Fanatical are celebrating their birthday and so they have a new bundle up, which gives you a chance to win some pretty big prizes.
There's a catch though, a big one, it's part of their Birthday Mystery Bundle. With it you can buy 1-20 random Steam keys, so you don't know what you'll be getting. Which to be blunt — means you're pretty much gambling away money on it.
I decided, for science, to give it a go and ended up with: Dread X Collection, 10 Second Ninja X, Lost Castle, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and Hue which is actually not a bad key drop at all. I didn't own a single one and the Dread X Collection especially looks fun.
Fanatical say "Every bundle purchased includes a chance to win incredible birthday gifts like a Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3 VR Headset, Lexip Bundle, Twitch Vouchers, or a Fanatical Spending Spree to enjoy on our store. Plus, a few lucky customers will uncover AAA game packs, featuring some of the hottest new releases in gaming!". You also get 5% off your next order if you pick up the bundle.
So at a minimum cost of £1 for 1 Steam key, and a chance to win, perhaps you might want to give it a go. I've seen comments from GamingOnLinux readers when I covered such bundles in the past rather happy with the games they got.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
blindcoder Dec 4, 2024
Will NOT activate in Germany :-(Was about to write the same thing.
This is the first time I see that on Fanatical, but people from other countries have reported that they were excluded from free games several times before.
buckysrevenge Dec 4, 2024
My results below.
Spoiler, click me
Fanatical 4 Mystery Game Bundle + 20 Birthday Mystery Bundle
W Arx Fatalis 4,99
W PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE 4,99
W Sclash 7,99
W Radical Relocation 9,75
W Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood 9,99
W Blood And Zombies 14,99
W Pumped BMX Pro 14,99
W Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer 19,50
W I Am Fish 19,99
W One More Island 19,99
W The Serpent Rogue 19,99
W The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf 19,99
W Stars in Shadow 24,50
WM The Innsmouth Case 12,49
WM Garfield Lasagna Party 29,99
WL Mythargia 5,99
WML Penarium 8,99
WML Not The Robots 9,75
WML Cook Serve Delicious 9,99
WML Guts And Glory 14,79
WML Siralim 3 14,79
WML The Final Station 14,79
WML Pharaonic 14,99
WML The Long Reach 14,9924 mystery games, cost: 19,79 €
Steam full price total: 343,20 €
A couple of really good games in the mix, your call if the 300+ € savings was worth 20 bucks.
Too many games already and no time to even try them all.
Better focusing on the one I know I like and spending the time just playing it.
A couple of really good games in the mix, your call if the 300+ € savings was worth 20 bucks.Your math is faulty. You only saved money on the games you'd have bought anyway, and only if you'd have spent more than that 20 bucks on them. But I suppose it doesn't matter if you're happy with the purchase.
Personally I don't see why I'd ever buy one of these "mystery" bundles.
Caldathras Dec 4, 2024
It is like gambling and collecting as a hobby for me, so thanks, but no thanks.
Personally I don't see why I'd ever buy one of these "mystery" bundles.I agree completely. I have a slight aversion to clutter. I don't need games in my catalogue that I'll never play. I even turn down free games if they don't appeal to me and, thus, will never play them.
Last edited by seamoose on 4 December 2024 at 6:46 pm UTC
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