The Steamdeck sale is tempting. I have been trying to decide if I need one (I don't need one, but that's not important).
If you consider, consider also to buy the one with the lowest storage. It is not that hard to upgrade it yourself. You end up with even more storage than the most expensive model (if you're planning to buy that one). You only miss the anti-glare etched glass and a custom profile background. But you can buy a anti-glare screenprotector if needed.
I'm thinking I would get the 256gb version and 512gb SD card ti start with, so I don't have to upgrade right away. It's great that upgrading is even an option though.
Building off what the other guy said, you'll want to upgrade the hard drive when you can, I got the 64gb one and got two 500+ gb sd cards, but the shaders needed for the games can only be stored on the internal memory from what I've seen, and even having a few larger games installed has filled up the majority of my internal storage, to a point where I couldn't download updates for flatpacs or run some games due to so LITTLE storage. I'm going to look into upgrading my drive because it became such a problem for me
Check out CryoUtilities. Can easily store shader caches with each game and eliminate your issue entirely. Yay open Linux ecosystem!
Here's my decent haul. Some of them aren't really in the "Sale" as they just launched but have launch discounts.
Good reviews and suggestions. Added a few to my wishlist for better sale prices later! Shogun looks like one to keep an eye on.
Bought dave the diver, just fought first boss and game feels fun for now.
Return of Obra Dinn. Actually bought it from GoG sale. Heard tons of hype about it.
One of my favourite games. Great choice if you like puzzles!
A quick note to set you up to possibly enjoy it best: Most of the gameplay is intended to go on in your head, as you mentally assemble clues and go and re-check things. Don't be discouraged if it takes you a long time to progress part some scene.
Pinned the post as long as the Summer Sale lasts. Handy overview for everyone to discuss it.
I went big, mostly indie games I’ve wanted to try for awhile, mainly for playing on Steam Deck
ELDEN RING, Escape Simulator, Vampire Survivors, Mini Motorways, Only Up!, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Celeste, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Rogue Legacy 2, Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection, Spelunky 2, Super Meat Boy, Pogostuck, Persona 3 Portable & 4 Golden, Kindergarten 1 & 2
I have some bigger games I intend to get later, but I bought Halls of Torment early. It's a "[X] Survivors" game like Vampire Survivors, with a heavy Diablo theme/atmosphere to it. It has some fun little changes on the genre and I'm having fun with it. Always funny how these $3-$5 games can be so entertaining.
I got
High on Life
Ys IX Monstrum Nox
Stranger of Paradise FF Origin
Toukiden 2
Tales of Symphonia
DBZ Kakarot
Halo infinite, hollow knight, dead cells, and the orange box. Already played dead cells on switch a bunch so I know I'll love it (though a couple new dlc's have released since I last played, yay!). As a fan of the metroid series I'm also super excited for hollow knight.
I fucking loved Hollow Knight. One of my absolute favorite games of the past several years. I hope you enjoy it!
I got Subnautica for £8.24, original Alan Wake for £4.64 and Surviving Mars deluxe edition for £8.74. Not bad!
I picked up Surviving Mars and played through the tutorials. Fascinating game.
Marvel's Midnight Suns Legenday Edition. I'm 30 hours in and LOVING it. I mean, I like XCOM, Marvel, Persona and deck-building games, so I feel like this was created for me.
It's a shame the game flopped though.
Post Void and A Short Hike. Also thinking about buying either Terraria or Don't Starve Together for me and my friend, but not sure which one
So far:
Not on sale but also got BattleBit
So far only Blasphemous, but that'll probably change. My wishlist is huge, and nothing's ever stopped me from growing my backlog before, so why stop now?
I'm a huge fan of metroidvanias, I've played almost all of the heavy hitters in recent years: Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Ori 1 & 2, Dust, Guacamelee, the list goes on. Blasphemous seemed right up my alley despite some positive reviews with heavy caveats. I'm mostly enjoying it but I really really hate all the insta-death pits. Nice that you don't drop all your currency on death but now I've gotta walk all the way back there, avoiding all the enemies and traps, and oop I've fallen in the same pit again and turned the game off. Besides that, the difficulty is somewhere between easy and challenging but fair. Recommended while cautioning patience.
Lost Ruins, Ender Lilies, Halls of Torment
I finally pulled the trigger on Celeste after hearing so much about it for years.
I resisted the temptation, as I don't have the time and space to play the 5 games I already own.
So far I've picked up Cassette Beasts and Nier Replicant. The former is a monster tamer game which I really enjoyed. Mechanics were fun, and the world exploration was superb. You unlock abilities for movement kind of like BOTW/Hollow Knight.
Nier Replicant has hot androids
I bought me and my buddy a copy of Core Keepers. He mentioned he was interested but he tends to not have the extra funds for games so I got him a gift.
X4: Foundations - though I probably won't get around to playing it til later in the year...
Lumencraft
Yes, Your Grace
The Final Station
Now to actually play them!
Just dropped a crisp fiver on Oblivion, figured 17 years of people telling me to play it was reason enough to give it a shot
While I love Skyrim, I think most of the guild quest lines are much better in Oblivion, especially the thieves guild (as mentioned). I generally prefer to play with a leveling system mod that replaces the weird system they built, but it's a great game either way.
Enjoy! Obviously keep in mind it's that old, but it's still the best in the series.
It's one of the best games ever made. Especially the Thieves' Guild missions.
I wanted to pick up the Washington and Oregon DLCs for American Truck Simulator, a game I almost never play but it always there waiting for me to pop back in for one run then uninstall lol.
Also picked up Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness (whew, that's a name alright) because I was just turned on to the show (which is awesome!) and wanted to play it, but full price seems like a total ripoff for such a jank niche game.
Now both are on my Deck for less then I spent at lunch yesterday, and I can get back to slowly poking at my backlog!
I bought Anno 1800 and am really enjoying it, it's great that they modelled it closer to Anno 1404 but still innovated
No games (so far) because I have enough of a backlog to play but went for a Steam Deck (512 GB version because I like anti-glare and don't want to upgrade it right away) and dock. I rarely feel like playing at my desk lately but enjoy playing on my Switch on the couch, so the deck should help me work thorugh my backlog.
Red Dead Redemption 2. I couldn't pass it up any longer!
Avoid spoilers if it hasn't already been spoiled for you. Story mode is a masterpiece!
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