It would be real news if they didn't do big sales, but still for those of you who never buy outside of Steam and are currently watching the pennies here's the dates to look for.
- Halloween Sale: October 29th 2018 to November 1st 2018
- Autumn Sale: November 21st 2018 to November 27th 2018
- Winter Sale: December 20th 2018 to January 3rd 2019
Perhaps one of these will be a good time to check out some cheap games from Windows-only developers for use in Steam Play?
There's still quite a few titles on my own personal wishlist I'm keeping an eye on, although a lot of them aren't actually released yet. Is there something you're desperate to try that you're waiting for a good price on? Do let us know in the comments.
Original leak seems to come from here since then I've had two other developers email me now to confirm.
Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:
Quoting: liamdawePerhaps one of these will be a good time to check out some cheap games from Windows-only developers for use in Steam Play?
Absolutely. That I can now (easily) play more of the types of games I really enjoy (1st and 3rd person exploro-shooter open-world action thingies) because of Proton means: Yay! I can play more games that I wanna play! I want to play games and I want to play them on my beloved I-love-it-so-much-I-want-to-marry-it Linux. But whatever UnLinux titles I buy, they're gonna be at least 60% off. ;D
Last edited by Nanobang on 24 October 2018 at 1:36 pm UTC
4 Likes, Who?
Quoting: rustybroomhandleThis was one of my points before I believe, I'm hoping such a feature will help the Linux base at least on Steam to grow. If more people do end up playing Windows games through Steam Play developers will see it and start some conversations.Quoting: lucinosI propose one simple rule:
Do not buy any game that the developer is not actively testing it on linux. It is not that hard to just install a free linux distro and just run your game. If developers can be at least convinced to at least test their builds on linux that would be a huge win for linux as a platform.
Point: What if the key to making this happen is showing these devs that penguins are buying and playing their games?
Counterpoint: 1-2% might not be sufficient to change any company's mind
Counter-counterpoint: But maybe being able to play Windows games will help the 1-2% grow?
Counter-counter-counterpoint: If I were really witty, I'd have something clever here.
2 Likes, Who?
If I remember well, Windows games purchased on the Linux steam client and played via Steamplay-Proton counts as a Linux purchase...
So, just because of the Proton initiative, this time Valve really deserves the 30% cut of the cake...
I don't know You, but I will buy games for to support the Proton initiative... Dishonored is on the top of my list.
So, just because of the Proton initiative, this time Valve really deserves the 30% cut of the cake...
I don't know You, but I will buy games for to support the Proton initiative... Dishonored is on the top of my list.
4 Likes, Who?
Quoting: rustybroomhandleQuoting: lucinosI propose one simple rule:
Do not buy any game that the developer is not actively testing it on linux. It is not that hard to just install a free linux distro and just run your game. If developers can be at least convinced to at least test their builds on linux that would be a huge win for linux as a platform.
Point: What if the key to making this happen is showing these devs that penguins are buying and playing their games?
Counterpoint: 1-2% might not be sufficient to change any company's mind
Counter-counterpoint: But maybe being able to play Windows games will help the 1-2% grow?
Counter-counter-counterpoint:If I were really witty, I'd have something clever here.Microsoft just gave us a huge check.
FTFY
0 Likes
I'll pass this sales as my wishlist is not much this year...
Just,
- Completing all The Sims 3 DLCs
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (already bought this morning)
- still hoping VP brings MXGP3..
and that's it..
Also, due to Ringgit weakening, some Steam games prices' starts to jacking up.So, Steam sales may not give any significant "savings"...
Just,
- Completing all The Sims 3 DLCs
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (already bought this morning)
- still hoping VP brings MXGP3..
and that's it..
Also, due to Ringgit weakening, some Steam games prices' starts to jacking up.So, Steam sales may not give any significant "savings"...
0 Likes
I really, really want to play Sleeping Dogs. I have the original but it doesn't start with proton. I saw that the Definitive Edition runs on a PC with RX460 https://spcr.netlify.com/app/307690 (my card is RX460) so now I'm really torn, I was hoping Feral would port the game to Linux so I can support them, they already ported it to Mac, but it's been so long it doesn't seem they're going to do it. So now I constantly add and remove it from my cart.
0 Likes
I will definitely buy Ride, since the demo works like a charm with Steam Play and I'm the happiest Linux player in the world!
0 Likes
Until dont appear flash sales (24hr / 12hr / 8hr and 6hr cited information some time ago) dont want buy anything
Warner bundle stay very good
^_^
Warner bundle stay very good
^_^
0 Likes
Quoting: GuestI'm excited to test these games with Steam Play.Shadow Warrior 2 should be fine. I got it in the GOG anniversary giveaway, and it runs flawlessly under “normal” Wine/DXVK. I can't recall having to use any workarounds or tweaks, it Just Works.
- Wreckfest
- Shadow Warrior 2
- Cuphead
(For what that's worth. I still can't get The Flame in the Flood to run at a decent framerate under Proton, even though it was the first game I ever tried with DXVK - being the most recent Windows game I owned at the time - and it was perfect. Don't know what's going on there.)
0 Likes
Quoting: Dunc(For what that's worth. I still can't get The Flame in the Flood to run at a decent framerate under Proton, even though it was the first game I ever tried with DXVK - being the most recent Windows game I owned at the time - and it was perfect. Don't know what's going on there.)It's an UE4 game so it might be the nvapi problem. If it is, you can work around it by spoofing an AMD gpu. These are the first instructions I could find. Might be worth a shot.
0 Likes
See more from me