Steam summer sale recommendations, and what will you buy?

With the summer sale probably starting very soon, what games you plan on buying? I'll get The Witcher 2 and maybe Tomb Raider, but I can't think of anything else and I would like to buy one or two more.

The Banner Saga was a pretty under the radar game that I thoroughly enjoyed.

I'm hoping for a sale on Transistor but I expect its too soon. Maybe S2 of Walking Dead and some other stuff I've forgot.

Most the game games I'm planning to get are all less than $20. So I wouldnt mind a 33-50% discount.

Jazzpunk, Battleblock Theater, Child of Light, Starseed Pilgrim, Astebreed, Ikaruga, Stick it to the Man, Richard & Alice, Valdis Story: Abyssal City, Fract OSC, Year Walk, The Fall, Enslaved: Oddysey to the West, The Banner Saga, Wolf Among Us and Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Games I will get for pretty much sure

Sleeping Dogs 4.99

Dirt 3 for 6.99

Virtua Tennis 4 for 2.99

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Games I'm also thinking about

NBA 2K14

Kenshi

Sometimes Always Monsters for 1.99.

Bioshock Infinite for 6.49.

Street Fighter IV.

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I see you have Civilization IV in your collection so you aren't opposed to strategy games. I suggest Hearts of Iron III. I've seen the game on sale for $2.49 which is a great deal. I have gotten 100 plus hours out of it. Do not forget to play it on Very Hard eventually it makes the game more entertaining but not cheap difficulty wise.

I can also suggest Dead Island. The game actually turned out better than I thought it would. It isn't just greasing off zombies, you are doing missions that involve survival and the map levels are more varied and better than I thought it would be. It does suffer from bouts of mild boredom around 60% of the game. I give it around a 7-8/10. I do want to see what caused the zombie outbreak eventually. Hearts of Iron 3 is the better game though and will probably be cheaper. Only get Dead Island if you really have nothing else. Dead Island has killed 25 hours for me and I'm still going along.

I was reading some comments on Splinter Cell Blacklist, I think. It was new and cheap on sale recently Splinter Cell, and people seemed to like that, so you may also want to check reviews/comments out for that, could be a better choice than Dead Island.

So where is this sale people have been proclaiming to start today? Its past the time they usually update the store. Then again they don't have the usual weekend deals up either.

@with_teeth26: Starts in 30 minutes or so.

Dishonored, and Hitman Contracts, are the ones I have my eyes on.

and a big fat maybe for Max Payne 3 (although I may wait till I build my new rig) and Splinter Cell Blacklist.

7 days to die, was waiting for special and will probably get the 2pack and give to friend.

Maybe planet explorers if it gets low enough and 1 or 2 dlcs for borderlands2 I don't have yet.

Is dayz worth grabbing now at 15% of? It looks interesting. It's not even officially out yet only like alpha.

Don't bother with that junk game. I regret buying this game a lot. If I were you i'd wait for h1z1 and about to hit steam and already looks way better than Dayz.

Eh wildstar and work take all my time anyways might as well just get super 75%+ off deals cause I probably won't play most anyways lol

I'll second this, the priorities of the dev team on Dayz are fucked. They are adding a bunch of really gimmicky features while the core of the game is absolutely terrible, zombies are just broken as hell and performance is all over the place. Who knows in two years Dayz might be amazing but right now its massively outclassed by other Dayz mods for Arma 2 and 3 like Origins and Breaking Point which are just way more enjoyable at this point.

They should not be charging money for the game in its current state. I also regret spending money on it. Save up and get Arma 3 instead, its a far more versatile game that offers Dayz like experiences along with a whole bunch of other stuff.

Already bought Mirror's Edge; I will buy the Arkham Origins DLC if it's around $2.50. I'd be all over Dark Souls once it inevitably goes on flash sale, but GFWL is there to ruin any chance of that.

Looking Prototype1/2 and maybe Asscreed 4

Resident Evil 4, Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy VII for sure once they are a daily deal or a flash sale. Maybe The Walking Dead season 2 and Bastion if they get cheap enough. It is also cool Dead Rising 3 is coming to PC and you can pre order it for a cheap price, although is anything really surprised it is getting ported? I totally saw this coming when the game was announced lol.

I will 3rd this although luckily it was my roommate who bought it lol.

I'm thinking about getting Borderlands 2 but I never play co-op. Is it worth it just for playing solo?

X Rebirth and The Banner Saga are on my radar. Also Game of Thrones if I see it.

i bought the incredible adventures of Van Helsing 2. i liked the first and was looking forward to the second.

What I hope to get:

• Broforce
• Child of Light
• Crimsonland
• The Banner Saga
• Nuclear Throne
• Transistor
• The Forest
• Goat Simulator

What I've already Brought

• Divinity Original Sin
• XCOM: Enemy Within

Only bought Goodbye Deponia so far

so far I have only bought the Mount & Blade collection... Love those games!

I bought Divinity Orginal Sin since it launches at the end of the month.

You can have fun solo but will be pretty hard. There's some bosses that will slaughter you if alone. I play with just 1 friend and we have a blast. Anyway its a great game but you'd have a lot more fun with a friend.

What will I get in the Steam Sale? Dunno. I already got great pre-summer deals on tomb raider, metro last light, and hotline miami. The overriding issue is after 300 hours in the original Dark Souls, now Hotline Miami getting its acid/blood-drenched hooks in me, I am momentarily zombified/lobotomized by video games as it is. Seriously.

You know when you pull off a cool combat move it some times cuts to a cutscene? Think of Dark Souls and hotline Miami as the Witcher or the undead in Dark Souls, and me as some henchmen that these video games just riposted.

I am the recipient of a combo of awesomeness on the chin. I am laid out on the boxing ring getting counted out by the ref. I literally don't know where I am right now and you're asking me what I am going to buy on the sale? You should be asking me how many fingers you're holding up or who is the president.

So, I can't help you with what I'll be buying but I can help you with what I RECOMMEND on FLASH sales. I RECOMMEND:

*Borderlands 2 GOTY edition -- whether you like borderlands or not, no one can deny this is exactly the way to take a sequel. More of everything. There is so much diversity in playstyles too.

*Hotline Miami -- A nice break from FPS and TPS. It's kind of hard btw.

*Xcom Enemy Unknown -- Again...nice break from FPS and TPS and in my top 6 or 7 favorite video games of all time.

*Tomb Raider and or Max Payne 3 -- Fun TPS's. Lara Croft if you want to watch a sprawling Indiana Jones type action movie. Max Payne if you want to shoot your way thru a 90s' Pulp Fiction clone like Boondock Saints or Killing Zoe.

*Dark Souls -- Haven't played the sequel but zomg. Domo arigato to the Japanese for this one.

*Fallout New Vegas -- How will the new west be won? Why with prostitution, violence and drugs of course!

Free games that maybe have add ons on sale that are recommendable would go to:

Warframe, Gotham City Impostors, and Planetside 2. All great games though not necessarily in that order

Haven't bought anything yet.

Update: I am kinda interested in the expansion for Shadowrun Returns, along with Splinter Cell Blacklist, Hitman Contracts, and Wasteland 2 if it goes on sale enough. But I haven't bought anything just yet.

How is ORION: Dino Horde? Steam says it has a single player and it is decent? I don't really do MP unless it is an MMO.

The Wasteland 2 early access is on sale for $40. How is the game? Is it worth $40? Isn't that supposed to be the price once the game released? I'm really interested in buying it.

I bought skyrim pack I didn't have it on PC

Just the witcher 2 already got plenty of games to beat and I already beat the witcher 1.

I bought Democracy 3, Eurotruck simulator 2, and all of the Payday 2 DLC I was missing. I'm considering Wasteland 2 but I'm not sure I want to get it just yet.

I just bought another world for £1.99 hehe.

I bought Metro 2033 on the steam website via my phone. After purchasing it, I looked at the requirements and it only states nvidia as the recommended spec. I also read that the game doesnt really support AMD cards? Can someone enlighten me on this issue before I get home?

@CWEBB04z: I had zero issues with both games and I have AMD CPU and GPU.

I bought State of Decay. I've had a lot of fun with it so far. It's pretty much the game based off The Walking Dead that everyone has wanted. :P

I almost got that but decided to wait for bundle. Got PApers Please though and it's hilarious and nice and puzzley. I wish the US borders were this strict.

I am playing this too. It's really great.

Tutorials, collision and combat is a little lacking. And the grapbics arent the best in the world (lighting is cool though). But it's a well designed game with a nice open world.

I bought The incredible Adventures of Van Helsing I and II, Dragon Commander, Borderlands 2, and Splinter Cell:Blacklist for the steam sale.

The payday 2 dlc is kinda crappy to be honest, even if it's cheap. Some of it is decent, big bank and the one or two maps.

But the rest should probably just be ignored, locking weapons out of the game is very lame.

Yesterday I got Borderlands 2 GOTY.

I got Borderlands 2 GOTY, Dead Island: Riptide and Batman: Arkham Origins so far.

Well considering I said I already bought it, this was pretty unhelpful advice.

But nobody was giving you advice.

I know you're a nobody already. I don't need to be reminded.

My friend, this is an excellent point, it seems clear from the lack of evoking aggressively provocative replies, that indeed, a sad truth, I am not particularly relevant. Being incredibly mature, you've heroically risen above it and proved to be the better man. I've always admired you the most.

I just bought nether to see what it's like