Steam Autumn Sale and the 2020 Steam Award Nominations are now live

For our household, everyone has Slime Rancher on their computers. Just fun, silly, and not really violent.

IMO Invisible, Inc. is an excellent game. 75% off?! Grab it and run like a spy.
Heck, at that price you should buy it just to congratulate them on the stylish name.


Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 25 November 2020 at 10:35 pm UTC

I don't remember how it was in previous years, but now one game cannot be nominated in more than one category. My favourite 2020 game is Streets of Rage 4, it definitely suits for GotY, best coop, best visual style, best soundtrack and more. I haven't played much this year, and I'm not sure I can find enough new games to fill every category.

I don't remember how it was in previous years, but now one game cannot be nominated in more than one category. My favourite 2020 game is Streets of Rage 4, it definitely suits for GotY, best coop, best visual style, best soundtrack and more. I haven't played much this year, and I'm not sure I can find enough new games to fill every category.

I think they last year was the first that limited it to one category per game. I remember it saying somewhere that it was ok to leave categories blank.

A few picks from me:

Native

• Hellpoint is 30% off, which I'm quite tempted by.


• Eagle Island is 40% and I've had it on my wishlist for months. Now might be the time...


• Jupiter Hell has it's usual 20% discount. Liam raves about this and I enjoyed its free weekend, but I'm waiting for it to exit EA first as I really want to spend some time with it.


• It's getting mixed reviews, but I really like the look of A Long Way Down. It's giving off CardHunter meets Slay the Spire vibes. Only 25% off, but for a tenner, I think it might be worth the risk.


• Beautiful Desolation is now just a tenner with the 30% discount.


• Pine looks promising. And it's only just over £7.50 with the 60% discount.


• Finally, not a great discount, but I've been wondering if I should pick up The Long Gate. It just looks really intriguing. Only 15% discount though.

Proton

• Prey is platinum, and they've recently removed Denuvo, which was preventing me from buying it until now. At 80% off, only £4, I'm picking this up, finally.


• Quantum Break is only £7.50 with its 75% discount, but as it's only silver-rated, I'm probably going to give it a miss.

Last edited by scaine on 26 November 2020 at 9:14 am UTC

Pine looks promising. And it's only just over £7.50 with the 60% discount.

Pine is very nice, but i play it in Proton, performance wise.


Last edited by Spirimint on 26 November 2020 at 9:15 am UTC

I went to see what I could nominate for an award and it turns out I only played two games released this year - and one was a demo!

Hellpoint is 30% off, which I'm quite tempted by.

So far I'm put off by the controller recommendation. Since playing a 3d game with a controller will never happen for me, this may just break the game.

Eagle Island is 40% and I've had it on my wishlist for months. Now might be the time...]

Thanks, had totally forgotten about this.

Prey is platinum, and they've recently removed Denuvo, which was preventing me from buying it until now. At 80% off, only £4, I'm picking this up, finally.

Oh! Removing denuvo does indeed change things. Still, over my 5 euro general guideline of spending no more than 5 euro on a proton game. Seems that the pound price is better for this one. What would make me more hesitant is sending money in the direction of Zenimax.


Last edited by Ehvis on 26 November 2020 at 10:38 am UTC

Prey is platinum, and they've recently removed Denuvo, which was preventing me from buying it until now. At 80% off, only £4, I'm picking this up, finally.

Oh! Removing denuvo does indeed change things. Still, over my 5 euro general guideline of spending no more than 5 euro on a proton game. Seems that the pound price is better for this one. What would make me more hesitant is sending money in the direction of Zenimax.

Pretty weird to release the game on GOG, and keep the denuvo on Steam.
It's a *great* game, by the way, I absolutely loved it.

"The Way" is highly recommended to buy if you like "Another world" and "Flashback". It's my personal GOTY 2016.

It's getting mixed reviews, but I really like the look of A Long Way Down. It's giving off CardHunter meets Slay the Spire vibes. Only 25% off, but for a tenner, I think it might be worth the risk.

It’s very quickly boring and repetitive, lacks depth, and replayability is not great.
Fun a couple hours, then gets old fast.

I'm really interested in some offers from my wish list but not sure if I should wait for Winter sales instead, I think they're usually better...


Last edited by Arehandoro on 26 November 2020 at 2:25 pm UTC

Not linux native games but you can get the Quantic Dreams bundle for 38.99 . Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and Detroit Become Human. The first two are great.. haven't played Detroit yet.

I have Detroit on the PS4, interesting game, but wasn't as cool as Until Dawn, which I beat. I should get back to Detroit and win it.
Didn't their first game, Fahrenheit come out for Linux?
Edit: It did! https://www.mobygames.com/game/fahrenheit-indigo-prophecy-remastered


Last edited by slaapliedje on 26 November 2020 at 2:44 pm UTC

Don't forget to nominate games for the Steam Awards, especially if they had a good Linux version! . A good opportunity to give some exposure to games that may have been overlooked,

Personally though I have not actually played that many games this year that apply to be nominated. Currently, I have picked the following:

LABOR OF LOVE AWARD: UnReal World
OUTSTANDING VISUAL STYLE AWARD: Art of rally
MOST INNOVATIVE GAMEPLAY AWARD: Carrion
BEST GAME YOU SUCK AT AWARD: DRAG
BEST SOUNDTRACK AWARD: Streets of Rage 4

Still thinking about the other categories

I think one of the notable Linux deals worth mentioning is Starbound which is currently at its lowest ever discount, 50% off.

I also spotted Pine at 60% discount, which is another lowest ever. Mars Power Industries Deluxe is close to lowest ever discount, 45%.

There are some Proton choices which are good deals, but not planning to give them free advertising here. There are a number of Linux deals which I'm resisting the urge to buy, because the deal isn't good enough (for me).

7 Days To Die was my Labo(u)r of Love choice in the 2020 Nominations.


Last edited by g000h on 27 November 2020 at 12:38 am UTC

their first game, Fahrenheit

Nitpicking here, their first game was Omikron, also known as The Nomad Soul, around the turn of the millennium; notably featuring David Bowie in a concert appearance.
That was a bit of a big thing back then, motion capturing was still hot and new, like In Extremo's performance in the first part of the Gothic series which must have been about the same time.
I have to admit I haven't played any of their later titles; The Nomad Soul was such a special experience that I couldn't see myself playing anything even remotely similar. Very much the opposite happened with Gothic, where I had to play every part start-to-finish, and re-play it again shortly before the next instalment came out... good times.

their first game, Fahrenheit

Nitpicking here, their first game was Omikron, also known as The Nomad Soul, around the turn of the millennium; notably featuring David Bowie in a concert appearance.
That was a bit of a big thing back then, motion capturing was still hot and new, like In Extremo's performance in the first part of the Gothic series which must have been about the same time.
I have to admit I haven't played any of their later titles; The Nomad Soul was such a special experience that I couldn't see myself playing anything even remotely similar. Very much the opposite happened with Gothic, where I had to play every part start-to-finish, and re-play it again shortly before the next instalment came out... good times.

Oh, I have that game! Bought it at some point, I think on GOG? Friend of mine bought it back in the day, but he couldn't get it to work right or couldn't figure it out. I actually meant earlier game like those... but interesting they also made Omikron.

Don't forget to nominate games for the Steam Awards, especially if they had a good Linux version! . A good opportunity to give some exposure to games that may have been overlooked,

Personally though I have not actually played that many games this year that apply to be nominated. Currently, I have picked the following:

LABOR OF LOVE AWARD: UnReal World
OUTSTANDING VISUAL STYLE AWARD: Art of rally
MOST INNOVATIVE GAMEPLAY AWARD: Carrion
BEST GAME YOU SUCK AT AWARD: DRAG
BEST SOUNDTRACK AWARD: Streets of Rage 4

Still thinking about the other categories

TErraria for labor of love! they truly devopte t o the community and keep the game fresh and alive

Both Metro redux games are on sale for 3.99 each. I think I might pick them up along with Prey.

https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=Metro+redux

For some reason I'm really in the mood for some sci-fi shooters (I'm not normally a FPS person), but for less than the cost of a lunch meal, it's worth a gamble