Steam is a digital distribution service owned by Valve. Originally created to distribute its own games, Steam has since expanded to become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games, and supports community features, downloadable content and achievements. Starting 2010, Steam now offers Mac games as well.
#2
Edited by aquamarin
(550 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
In a week or two, I'm not sure which, there will be a Steam Summer Sale where for like 10 days there are deals on 9-12 games a day at ridiculous discounts. I had two games in my steam account a couple years ago, I got back into PC gaming right before a summer sale, after that, a fall sale and winter sale I had 100 games or more.
#3
Edited by RandyF
(101 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
It depends on what kinds of games you are into. Check every day for the Steam deals (it's about half way down the page). Also check for Midweek Madness (Usually starts Tuesday and ends Thursday) and Weekend Deal (Thursday-Monday). In addition to that, they have special sales such as developer weeks or holiday sales. Just check for the sales. There's a lot and you can get some cool games out of there. And then you'll have a stupidly long list of games like mine: http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/rabdt
#5
Posted by aquamarin
(550 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
Thing is with the Steam sale is that it doesn't matter what kind of games you go in liking, you're gonna end up with the craziest stuff, because it was $1.49 and up.
#6
Edited by Akyho
(1112 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
@jazin said:
So I am looking into buying some games on steam and was wondering what are some of the favorites that are available that would be recommended.
Binding of Isaac a few coins and I have played for 6 hours. Check some videos and youll see. Plus steam sales will bulk you up, they are coming up so youll get sgames that are 30 ro 40 for 10 15 or even 5.
So things will go crazy you just wait.
PS you can buy Xcom collection for a very small amount. Noticed you avatar.
#9
Posted by hwy_61
(873 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
I also vouch for waiting until the summer sale. The publisher packs are discounted to all hell, not to mention there will most likely be recent release in there as well.
#16
Edited by Ravenlight
(7031 posts)
- 10 months, 29 days ago
@jazin:
As others have said, there will probably be a bonkers Steam sale in the coming month.
But if you need some games to play right meow, check out Half-Life 2 and Portal 1 and 2 for great singleplayer experiences. For the best multiplayer FPS around, install Team Fortress 2. It is free and better than a lot of $60 AAA titles, in my opinion.
#19
Posted by Sanity
(1506 posts)
- 10 months, 17 days ago
The steam sales are like a holiday in itself to me, especially when i have money. Theres lots of times i buy a game just to check it out for a hour or 2 even if its not something i really want that bad because its so cheap.
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