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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.

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Caldathras a day ago
Quoting: kokoko3kIt is like gambling and collecting as a hobby for me, so thanks, but no thanks.
Quoting: tuubiPersonally 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.
Stella a day ago
Not sure if I need more games that I'll never play, I haven't even played any of the occasional free game drops on Steam apart from Half-Life 2. If I do want something I'll just wait for an acceptable price during sale. These mystery boxes aren't really my thing
seamoose a day ago
Basically loot boxes in the guise of bundles, though at least you are getting games instead of skins...


Last edited by seamoose on 4 December 2024 at 6:46 pm UTC
ToddL a day ago
I'm guilty of paying for these every time it comes up and sometimes, I get games like Doom 2016 and Sniper Elite 5 for every junk game they give.
TheRiddick about 24 hours ago
Ugh, I have enough junk games as it is and its very likely if I got this pack I'd only add like 2 to my library and never get around to playing them. If only it was selected from my Steam Wishlist...
dpanter about 10 hours ago
You guys are missing the point; the Steam endgame is collecting games, not playing them!
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