Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales?

We've got two big sales going on, and I'm currently deciding what I would like to pick up. I'm planning to get Expeditions: Rome since it's 60% off, and I'm trying to decide if I want to finally get Terra Invicta.

What patient games are the people here planning to pick up? Maybe I'll find a few that I "need" to try!

Rose ,

I bought Dreamfall Chapters, which is back to its historical low on Steam. I've heard good things about it, and Dustborn from the same dev looks super promising.

AceFuzzLord ,
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Last night for $4.99 and $2.99 I got Worms W.M.D. and Worms Armageddon on Steam since I haven't played any worms games outside of Worms 2: Armageddon on xbox360.

Tried Armageddon last night and it was pretty fun. Only gripe I have with it is that I had to plug in a mouse and keyboard to my deck dock.

Have yet to try W.M.D. yet and don't know if it has an offline singleplayer player vs computer mode, but I've seen enough videos of people playing it for me to think I'd have a good time playing it.

wizardbeard ,
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Dying Light, and Hades. $10 a piece on Steam.

I put a ton of hours into Bloodstained RotN when it was on gamepass, but never beat it. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a game I end up replaying every few years, so I really enjoyed its spiritual succesor back then (around when it first released), and they've only added more content (three new playable characters, a few game modes) to it over time.

For Dying Light, I love the Dead Rising series, but the moment to moment moving around is nothing to write home about. Dying Light has a focus on movement, and got a lot of good reviews, so I figured I'd give it a try.

For Hades, I've always loved Supergiant Games since their first game, Bastion, and I never picked up Hades because it was never priced low enough when I had money to burn. Now that Hades 2 is in early access, I watched some gameplay of that and the first shot up on my list to buy. I've been craving an isometric real time combat game too.

jjjalljs ,

Dying Light's gameplay is pretty good, but I like immediately got a mod to fix the idiotic weapon break system. It's the extremely tiresome "Your hammer breaks after hitting 20 zombies" system plus "you leveled up! now you can use a better hammer with bigger numbers!". Easy enough to mod to taste.

The story, however, is kind of bad. You don't really get any choices, which is fine, but what happens is not satisfying. The DLC is also fun, but the story ending is trash. I just uninstalled it after instead of doing any of the extra bits.

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Hades, on the other hand, is very good. No complaints.

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 ,

Bloodstained is $3 on cdkeys. I Kickstarted it and got the Switch cart when the PS Vita port was cancelled. For that price, it was a no-brainer getting it for PC now, too!

Wolfwood1 ,

I just got the pack with Tunic and Death's Door. I had Tunic in my wishlist for a while and finally bit the bullet. Yay! 2 more games into the backlog!

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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No one here could ever have a backlog, right? ;-)

squeakycat ,

Tunic is fantastic. Enjoy!

uriel238 ,
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There's a Pacific Drive + Techtonica bundle I'm looking at and might grab.

Part of the problem is I'm obsessed with Satisfactory which scratches a lot of the itches Terraria did but in 3D.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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I used to play Terraria years ago, but it's been a while! Satisfactory looks pretty interesting, but I've never played it.

uriel238 ,
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My plug on Satisfactory is you come for playing around with and making sculptures with conveyor belts, and then stay to play with jump-pads, pneumatic hypertubes and later, trains (that actually carry freight and have a purpose). Also the planet is pretty (and you're going to ruin it all by turning it into factories).

As with other automation games, it's coding in disguise, and if you get a buzz from configuring logistics to distribute parts and fluids from sources to processing machines, then this game can take over your life. The two principle schools of players are make it efficient and make it pretty. In the end, you have a giant playground to zoom around in and watch all the parts zip this way and that down conveyors, each with actual purpose behind them.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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I do enjoy that type of game by spells, so I might have to get it the next time I'm in the mood for that! It does look interesting.

restingboredface ,

Just got Stardew Valley. I'm a little reluctant to start it though- it seems like one of those games I could sink hundreds of hours into and I have a huge backlog. But I'm excited to try it.

randombullet ,

I play it with my spouse. Really helps with the long distance times.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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My partner and I both have hundreds of hours in it, so that could be possible! Try not to have super high expectations for it before you start though, I wouldn't want you to miss out on a fun game because fans hyped it beyond what it is.

That being said, both of us are pretty big fans of the game. We drove quite a distance to go to one of the Stardew Valley concerts, and it was really great. I'm not someone that likes crowds, but all the fans there were very friendly and it made for a great time.

fpslem ,

I don't play Stardew Valley that often or that much, but what I do play is delightful. It's a pretty versatile game.

Elevator7009 ,

I originally played the iOS version.

I then bought it again on Steam and have 200 hours logged, which is probably only going to grow. All of these hours happened during the adult phase of my life in which I usually have to be mildly peer-pressured into gaming instead of actually taking the initiative to do something I like (though I am trying to fix that). However, I do think that the way it breaks the game up, into days, gives a nice stopping point.

If only I could stop thinking "one more day, I still need to turn in that quest/plant that new crop in the exact place I want it/get that one last fish I need for the community center before I forget".

vxx ,

Finally picked up Dave the Diver.

WijFij ,

Hey me too! Put around three hours in so far and am absolutely loving it!

subtext ,

Love the game so much. It is such a fun concept for a game and they executed so well. I’m still in the first phases of the game and unlocking new content and I’m hooked.

Webster ,

First game I've 100% in a long time. I absolutely loved this game.

cevn ,

I encourage everyone here who hasnt played Celeste to pick it up for $2. One of the goats

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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Thanks for the recommendation! It's not necessarily something that would jump out at me, but it seems people really like it.

olafurp ,

Love that game

jaemo ,

I'm really hoping for an armored core 6 sale soon!

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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Not sure what platforms you have available, but it's 30% off on the Steam summer sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888160/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON/

jaemo ,

Thanks! I checked my wishlist earlier this week but maybe it was before the summer sale or something. Either way, appreciate the heads up!

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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No problem! :-)

minimalfootprint ,

I have never played a From Software game. Sekiro is really tempting to get, because I never could see myself dodging/rolling around the big enemies and bosses. Mostly human-sized enemies and parrying sounds much more appealing to me.
But the difficulty has scared me off thus far and it never went below 50% off

delitomatoes ,

Think of it as more a rhythm game then a souls like, probably better you don't have to unlearn any dark souls habits

Vahr ,

This was my barrier of entry. As someone who put around a combined 1k hours in the Souls games, it wasn't until I treated the game differently than Souls did I finally start to make progress. Same thing happened with the aggressive, faster pace of Bloodborne.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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I'm somewhat the same. Really no interest in Dark Souls/Elden Ring or any of that, but Sekiro did catch my attention before. The difficulty is a turn off though. I often play games on hard difficulty, but I prefer it to be a choice, and to be able to turn it down if it's too difficult.

learningduck ,

It's the only game from FromSoft that I've ever beaten. I find QoL much more bearable compared to DS1.
Parrying allowed me to stand toe-to-toe against bosses also. No more rolling around.

ssm ,
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Baldur's Gate 3. Currently 20% off on steam, but I want to wait for at least 50% or something, especially for a $60 game.

stargazingpenguin OP , (edited )
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I'm keeping an eye on it as well, but I'm waiting for a major price drop/bigger sale. Divinity Original Sin 2 didn't really click with me, and BG3 reminds me of it a little too much. Fantasy isn't really my favorite setting, so it may just not be the game for me.

Aussiemandeus ,
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If you can't afford it you can't afford it. My two cents though is I would have paid double the cost to play BG3.

Infant I did, I bought it for myself had such a great time I bought it for my wife too

Elevator7009 ,

I am waiting half for this reason and half because I'm busy! I won't get around to playing it anytime soon, so why buy it at this price now when it'll probably be for sale cheaper in a few years, which is when I predict I will have time to play?

sugar_in_your_tea ,

I already have a lot of unplayed games, so I'm keeping my list small. I also really like indies, so here you go:

  • The Hex - in the "deep discount" section; I liked the dev's other two games (Pony Island and Inscryption), so I'll probably enjoy this one; they're all on sale too
  • Firewatch
  • Celeste
  • Gris
  • Filament
  • Chaos Reborn

These are all <$5.

And some other games I might get if I finish an in-progress game:

  • Psychonauts 2
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Bomb Rush Cyberpunk
  • Little Nightmares 2

These are from larger studios and are at historical lows (I think). I just need to finish some longer games before I get even more.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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It sounds like you've got a plan! Once I get all the bills paid for this month I'm planning to get my partner a Steam Deck as well, so both of us are looking at games. They're a Harry Potter fan, so Hogwarts Legacy is one that came up on the list.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Have fun! I hope you find some good games in your and your partner's budget to play on the new Deck!

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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I'm sure we will! I saw a list being created, so I'm sure there will be a few. I did give a warning about the infamous Steam backlog, but I don't want to ruin the fun of a new device! So we'll see what happens.

MindTraveller ,

Planescape Torment

kalpol ,

This was a game many people have forgotten but really, really must play. It was amazing when it came out. There is a patch set for it that is pretty necessary, I forget the details but there are walkthroughs for it.

iegod ,

Crow Country and Chained Echoes were ready choices for me.

tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

I bought like 20 games within the last year on sales and played maybe 4 of them, this time I try to be strong.

stargazingpenguin OP ,
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Good luck! I have run into the same thing before, although not quite that many!

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