I’ll be honest, I own so many games from the last sale that I’m probably going to sit this one out. I have something like 140 games, and of those the majority are on my backlog, so I won’t be running out any time soon.
Hoping for a sale on Tunic. I picked it up on my Switch but honestly have been far happier with Deck performance of games I have on both platforms that I’d rather go through it on the Deck
Tunic is also on my wishlist. Crossing fingers!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/ looks like our wish was granted :D
Yeah, Tunic on Switch is rough…
I was also shocked how much worse dead cells performed on the switch, kinda made me decide to stick with pc/deck for non exclusives now
Interestingly I first played Dead Cells on switch and it seemed to run well, but that was a few years back at this point. Did an update tank performance or something?
I noticed lots more “stutters” at random times than I ever saw on PC / Steam Deck. I moved it to onboard storage and that helped some but still played better on the Deck
The opposite I’d say, there were some performance issues on release which were fixed a few weeks later.
That’s honestly pretty impressive considering how minimalist the art style is. I played in on Steam Deck and it played flawlessly. Highly recommended.
To be honest I have plenty of games in my backlog to play. Buuuut if there are any really good deals on Tunic, Pizza Tower, Tetris Effect or Cult of the Lamb I maybe consider them.
I should probably reduce my backlog first though…
Got cult of the lamb in the last sale. Was really fun and ran well. A bit repetitive with managing the cult in my opinion. But there is an option to stop time while you are on crusade (and cooking without minigane. With that it was worth it :)
I heard there was a big update a couple of months ago - did that change much?
I only played after the upgrade. AFAIK added post game content and the time stop option.
Same. I’m playing Watch Dogs Legion right now, gonna finish the main story before I choose another game.
I’ve never tried the Watch Dogs games - what do you think of Legion?
I’d say get WD2 over Legion. It’s the best one out of the three.
While Legion has some interesting mechanics, it kinda feels half-baked. Didn’t grip me as well as WD2 did. Unless you want a snarky British digital assistant talking to you (and I mean that endearingly), then absolutely get Legion.
Thanks! Have you tried WD2 on Steam Deck? I’ve just had a look at the ProtonDB page and there seem to be some issues (crashing due to a memory leak?)
Not unfortunately! I have it directly from UbiSoft and I haven’t got that properly set up yet.
As someone who doesn’t play a lot of AAA games, it’s legitimately gripping. Enough that I bought it on both PS5 and PC/Deck. Granted it was on sale both times.
We all do xD, and yet we will still buy more games because steam summer sale!
Wait what? You have to play your games first before you can buy more? Well, fuck.
I wish - If that was the case I wouldn’t be in this situation :'( My will power is not strong
If Celeste goes on sale I’m gonna grab it again. Already bought it twice for switch and epic but will happily give them more money for a steam specific copy.
Amazing platformer
Oh darn. Since I have a Steam Deck I’ve been wishlisting games like a mad man. It’s going to hard to not buy new games. One of the reasons I got a Deck is that I want to clear out by backlog.
I am actually exactly the same 😂 Wishlist is exploding since getting the Deck, sadly time to game is not.
The endless cycle…
Check out Isthereanydeal. Tells you other stores that sell a game as well. You can import your wishlist.
I’ll buy the Dock if it’s on sale. I might actually buy it anyways but might as well wait one day to see if I can save a few bucks.
I’ve put off buying it since honestly it feels a bit overpriced since you can get a hub that does pretty much the same job for 20€.
I bought a 3rd party “Deck Dock” that works perfectly fine for 30€ or so.
Looks like it’s on sale… 20% off. I’m in doubt, not sure if I’m going to use it as much as I think.
Alright that’s decent enough price. While you can get 3rd party Dock pretty cheap, counting in shipping and the power adapter, it rounds up to 70€ for me. For 10€ more I can get first party support, that’s actually competitive value.
I got a $20 Hub and wouldn’t recommend it. For whatever reason the USB parts didn’t work.
Stray!
Yeah I want to play as a cat but Stray is too little content for its full price.
All about indies at this point for me! I found these after slashing my wishlist in half!
. Rusted Moss . Roboquest . Protodroid DeLTA
Depends what’s on sale - but I’ll buy Baldur’s Gate 3 soon or at release, maybe Starfield too depending on performance.
I’d really love a game that’s playable on the Steam Deck on the TV though, Rocket League and SpeedRunners has been great for this. Even moreso if it has local multiplayer.
BattleBit Remastered has been really fun with M+KB recently (and they backed down on the anti-Linux anticheat for now), I wish there were something similar for sports games just focussing on fun over realism, like the old SNES football and hockey games. Something like Mario Strikers but where you manage a team and their stats and abilities, etc.
There’s also Old Time Hockey. Looks like a lot of fun, although I’ve never tried it
This looks awesome. Thanks! Added to wishlist…
Ou!! thanks for this.
If you want some fun “sports” games I’d recommend:
- Super Blood Hockey
- Super Slam Dunk Touchdown
- Regular Human Basketball (Great local co-op game)
- Windjammers 2
- Lethal League 1 or 2
I am not sure you will like the genre, but can I humbly recommend souldiers? That game is amazing, and does really well in handheld and tv.
You might enjoy the Super Mega Baseball series. Worth a look, anyway.
Battlebit back down how? is there a link to a statement? last i read they only reverted to eac temporarily until they resolve some bugs with faceit
https://steamcommunity.com/app/671860/discussions/4/6717729816414777432/
However, since BattleBit is not competitive as CSGO or R6 etc, the restrictions become overkill for the majority of our player base, because of this, we are still investigating something in between EAC and FACEIT Anti Cheat in terms of requirements.
You might really like Tape to Tape or Turbo Golf Racing
Dark Souls 3. I’ve been waiting for a year for From Software games to get a discount again
50% Discount at Humble Store 😍
I’ll say it… Last Of Us
According to protondb, it runs much better now. However, isn’t it a bit early to be part of the sale?
They might put it at 20% off maybe
Hi-Fi Rush, BallisticNG, Klonoa, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, PowerWash Sim, Symphony, Invector: Rhythm Galaxy. Maybe Marble It Up too.
The rest are games that work better on PC (e.g. supports steering wheels, requires a beefy PC).
I’ve got 621 games in my Steam library. With Epic, PlayStation, GOG, Amazon, and Origin it’s over 1000 games. So it’s been fairly easy to ignore Steam sales for a while now. That said, for the past year I’ve found myself looking at my wishlist thinking, “What can I buy that would be a good fit for playing on the SteamDeck?” My resistance hasn’t been as strong as it was.
I’ve bought far, far more PC games since I got my Steam Deck than I ever had before. This thing rocks
Dredge is on my list and seems perfect for the Deck
I am playing it right now! It was at 20% sale a few days ago. Don’t know if it’ll get even more discounted later.
It is nearly perfect for the deck. I only have a small grievance with moving things in the inventory. It takes a long while to step through the slots. But maybe I’m doing something wrong.
It is! Can recommend.
I’m hoping some of the Zacktronics games go on sale. I wasn’t able to play any of these before I got my deck last year and I’ve got some catching up to do.
I love these games, but be careful - playing shenzenio on deck sounds awful because it has a lot of typing. Exopunk too. Infinifsctory and spacechem would be good though.
