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Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale? (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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[–] TwoHardCore@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 minutes ago

I'm enjoying Railway Empire. It's on for 75% off the base game and pretty good deal for the entire DLC & Japan collections.

If you love time-wasters with some challenges, then I'd recommend it.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 1 points 21 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

Lingo ($6.99/$9.99) is an incredible exploration and word puzzle game. It also has a few excellent custom maps such as Duolingo and Liduongo.

A sequel (Lingo 2 $9.99) just released and is also excellent. It changes how puzzle rules are presented, making them playable in either order. It's a more polished experience though, so playing the first game after would probably feel like a step backward.

[–] Daggity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Caves of Qud has a small discount. I’ve been playing it a lot lately on the Steam Deck.

[–] anthropozaen@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Anno 1800 is 5 bucks. I love it, but you need to deal with Uplay as well

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 40 minutes ago

True, but if it annoys you enough, there are tools to help you remove the requirement.

https://github.com/YoteZip/LinuxCrackingBible?tab=readme-ov-file#6-drm-stripping-guides

There are other tools too.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Here is a link to Steam DB showing popular games more than 50% off:
https://steamdb.info/sales/?min_discount=50&min_rating=70&min_reviews=500

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

my reccomendation? whatever's on gog

in all seriousness, you can't go very wrong with games made by valve, portal especially.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

gog?

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Good Old Games.

[–] Bloodyhog@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Borderlands 3, if you somehow missed it, for under £5 is just a good value.

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I just bought Suicide Squad (I know, I know, but it was on sale and I want to experience it at least a little); Pine; and Sniper Elite 2R, 3 and 4.

I'm very excited to get into the Sniper Elite games. I played 5 back when I had Game Pass, but never finished. I figured the others might be just as good.

[–] ThePancakeExperiment@feddit.org 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I got myself and can recommend:
Returnal (29.99€) (Rogue-like shooter),
Wisper (6.99€) (Open world exploration) and Crossroads OS (3.74€) (Puzzle game).
I can further recommend:

Studio System (8.84€) (Horror),
With My Past (6.59€) (Puzzle),
Signalis (13.99€) (Horror).

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

I fucking loved Returnal on ps5 and it’s a steal for the sale price right now!!

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

I picked up civilization VI (for my PC), hades and outer wilds for my deck.

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