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Best deal you ever got? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by gibmiser@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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What's the best game deal you ever got?

For me it was the original Subnautica. Was a free give away before it got popular and I had no expectations when I played it. Really enjoyed the exploration and the pacing.

Second was Axiom Verge - I got it for free before it became popular but I don't remember how. I bought it when it went to Steam because I wanted to support the creator.

Both are fun exploration sorts of games if you haven't played them. Axiom Verge is a metroidvania. Kinda a weird game, but in a good way.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Axiom Verge

Yeah, that's decent. Still haven't gotten through it, though.

I think that the price of a game matters a lot less than the gameplay time, in terms of value. You can have enormous differences in the amount of time you play a game, much more than the price typically varies from game to game.

looks at Steam

My top-played games by hours of playtime are:

  1. Oxygen Not Included

  2. Fallout 4 (the game itself is decent-sized, plus there are expansions, but this is really due heavily to mods)

  3. Wargame: Red Dragon

  4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (also improved by mods)

  5. Sid Meier's Civilization V

  6. Caves of Qud

  7. Fallout 76

  8. Rimworld (mods, though honestly the base game is pretty good on its own)

  9. X3: Reunion

  10. Mount & Blade: Warband (again, mods add a lot to this)

So those are probably the best deals, as I've gotten the most time out of them.

The bad deals are games that I get and then don't like and so don't play.

[–] BastingChemina 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't see Factorio on this list! Why is the factory not growing?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I played it for a while, but never got that into it. Ditto for Mindcraft and Satisfactory. They're all fine, but..I dunno. Oxygen Not Included just has more stuff going on.