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[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 minutes ago

my reccomendation? whatever's on gog

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

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).

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago

The Mafia Trilogy is $15 for the whole shebang, or $7.50 for any one of the individual games. I grabbed Mafia 3.

[–] MortUS@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Talos Principle is $5

Talos Principle 2 is $15

Highly recommend both games!

[–] spicystraw@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Here’s what I picked up during the Steam Spring Sale:

DOOM - $1.99 (90% off)
Stray - $18.99 (40% off)
Undertale - $0.99 (90% off)
Celeste - $4.99 (75% off)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - $4.99 (90% off)
Red Dead Redemption 2 - $14.99 (75% off)
NieR: Automata - $15.99 (60% off)
Hades - $9.99 (60% off)
Devil May Cry 5 - $19.79 (67% off)
[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

That's...weird. When I checked the price yesterday Fallen Order was 18.99? Did they do a deeper discount?

[–] spicystraw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Double checked receipt, and I did indeed get it for that price

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You sure you didn't get the price for Survivor?

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

Yeah this is probably it. Getting my titles mixed up or something.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Maybe? I see it at $3.99, $4.99 is for the deluxe version. I don't see it at $18.99 on Is There Any Deal, but who knows!

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 26 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Celeste is 75% off and is a near-masterpiece of a game.

Portal 1 and Portal 2 are on sale again of course on the chance you haven't yet hit these absolutely classic legendary games.

Persona 4 Golden is 40% off and is awesome, and Persona 5 Royal is 60% and is even more awesome.

Metal: Hellsinger is 70% off and while it isn't a GOTY type game, it's a hell of a lot of fun if you're a contemporary metal music fan.

but my biggest recommendation is probably gonna be

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale at 80% for only $3.99 (US) which is an completely underrated hidden gem of a game and a huge recommendation for anyone who likes quirky cozy-hybrid games or who, like me, spent way too long on the shopkeeper segments in RPGs like Torneko Taloon's chapter in DQIV.

edit: why in the world would anyone ever downvote a personal recommendation comment? Weird behavior, fam

Recettear

This game rocks. 'Nuff said.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mass Effect legendary edition (all 3 games + all DLCs) is on for 6 Euro.

That's a great deal IMO

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

On the third game myself, I can't believe I didn't play these sooner. I understand the hype this series generated now.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

They may not have lived up to the hype when initially released, which was understandable as there were a lot of promises that weren't keeps, but they are undoubtedly still absolutely amazing games.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

We picked up Journey and Star Traders Frontier. I've wanted to play Journey since it came out but I didn't have the proper console. Well, I forgot I put it on the wishlist, and that's a real good price so.

I've (sung? musically yelled at?) another person already.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 13 hours ago

I like this indie game critic, he has a recommendation video for sale

https://youtu.be/uN51VdTNzTg

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago

I've heard great things about steam world heist 2 and just picked it up.

[–] DeadUncle@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago

Noita is currently 60% off and is hands down the best game I have ever played (kind of). It is ridiculously brutal and you will die very often but you have the potential to get ludicrously powerful as well. The game will cheese you so don't be afraid to cheese it back. In has so much content that beating the final boss for the first time is considered beating the tutorial.

Also if the some aspects are too bullshit for you there is a variety of mods to fix these, and there is absolutely no shame in using them.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 13 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

Elite Is a space flight economics simulator.

Fly around buy here sell there look at stuff for fun and get into battles

Great game but you will want a hotas set up if you really get into it

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