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.

  • graymess@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s not really worthy of Patient Gamers because I bought it shortly after launch (in an actual box at Best Buy), but the Orange Box was one of the most absurdly good deals I’ve ever seen. I can’t even calculate how many hours I’ve gotten out of it because it ended up on an old Steam account, but TF2 alone is easily my most played game ever.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      Same story, 1400 hours in TF2, and traded enough hats to sell em all for an Index. Great deal!

      • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Okay thats a level of crazy I never thought Id see. Trading in digital items for enough cash to buy a freakin VR set. Madness. Congrats!

    • korny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I bought this for the 360 and it blew my mind at the time. I had never played a Half Life game before, and that coupled with TF2 lead me down the path to PC building for the superior gaming platform. I owe a lot to The Orange Box!