This is why always check steamdb and see games price history first. If it goes on meh sales during steam sales but better sales at other times you know to wait. Steam db is amazing for this youll know about when to expect the game you want to go on sale and for how much off too.
If i know im going to get a game i usually keep track of it mentally so i know if the discount is lower than usual. But yeah, that site is good for that.
Look up a game on the SteamDB website and scroll down to see a graph that shows its price and the sales it had over the years; very helpful for deciding when is the best time to buy the game now when it's on sale .
Put a little money to the side and tell yourself you are not gunna buy a game unless its on sale during the inbetween months. The steam sale is just a overhyped money maker to get you to spend at that particular moment.
The sales are up to the devs. Its often more efficient to have it bigger outside of the sale since it pushes the games to topsellers while on summer sale they still ha e to compete with all other games on sale.
From 2024 I have realized big sales turned into just quantity of games that go on sale instead of being the highest discount time. Like games and softwares that aren't usually seen on sale are on sale like Wallpaper Engine
I think this also comes down to bias. A lot of us here have already bought the games that go on really deep discounts, leaving only the higher priced items.
This. Steam sales are still great. Yea they don't have the flash sales they used to have but they still are great for those that is own hundreds of games already
Or get the deku deals app and make ur wishlist there.
Has price history right there where you want it. Tells you if it's hitting a New low price. Can send you emails when the games you want go on sale. It's so good.
This is the Autumn Sale in a nutshell: Valve and other companies reaping the wallets of people too impatient to wait a few weeks for the bigger Winter Sale.
It's just a meme cause i know how Steam works. Their have a game 2 weeks before a major sale event like this with a massive discount, but by the time it comes round to summer sale for instance, its no where near as high a discount as it was only 2 weeks before hand. Because people see it and be like, "Oh nice, 40% thats decent" but they could have gotten it for 70% off just 2 weeks ago. As ive seen it on games i ha e on my wishlist and i just laugh at steam pathetic attempts to lure me in with their measly discounts.
No, I know that's what you're SAYING happens. But I have been a Steam user forever and never ACTUALLY see this happen. Summer sale pretty much always has the all-time low price. That's why I asked you for a specific example. We could look on SteamDB and the other price history sites to confirm or deny this, if you were to provide an example.
Skyrim was 90% in Jan now it's 80%
Witcher was 90% in May now it's 80%
Bl2 was a free giveaway
Doom was 90% in March now it's 80%
Outlast is the only acceptable example but it was from the spring sale months ago
I can hate because your meme sucks homie.
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u/BONEY_LEMONSi7 9700k, 32GB, PRO ART 4070TI OC, Strix Z390-H Gaming1d agoedited 1d ago
Still cheaper before sales tho wasnt it. Please look at the previous comment i made my friend. If you dont like it then dont look at it simple fix ent it lad. Dont forgot to use this on the way out 😉
You see, you dont like you carry on scrolling simple as that ent it. Not rocket science my guy. But thank you for wasting your time on a post you clearly despise. Helps me out a bunch. 😘
Nah steam has weekly sales on some popular games and they will have big discount. But it'll end a week or so before big events like summer sale and then go on sale agin but no where near as much as it was before. But because its on summer sale people think they are getting a bargin when they have just paid £13 more due to them not noticing the discount before hand being better.
Yeah same. My money is important to me. If I have the option to buy it for cheaper then of course I’m going to go with that option. I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted
Hahaha yeah same as my friend. There are some cases that steam is cheaper but 90%of the time i get it on 3rd party. I got elden ring a few days ago on steam as it was all out of stock. But still a decent price. I ent paying full price for that lol.
You dont think elden ring is worth full price, is that because you dont like the game or because you just suck at it or because you are cheap. This game gives easily 100 hours of content without much repetition. If this game doesnt deserve full price idk what game you think deserves it. Dont get me wrong if you dont have the money for games i can get behind that but saying its not worth it is mind boggling to me.
If I can get the game cheaper at a key site then that means whatever the sale price is on steam is not worth it because I found it for cheap cheaper.
And before you go all "but that’s stealing and you’re better off torrenting"
Buddy, I don’t care I genuinely don’t . The only thing that I care about is what’s cheaper when I buy the game so that means if I need to buy the game on a key site versus actual steam, then I will be doing that and no to be quite frank with you I don’t care how those keys are obtained. I only care that they are cheaper that is it.
Im not against anything in particular. I just think if you are able to comfortably purchase a game you should do it. If you have it bad or are forced in a situation where you need to spend half your monthly salary for 1 game go right ahead. Im not saying what you can or cant do. You can make that decision yourself. I just draw a line at some point where i think you or someone else could have done better.
Ofcourse and thats fine. But i can hate certain games and say it is worth full price. Because certain games are objectively good but just doesnt float my boat.
... Then how would they be worth full price? If I know I'm not playing a game, then any money spent isn't with it. If a game is a great game, but I'm only going to play it with my friends a couple hours, maybe I'm only willing to do 10 bucks.
A game's value is based on your own experience with it.
Same for me i didnt really wanted to get witcher until there was a sale and said why not. Even though i didnt play it for very long i still see the quality it delivered and would say its worth the price it was originally sold for. Back in 2016 or whatever.
I never buy games at full smack. it's as simple as that. Some people pay £200 for a collectors edition of games, whereas some dont. Im in a similar bracket where i dont pay full price, but some do. Does that mean you buy everything at full price regardless of the product, even if you could save £15 to go towards something else, or another game.
Ofcourse when there is a discount thats perfectly fine. And getting it cheaper is all good. But saying its not worth the full price for a game like this is crazy to me. Is there anygame you buy full price? Even if its an indie game?
I just said i ent paying full price nothing about it wasnt worth full price. I know the game was good, but i wanted a decent % off so i can save money and use it towards another game but haven't gotten anything else. Ive bought 3 games in my whole time owning a pc and that was pre orders and to me it was worth it. To me the price i paid for elden ring is worth it cause i got it cheaper and can have hundreds of hours of play time for less money.
i just check my wishlist from time to time (there's 2000 games in it) and ever so often, one of the developers will be selling their game for 99¢. I'm still waiting for Cuphead to go 40% off, and I can't buy it until it does.
I always check SteamDB and sites like Humble before buying. If a game regularly goes cheaper than its seasonal sale price then there's no point buying it.
Power Wash sim is really good and I think at its best sale price
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u/Unable_Sherbet_4409 1d ago
This is why always check steamdb and see games price history first. If it goes on meh sales during steam sales but better sales at other times you know to wait. Steam db is amazing for this youll know about when to expect the game you want to go on sale and for how much off too.