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General thread for posting game sales and bundles that you think are worth sharing. We've had a couple of lazy, dead-on-arrival general sale threads in the past, but this one's a bit more thought-out and should hopefully fare better.
Any platform is allowed, but try to keep it to official/established storefronts and resellers; nobody's going to care if you post a single eBay listing for a physical game, or a shady key reseller site with a "totally legit" AAA game for 90% off.
If you're looking for storefronts letting you permanently claim free games as part of a promotion, then try our sister thread.
PC GAMES
As with any other platform, there'll be the usual big sales on storefronts like Steam and GOG, but where PC gamers really benefit is in all the options they have, even for keys of an individual storefront.
CONSOLE GAMES
Humble Bundle has Switch games, and all 3 consoles should have games available (both digitally and physically) on the sites of major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and GameStop. Their sales tend to be more infrequent and only reflect the discount of a few titles compared to the larger sales happening on the consoles' native digital storefronts, but sometimes one of them might try to undercut the others on the price of a game that multiple retailers are putting on sale.
PHYSICAL GAMES
eBay
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OTHER USEFUL SITES
Any platform is allowed, but try to keep it to official/established storefronts and resellers; nobody's going to care if you post a single eBay listing for a physical game, or a shady key reseller site with a "totally legit" AAA game for 90% off.
If you're looking for storefronts letting you permanently claim free games as part of a promotion, then try our sister thread.
PC GAMES
As with any other platform, there'll be the usual big sales on storefronts like Steam and GOG, but where PC gamers really benefit is in all the options they have, even for keys of an individual storefront.
Authorized reseller of Steam keys, partnered with various major publishers like Sega and Bandai Namco. They have decent sales (for example, a couple days ago they sold Rain World for $2.50), frequently offer minor discounts on brand new releases, and during major Steam sales they'll usually undercut the official sale price by a bit more.
Where they REALLY shine, though, is with their bundles. They offer everything from prebuilt bundles to build-your-own bundles (with price depending on how many games you choose, not discriminating based on title), a few 2-3 title bundles for around $1, and a couple that collect a specific series. They also have mystery/blind box bundles, but never get those, they are invariably crap. Whether it's newer indie games or big names of yesteryear, you can find some surprisingly good scores in their bundles.
I usually refresh https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/games (sort by newest) once a day to see if they've got anything.
Where they REALLY shine, though, is with their bundles. They offer everything from prebuilt bundles to build-your-own bundles (with price depending on how many games you choose, not discriminating based on title), a few 2-3 title bundles for around $1, and a couple that collect a specific series. They also have mystery/blind box bundles, but never get those, they are invariably crap. Whether it's newer indie games or big names of yesteryear, you can find some surprisingly good scores in their bundles.
I usually refresh https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/games (sort by newest) once a day to see if they've got anything.
Authorized reseller (of multiple platforms) and frequent offerer of bundles, as per the name. I don't think their sales usually undercut even the official prices, so it's mostly useful for getting giftable codes of games for a friend, or if they offer a DRM-Free title so you can download it yourself via Humble itself and pass the Steam key on to a friend all for the price of one.
Their REAL value is in their bundles, though the quality tends to vary and the pricepoint can get a bit higher than on Fanatical when you consider what you're getting. Their Humble Choice subscription doesn't seem very worth it, so your best bet is checking https://www.humblebundle.com/games every few days and looking for genre- or publisher-focused bundles for the highest chance of getting games you'll actually like with consistency.
Their REAL value is in their bundles, though the quality tends to vary and the pricepoint can get a bit higher than on Fanatical when you consider what you're getting. Their Humble Choice subscription doesn't seem very worth it, so your best bet is checking https://www.humblebundle.com/games every few days and looking for genre- or publisher-focused bundles for the highest chance of getting games you'll actually like with consistency.
Another authorized reseller, though their selection is a bit limited compared to bigger stores. Sometimes their sales undercut even other resellers, so I'd check https://us.gamesplanet.com/games/offers/all once a blue moon, I guess.
An indie-focused storefront with lots of amateurish or experimental games for cheap (or free), as well as a few bigger indie titles. There's some value in getting games there if they come with a Steam key, because you can just use the DRM-free download yourself and give the key to someone else, but the main reason I included them is, once again, because of bundles. Whenever there's some big war, or natural disaster, or "humanitarian crisis" (read: teenage white girls on the internet are upset about something), they'll usually organize some fuckhuge bundle of games (DRM-free download only, no Steam keys) for like $10 to raise funds. It'll be full of crap like "Axewounded Souls: A short TTRPG experience about what it's like to be pronoun-raped as an uwu smol bean transbian #transRAGEday" and "8-BIT PIXEL UNHYGIENIC PUBLIC BATHROOM STALL GAME ASSET COLLECTION (made in mspaint in 5 minutes)", but there are sites to sort the contents of their bundles by popularity/Steam reviews, and once you've trimmed the fat, you're left with big-name indie titles like Undertale, Hypnospace Outlaw, and Celeste, as well as some hidden gems like Toree3D and Sky Rogue, which make the price more than worth it.
Another "authorized" key reseller, with lots of good sales as well as discounts on new titles. I haven't used it myself, though, and I've heard that lots of people have had issues with support or been given the wrong key and then told to pound sand, so I'd trust this site about as far as I can throw it.
CONSOLE GAMES
Humble Bundle has Switch games, and all 3 consoles should have games available (both digitally and physically) on the sites of major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and GameStop. Their sales tend to be more infrequent and only reflect the discount of a few titles compared to the larger sales happening on the consoles' native digital storefronts, but sometimes one of them might try to undercut the others on the price of a game that multiple retailers are putting on sale.
PHYSICAL GAMES
eBay
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OTHER USEFUL SITES
https://isthereanydeal.com/
Aggregates sales and bundles for games across all PC storefronts (and authorized resellers) and lets you compare prices on an individual game to find the best deal.
Aggregates sales and bundles for games across all PC storefronts (and authorized resellers) and lets you compare prices on an individual game to find the best deal.
Has all sorts of info on everything Steam, anything from checking the price history of a game, to telling you when the next major Steam sale is. Lists ongoing sales and lets you sort/filter by various paramaters such as discount% and review scores.
Tracks deals on Switch games both digital and physical, tracking major retailer prices/sales in addition to official prices.
