No event/game for this sale ?
Did you just step out of a time machine? Their sales haven’t had games for ages now. Last one was the monster game, iirc.*
*Oh, there was the Saliens in 2018, too, but that was like a one-off.
The 2015 Monster Summer Sale was particularly memorable for me thanks to the music. I downloaded it and still listen to it! Ultimately, though, I’m glad Steam doesn’t have tie-in minigames and flash deals anymore, since it was tedious to have to metagame them for the best value.
I’m new to Steam and pc gaming, grabbed an OLED deck a little bit ago. I’m looking for recommendations for FPS and RPGs that I can play offline. I’ve never played any of the Elder Scrolls stuff should I grab one of them? What do you suggest?
RPG wise all the dragon age games are on sale, plus there’s always fallout or skyrim.
Not sure how it plays on Deck (UI is pretty small scale iirc) but Morrowind is great if you like RPGs with great atmosphere that don’t hold your hand, and if you’re ok with oldish graphics (some famous mods make it much more palatable however). I don’t particularly like Oblivion or Skyrim, they’re much more generic whereas Morrowind is pretty unique in terms of universe. But then again you’d have to look up how well it runs on the Deck and whether or not you can install the unofficial bugfix mod among other obligatory things
Not one of the types you were asking about, but Hades feels like it’s made for the Steam Deck, and it’s a great game (and also on sale)
For FPS games, Doom (2016) is one of the all-time single-player FPS games and runs great on the Deck.
Some offline-friendly FPS games.
- Half-Life 1 and 2
- Borderlands 2 and 3
- Dusk
- SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
First-person puzzle games (other than Portal 1 and 2, which you’ve heard about enough already):
- Once you’re done both Portals, check out community-made mod campaigns!
- Portal: Revolution is a prequel to Portal 2 that introduces a few new mechanics.
- Portal Stories: Mel has pretty much zero new mechanics but cranks up the difficulty.
- Viewfinder
- The Witness
For Elder Scrolls, I’d recommend giving either Oblivion or Skyrim a whirl, and then after you feel done with one, try the other. In my opinion they are both great for different reasons, and they are different enough to feel like very different games in some ways.
If it helps you make a decision in terms of RPG story feel, Skyrim is more about you as the hero, and Oblivion you’re more like a person that happens to be there.
There’s great modding resources too if you’re into that. Especially on Nexus. Even light modding like some QoL upgrades or bug fixes. I’m not talking crazy mods.
Oh, the endgame for Skyrim (the original DLCs) really do give you some rewarding post-game fun in like a god mode.
Half Life 2 and it’s episodes are always on a massive sale in a Valve bundle.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/
There’s a lot of stuff there you won’t play, but it’s a must have for the Half Life and Portal series.
Also Wolfenstein: The New Order and Doom 2016 are great.
Initial scroll through looks pretty meh. There a list of good’ns going yet?
Edit-
From another thread, looks like Witcher 3 is 90% off. If you haven’t played it yet, now’s the time!
Very worth it at that price. I thought the DLCs were great too. 180+ hours
I found out that Satisfactory is on sale right now, and will go up in price by $10 after the sale. So if you want it before 1.0 comes out now would be a great time.
Grabbed Synthetik. Absolute banger of a game, already have 15 hours in it
This one offers daily trading cards for finishing a discovery queue, and stickers for following a “browse by category” link on the main page and clicking the “claim” button.
Looks like the site is overloaded at the moment. Some things are not working quite right.
