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Here’s how we’re all spending our last tenner on the best deals in the Steam Summer SaleRPS recommends: frugality. Also, orcs apparently
RPS recommends: frugality. Also, orcs apparently
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Graffiti Games
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Graffiti Games
It’s that time of the year again. You know the one. Numbers you’d previously shunned for being too high have suddenly gotten smaller, and purchases have shifted categories from impractical to impulsively justifiable. It’s theSteam Summer Sale 2024! There’s no rush, of course. It runs until the 11th of July. Still, to help you navigate the meatily chummed waters of Sales Lagoon, Horace has decided to reward our combined years of service with a crisp ten bob note each to spend on games. We’ve been bringing up the whole “getting paid” thing for ages, so this is a real win for us. Here’s how we’re all spending that tenner in the sale.
Brendan:A whole ten English pounds. Boy, oh boy. After some perverse price tag sniffing I found you can buyDome Keeper, the"small, but perfectly formed tower defence game"for £7.50 and still have pennies left over to gamble against a sinister being with a pump-action shotgun inBuckshot Roulette.
Ed:Fantastic, ten squid that I can add to the Steam credit I earned from selling hundreds ofCS:GOcrates individually over the course of two grueling hours. That’ll go onTrepang 2, the game where you’re a guy with a gun and you mulch heads with bullets a laF.E.A.R.. It’s very Edders, in the sense that what you mostly do is violent and senseless. What a summer we’ll have.
The Entropy Centre - Official Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube
The Entropy Centre - Official Release Date Trailer
James:I got you, Edwin.Slightly less thana tenner will get you Portal-ish time bending puzzlerThe Entropy Centre, atmospheric (but non-violent) kaiju wranglerTitan Chaser, andMiddle Earth: Shadow of War. Which unlike the first two, I haven’t played, but it’s 95% off, and for 95% off I’d buy an old, water-damaged, improperly fastened Pringles can. Full of bees.
Nic:Perpetually orc-pilled as I am, I’d have to grabMiddle Earth: Shadow Of Warfor a cool95% off, or less that 20% of the budget. It’s worth for the orc-characterising Nemesis System alone.Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun - Aiko’s Choice, a great standalone expansion for the obscenely good tactics series. That’s four quid left, so I reckon I’ll take a punt onLamentum, a 2D pixel survival horror that’s been sitting on my wishlist for ages now.
Hollowbody - Official Trailer | Realms Deep 2023Watch on YouTube
Hollowbody - Official Trailer | Realms Deep 2023
Kiera:There is a truly fantastic spread in this year’s summer sale. If we’re talking value for money, you can get three games in one with theMass Effect Legendary Editionfor just £4.99. You’re paying less than a fiver to become an intergalactic love-machine, blue-tinted hero (or a psychopath with an iron-clad hatred for reporters depending on your preferences). If you’re a glutton for a good RPG and want to spend a measly £2.49 in return for hundreds of hours of quality playtime, stickThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntin your basket too. Heck, that leaves enough change left over to get the other two Witcher games as well. It will possibly take you months to complete all of these games, but the dulcet tones of Doug Cockle will surely carry you through.
Graham:Hi, this is definitely Graham typing. I wrote about some of my pickshere, “including nunventureIndikaand ballwhackerTopSpin 2k25, while train ‘em upSweet Transitis 50% down, Pacific Drive is 40% off, and Surmount is 33% discounted. Cor.” Horace gave me infinite money because I run things though. Cor.
