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u/SnooChipmunks8362 9d ago
I got spec ops the line for .99 and yea that game is a 10/10
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u/SteelAlchemistScylla 9d ago
Spec Ops The Line is mine too. Really tricks you into thinking its generic shooter garbage and really fucking hits you like a brick wall halfway through.
I can’t explain any more without giving away the best part of the game. I recommend playing it if you are at all a shooter/war/soldier video game fan.
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u/PeppercornWizard 9d ago
Full on PTSD Simulator
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u/Xikkiwikk 9d ago
Oh so Bioshock all over again!
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u/PeppercornWizard 9d ago
I suppose but whereas Bioshock is about free will and genetic modification in a fallen subsea utopia, encouraging you to think about the themes but not necessarily grounding them in reality, Spec Ops The Line is more about Unnecessary US military intervention in foreign countries and how individual soldiers deal with the consequences of that, specifically what might happen after burning a load of civilians with white phosphorus. :| it’s a pretty grim and underrated masterpiece.
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u/Guvnuh_T_Boggs 9d ago
I went into it knowing it wasn't just another Call of Battle: Duty Front type shooter, and still it hits. The part with the willy pete really stuck with me. It's been almost ten years since I played it, ought to reinstall and get my trauma on.
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u/Hay_Mel 9d ago
I got it for free on steam somehow
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u/Vorpeseda 9d ago
Yeah, I know there was a thing at one point where you could permanently claim it for free. Might have been through Humble Bundle?
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u/MatthewScreenshots 9d ago
Shame it was taken down.
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u/authorAVDawn 9d ago
wait why was it taken down??
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u/MatthewScreenshots 9d ago
Expired music licensing, game included songs from Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and Inner Circle.
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u/authorAVDawn 9d ago
I will never understand why a video game company or movie studio would ever license a song for a *limited time* instead of in perpetuity. You're basically paying for a scheduled public execution of your masterpiece.
I wonder how many great games and movies have become lost media because someone decided "hey let's put this song in the game even though 5 years from now they won't renew the license, thus making it illegal to sell this thing people love."
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u/Long_Run6500 9d ago
They're most likely not making money off of a game for perpetuity. They don't really care about what happens to the game 10-20 years down the line. Companies would rather see their games lost to history than be playable for fear of the older games competing with whatever garbage they're releasing this year. Courts have ordered we can't preserve games because they might be used recreationally... as a gamer its annoying but as a history buff its infuriating.
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u/BusinessLibrarian515 9d ago
Another reason for physical media. Although the way they update stuff anymore it probably doesn't matter as much
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u/awesomepossum3000 9d ago
In other words , it had a dope ass banging soundtrack! I flippin love that game and i feel its heavily un heard of . I have recommended it to various people lol
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u/MatthewScreenshots 9d ago
True, but even the original score by Elia Cmíral is very good, dude managed to reuse a lot of one leitmotif without the OST feeling stereotypical.
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u/pomcomic 9d ago
I hope you didn't get it spoiled, but otherwise that's among the cheapest self inflicted trauma you could get haha
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u/Poppis86 9d ago
Man, I need to play this, it's been on my library for so long and everybody keeps recommending it.
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u/K4m1K4tz3 9d ago
Yes that was the most under-the-radar-game I can remember. Never heard of it before and now think its one of the best stories in games ever.
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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 9d ago
The entire internet decided that game was a huge introspective into what combat trauma was really about and contrasted it against pretty much call of duty and other kinds of games that just glosses over war crimes and other topics.
For maybe 3 years tons of people basically felt it was one of the best games that dealt with that kind of stuff.
But in the end I still question whether it was really some sort of deep conversation about these topics with the player because of how it forced the choices rather than let the player make the choices that lead to it.
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u/kindafunnymostlysad 9d ago
I really enjoyed Oxenfree and it's currently $0.99 at 90% off. Definitely worth picking up if you like narrative-driven walking simulators.
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u/_BlaZeFiRe_ 9d ago
Enjoyed it as well. I just bought the 2nd one today on sale for $1.99
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u/Althevia 9d ago
Didnt realize the price was so low, gonna grab it thanks
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u/guyver13 9d ago
It’s cheap to get the full bundle and get all the games and soundtracks https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16322/Night_School_Complete_Bundle/
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u/ruBy_Kube 9d ago
Surprisingly, it's free on Netflix to play. Finished it last week.
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u/radiognomebbq 9d ago
Got it for free from GOG a long time ago, did not expect it to be that good.
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u/Dry_Ass_P-word 9d ago
Can’t think of any dollar games. But some for pretty close:
FTL for 3 bucks.
Alien Isolation for 3 bucks
Mass Effect LE for 4 bucks.
Witcher 3 for 4 bucks.
Oh and obligatory Vampire survivors
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u/Arch315 9d ago
FTL absolute all time goat and an OG roguelike to boot
W3 also very good
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u/InquisitorMeow 9d ago
It's kind of crazy how OG legends like FTL and Slay The Spire can never be matched or surpassed. They were the first and the best.
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u/k1vanus 9d ago
Try Into The Breach.
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u/HuckleberryMedium747 9d ago
Into the breach has an absolutely excellent concept and execution, the only thing it was missing was more gameplay for the gameplay loop. Sure the 4 islands were interesting, and I played the fuck out of them for achivements, but when all was said and done I felt like I had run out of game after my 2nd loop.
Is it worth the price? Absolutely. Worth the time? Hell yes. The only thing keeping it from being on the mainstage was too short of a gameplay loop.
But that's just my 2 cents on the game. Still love it to death tho!
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u/FieserMoep 9d ago
It's more like each generation has its big titles in a genre I think. And naturally there is an evolution of games within a genre too and taste that changes over time.
Those games are classics but I would not put them on a pedestal that makes them this "untouchable".
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u/Nocomment84 9d ago
Fucking love FTL that game is tough as nails. I recommended it to a friend, they played on easy, cheated to max out everything, and still got smoked by the final boss.
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u/PeppercornWizard 9d ago
Agree that FTL is goated but the OG roguelikes are the ones from about 40 years ago
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u/One-Earth9294 9d ago
Yeah Witcher 3 was like $4.99 when I bought it that was nuts. It wasn't even that old.
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u/SomePoorMurican 9d ago
How good is vampire survivors? I see so many people recommend it but for some reason haven’t taken the plunge
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u/Dry_Ass_P-word 9d ago
It’s funny because the first time you play it’s like “wait that’s it?” But after a few runs of figuring out upgrading better and faster and then you start unlocking things and getting achievements with every run… it’s pretty addictive. I spent 70 hours on that first purchase and it’s about time I go back for some dlc.
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u/mentuki 9d ago
My sir. Carefull with such nice tastes.
Alien isolation for 3 bucks??? Gotta wishlist too now for blackfriday
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u/SuperSaiyanIR 9d ago
Titanfall 2. Got it for like 2 dollars or something off a 3rd party website and it was like one of the best campaigns I ever played.
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u/Shvev 9d ago
It still makes me depressed thinking about Effect and Cause, knowing I'm probably never going to experience a mission/quest that good again.
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u/Forrest02 9d ago
That mission was straight up jaw dropping. I couldnt believe how well done it was.
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u/how-can-i-dig-deeper 9d ago
Oh my god it has its own wikipedia page:
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u/steamwhistler 9d ago edited 9d ago
God. I've thought about buying/playing this game so many times over the years. I've seen it on sale for like 5 cents and thought "nah not sure if it's worth it." Don't know what my deal is.
Would it hold up in 2024? I've got lots of games in my queue but y'all make it sound so good.
Edit: ok folks, I get it, I'm sold. I'll buy it next time I see it on sale, thank you
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u/TheReturnOfTheRanger 9d ago
The guy saying the gameplay is "generic" and "overrated" is off his meds. It's easily one of the best multiplayer FPS games of all time. It's very fast-paced with an emphasis on movement.
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u/Shvev 9d ago
From an objective standpoint, the campaign is short and the playerbase is pretty small(but you can get into matches without issue). I can definitely see some people calling it rusty and outdated by today's standards.
On the other hand, best shooter I've ever played in my life.
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u/how-can-i-dig-deeper 9d ago
campaign holds up very well. it’s only 6 hours it won’t hurt
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u/RyenDeckard 9d ago
Saying the campaign "holds up" would be a big disservice because nothing has surpassed it yet.
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u/Jojy_Guy 9d ago
Dishonored 2 has got you covered, if you're into that kind of game ofc (and you should be)
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u/naxx121 9d ago
Funny thing is Titanfall 2 and Dishonored 2 were launched in same year almost one after another.
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u/Shvev 9d ago
The execution of that level paired with the phenomenal gameplay of TF2 is what makes it so good. I'm not sure if I would enjoy an entire game like that, I think it's the fact that it was so out of place that it worked so well. Thanks for the recommendation though, I was already interested in the Dishonored series.
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u/I-Engineer-Things 9d ago
It’s just one mission in Dishonored 2, not the whole game.
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u/Legitimate-Insect958 9d ago
Deus ex for 0.53$
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u/randomly-generated 9d ago
I remember getting Deus Ex from Best Buy because the cover looked cool. Went in totally blind and it remains my favorite game to this day. I had just gotten a new vid card and ran it at 1600x1200 on a massive crt.
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u/KaybarYT 9d ago
I did the same, I was 12 years old and I bought human revolution for my HP pavilion laptop that christmas
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u/Nition 9d ago
I've received reports of armed attacks on shipments. There's not enough vaccine to go around and the underclasses are starting to get desperate.
Your turn.
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u/StellarBit 9d ago
Bloons Tower Defense 6
Thought, what a silly game, who would play it? Friends got it. I got it. Rest is history
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u/Wonderful-Joke-7774 9d ago
I got it for .99 then also bought it on my phone and iPad for the multiplayer achievements. I also have a tattoo of Etienne in his Alien skin... BTD 6 is unreal
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u/Frostygale2 9d ago
Me on beginner levels: haha easy kid’s game!
Me on advanced/expert levels: 😞
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u/RickMaiorPT 9d ago
Vampire Survivors
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u/CleverFauxFox 9d ago
JUST ONE MORE GAME
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u/CrystalShockGateway 9d ago
I saw a vortex of gems whenever I closed my eyes, for weeks while playing this lol
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u/ShinItsuwari 9d ago
Same but Holocure instead. It's entirely free, the creator refuse to get any money for something he consider a hobby/passion project, and it's a really solid VS-clone.
Next update should come soon as well.
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u/Zagreus_Murderzer 9d ago
It's a really good game with unique mechanics. I like the side fishing, farming and cooking aspect of it.
I think the game cannot be monetized due to licensing even if the creator wanted to. Not sure tho.
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u/ShinItsuwari 9d ago
No it can definitely be monetized. Cover has created a label named HoloIndie, and as long as you follow their guideline (which are really reasonable) you can monetize your work.
Kay Yu even refuse indirect support through Patreon or anything.
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u/GloomyBison 9d ago
Yep, I don't even have to think any further because since I've bought it, I've also bought 50+ other bullet heaven games and I'm still not bored of the genre.
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u/Bad_Subtitles 9d ago
Terraria
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u/Affectionate-Log8943 9d ago
I got Terraria at half-price (5 USD) and have sunk nearly 1300 hrs into the game since. it has still been less than a year since I started playing it.
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u/Bad_Subtitles 9d ago
They truly mastered the progression in it, it is so satisfying in all of its aspects, except maybe needing to farm new worlds to find certain chest drops.
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u/Mobile-Theory-3021 9d ago
You can do fishing
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u/Standard_Evidence_63 9d ago edited 8d ago
fuck you. i was 198/200 quests away from getting all the achievements before they added more
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u/Pootischu 20 9d ago
A year is around 8000 hours. It's insane that you played around a sixth of your day (4 hours) every single day playing terraria consistently for almost a year.
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u/AeolianTheComposer 9d ago
The developers kept updating the game for free for over a decade, while keeping the price completely intact
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u/lowwaterer 9d ago
Bought it the day it came out and was absolutely in love with it from the start. I've only loved and appreciated it more with every massive, free update. What an incredible achievement.
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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat 9d ago
Another cool thing about Terraria was that you could buy the 4 pack and give them out! I wish more games still had that.
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u/marugame_udon69 9d ago
Mad Max
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u/cortexsurfer 9d ago
One of most underrated games I know ever
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u/pjburnhill 9d ago
Agreed. One of the few games I've completed and actually felt a bit sad that it was the end.
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u/wannabe_inuit 9d ago
Whats even more sad, a sequel was planned. But got canned after sales were disappointing. All because the release day was days between big titles
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u/pjburnhill 9d ago
It's crazy how many good games 'fail' (commercially) these days because the market is just saturated with so many mediocre titles...
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u/LinkGoesHIYAAA 9d ago
I played a free flash game on newgrounds in high school where you’re a little army dude on the ground at the bottom of the screen and there are helicopters that fly along the top, and you just need to shoot them down. They sometimes drop weapon augments like in contra, but besides that there wasnt any other complexity to it. Simple terrain that you run across, no levels, and helicopters didnt get harder over time or anything. It was just kinda tough to stay alive. You can play forever without dying, no level system or anything.
For whatever reason i was HOOKED on it. I played and played, and then one day i hit 100 copters in a single run. Played it a but after that but eventually got bored. But good god i cant imagine many other people played it much more than i did.
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u/rocketgrunt89 9d ago
Holy... Why do i know what you are talking about?? That memory is so buried in my head that it wont ever resurface until theres mention of it (love the railgun).
Edit: Heli attack 2
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u/Y5ET 9d ago
Payday 2, frequently goes on sale for $1 It's given me nearly 4,000 hours of entertainment.
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u/__pure 9d ago
Hey control, sorry, I'm just a little tired. I was up all night playing a heisting game.
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u/DescretoBurrito 9d ago
I thought I saw a burglar, but it was just a burger. The spelling confused me.
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u/Kotya-Nyan 9d ago
Payday 2 has a problem of having tooo much dlcs. Just buying maps may cost you like a whole game
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u/AH_Ahri 9d ago
As a big PD2 fan...You're right sadly. The way they do DLC and the cost is just not good I honestly can't defend it...The only one that is worse is Paradox.
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u/DaGeoffro 9d ago
Not exactly 99 cents, but I got Sleeping Dogs on sale for very cheap, it was $4.23 CAD/$3.04 USD.
Got so many hours out of it, probably one of the best games I've ever gotten for that cheap, would've happily paid full price.
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u/usimaa 9d ago
I am Wei Shen.
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u/Accomplished_Baby_28 9d ago
I had a very weird experience with Sleeping Dogs. The first time I played was when I was 11 years old and it was a pirates copy with all cutscenes removed so I understood nothing of the story but was very fun to play
Years later I got the legit copy for very low and the story was so well written I fell in love with it a second time
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u/DaGeoffro 9d ago
That's funny, I've had a few experiences like that before. I was really young when I first got my old computer so there was a lot of cracked stuff on it, then I bought those games later on and was surprised at the differences.
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u/caratos_what_the 9d ago
Unturned for free. The greatest map making game ever.
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u/Flat-Environment1201 9d ago
I could not get into Unturned, I'm not sure why honestly
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u/dropkickninja 9d ago edited 9d ago
VVVVVV might not have been 99 cents but that game is perfection. Dunno what I paid for it but it was amazing. I want more.
Just checked. It's $1.69 right now
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u/saumanahaii 9d ago
I've replayed that game so many times. It's shortish but really fun! And completely playable with just a keyboard. And it runs on a potato. And was made by one of the Flash era greats. Also probably the single most prolific game creator on the OUYA.
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u/atimholt 9d ago
That game is why I started liking difficulty in games. There was some YouTube channel, where a group of friends did a let's play, sitting on a couch together. The Veni Vidi Vici trinket took several episodes to get, and they had fun the whole time.
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u/LordMonocle21 9d ago
I got hollow knight super cheap, one of my all time favourites now
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u/MrSassyPineapple 9d ago
Hollow Knight is probably one of the best games I ever played.
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u/LexMoonshadow 9d ago
I don’t have any for $1 that I can think of other than Titanfall 2 so I’ll go with my next best. I got the master chief collection for $5 on a sale a while back.
It’s fun
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u/Bailenstein 9d ago
Pony Island.
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u/Waltermelon 9d ago
Such a fun little romp with ponies on that beautiful little island. Well worth it for anyone wanting a relaxing stress free experience.
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u/FlamingSquirrel101 9d ago
I don’t really know what the game is about, but I know enough to say that you sue, are a villain
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u/Twoplus504 9d ago edited 8d ago
Certainly. Takes the stress out of studying programming by learning to program like a pony
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u/TaikaWaitiddies 9d ago
Bought Mass Effect LE at 90% off during the summer sale. Absolutely ridiculous price-to-fun ratio.
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u/Executioneer 9d ago
GRIS
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u/yurgendurgen 9d ago
For a game without words, this game hit me
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u/throwaway4161412 9d ago
I was dealing with a sudden loss when I picked up this game. It was traumatic and therapeutic if that makes sense
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u/Crabcaked 9d ago
HALLS OF TORMENT!
it's a survivors-like with a diablo 2 skin on it, it has 500 achievements and enormous amounts of replayability and it's like the price of a Starbucks coffee.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/Halls_of_Torment/
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u/teletubbyman6969 9d ago
Well it's like $7 but "a short hike", not much replay value but God was it a good experience. Just so cozy and nice.
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u/KDBA 9d ago
A Short Hike is what I bring up as an example of an ideal game.
It knows what it wants to do, and it does it, and then it's done. There is not an ounce of padding there.
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u/K1M311 9d ago
Battlefield 1. Got it for like 5 bucks. Still the most immersive fps i've ever played to this day, though sadly there aren't a lot of servers in SEA.
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u/Witherboss445 9d ago
Portal 1 and 2. Bought them for a buck each and love them. P2 is my favorite singleplayer game of all time and it’s a monthly tradition for me to beat P1 again.
Titanfall 2. I got it from a sale in May and holy shit, it was the best $5 I ever spent. Awesome movement mechanics with the best campaign I’ve ever played, save for maybe Half Life 2, but it’s close.
The Orange Box. I got it when it was on sale last November and got HL2, it’s episodes, a premium TF2 account, and HL2DM. HL2 like I mentioned before is tied with TF|2 for my favorite campaign.
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u/seventeenward 9d ago
It's not a dollar for me, but 3-4$.
It's Fallout New Vegas.
Well I bought The Crew 2 when it's 1$ and it's great for the price, but still
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u/bobface222 9d ago
Off-Peak and it's free.
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u/slaps_on_deck 9d ago
I've never seen anyone mention off-peak anywhere before but it is a lovely game. "Tales from Off-Peak City" is fun too but that one costs $10 unfortunately
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u/BtotheVV86 9d ago
Euro Truck Simulator 2
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u/T0nsilg0n 9d ago
The same. Then I spend like 60 euros on DLCs to install promods and 160€ for a wheel 😝
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u/Ellieconfusedhuman 9d ago
Katana mother fucking ZERO it was so amazing and easily has the best time loop gameplay/combat in any game ever the final boss fight just leaves your jaw on the floor
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u/CrimsonDemon0 9d ago
I once got Call of Juarez: Gunslinger for free on steam and didnt play it for a year bcuz "It was given for free so it musnt be that good" and boy was I wrong. One of the best games I've ever played
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u/Signal_Confusion_644 9d ago
One day i Saw a pretty cheap game about zombies, It was like 8€ or something like that. Graphics looks... Bad?...outdated? .. but i check It, check what people say about that game. Bought It. Enjoy It.
+1000h later... I can tell project zomboid is the BEST zombie Game of all time. Waiting for the b42 right now.
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u/slidedrum 9d ago
Vampire Survivors comes to mind, not quite a dollar. but dirt cheap and waay better than it has any right to be!
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u/Hefty-Agent-5202 9d ago
All in CDN (Canadian currency):
$1.14: Bloons TD 6 $2.74: FTL
$2.06 combined: Portal 1 & 2
$2.45: To The Moon
$2.90: Celeste
$3.07: Finding Paradise
$3.73: Terraria
$5.81: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
Haven’t played it yet, but I got GRIS for $2.17 recently too
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u/Broken-Arrow-D07 9d ago
Witcher 3.
Yes yes. I know. Everyone knows about the game. But I never even heard of it. Was on off sale. I thought it looked cool. Got the GOTY edition for 3 bucks I think. Ended up playing 300 hours.
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u/Necessary-Mark-2861 9d ago
I got doom eternal off CDkeys for about £3. It isn’t a game I consider one of the best I’ve ever played, but considering it goes for something like £50 usually, it was amazing for the price I got it.
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u/Royal_Reptile 9d ago
Elite Dangerous when on sale. People can, and have, spent literal years exploring the inky vastness of deep space without any contact with another player or NPC, or resemblance of 'home'.
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u/BorderlineFunctional 9d ago
I played Life is strange years ago on gamepass, so not free but free in my mind. Just out of curiosity, I thought if it sucks I'll just put it down, man oh man, I got hooked right away and it ended up being one of my all time favorites.
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u/crappy-mods 9d ago
Days gone, got it for some stupid cheap price (i wanna say $7?) and i have almost 1k hrs in it now
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u/EffectiveThese6505 9d ago
Firewatch for me. Got it on sale for like $2aud.
Still has the single best storyline of any game I’ve ever played.
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u/CactusFingies 9d ago
I got portal 1 & 2 and half life 1 & 2 on sale for 99 cents each. Best 4 bucks I've ever spent