I’ve about $50 in my steam wallet and I’m wondering what this community would think are must-haves. I’m currently eyeing Satisfactory and Potion Craft and am worried I’m missing out on any great deals.

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    Disco Elysium is 75% off.

    Prey (and Mooncrash) are 75% off. Most other Arkane games are too, and they’re all top notch (except Redfall :/)

    Killer7 is 75% off.

    Ace Combat 7 is 85% off.

    Dying Light (and The Following expansion) are 80% off.

    CONTROL is 75% off.

    All the Deus Ex games are >80% off, really can’t go wrong here.

    Pillars of Eternity I and II are 75% off.

    Lots of great deals on high-profile games this sale, and I highly recommend everything on this list.

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      Isn’t there something with disco elysium and whoever is profiting off of it now is not the original creators?

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        Yeah, iirc the developers, who’d spent bloody ages developing the world for the game, we’re effectively kicked out during a hostile publisher takeover. They’re seeing none of the money from sales, nor do they hold the rights to their own property.

        I might be misremembering some parts here, but the main point is that the devs were fucked over, aren’t profiting off their property, can’t do anything new with the property.

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        It’s a clusterfuck really, but yeah the lead writer, designer and artist were all fired and lost the rights to the IP. Litigation is still ongoing I think, and hopefully Kurvitz, Hindpere and Rostov can regain the right to at least produce more work in the IP in the future. Heartbreaking for Kurvitz especially since he’s built the IP with and for his friends from the age of 15.

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        The original developers were forced out of the studio, allegedly through fraudulent means, but I’m not sure whether they lost royalties from sales as well. I can’t find anything confirming one way or the other, unfortunately.

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      I loved Discord Elysium! Going to pick up Pillars of Eternity because of your comment. Never heard of those games and looks cool.

      Going to try these on my Steam Deck, not sure how the controls work with controller yet. ProtonDB gave both a platinum rating, yet Steam says playable lol. If it’s anything like Divinity Original Sin 2 then I’m excited.

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        ProtonDB gave both a platinum rating, yet Steam says playable lol

        Steam’s checkmark rating is based on a very specific set of criteria, like if the game plays well on gamepad, if the UI elements work on small displays, if it requires keyboard input, etc. Yellow check means the game will play, green means it theoretically has an experience which is on par with native console games.

        ProtonDB only cares how good the Linux compatibility is in general, not specifically on the Steam Deck.

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          ProtonDB now has their top results specifically for the Deck, which is annoying since I only care about general Linux compatibility and would like to remove them. I can filter my results to show matching OS / graphics card, which is great, but only once I’ve scrolled passed a whole pile of stuff I don’t care about.

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        Disco Elysium is Verified. The only reason Pillars is Playable and not Verified is because the game doesn’t always have the correct button prompts.

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      I’d recommend Pathfinder over Pillars Of Eternity, it has a massive sale too!

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        I loaded up Pathfinder, got through the intro and got to the world map, thought, ‘yep, I can see myself spending a lot of time on this game,’ and haven’t played it since lol. I really need to jump into it again.

        Owlcat are also doing a Rogue Trader crpg set in the Warhammer 40000 universe. I’ve tried to swear off GW for being evil but it looks really cool from what I’ve seen.

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        Honestly both are excellent. PF kingmaker has the beneath the stolen lands DLC which is dope, it’s like an infinite dungeon crawl. Pure D&D-style combat in a roguelike!

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    Resident Evil 7 is $8 its really fun but I can only play like an hour at a time or I feel like my heart will pop out of my chest.

    Subnautica is $10 I haven’t gotten it yet but heard it’s really good.

    Deep Rock Galactic $10

    Valheim $12

    Hollow Knight $8

    Fallout New Vegas $7

    Slay the Spire $9 rogue like deck builder

    Castle Crashers $3

    Batman Arkham Collection $9 four great games for that price is an amazing deal

    Spyro Trilogy $10

    Undertale $3

    Sleeping Dogs $3

    Death’s Door $8

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      Sleeping dogs is a great game. I never liked any GTA games or anything else in that style but I fell in love with that game. Great combat, fun story, great atmosphere and and beautiful representation of Hong Kong.

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        +100 to Sleeping Dogs! Seconding everything you say - plus it has the pork bun vendor.

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          A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man!

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        Same, Sleeping Dogs was just so much more fun to me than other open world games. The martial arts combat was a lot more fun than the typical gun combat most open world games have, and Hong Kong felt more interesting and interactable than the typical open world city, and it just looking fantastic. Only thing is that it runs out of content way before something like GTA, but I’d rather have more fun with fewer hours than endless padding. Wish it had been more successful so we could have gotten a more expansive sequel.

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        Seems like it from what I’ve heard, it’s currently sitting in my cart because I’m trying to decide which games I’m gonna have time for over ones that I can wait for the next sale.

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        PC version has an ‘keep going forward’ button, takes the strain off. But yes; one of the finest games ever made, I think - do yourself a favour and go in blind.

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      Haven’t played Castle Crashers / Death’s Door, but otherwise that is a phenomenal selection of games - can’t go wrong with any of those.

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        Castle Crashers is a fun indie coop beat em up style game up to 4 players and is also couch coop. Deaths Door is a really fun action rpg but a bit short, def worth it tho when on sale.

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      Great list, fnv, hollow knight, valheim, slay the spire, subnautica and sleeping dogs are probably all in my top 20 pc games ever and maybe top 10 for single player.

      If you could only play one of the rest which would you pick?

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        Hmmm… I haven’t played Subnautica so I’ll take that out of consideration. I’m currently playing through RE7 which has taken me away from DRG, but for replayability I would say Deep Rock Galactic would be my choice if I could only pick one game to get especially if you have friends to play with. For single player I would get the Arkham Collection if you’re into that kind of game or pull the trigger on Subnautica.

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    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    Many might already own it, but if you don’t it’s worth the money

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      I’m actually making my first “full” play through. I played it when it first came out got 40 hours in and got stuck in a death loop save where my next save was like hours behind.

      Just reinstalled it with “through the valleys” mod collection and it’s amazing. It’s a vanilla+ like experience and really fun. So this time I’m actually going to complete it. Then I’ll eventually get around to Skyrim again and actually try to finish that 😂

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        Do that! Definitely! I have like 3000h in both combined. I got hooked instantly when I first got Oblivion when it came out

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          I’m like 10-12 hours in and I have given jauffre the amulet. But decided to go explore and do other side quests before making my way into the MSQ.

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            I started a new game a few days ago. So far I only made it out of the sewers. Thinking about joining the dark brotherhood once again. Oh and I am so looking forward to meeting my favorite video game character of all times once again. Sheogorath

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    The Valve Complete Pack is 96% off for a total of $6.54. Portal 1+2, Half-Life 1+2+episodes, Left 4 Dead 2 are all must-haves if you don’t already have them, fantastic games that explain why people clamor for Valve to make more games.

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    I recently bought Dave the Diver (even though it is not discounted by that much) and I‘m having a blast playing it.

    It’s a mix of rouge lite, exploration, farming and restaurant sim with a ton of exploration, interesting characters and a nice art style. The sense of progression is very addictive. Would definitely recommend.

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      Dave The Diver rules. I picked it up because it happened to release recently, not specifically because of the sale, and I love it!

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      Yup, worth it. I love that it is just so blatantly videogame-y. The damn mirror? Yeah, sure. Makes sense, game.

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      Yeah I’m hooked on this game too. Even though it’s just 10% off for release, it’s cheap to begin with, so totally worth buying now.

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    The binding of isaac complete pack is at 38€ at the moment, pretty expensive but worth it, i’ve spent around 2000 hours with the game

    Also Brotato is a nice little game and its like 4 bucks at the moment

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      Halls of Torment is a similar game to Bro and VS, but reminds me of Planescape in feel. Put over 20 hours in in a matter of days.

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    Just a heads up: Humble Bundle posts in like an hour. I’m waiting for that drop so I can make sure I don’t overspend lol.

    -Outer Wilds and Return of the Obra Dinn are must plays. About $27

    -Definitely recommend the spiderman games.

    -I’m looking at a game called Cloudbuilt. It’s $7. This review is selling me “If Mirrors Edge and Sonic decided that they wanted to have a baby but then megaman x was upset cause he always wanted to have a baby with mirrors edge so he inserted nano machines to make the baby a bit more like him this game is what you would end up with!”

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    I get most of my games from Humble Bundle now days but I grabbed:

    Hades - great roguelite from steam deck

    Subnautica below zero - subpart continuation of one of the best games this millennia

    Technomancer - purely because mortismal gaming suggested it

    24 euros. Worth it.

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      Definitely, all of them good in their own right, but Exodus so good and expansive that the other two combined feel like an awesome prologue

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      These games are so great! I played the original 2033 back when it came out and bought the redux version later, the changes they made were great. I also love the feel of the open world in redux, it feels as alive as a nuclear wasteland can feel

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    I’ve been really enjoying cross-code on my potato of a laptop. Arpg with a heavy puzzle focus. Only single player, but coop would be too frustrating with the platforming elements

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      Seconding this, Cross Code is a hidden gem. It reminded me a lot of Secret of Mana but with a much more fluid (and fun) combat system.

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    I picked up Tunic and having a blast with it so far.

    Got binding of Isaac complete bundle as well, yet to get to that but been on the wishlist for a few months

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      Tunic is awesome and adorable and I love foxes and soulslike stuff. But man… Tunic has me soooo confused. It’s got a great sense of discovery but I’m extremely stuck, and don’t want to look things up.

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        I put another few hours in after work today and got slowed down a couple of times, but studying the instruction manual has gave me some pointers and I am loving that aspect of it