Quoting: Thormack

Quoting: LeopardSteam Sale is a dissappointment generally. There are so less discounts on games that i'm interested.

I REALLY wanted a discount on RimWorld :(
Game is so expensive right now and publisher is so greedy not even giving a 10 or 20%.

Same for Factorio.

You missed the lower prices on both by about 3 or 4 months.

Rimworld was $30(US) before release and is now $35.
Factorio was $20(US) a few months ago, then announced an increase about a month prior to becoming $30.
Both companies have long explained that they do not plan to go on sale. (and many complaint threads have been in each games respective forums every few months.)

The only way I know how to get a discount on either is to sign up for a month of "Humble Monthly" to get 10% back on either or both... But, the cost of Humble Monthly is twice as much as what you would save; so it is only worthwhile if you want the titles the month you sign up.

That being said, IMHO, both games are worth the price even if there is no discount. They are both half the cost of a so-called AAA title. Both games are also from small indie developers that have shown that they plan to continue supporting the title as well... A lot better than huge corporations that fail to care anything at all about their customers after the game is bought.

Finally, despite what the developers have said, both will go on sale eventually. However not until the people buying the game goes into a significant decline; but with the popularity of both (each with over 1 million copies sold) it may be a long wait. (Its a simple rule of marketing... when people are no longer buying what you are selling, lower the price.)

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Steam is also having its "Game of the Year" awards.

There are a few linux related titles, Not much from what I am playing, but Klei (who supports native linux on many of its releases) made it to the finals, as well as Factorio for "Most fun with a machine" category.(which I highly recommend).

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In regards to the Epic Store...

If the company isn't willing to port Fortnite, which is a huge cash cow, what makes you think they will embrace linux in their store?

And this is a game that has been ported to Android.

In addition, Fortnite appears to be the title that will force people into their store through its exclusivity... You want to play it, get it only through our store client. You can't force the store on people that can't play the game.

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Now that the 2nd expansion is on its way, will Civ VI start being good?

I remember playing the early DOS game... World Generation took so long that you had to listen to Leonard Nimoy recite the intro(iirc) until your computer finally completed map generation. (ok, I did a little research and the original was not voiced by Nimoy... Nimoy voiced Civ IV)

Civilization II was a great upgrade.

I was less than impressed with Civilization III, but I still played it to no end.

Civ IV was great... and it only got better with its expansions.

When Civ V came out, I didn't buy it because I was linux only at the time. I did not get it until after it was eventually ported and on Steam (for linux ofc.) I noticed it and the expansions during the my first winter sale on Steam and bought it immediately, only to play it for over 750 hours (according to steam.)

As for Civ VI... I wanted it for a while... I was not willing to buy it for windows and Aspyr took its time to port it. By the time it was out for linux, the reviews were lackluster at best. I was on the fence for a long time actually, having it in my cart during sales and removing it the last minute. I ended up getting it through the humble monthly (which I had a subscription, not just a one-off pickup.)

When I finally played it... I never got bored of a Civ title so quickly before... even now, it sits in my library with only 39 hours of playing time... less time than any other Civ; and to be honest less time than I put into the others in the first week (and most likely the first weekend for all 5 priors) even though I have had Civ VI for 11 months now.

It has been mentioned to me that Civilization is best after all the major DLC is released. While I liked Civ IV, I agreed that the DLC made great improvements to the game. As for Civ V, some people said it wasn't that great until the DLC either, but I didn't know as I waited until it was all out and I got it in one package for linux.

So, does anyone know, if the new DLC makes the game more enjoyable?

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They are also having their annual christmas charity bundle [External Link].

New games every day. So far a few linux titles: Guns of Icarus, Race the Sun, Convoy, Game Dev Studio, Chivalry, 5 Anomaly titles and a few others.

Instead of paying any devs, all proceeds go to charity... No Humble tip either... just charity, And you can choose how much to each different charity.

$5 gets you nothing worth mentioning... $35 gets you all the games, as usual, you can pay any amount you choose.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: pb"Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with Steam Link applications for mobile devices"

Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink [External Link]

Don't take antihistamines and write articles kids, you don't make sense. Fixed.

So, what you are saying is that hallucinogens are much better. :)

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Quoting: ShmerlValve should have put Linux version release as a requirement for such discounts. It would incentivize big developers (who have money) to make Linux versions. Win win for everyone.

I doubt that,,, It would probably make them create their own distribution platform and/or drop Steam completely.

Do you honestly think that Ubisoft or Bethesda would start writing linux games? They have crunched the numbers and even though they can probably support Linux profitably, (and have the money to do so), they still refuse to do it. Ultimatums annoy people more than they coerce them to work together; even if it is better for them in the long run.

Sadly, I think that this would be bad for Valve. And while I only mentioned Ubisoft and Bethesda, I think many other companies would also take this the wrong way.

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This seems to be a good move on Valve's part. In addition to the discounted rate being used to keep the bigger developers from leaving steam for their own store, it may also be a way to keep them from becoming a windows store exclusive as well. Lets face it, most sales are on windows, and why pay to support and ship out patches to two different stores if they both cost the same... and one in particular does not need the end user to ever download a software package to use the store.

And yes, the small developers have to pay more. While I strive for fairness, the fact is that support costs per sale go down as the sales go up. While bandwidth costs increase proportionate to the number of sales, other things such as initial setup, review, even accounting costs stay relatively flat regardless of whether one copy is sold or 1000.

While $10 million in sales is quite a lofty goal, it is far from impossible. Ludeon Studios has done it with Rimworld, and Wube has done it with Factorio; both are indie developers with just a single title that went on to sell over 1 million copies.

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I think I am getting Zombo Buster Rising for less than $1(US)
And probably Kingdom Rush Frontiers for $5(US) Kingdom Rush is also that cheap, but I own it already.

Maybe Melty's Quest at 30% off due to the recommendations here. :D

I am on the fence about Pathfinder: Kingdoms due to the amount of bugs reported... But I would get that on Humble Bundle if I decide to get it. It is only 15% off there, but with a monthly sub discount and cash back towards my next purchase, it ends up a few dollars cheaper there.

I may get Graveyard Keeper at GOG (30% off) which is the same discount as Steam.

Finally, I may break my rule about native only and get Railroad Tycoon II Platinum on GOG for $1.75. Only because I have been itching for a good railroad game, and Railway Empire was disappointing [External Link] to say the least.

Edit: Ooops!!! I said Kingdom Rush Origins (which is not on sale at all) instead of Frontiers.

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Oxygen Not Included is only 25% off. You get an additional 20% off if you already own one of Klei's other titles.

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/klei [External Link]

But some are really cheap and worth buying even if you only want to get the 20% discount. However, you can bundle ONI with the Don't Starve collection for only $26(US) including the latest Don't Starve DLC: Hamlet. (and credit for any title you may have.)

Edit: I chose Klei for the best developer category.

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