I'm good)