Author Topic: [STEAM] Deals Thread (Read 11852 times)

8ullfrog · « **on:** October 15, 2009, 04:47:35 PM »

I find these a particularly good deal, but for my Australian friends, steam deals are a godsend.

Steam generally has a "weekend deal" where the price of a game is drastically dropped. These deals are limited time only, so I try to get the word out as quickly as possible.

In the past, I've picked up the id pack for 25% off, The orange box for 10% off, the epic pack for 10% off, and most recently, Left 4 dead for 50% off.

Sometimes deals pop up mid-week, such as when I picked up Gmod for $5.

This week, THQ is releasing a different deal each day. Today, Saints Row 2 is 75% off

So, $7 dollars about. I don't think my system is quite up to playing it, but it is a deal not to be missed.

It really does want to download 11 gb of assets. That's a lot of stuff.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2009, 05:05:36 PM »

I'm so gutted I missed that Left 4 Dead deal!

I have a friend that totally loves Saints Row, I think Imma gonna make him jealous!

Just to be sure, when you say Australian, are you teasing?

8ullfrog · « **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2009, 06:09:18 PM »

I am talking about specific Australians.

I also forgot to mention that half life 2 deathmatch is completely free.

Australians are drastically overcharged on games. A typical xbox 360 game might cost 90 dollars!

chekovsulu · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2009, 05:09:43 AM »

Oh I see. I thought it was a reference to certain British accents and the Australian accent sounding similar. I saw it on TV once

8ullfrog · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2009, 09:51:12 PM »

Currently, ALL half life games are 58% off. This offer expires in FOUR HOURS. If you want it, get on it now.

Original half life is $4.37 cents, and we can play co-op!

What's the big deal? ALL of the half life games are $21.99!

that's

half-life
half-life opposing force
half-life blue shift
team fortress classic
Half-life 2
half-life 2 dm
half-life 2 episode one
half-life 2 episode two

GET ON THIS

Assassin's Creed was $5 for the midweek.

ARMA II is currently half price for $24.99

chekovsulu · « **Reply #5 on:** October 24, 2009, 12:46:51 PM »

I know this is a Steam thread, but I just thought I'd mention World of Goo is any price you want to pay for it until tomorrow.

http://2dboy.com/games.php

8ullfrog · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2009, 09:10:06 AM »

Steam is doing five days of insane sales, I've picked up some bargains, and I thought I'd pass along the details.

Today is day 4, the deals for today are:

EVE apocrypha: 75% off $4.99
Battlefield 2:Complete 50% off $14.99
Lucidity: 75% off $2.49
Trackmania united forever: 50% off $19.99
Prince of Persia (2009): 50% off $14.99
World of goo: 75% off $4.99
Guild Wars Trilogy 50% off $24.99

Also, you can get the THQ complete pack for $49.99 (50% off, 15 games)
Or the lucasarts premier pack $49.99 (60% off, 16 games) (all of the jedi ones )

Brit prices - Thanks Undermonster!

EVE apocrypha: 75% off - ? 3.74
Battlefield 2:Complete 50% off ?7.49
Lucidity: 75% off ? 1.74
Trackmania united forever: 50% off ? 9.99
Prince of Persia (2009): 50% off ? 9.99
World of goo: 75% off ? 4.24
Guild Wars Trilogy 50% off ? 14.99

8ullfrog · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2009, 10:06:13 AM »

Day 5 of 5:

chekovsulu · « **Reply #8 on:** December 24, 2009, 06:06:38 PM »

Steam has holiday deals on!

8ullfrog · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2009, 04:08:33 AM »

Oh yeah, it's absolutely insane, wish I had the money for dragon age.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2009, 06:34:30 AM »

If I wasn't so far into my overdraft, I'd have got me Assassin's Creed - it was ?9.99!

8ullfrog · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2009, 07:47:57 AM »

that's a fairly regular deal, I got it a month ago for that price.

I did pick up left 4 dead 2. My friend insists on playing it on advanced, which is above his difficulty threshold.

Coach is the best support character, but he plays as coach... and he's a lone wolf. Nick and Rochelle died a lot.

I like to play as nick, but you miss out on a lot of his lines if you play as him.

dweez · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:48:13 PM »

I got Assassin's Creed (the first one) for $5 on Steam about 2 months ago. I also took advantage of these sales and got about $70 worth of games (which ended up being about 20 some games). F***, it's getting to be like iTunes. Damn the compulsion buys.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:53:02 PM »

You guys! I'm getting jealous!

dweez · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2009, 01:12:40 PM »

I bought Torchlight a while back (can't remember if I paid the full $20 or not) but now it's $9.99. It is WELL WORTH that price. Also it's by an indie company so I wanted to invest in them to try and keep them going.

8ullfrog · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2009, 05:28:55 AM »

Oh man, I forgot to mention that orange box was $14.99. Portal ALONE is worth that, but you also get hl2 with both expansion packs, PLUS team fortress 2.

Today's sales were a wash, but for the record they were -

Jade empire $3.75
Mr. Robot $1.99
Company of heroes tales of valor $7.49
Silent hill homecoming $9.99
King Arthur role playing wargame $19.99
Stormrise $7.49

New deals every day at 9 AM through jan 3rd! YES PLEASE!

dweez · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2009, 07:14:13 AM »

I could really use anotherr HL2 episode...MOAR!!

chekovsulu · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2009, 03:33:33 PM »

Why is episode 3 taking so long

. By the time they release it, I'll have enough grey hair to do that Rogue hairstyle!

8ullfrog · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2009, 02:12:35 AM »

The scarier part is they won't talk about time frames. Duke nukem forever suffered from the same vagueness.

8ullfrog · « **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2010, 05:04:12 PM »

The THQ pack, which is 18 games, and is regularly priced at $99.99 is currently $49.99 which is a MEGA SWEET deal.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2539/

chekovsulu · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2010, 05:10:00 PM »

It says Portal is free!

http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/400/

Until May 24th.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2011, 02:50:18 PM »

I don't like Call of Duty MW2 being only 50% off, ?15 is still too much for a game I'm only going to play once!

dweez · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2011, 11:29:02 PM »

It's a fun game. ?15? Dunno, but I got an "extended trial version" of it.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2011, 11:48:05 AM »

That reminds me, I'm supposed to get myself on of those versions of Red Faction. The one I got off Steam seems to overheat my computer and makes it switch off

I had to relearn pressing the quick button every 2 minutes

It's kind of annoying for a game that was made in 2001.

Red Faction went OK after I fiddled with the compatibility thingy.

This looks like fun:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/95700

Internet says it uses Nine Inch Nails music. It free, but apparently, I'm the last person to know about it

It looks so nice.

chekovsulu · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2011, 03:27:48 PM »

I've only played through a bit of it so far, but I'm really like these:
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6900/

If I were a rich man, I'd "gift" it to everybody.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:38:53 AM »

looks scary to me

chekovsulu · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:39:28 AM »

It is a bit, Fatale made me jump at the end of the first level.

Steam is a bit broken:

Zero percent off is unusually generous of them $:-\$

And the RRP of Portal 2!

chekovsulu · « **Reply #27 on:** September 16, 2012, 10:16:55 AM »

This extension here:
https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/steam-regional-prices/

It gives you the cost of the games across different regions and allows you to pay the lower price. I've noticed the Russian roubles are usually a lot lower. I've not purchased anything using it, because I haven't wanted a new game in a long time (and I'm a scaredy cat), but I'd thought I'd share it to make the Steam deals more dealy.