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[PC] Weekly Time-Wasters (Steam/GMG/Humble/GOG) - Out There Somewhere $0.49 USD + more

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[PC] Weekly Time-Wasters (Steam/GMG/Humble/GOG) - Out There Somewhere $0.49 USD + more
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Payne on 02/06/2016 - 17:45 store.steampowered.com (472 clicks)
Last edited 07/06/2016 - 11:34

Hey Ozbargainers,

This is going to be a weekly post for all those cool, cheap little games that go on sale each week on the various gaming sites. I'm just concentrating on Steam, Green Man Gaming, the Humble Store and GOG for the moment.

I'm sure the bigger game deals will get posted by the rest of the awesome community here :)

The criteria for games will be:

  • No more than $1 or at least 80% off
  • At least 80% positive on Steam (with a decent number of reviews)
  • Not overly complicated and can be played pretty casually (i.e. when you've got a few minutes to kill)
  • And of course my own preferences, so yes, I'm probably going to miss games that other people like, but feel free to comment :)

The best deal of the week (in my humble opinion) will be posted in the title with the link included.

Here's this week's list:

Game / Platform (in the link) Genre Price (USD) Rating Gameplay
Out There Somewhere Puzzle Platformer $0.49 (75% off) 93% By Jesse Cox and Josh Mattingly
Bit Blaster XL Asteroids style $0.49 (51% off) 99% By Andrea Ritsu
Trine 2: Complete Story Puzzle Platformer $2.99 (85% off) 96% By Throneful

Thanks to @azukay for the suggestion of setting Ukraine as the region for cheaper prices if you're buying from GOG and have a VPN or proxy.

Nothing much on GMG or the Humble Store this week.

Enjoy!

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  • Pengwing on 02/06/2016 - 17:58
    +3

    Great idea! I look forward to seeing what sort of gems pop up through this.

    Will you be play testing at all before you decide on your weekly games? Or will it be purely based on prices/reviews?

  • mskeggs on 02/06/2016 - 18:17
    +2

    Nice idea.

  • Kossac on 02/06/2016 - 18:54
    +2

    Fantastic Idea. Keep it up. will be following with great interest!

  • RefusdClassification on 02/06/2016 - 19:37
    +1

    For cheapies, you might also want to mention if they have Steam trading cards. You should make at least 15 cents off their sale, which is at least 15% cashback for little work if you are using IdleMaster.

  • Payne on 02/06/2016 - 20:52
    +2

    Thanks all :)

    nbpengi - yeah, I will try and play test them. I've got all three of the games above and I can vouch for them, all really good fun.

    mskeggs & Kossac - thanks :)

    Thaal Sinestro - yeah, I did think about including trading cards but I kinda wanted to focus on games that people might actually play :) Having said that, I guess people play and make a few cents back, so I might do it next time.

    • justtoreply on 02/06/2016 - 21:42
      +4

      Agree. Focus on games, not trading cards.

  • blueflask on 02/06/2016 - 21:24
    +1

    This is a fantastic idea, awesome stuff Payne! More relevant than the what the big Steam sales are now too!

  • caprimulgus on 02/06/2016 - 21:28
    +1

    nice idea! would be good to add percentage discount, as well as metacritic score.

    Out There Somewhere is on my wishlist, but I might wait for a deeper discount…according to isthereanydeal, it's gone to 19c (96% off at the time) before.

    edit: actually, looking at the price history, looks like it was discounted to 0.19c a few times while it was priced at $4.99. ever since the price has dropped to $1.99, it only gets discounted to 49c! (it was cheaper on sale when it was more expensive!) so may just have to just pick it up at 49c then…wish I had got it earlier at 19c!

    • Payne on 02/06/2016 - 21:42
      +1

      Yep, I might add the percentage discount in but I actually tend to avoid metacritic these days. I find there seems to be a lot of wingers who give negative reviews and the professional critics can be really harsh on some of the smaller indie games sometimes.

      Go on, it's 49c ;) I know a true ozbargainer will never pay more than they have to though :)

      Edit, sorry 0.68c AUD :)

      Just on that, do people care about prices in AUD for games that are this cheap?

  • Baebs on 02/06/2016 - 22:07

    Thought the percentage was the discount value, perhaps you could swap the "rating" and "gameplay" columns around. Good job

    • FabMan on 02/06/2016 - 22:44

      I did at first too, then I read it.

    • Payne on 03/06/2016 - 13:35

      No worries guys, thanks for the suggestion. I've added the percentage discount next to the prices.

  • cheepo on 02/06/2016 - 23:13
    +1

    Thanks OP - great idea and i look forward to your future entries.

    No Payne, no game!

    • Payne on 03/06/2016 - 13:36

      No Payne, no game!

      Haha, love it! :)

  • azukay on 02/06/2016 - 23:44
    +1

    Don't forget for GOG purchases, if you have VPN or proxies, change it to UKRAINE. E.g. Trine 2 is $1.05 USD. Since the purchases are DRM free you can just download it. Another example is Witcher 3: Wildhunt + Expansion is $74.99 USD. Change it to Ukraine it's suddenly $39.99 USD.

    OP should probably make a note in the first post.

    • Payne on 03/06/2016 - 13:36

      Done, thanks azukay!

  • p t on 03/06/2016 - 10:45

    Great idea - I can vouch for Out There Somewhere!

  • FadeToBlack on 03/06/2016 - 12:20

    Good idea. I recently started playing Out There Somewhere and really enjoy it.

  • smurfinaus on 03/06/2016 - 13:56

    Its cheaper i think if you use russia via vpn for gog

  • Ruxar on 03/06/2016 - 15:30
    +1

    Perfect timing! My game iZBOT is on sale at the moment for $1.99 ( 80% off ) as part of the week long deals.

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/388970/

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