netchami,

r/PiratedGames is the way to go for offline/single player games

For multiplayer games, I always try to get better deals on sites like Instant Gaming

Epic Games also offers paid titles for free, many of them are garbage though and I absolutely hate Epic Games

mateomaui,

You can use gg.deals to see all the keyshop prices at once, and can log in with your steam and gog accounts to sync wishlists. I have bookmarked views for $5 or less, and historical lows.

netchami,

That’s really cool, thanks

mateomaui,

You’re welcome, it simplifies things so much, and I find deals I would have missed. Note you can also filter out DRM sources so you can remove Ubisoft, EA, Epic, etc. My bookmarks only include GOG, Steam, Battle.net, Rockstar, DRM free, and Other.

netchami,

That’s a nice feature, especially when gaming on Linux

qwertyqwertyqwerty, (edited )

I bought a couple of newly released games that I would have bought if they were $60 or $80, but other than that, I have been getting my gaming on with cheaper games that are worth the price, like Talos Principle 2 ($30, and worth every penny), as well as older games, like Outer Wilds, Inscryption, Stray, Hades, Spiritfarer.

EDIT: I will add that every game that I have purchased for the full $70 has been worth it. Starfield, Hogwarts (family never played more than 2 hours each), Last of Us Part 1 (haven’t finished), TOTK (haven’t started it yet).

BombOmOm,
@BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

Given that AAA games have become very samey, I have found myself drawn to more interesting titles from a plethora of other devs. These titles also have the nice advantage of almost never costing anywhere near $70 on release, not that I tend to buy them on release, I just add them to my wish-list while I buy something cheap that came out earlier.

morgunkorn,
@morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

It’s fine, last game I bought was Minecraft, 9 years ago

kn33,

I’m underutilizing my rig tbh. I’ve been playing primarily Factorio for the past few years. My monthly game spending is low. Tempted to get a steam deck for mobile Factorio with mods, though.

Sturgist,
@Sturgist@lemmy.ca avatar

Just started playing Starsector. My rig isn’t some obnoxious beast…but like Starsector doesn’t even have a recommended cpu. You only need like 1gb of ram and a gfx card from over a decade ago.

shnizmuffin,
@shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol avatar

I installed Wabbajack and coughed up the $5 or whatever for Premium Nexus Mods access.

Turns out you can turn your old games into new games.

simple,

It hasn’t. I’ve only bought ~4 games at full price the last decade, now I just wait for them to be around $20. The $70 price seems to be more focused on cashing in on people that buy on release, but prices go down all the same only like one year after release.

BombOmOm,
@BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

Games that have fallen to $20 also have the nice advantage of having most of their bugs worked out and the vast majority of the balance passes complete. It’s easily the best time to buy and play a game.

dditty,

Depending on the game though the online scene may have died out by the time the game is discounted.

Dagnet,

Depending on the game the modding scene may be much better than at release

hawgietonight,

20€ mark is a common one for me also. Another benefit from waiting is that you can avoid newest hardware purchase

Mannivu,

I wait until it costs 20 € or less. No need to hurry, if it’s a game is good now, it will be good in 2 years.

Lojcs,

*it will be better

jonne,

Same. Especially since every game basically barely runs on release day, I don’t get why people don’t wait for a sale to get it.

If you pay $80 (or whatever) for a game that’s full of bugs on release day, you’re just a sucker.

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