Oooh I was thinking of grabbing Steins. I know I watched the anime several years ago and enjoyed it, but only have hazy recollections of the plot. Doing the VN seems just enough same, just enough different to be fun.

Was hoping for a discount on Spilt Fiction. Nothing so far.

Still mad that they fucked up KSP2. I realize it was a different studio, but I'm not happy about it.

Expedition 33 is often high discounted on instant gaming.

It's 40% off now https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/17015-buy-clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-steam/

Anything good?

Looking at how few places are hiring now compared to 2 years ago is honestly terrifying.

Love Tyranny and PoE. Think Deadfire would have been an exceptional game if there was about half as much of it, but even as an epic RPG it does go on. Ten bucks for 'three big games' of content is a steal, though.

It isn't that 'successful game has a better-funded sequel that loses the magic due to feature creep' is exactly unheard of - it's a tale as old as time. But Deadfire was a sales disappointment, which it probably wouldn't have been if they'd only spent half as much making it, and so we won't be getting a PoE3

For whatever it’s worth, I never finished it, as an avid crpg fan. It’s not the hours it takes, it’s the constant feeling that you’ve got so much to do but no real idea where to start, or where to go, or what to do. If it was a world map with clickable places, like the original baldurs gates or even the somewhat intimidating but still much more digestible owlcat’s pathfinders style “railroad” experience, it’d been much nicer. But the free map to roam just makes both decisions harder, and also the seashell collector inside me awaken and suddenly I have to explore each pixel of the map in case I miss something, which is very exhausting on top of the already exhausting freedom.

Let's hope for Kitten Space Agency then! It has dves and modders from the first and second games in its team.

Bought it anyways now. Have played both star wars games often enough, so need a new soulslike now

Fear & Hunger 1 & 2 for me among others. Stellar Blade not on sale though... I get it but... It's so expensive...

I keep whining about the lack of new, adventurous action games and dead PS2 franchises, so I figured I put my money where my mouth is and buy Gungrave G.O.R.E.

I love OG Gungrave (wish they port it to Steam)—Overdose not so much because I found it too obtuse in terms of level design and controls.

I'm also looking at Spirit X Strike. It's too reactive for my taste, so I haven't decided yet, but I want to support the developer.

Maybe I'll grab Zone of the Enders 2 as well? I don't remember how much I liked it, gotta revisit the PS2 game first.

I purchased a bunch of dlc for Train Sim World (tsw). I only buy dlc for tsw when its on sale, save a small fortune that way.

Bonus savings if you can get one of the bundles on sale for double discount. I got £150 of dlc for about £55. Yeah dlc is super expensive for tsw but it doesn't go out of date and nor is it needed for a multiplayer mode so why rush?

Been after the expansion pack for Germany and the Preston Route for ages.

Train Sim World 5: West Coast Main Line: Preston - Carlisle Route Add-On
Train Sim World 5: Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg Route Add-On
Train Sim World 5: DB BR 101 Loco Add-On
Train Sim World 5: Maintalbahn: Aschaffenburg - Miltenberg Route Add-On
Train Sim World 5: Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr: Duisburg - Bochum Route Add-On
Train Sim World 5: Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop Route Add-On
Train Sim World 5: DB BR 363 Loco Add-On

I've seen so many games that are super cheap. But right now i play mainly deadlock, which was free. Or some demos from steam next fest, which are so good that i played like 3 hours and am happy with.

The GOG summer sale is ongoing as well

https://www.gog.com/promo/2025_summer_sale

Lot of people saying it's Meh but ones that I've been tempted by are:

ATL 53% off for Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate edition

• this passes the $60 AUD threshold which I've been holding out for

Crash Bandicoot Nsane trilogy for 90% off

Stanley parable ultimate edition at lowest price since 2023

• deals for this game have been tepid since December 2023, but this matches the ATL

I have it on my wishlist! But have to cut the spending somewhere haha.
I'd also like to get Cyber Knights, A Hat In Time, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, Skin Deep and Soulash 2 - but it's just too much money with so little time for gaming now (especially with keyboard + mouse for the latter two).

I really enjoyed Azaran, Gravity Storm and Always With You in the NextFest.

I think it's still a bit too new for that.

Not saying it isn't, but if somebody tells me it should be less than half of what I'm seeing it for I might as well ask if I'm missing something, no?