[MEGATHREAD] What did you buy in the Steam Summer Sale?

Marvel's Midnight Suns Legenday Edition. I'm 30 hours in and LOVING it. I mean, I like XCOM, Marvel, Persona and deck-building games, so I feel like this was created for me.
It's a shame the game flopped though.
- Quiet hit, perhaps? Won't really go out of date.

Return of Obra Dinn. Actually bought it from GoG sale. Heard tons of hype about it.
- A quick note to set you up to possibly enjoy it best: Most of the gameplay is intended to go on in your head, as you mentally assemble clues and go and re-check things. Don't be discouraged if it takes you a long time to progress part some scene.
- One of my favourite games. Great choice if you like puzzles!

I've bought more this sale than the last 3 years combined.
Nier Replicant 1.123905814908(or whatever), Nier Automata, Dave the Diver, Raptor: Call of the Shadow and Crisis Core: Reunion.
I have Automata for the PS4 but wanted to play it on the SteamDeck.
I wasn't really interested in anything new until I saw that Dave the Diver trailer and it just clicked for me. I haven't played it yet.

I got Sekiro because I'm a sadist.

I bought Anno 1800 and am really enjoying it, it's great that they modelled it closer to Anno 1404 but still innovated

Elden ring (finally!)

I went big, mostly indie games I’ve wanted to try for awhile, mainly for playing on Steam Deck
ELDEN RING, Escape Simulator, Vampire Survivors, Mini Motorways, Only Up!, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Celeste, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Rogue Legacy 2, Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection, Spelunky 2, Super Meat Boy, Pogostuck, Persona 3 Portable & 4 Golden, Kindergarten 1 & 2

I grabbed Terraria and Tiny Tina's Wonderland. Looking forward to them both! Gonna boot up Terraria now, Tiny Tina's Wonderland will have to wait until some friends are free.

Satisfactory- project zomboid - valhiem - oxygen not included
- I haven't played PZ but the rest are great choices! Easily 30+ hours in each. ONI, over 100 hours.

Raft. I'm getting reeeeeal sick of Bruce.

Here's my decent haul. Some of them aren't really in the "Sale" as they just launched but have launch discounts.
Control Ultimate Edition: Already own it on Epic, but was cheap enough to re-buy for easier Steam Deck play.
Crab Champions: The meme song that become a really competent roguelike shooter!
Dave the Diver: What if Lucasarts made a mini-game filled roguelike?
DROP - System Breach: Sleeper hit for me. Intense puzzle/pattern recognition game with a great, simplistic hacking theme/style.
The Entropy Centre: Big Portal vibes, but using time!
Humanity: What if Lemmings, but you're an omniscient Shiba Inu. Plays great in VR too.
Prey: Loved Deathloop but never had a chance to play Prey.
Shogun Showdown: Crypt of the Necrodancer meets Slay the Spire - SIGN ME UP!
- Good reviews and suggestions. Added a few to my wishlist for better sale prices later! Shogun looks like one to keep an eye on.
- oh, Prey is amazing as an immersiv sim!
- Great list, and I appreciate the short summary for each game. I'm definitely sold on Shogun Showdown now, but I better wait a bit to get it since it's not discounted and I bought enough games this sale already lol.

X4: Foundations - though I probably won't get around to playing it til later in the year...

Bought Battlebit Remastered, Crab Champions, Code Vein. Already got my money's worth out of the first 2. Both shooters feel great to play and mess around in with friends. Haven't actually started Code Vein yet but having fun just making waifus in the character creation menu.
Thinking of buying Half Life Complete (better late than never), the Steins;Gate VN, and Nier Automata. Also looking for more singleplayer autobattlers like Astronarch but this genre is surprisingly small. Doesn't help that searching by the 'autobattler' tag also shows you bullet heavens (or Vampire Survivors-likes if you prefer) in the results.

I only got Supraland: Six Inches Under.
Tunic, Elden Ring, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and others are still on muy waitlist, mostly because of my lack of time. ¯(ツ)_/¯

Witcher 3 and all DLC's :) it is my second time playing it and I love it as much as I did the first time

RDR2 and the second expansion pack to Pathfinder WOTR
- Not sure if you've played RDR2 yet but if not, you're in for a treat!
  
  I have but on the ps4, got it on sale so I could try out mods this time

Red Dead Redemption 2. I couldn't pass it up any longer!
- Avoid spoilers if it hasn't already been spoiled for you. Story mode is a masterpiece!

I got Subnautica for £8.24, original Alan Wake for £4.64 and Surviving Mars deluxe edition for £8.74. Not bad!
- I picked up Surviving Mars and played through the tutorials. Fascinating game.
- Enjoy Subnautica! If you can I recommend going in as blindly as possible, and READ all the things! Oh, what I'd give to be able to forget everything about it and play it again for the first time...

I bought about 30 games. Only ones I remember offhand are Lego Hobbit and Lego LOTR. There were many more though.

I bought slay the spire, i have only been able to go on 1 run which was very fun, now waiting for some peoper time off to play again.
- Great game, I am very impatient though so I die a lot of times.
  
  I reached till the end but lost to the spire. It reminds me a lot of FTL in that regard.

The Steamdeck sale is tempting. I have been trying to decide if I need one (I don't need one, but that's not important).
- Building off what the other guy said, you'll want to upgrade the hard drive when you can, I got the 64gb one and got two 500+ gb sd cards, but the shaders needed for the games can only be stored on the internal memory from what I've seen, and even having a few larger games installed has filled up the majority of my internal storage, to a point where I couldn't download updates for flatpacs or run some games due to so LITTLE storage. I'm going to look into upgrading my drive because it became such a problem for me
  
  Check out CryoUtilities. Can easily store shader caches with each game and eliminate your issue entirely. Yay open Linux ecosystem!
  https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities
- If you consider, consider also to buy the one with the lowest storage. It is not that hard to upgrade it yourself. You end up with even more storage than the most expensive model (if you're planning to buy that one). You only miss the anti-glare etched glass and a custom profile background. But you can buy a anti-glare screenprotector if needed.
- I didn’t need one but I wanted one and it was a good idea.
  Dooooo it
- I've had mine since launch, I've used it less this year since my company cut all travel, but I'd definitely recommend it.
  Mainly I use it as a home console, since I don't have another console and it's great having all the Steam library right there. I set up Heroic Games Launcher and play Rocket League quite often.
  I'd thought of getting an Xbox before as it's also okay with Game Pass for just playing something on the TV to relax. But it seems that's really going to end up like Netflix with the decreasing quality and increasing price, and paying 500+ EUR to be locked into that doesn't seem great.
  Then what really sealed the deal was when I visited my brother and we couldn't watch the World Cup on the Xbox. Like you have some of the best hardware in the world, and can't stream video because they lock it down so much. Whereas the Steam Deck is so versatile.
  
  I actually started thinking about it because I will be traveling for work this summer for the first time since 2019. I don't expect to do much more traveling though, so mostly I would just use it in a more comfortable chair where I use a laptop today or while waiting for my kids at various events.

A badge lol https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/steambadge

Nothing. There are better sales all year round.

Not much. I bought Sea of Thieves and the newest DLC of China: Mao's Legacy. I'm having a blast with the first one, while the latter is very frustrating but really fun anyways.

Bought dave the diver, just fought first boss and game feels fun for now.
- I see this one mentioned everywhere, and it does look really interesting, especially the resteraunt management aspect of it -- are you still enjoying your time with it?
  
  I've been obsessed with it in the last two weeks, I've played it every day since 1.0 released.. Just checked and I have 27.8 hours played on steam. I absolutely love it! Just reached final boss, but feel like I have few more hours of content to do

Potion craft: alchemy simulator.
Fun little game so far
- I thought it had the best "craft potion from various ingredients" minigames I've seen in an alchemy game in a long time. That's basically all it tries to be, it knows it, and it works. My biggest gripe is that the UI is borderline unplayable on console. My wife would LOVE this, but she's a console gamer from the couch 20 ft away, and it just wouldn't work.

Nothing

Nothing, because my PC’s hard drive died and I haven’t brought a new one yet.

For now just Tunic :)
- How is Tunic? It looks great but there are always other games I want when I'm buying things
  
  Well, I've slowly fallen in love with the game! It starts like a classic Zelda but it never stops growing. The notebook mechanic it's deeper than it seems, very unique! Totally recommended!
  
  Tunic is the best new game I have played in a long time. It's very very clever. It's definitely not just a Zelda clone, or an isometric Soulslike. I 100% recommend it but DO NOT LOOK ANYTHING UP BEFOREHAND. The feeling of discovery it gives you is the best part.

Post Void and A Short Hike. Also thinking about buying either Terraria or Don't Starve Together for me and my friend, but not sure which one

So far only Blasphemous, but that'll probably change. My wishlist is huge, and nothing's ever stopped me from growing my backlog before, so why stop now?
I'm a huge fan of metroidvanias, I've played almost all of the heavy hitters in recent years: Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Ori 1 & 2, Dust, Guacamelee, the list goes on. Blasphemous seemed right up my alley despite some positive reviews with heavy caveats. I'm mostly enjoying it but I really really hate all the insta-death pits. Nice that you don't drop all your currency on death but now I've gotta walk all the way back there, avoiding all the enemies and traps, and oop I've fallen in the same pit again and turned the game off. Besides that, the difficulty is somewhere between easy and challenging but fair. Recommended while cautioning patience.

I'm thinking about buying a few games to play on Steam Deck, probably 2 or 3 of that list:
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Dark Souls 1
SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays
DJMax Respect V
Digimon Survive
Rivals of Aether

Halo infinite, hollow knight, dead cells, and the orange box. Already played dead cells on switch a bunch so I know I'll love it (though a couple new dlc's have released since I last played, yay!). As a fan of the metroid series I'm also super excited for hollow knight.
- I fucking loved Hollow Knight. One of my absolute favorite games of the past several years. I hope you enjoy it!

Black Mesa. Been waiting to grab it before I play HL2

Just dropped a crisp fiver on Oblivion, figured 17 years of people telling me to play it was reason enough to give it a shot
- While I love Skyrim, I think most of the guild quest lines are much better in Oblivion, especially the thieves guild (as mentioned). I generally prefer to play with a leveling system mod that replaces the weird system they built, but it's a great game either way.
- It's one of the best games ever made. Especially the Thieves' Guild missions.

Probably nothing, there's no huge sales on anything I want.
Maybe Bugsnax as it's cheap though.

Don't really see any must have deals (other than steam deck). Maybe Dark Souls III. 30 still seems kinda steep for such an old game, is it worth getting at that price?
- It's a solid game (and I feel like it's the easiest one to get into for someone new out of the three), but for a few bucks more Elden Ring is stellar.
  
  Just bought it, thanks!

I wanted to pick up the Washington and Oregon DLCs for American Truck Simulator, a game I almost never play but it always there waiting for me to pop back in for one run then uninstall lol.
Also picked up Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness (whew, that's a name alright) because I was just turned on to the show (which is awesome!) and wanted to play it, but full price seems like a total ripoff for such a jank niche game.
Now both are on my Deck for less then I spent at lunch yesterday, and I can get back to slowly poking at my backlog!

Pinned the post as long as the Summer Sale lasts. Handy overview for everyone to discuss it.

A steam deck. I'll probably get some games after payday.
- Congrats, homie. I love mine. :3

Nothing. It's the same sale for the past 5 years. I've already got anything I wanted.

Mechwarrior 5! I've always liked the series, but this one fell off my radar with an Epic exclusive deal that also had some pretty big problems at launch. It looks like it's in a good place now, though, so I'm looking forward to exploring the coop with a friend.

I’m still on the fence for buying Hogwarts Legacy. 20% off is still more than €40..
- If you've yet to buy it, go take a look at GG.Deals; it's a great price comparison tool that lets you look at prices across a bunch of online stores.
- Have a look on greenman gaming. It's 32% off. £33.99 in the UK.

I've been getting into Warhammer lately so picked up boltgun and battlefleet gothic armada 2. Both very fun actually and definitely recommend

So far I've picked up Cassette Beasts and Nier Replicant. The former is a monster tamer game which I really enjoyed. Mechanics were fun, and the world exploration was superb. You unlock abilities for movement kind of like BOTW/Hollow Knight.
Nier Replicant has hot androids

I got
High on Life
Ys IX Monstrum Nox
Stranger of Paradise FF Origin
Toukiden 2
Tales of Symphonia
DBZ Kakarot

Lost Ruins, Ender Lilies, Halls of Torment

I got Cloudbuilt, the Deus Ex series (minus the first title,) Disco Elysium, Furi, Halls of Torment, Killer7, Lego Indiana Jones, Serious Sam 3 and The Walking Dead Telltale game.
Total was under 60 bucks. That's about 11 titles for less than the price of a new game. Steam Sale memes really didn't sugarcoat it, this shit hits DIFFERENT.

Megaquarium, Big Pharma, Bus Simulator 21.
All of them are solid.

Lumencraft
Yes, Your Grace
The Final Station
Now to actually play them!

So far:
Metro Exodus
Super Blood Hockey
Zero Sievert
Grounded
Biped
Not on sale but also got BattleBit

Even though it wasn't on sale, I got Battlebit Remastered. It's like Battlefield but the graphics style is simpler kind of like roblox but that doesn't mean the shooting isn't as realistic. It's a cheap game and it's still early access but I feel it's going to be a pretty fun shooter as it gets worked on and improves.
- I’ve been obsessed with Battlebit, it’s such a blast. Even solo, which is rare for me in a squad based shooter.

I got T.A.B , Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Doki Doki Literature Club

I resisted the temptation, as I don't have the time and space to play the 5 games I already own.

Got myself Fallout 4 for on my deck
- Let me know how it runs, for some reason I can never get Fallout 4 to run smoothly on any system.