Steam Summer Sale

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-11 14:03:02

GOLDEN RULE: DO NOT BUY A GAME UNLESS IT IS A DAILY DEAL, A FLASH SALE, OR THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE.

Ladies and gentlemen and others, start your wallets!

Yes, it's time again for the Steam Summer Sale, the all consuming gaming black hole.

What is the Steam Summer Sale?

The Steam Summer Sale is one of two major annual sales that Steam holds, alongside the Steam Christmas Sale. One of the biggest gaming sales of the year, nearly every game in the Steam catalogue is discounted. For each day of the sale (11-22 this year), a variety of games are discounted even further, either through Daily Deals, a 24 hour event, or Flash Sales, an 8 hour event.

Why did you make this thread?

To avoid clogging the general games thread, mostly.

CURRENT DEALS:

* Daily Deals

Antichamber: 66% off
Bioshock Infinite: 50% off
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger: 33% off
Defiance: 66% off
Don't Starve: 40% off
Endless Space: 66% off
Hotline Miami: 75% off
Left 4 Dead 2: 75% off
Scribblenauts Unlimited: 75% off
Toki Tori 2: 34% off

* Flash Sales

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 66% off
Dragon Age: Unlimited Edition: 70% off
GRID 2: 40% off
Skyrim: Legendary Edition: 40% off

Odradek · 2013-07-11 14:06:32

Bad Rats

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-11 14:36:51

The Cave, which is from the same people who made Psychonauts, is on sale for $3.50. If you're a fan of the latter, I suggest you grab it.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to snatch up Dragonborn while it's at $10. On the one hand, that thing's been in my wishlist for months now, and I only have 6 hours to decide on this. On the other hand, it's three dollars above my 'have-to-buy' line, I don't have a clear view of my finances right now, and I've become progressively less interested in Skyrim as of late.

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-11 14:40:53

Yarrun's Advice: if a game is below $5 or at 75% off and below $10, buy it.

The former will only get $2 or $3 lower and the latter is unlikely to be discounted anymore.

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-11 14:43:18

And of course, it goes without saying that 25% off is fools gold.

Aliroz · 2013-07-11 15:02:15

Never buy anything for more than 35 dollars.

Imipolex G · 2013-07-11 15:13:58

So you're going to play all these games on a $35 computer?

Aliroz · 2013-07-11 15:19:19

A 35 dollar computer would be better than La Computadora.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-07-11 16:26:31

I'm probably gonna get Antichamber because it looks really cool. :)

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-12 08:15:44

* Flash Sales

Civilization V: 75% off
Duke Nukem 3D: 66% off
Football Manager 2013: 75% off
Little Inferno: 75% off
Saint's Row The Third (Community's Choice): 75% off

Section42L · 2013-07-12 10:59:50

Obligatory:

One-Winged Eagle · 2013-07-12 11:46:50

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a fine game.

You folks should play it.

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-12 14:16:42

* Daily Deals

Anno 2070: 50% off
Call of Duty: Black Ops II: 50% off
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare: 75% off
Darksiders II: 80% off
Fez: 50% off
FTL: Faster Than Light: 75% off
Just Cause 2: 80% off
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2: 85% off
Surgeon Simulator 2013: 66% off
The Walking Dead: 75% off

* Flash Sales

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien: 50% off
Far Cry 3: 40% off
Grand Theft Auto IV (Community's Choice): 75% off
Legend of Grimrock: 75% off
XCOM: Enemy Unknown: 75% off

The Walking Dead, FTL, Legend of Grimrock, XCOM, and Just Cause 2 are all excellent games.

Tre · 2013-07-12 18:04:50

So, I did some digging and as it turns out Psychonauts is only $2.49 for the entire Summer Sale, as is Thomas Was Alone! I worked for some PayPal money earlier today and already bought Psychonauts on the pretense that I'm already pretty convinced on its greatness. I'm leaning strongly toward buying TWA as well just for the hell of it.

Thank you, based Gaben.

Salix Babylonika · 2013-07-12 20:56:57

extra advice -- only buy things you actually want. I see people go all "mom in a grocery store" over Steam sales and they end up buying six dozen games they never play.

Zersk · 2013-07-12 21:15:21

Waiting for CKII expansion to go on sale. :T

Though I might want to get Bastion, since it's always seemed interesting.

Obā-san · 2013-07-12 21:20:30

Bastion is superb

One-Winged Eagle · 2013-07-12 21:26:01

It is the BEST GAME.

Tre · 2013-07-12 23:47:34

Hey guys hey

Mirror's Edge is only $9.99 and Rayman Origins is $12.99

If there were any reasons stopping you from checking them out, chuck them out the window right now because they are awesome and worth the slightly more expensive price tag than their brethren, I promise

Bunny · 2013-07-13 00:21:08

Pangur Bán said:
Bastion is superb

Gonna second this

You absolutely should play Bastion if you haven't already.

Tre · 2013-07-13 02:57:38

Just bought Thomas Was Alone after trying the demo out.

It's fun. I like the narrator, he reminds me of Stephen Fry in LittleBigPlanet. (Also I am Thomas. He is me.)

Buttwangs · 2013-07-13 12:44:38

Just got Garry's Mod for 2.49$
... Using money that I got from selling Team Fortress 2 items :B

Tre · 2013-07-13 15:47:46

BORDERLANDS 2 IS $10 HOLY HELL

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-14 16:53:23

* Daily Deals (14/10/2013)

Arma II: 66% off
Eador: Masters of the Broken World: 40% off
Fallout: New Vegas: 75% off
Hitman Absolution: 75% off
Kerbal Space Program: 40% off
Portal 2: 75% off
Remember Me: 40% off
Sanctum 2: 50% off
The Sims 3: 50% off
Total War: Shogun 2: 75% off

One-Winged Eagle · 2013-07-14 19:50:52

Remember Me is already a deal?

Man. Must be some crappy game.

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-14 23:51:05

Bioshock Infinite got the same deal a while ago,

Though I have to admit, that community rating is not promising.

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-15 14:30:48

* Daily Deals

Castle Crashers: 75% off
Dishonored: 66% off
Dust: An Elysian Tail: 50% off
Killing Floor: 80% off
Max Payne 3: 75% off
Reus: 50% off
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion: 75% off
Terraria: 75% off
Wargame: Airland Battle: 50% off
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II: 75% off

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-15 21:32:14

So, Crusader Kings II is on sale for $10. And all the important DLC,
except for the Old Gods pack, because Zersk is meant to suffer for some
reason.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-07-15 21:32:53

Does anyone know of good shmups on Steam? ^_^ I am a shmup addict and I crave these games like crack.

glennmagusharvey · 2013-07-16 04:26:54

Here are some possibilities: Ether Vapor Remaster, Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, Gundemonium trilogy, and Satazius.

I recently picked up Strike Suit Zero on GOG, actually, when it was on sale for -75% a few weeks ago. Haven't tried it yet.

Strike Suit Zero is available direct from the developer and on Amazon, GamersGate, GOG, Green Man Gaming, Steam. Strike Suit Infinity is available all those ways except direct.

Ether Vapor Remaster is available direct from the developer, and on Capcom Store, Desura, GamersGate, Impulse (GameStop), and Steam. EVR was made by Edelweiss, who also made Fairy Bloom Freesia.

The Gundemonium collection consists of three games: Gundemonium Recollection, Gundeadligne, and Hitogata Happa. They are available on Desura and Steam, and you can even buy a CD-ROM from the developer. These games were made by Platine Dispositif, who also made Bunny Must Die.

Satazius is available from Capcom Store, GamersGate, GameTap, Impulse (GameStop), and Steam. It was made by ASTRO PORT, who's apparently done a few other games called Gigantic Army, Armed Seven, and Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser, but I've never heard of them before myself.

If you're willing to move beyond Steam, I'd also highly recommend Flying Red Barrel (available on Desura, Direct2Drive, GamersGate, and Rice Digital), and there's also the Suguri series, Diadra Empty, and Cloudphobia.

A number of these games have been localized/published by the folks at Rockin' Android, so you should go check out their games list: http://www.rockinandroid.com/games/

I suggest you check at least the developers'/publishers' homepages, as well as GamersGate and GOG. GOG had their crazy sale period a couple weeks ago, but GamersGate is still doing it now. Developers will sometimes (especially if they're using the Humble storefront) offer both Steam key and DRM-free copy for the same discounted price as on Steam -- useful if you want DRM-free but the game has Steam trading cards and you want them too. Anyhow, GOG's games are all DRM-free and GamersGate's games will tell you whether they are DRM-free. Plus I think if you buy enough stuff on GamersGate you get credits that you can use to buy a game for free (but I haven't tried this yet).

Desura's games almost always are DRM-free, as far as I know, though they don't
usually have big sales -- but on the other hand they do run the Indie
Royale, which features a new bundle of interesting stuff every two weeks or so.

And watch out for big sales out of the blue. Last year there was a "Because We May" sale from a ton of indie developers doing direct-to-buyer, Desura, Steam, Apple store, etc. sales.

glennmagusharvey · 2013-07-16 04:36:24

Oh here's the other localizer that's done a lot of them: Nyu-Media, here's their page on their shmups: http://nyu-media.com/category/shooting/

There's also the eXceed series, which I remember is on Steam but also available elsewhere I think.

And then there's The Tale of Alltynex, which is a trilogy of Alltynex 2nd, RefleX, and Kamui. I don't think that's on Steam but I know it's available elsewhere.

Bunny · 2013-07-16 10:09:16

Miko said:
Does anyone know of good shmups on Steam? ^_^ I am a shmup addict and I crave these games like crack.

Also I don't think it's quite as bullet hell as you may enjoy but Jamestown is a wonderful shooter about 17th century colonies on mars.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-07-16 10:52:20

ooooh choices!! :D

Satazius is 3 dollars on Steam so now is a good time to get it. :) Also I already have all the Alltynex games and they are fun. :3

Fossilmaiden · 2013-07-16 14:30:23

* Daily Deals

Alan Wake: 90% off
Crysis 2: 70% off
DmC: Devil May Cry: 50% off
Football Manager 2013: 75% off
Mark of the Ninja: 75% off
Orcs Must Die! 2: 75% off
Rising Storm: 50%
The Secret World: 50% off
Sleeping Dogs: 75% off
System Shock 2: 75% off

Mark of the Ninja and Sleeping Dogs are great, System Shock 2 is considered a classic for very good reasons.

Tre · 2013-07-19 13:47:19

FLASH SALE FLASH SALE

RAYMAN ORIGINS IS $6.79

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

Tre · 2013-07-19 13:50:11

oh and also Portal 2 is $5

get that too

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-07-19 15:21:25

I am tempted to spend even more money. :x I already just got the eXceed and Gundemonium collections.

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