Re: Bitching Time... erm, I mean, Steam Summer Sale time!

On 6/27/2025 10:37 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 I've said it before and doubtlessly I'll say it again in the future:
the best thing about Steam's seasonal sales is that it gives us the
opportunity to moan about how much better Steam's seasonal sales used
to be. And seeing as how Steam just started another Summer Sale, well
I'll be damned if I give up the opportunity!

...

 Sadly, the days of games going for single-digit prices on Steam seem
mostly behind us, and since that's mostly the cut-off point for
anything on my 'must buy' list, I find there is less and less reason
for me to care about these seasonal sales. And even 75% discounts
don't help much when the base game price is $70 USD to start. Nor does
it help that most of the games that fall within my preferred price
range are games I already own. So this Steam Summer sale is mostly
wasted on me.
  Join in on the bitchin'! Otherwise you'll have to wait 146 days until
the Autumn Steam Sale! ;-)

I'm going to argue with you instead.  Start checking out more indy games.
I just bought a whole bunch of games on Steam and GOG most of them were under $2. Most of them had been on my wishlist for quite a long time and were on very big discount.  There was one I found on GOG while I was looking through the high selling titles.  I did check GOG first to see if the games were available there at similar prices, so I ended up with more games from them.
GOG:
BroodStar  $10.99 $2.74
https://www.gog.com/en/game/broodstar
A scrolling down space shooter
F.E.A.R. Platinum  $9.99 $1.99
https://www.gog.com/en/game/fear_platinum
Lords of the Fallen Game of the Year Edition  $29.99 $1.49
https://www.gog.com/en/game/lords_of_the_fallen_game_of_the_year_edition
(this one is quite surprising, as it is a popular soulslike, though there's a more recent remake.)
Silver  $5.99 $1.97
(older RPG)
The Surge 1 & 2 - Dual Pack  $39.99 $5.59
(sci-fi souslike, bad reviews, but enough people really like it that I've been tempted for some time.)
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico  $5.99 $1.49
(GTA III like?)
Steam:

Vintage Year $0.99
(compared to a simpler Nuclear Throne, which I love)
Ace of Seafood $2.39
(silly game where you're like a fish biomech)
Roundabout 3 $1.33
(Psychadelic rhythm game)
Fidget Spinner RPG $1.99
(clicker game, I know, I know, it looked too silly for me to pass up.)
Disaster Band $2.09
(another rhythm game, silly though)
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