Boo- urns I was hoping resident 6 and revalations were going to pop up again but I guess I just missed them, oh well sitting on my 20$ steam wallet

Zeno Clash 1 & 2 are going for real cheap too. I randomly searched for them and got them at great price. I also bought NaissanceE and Banished.

I only leveled up that badge twice, then sold the rest of the cards, managing to get a few one dollar games for free.

Probably the fewest games I've purchased in a winter sale. I only purchased two: Shovel Knight and Banished. I'm really enjoying both games.

Which cards? Foil cards? The regular ones are really dirt cheap....

Even foil cards go for 40-50 cent, I think? I had one of those and I don't think I sold it for more than $0.50.

@fisk0: Ah, I understand, he means you need to buy 80 dollars worth of games to get 8 cards (8x10$).

But this year you get cards for everything: voting, buying and making badges.

It is why the cards are so much cheaper this time around

Still no Dark Souls 2 DLC sale. I guess it's not going to go on sale. It looks like they started the blow out today so I suspect the prices from today until ending won't change anymore.

@tuxfool said:

For the last 2 or 3 major sales, you've been able to get cards for voting, buying, and making badges. People shouldn't even bother making badges when it's not a sale, since instead of getting another card, all you get is a coupon for literally just some random game on Steam you probably don't want.

Anyway, the guy said "I bought enough that I'm almost at level 6 of the sale badge kind of without trying", which sounds like he wasn't sitting there crafting badges or buying cards off the marketplace, because I'd consider those to be "trying". It sounds like through some combination of voting and buying stuff, he ended up with like 48 holiday cards.

I suspect you are right, I'll just wait for Sins of the Scholar and get it that way

@slag: Ya, I'll probably wait, too. I can play Lords of the Fallen in the meantime, I guess.

I hear it does the Dark Souls thing well enough.

@bisonhero: Right, gotcha.

I remember that voting and buying got you cards in previous sales, I just didn't remember that making badges got you more cards.

I also don't really get the point of leveling up a badge 6 times, you don't get any cumulative xp bonus on top of it...

Now can I last 45 hours without buying ARMA III, Endless Legend, or Dark Souls II?

@artisanbreads: Yes, DS2 is pointless in light that it is getting re-released soon. Regarding the others, just don't do it, you (probably) have too much stuff in your lib already.

@tuxfool said:

Each level of a badge generally gets you 100 XP, I think? So a level 5 badge (the usual limit) gets you 500 XP (cumulatively). I assumed the sale badges just keep going, so a level 6 badge would have given you 600 XP, and so on. So for the few hundred people on Steam that really give a shit and have a Steam level in the 100-400 range, the sale badges are a great way to just pour money into leveling up their account. This guy has a level 6,666 2014 Holiday badge:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/palmdesert

@bisonhero said:

I did craft a few badges and I think I made about 3 or 4 trades, including where I sold a card on the market to buy another. Maybe 4/6 levels were without those things. Still, I spent way too much on the sale to say the exact amount here. I've said it before: Steam has taught me what it means to have an embarrassment of something.

Oh well, I spent a lot on this sale as well. A large part of it was Cakewalk Sonar Studio Edition which was about a hundred bucks (discounted from 180€), but even then, that was only about a sixth of the total amount I spent.

WTF

My issue is why level up this badge 6 (or 6,666) times vs. leveling up something else or even just selling the spare cards. You don't get a bonus here for doing it 6 times vs. crafting 6 different badges.

@fisk0 Congratulations on spending more than me! I hope you enjoy not playing games you own as much as I do.

During the sale I have gotten:

• Euro Truck Simulator 2 Christmas Bundle (steam store) - Not yet installed
• L.A. Noire Complete (Nuuvem) - Not yet installed
• Just Cause 1 + 2 + DLC (steam store) - Not yet installed
• The Walking Dead + 400 days (Green Man Gaming) - Campaign Completed + DLC should be completed today
• Victim of Xen (free from Green Man Gaming) - Not yet installed
• Pixel Junk Monsters Ultimate (free from Green Man Gaming) - Not yet installed
• Bad Rats (steam store) - Installed, idled and trading card drops sold [Will not touch again]
• Super Meat Boy (steam store) - Not yet installed
• Among the Sleep (steam store) - Will install soon
• Penguin's Arena (free from Bundle Stars) - Not yet installed
• Ittle Dew (Part of a Bundle from Humble Bundle) - Not yet installed
• BardBarian (Part of a Bundle from Humble Bundle) - Not yet installed
• Imagine Me (Part of a Bundle from Humble Bundle) - Not yet installed
• Sniper Elite 3 (Gift from a girl in my friends list after I put $15 USD in her paypal, she got it free with some AMD product) - Will install soon
• Rogue Legacy (steam store) - Will install soon
• Racer 8 (free from Indiegala) - Installed, idled and trading card drops sold [Will not touch again]
• A bird story (steam store) - Campaign Completed
• Memories of a Vegabond (free from Indiegala) - Not yet installed
• Darksiders 2 + Season Pass (Gifted to a friend on steam)
  
  I am still looking to buy The Fall during the sale but that seems about it for me. This totals to about 50-55 USD, which is down from the $73 USD I spent during last years sale, though I have been buying games and bundles every now and then throughout the year. I also plan on buying the physical copy of South Park stick of truth from my local game store ($18 AUD - cheaper than steam).
  Happy Gaming

Just got a free copy of Pixel Piracy (steam group Grab the Games just posted about 20 keys for it), which is a game I traded a while ago for Major Mayhem.

- nuclear throne

- resident evil rev

- street fighter 4

And peace I'm out steam sale

Fuck, I just bought the first Freddi Fish and the entire Spy Fox collection.

Help.

So I just built a PC about a month ago, which means a lot of games I need to play... so here's the list I've bought so far on the steam sale! Perfect timing!

• Antichamber
• Banner Saga
• Bardbarian/Imagine Me/Ittle Dew/Race the Sun/Ricochet/Tiny Brains (humble)
• Brothers - A tale of Two Sons
• Bully: Scholarship Edition
• Call of Juarez Gunslinger / Far Cry 3 Blood dragon (combo)
• Valve Bundle
  • Portal 1
  • Portal 2
  • Half-Life/Half-life Source + Half-Life: Blue shift & Half-life: Opposing Force
  • Half Life 2 + Episode 1 + Episode 2, Half Life: Lost Coast
  • Bunch of Counter Strikes and other Half Life stuff not worth mentioning
  • Left 4 Dead + Left 4 Dead 2
• Day of Defeat + Source (humble?)
• Divinity: Original Sin
• Drunken Robot Pornography (humble) FUN
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition
• Game Dev Tycoon
• Gods Will be Watching
• Gone Home
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• LIMBO
• ORION: prelude
• Civilization 5
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Stanley Parable
• Super Meat Boy
• Terraria
• Gang Beasts

Also, other games I've bought not related to steam (even though I already listed humble)

• Witcher 1/2/3
• Battlefield 3

Total Value without Sales $679, with *current* sales $183

I imagine I actually spent somewhere in the ballpark of $100-130

@bisonhero: For the people with the highest Steam levels, the special event badges with no level cap are the only way they can keep ranking up.

OK... I was just watching Angry Joe's latest video (top 10 list). How come no one told me Banner Saga was made by a trio of ex-bioware staff?! I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT!! D;

Must resist...Need to finish game I already own...

I hit the 200 cards sold limit last year. Since then I have been milking as many of them as I can from my collection, I have many pages full and a foil or two.
The sales ends on the 2nd.
I can start selling again on the 1st.
Prison Architect is 7 dollars.
I am ready.

Anyone having a problem getting Steam to load pages today?

Edit: Random glitch seems to have fixed itself after several reloads and a restart. Ah Steam, welcome to 2015.

By the time it goes on sale ill have played Bloodborne and forget Dark Soul's 2 ever existed.

Yeah I have that thought on DS2.

And you're right on the latter! Think I'm gonna stay strong. Bought enough and I'm only 30 hours into Dragon Age Inquisition and I bought New Vegas and Wasteland 2 to play. Plus other smaller indies and Far Cry 4.

The amount of temptation I have to buy Hatoful Boyfriend is really disturbing me. I've only got a few dollars left so my choices are limited... but should I really go through with this?

@treetrunk said:

For what it's worth, being ex-Bioware was a SUPER big part of the Kickstarter pitch, and I guess they assumed it wasn't worth stressing as heavily when the game proper got released because maybe the gaming masses don't really pay attention to developer names?

Here is what I ended up with over the course of the sale. Total...$100.39.

• Nuclear Throne
• Transistor
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
• Spacebase DF-9
• Hack n' Slash
• Civ 5 Brave New World expansion
• R.U.S.E.
• Prison Architect
• Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's Cut
• LYNE
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
• Bully: Scholarship Edition
• Darkness II
• Shadow Warrior
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
• Torchlight II
• Euro Truck Sim 2 + Going East
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Metal Slug X
• Guns of Icarus
• How to Survive - Storm Warning Edition
• Mount Your Friends
• HALO: Spartan Assault
• Alan Wake
• Men of War
• GEARCRACK Arena
• Dead Bits
• Sanctum
• Bad Rats

In the two weeks leading up to the end of cross-region trading on Steam (just before the Holiday sale) I picked up these for next to nothing:

• Cities in Motion 2
• Closure
• CS:GO
• Crusader Kings II
• Dementium II HD
• Dishonored GOTY
• Door Kickers
• Europa Universalis IV
• Payday 2 w/all DLC
• Red Faction Pack
• Saints Row IV Game of the Century Edition
• Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
• Space Engineers
• Splinter Cell pack
• Walking Dead Season 2
• Ziggurat

Here is everything I ended up getting. I don't even want to think about how much I spent but it was over $100. Oh well, at least some of it was with a gift card.

• Assassin’s Creed III
• Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hearthfire
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
• Shadow Warrior
• NBA 2K15
• Valiant Hearts: The Great War
• Panzer Corps
• Hitman: Absolution
• Democracy 3
• Verdun
• Death to Spies: Gold
• Fallout New Vegas: Courier’s Stash
• Fallout New Vegas: Gun Runners’ Arsenal
• Shovel Knight
• Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
• Ghostbusters: The Videogame
• Men of War: Assault Squad 2
• Graviteam Tactics: Shilovo 1942
• Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
• Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition

Looks like Steam started counting for the Holiday badge on December 11, so this is my haul from that day until today:

• Rogue Trooper
• Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
• Blitzkrieg Anthology
• Fabula Mortis
• Ultimate General: Gettysburg
• Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
• Commandos Pack
• Two Worlds II Bundle
• Suguri Collection
• FINAL FANTASY XIII (NE)
• The Stalin Subway: Red Veil
• Dusk 12
• Final Fantasy IV
• Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Deluxe Edition
• Men of War: Vietnam - Special Edition
• Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar - Mercenaries Pack
• Kings Bounty: Dark Side Premium Edition
• Super Time Force Ultra + Soundtrack
• Hero Siege
• Risen 3 - Titan Lords
• Risen 3: Uprising of the Little Guys
• Risen 3: The Adventure Garb
• Risen 3: Fog Island
• Banished
• POSTAL
• Postal 2 Complete
• Legend of Grimrock 2
• Sonar X3 Studio
• Legacy of Kain Collection (ROW)
• The Lord of the Rings Online - Helm’s Deep Premium Edition Steam Store and Retail Key
• Age of Wonders III - Golden Realms Expansion
• F1 2014
• Age of Wonders III Deluxe Edition
• The Lord of the Rings Online - Quad Pack Steam Store and Retail Key
• Age of Wonders Classics Pack
• Planet Alcatraz
• Legions of Ashworld
• Alien: Isolation - Season Pass
• Europa Universalis IV Collection (Sept 2014)
• Dead Pixels
• Incoming Forces
• Panzer Corps
• Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
• pid
• Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
• Depth
• Battlestations Collection (ROW)
• Ether One Deluxe Edition
• Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood
• Call of Juarez
• METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
• Space Hulk Ascension Edition
• Outcast 1.1 - Original Soundtrack
• Outcast 1.1
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
• Need for Speed: Undercover
• Endless Legend - Emperor Pack
• Dungeon of the Endless - Crystal Pack
• Rock Boshers DX: Director's Cut
• Strife: Veteran Edition
• F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0
• POP: Methodology Experiment One + GOTSE DLC + OST

$621.48 in total.

Unfortunately I had to work on a much tighter budget of £50 this year but I'm still very happy with what I came out of the sale with.

• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
• Endless Space Gold
• Shadow Warrior
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Season Pass
• Postal 2
• Gods Will Be Watching
• Mercenary Kings
• Luftrausers
• Astebreed

Here are my purchases:

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
Quest for Infamy
Final Fantasy VIII
Goodbye Deponia
Pinball FX2 - one of the Star Wars tables
Shadowrun Dragonfall
Gods Will Be Watching
Craft the World
Skyrim Legendary
Bridge Constructor Medieval

All told, about fifty-ish bucks spent on a bunch of weird stuff. Looking forward to cursing out a few of these in a blog.

Decided to keep my sanity and not buy Hatoful Boyfriend.

My total haul: (Some were acquired through Humble Bundle)

• Alan Wake
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• Skyrim
• Fallout New Vegas (Ultimate Edition)
• Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (For nostalgia... I swear...)
• Garry's Mod
• GTA IV
• GTA IV Episodes From Liberty City
• Hotline Miami
• Mount and Blade: Warband
• ORION: Prelude (It was 50 cents...)
• Postal 2
• Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
• Serious Sam 3 BFE
• Shadow Warrior
• Spy Fox in: Dry Cereal
• Spy Fox in: Cheese Chase
• Spy Fox in: Hold the Mustard
• Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required
• Spy Fox 3: Operation Ozone

Total: About $53. Pretty good for my first haul, I think. Just got my PC around Christmas time too.

My final tally.

I haven't bought any games this sale; I don't know why but nothing stood out this year.

Just bought The Fall just because of Vinny, I skipped the part of the podcast where he spoiled the game so I'm looking forward to seeing what it's all about.

Edit: Just finished the campaign, pretty good, looking forward to the next episode.

Well, I got...

• This War of Mine
• One finger death punch
• Shovel Knight (:D)
• Valiant Hearts
• Jet set Radio
• Luftrausers
• Broforce
• Teslagrad

Good year. I got a few good titles and didn't break the bank.

• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
• The Banner Saga
• Enslaved

Ended up holding off on Wolfenstein. My backlog is already so damn big and by the time I get a new PC that could run it well it'll probably be cheaper.

The sale started off slow, but picked up steam for me later on. Spent less than $70 overall and the most expensive purchase was a baseball spreadsheet simulator.

• Castle Crashers
• Some Borderlands 2 stuff
• Spelunky
• Contrast
• Luftrausers
• Lethal League
• Spec Ops: The Line
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 & 2
• Roundabout
• Dustforce
• Out of the Ballpark 15
• Don't Starve Together (gifted to me)

Overall, pretty solid second half. Spelunky is cool, but incredibly difficult. Played Contrast at PAX East and seemed neat. Luftrausers is a cool soundtrack. Really liked what I've played of Lethal League so far. Already know about roller coasters and spent hundreds of hours on those games way back when. Played Roundabout at PAX East, seems stupid. Dustforce takes some getting used to. I've dug deep into other OOTP games in the past so I expect lots of stats. Don't Starve Together isn't quite my thing, but I'm willing to give it a try. The rest I haven't tried yet.

And I hope you all bought Jazzpunk during this sale. Play that hilarity!

Nidhog

3 Bucks well spent

@fisk0:

$600.....that's incredible...I actually didn't get anything this year, I just have to many other games in my backlog.