2013 Steam Holiday Sale (Dec 19 - Jan 3)

[PsYcNeT]

They put all the best-sellers back on sale on the last day for the same price as their sale price, so I would wait a couple days.

[FlamesAddiction]

GOG is also having a good sale. I prefer Steam, but this time around I actually bought more games through GOG. I'm into the older games lately.

[Anduril]

I don't think I actually bought anything at all. Probably because I've got enough of a backlog of games on PC, 3DS and PS4 to wait for even deeper discounts in the summer on my wishlist (hopefully).

[QuadCityImages]

Snapped up Company of Heroes 2 today, but other than that all I've bought was Portal 1&2 for my 2nd account in case my sister or wife want to play one of the best games ever.

[chemgear]

Bioshock is the Community Choice - Season Pass is on sale at $5. Episode One by itself is still $14.99; so it's a no brainer.

[gottabekd]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Bioshock is the Community Choice - Season Pass is on sale at $5. Episode One by itself is still $14.99; so it's a no brainer.

Waiting, waiting, waiting for it to go on sale. Finally came up.

Only on for another 60 minutes so make sure to act fast!

[Weirdness]

Like always I end up spending way more than I intended. Coming into the sale I was only looking for the XCOM expansion.

Spoiler!

1 Jan 2014
$0.49
Purchase
VVVVVV

31 Dec 2013
$9.99
CD Key (Humble Store)
Europa Universalis IV

31 Dec 2013
$1.69
Purchase
Magic 2014 Expansion Pack

31 Dec 2013
$14.99
Purchase
XCOM: Enemy Within


31 Dec 2013
$2.49
Purchase
Another World

30 Dec 2013
$3.74
Purchase
Spelunky

30 Dec 2013
$1.49
Purchase
Legend of Dungeon

29 Dec 2013
$11.23
Purchase
Wizardry 6, 7, and 8, The Stanley Parable

29 Dec 2013
$6.69
Purchase
Risk of Rain

28 Dec 2013
$14.68
Purchase
Gunpoint Exclusive Edition, Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

25 Dec 2013
Free
Purchase
Left 4 Dead 2

23 Dec 2013
$3.73
Purchase
Crusader Kings II: Europa Universalis IV Converter, Crusader Kings II: Customization Pack

Grand total of $73.20 if you include the $1.99 I spent on buying Hotline Miami for my brother.

I only got Europa Universalis IV just because I can convert a Crusader Kings II save file and continue on in that game. I'll probably never play it.

[Rathji]

Earned about $8 this sale.
Bought a game for $5 and earned about $13 from selling trading cards.

Contemplating Xcom:EW, but not sure I will get a chance to play it by the next sale.

[Jacks]

Said it before but if you've never played Orcs Must Die it is well worth this price point.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/
$3.74 for part 2
Franchise pack for $8.74
2 copy complete pack of part 2 for $9.99 if you want to play some coop with a buddy.

[Anduril]

Not really a game but seriously debating about You Need a Budget 4. There's been a number of times I've tried to keep track of my money, from simply using pen and paper when I was younger to Mint and at this point, just really looking at my transactions every week or so to see where everything is going.

Mint was nice for what it offers but is a little inaccurate for my tastes and doesn't offer a whole lot to grow from.

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by Anduril

Not really a game but seriously debating about You Need a Budget 4. There's been a number of times I've tried to keep track of my money, from simply using pen and paper when I was younger to Mint and at this point, just really looking at my transactions every week or so to see where everything is going.

Mint was nice for what it offers but is a little inaccurate for my tastes and doesn't offer a whole lot to grow from.

Picked this up yesterday after giving the demo a short try. My immediate impression is that it's exactly what I was looking for in terms of budgeting software. You could easily create something similar with Excel but I didn't feel like spending the time to create a spreadsheet. While I consider myself to be good with my money I am very interested to see exactly how much and where I spend it over a given month.

I've spent roughly $75 during the sale so far. Picked up Far Cry 3 Deluxe, Skyrim Legendary Edition, Gone Home, Ducktales Remastered, Metro: Last Light and Duke Nukem 1&2. I'll probably buy Race the Sun and Anti-Chamber. The sales kind of sucked this year which is fine by me as I have plenty of games to keep me busy.

[Coys1882]

I don't want to talk about how much I spent.

[Boblobla]

Haven't spent as much during this sale as I did during the summer sale. Mainly because there are few games I bought during the summer sale I still haven't played... I picked up You Need A Budget as well. Maybe that will help me curb my frivolous steam spending.

[cDnStealth]

Without a question, I have way too many games. I've gotten a lot better about not buying games that I don't think I'll get to play within a reasonable time frame but I think I need to put a hold on buying any more games for 6+ months.

It's not even a question of money. I am probably spending less than I did years ago when all I was buying were $60 titles. I just don't have the time to devote to playing through this ever growing backlog of games. It's one thing to pick up an indie game that can be completed in under 10 hours but it's another thing entirely to be sitting on multiple strategy games and RPGs. I've even got a few console games that I haven't finished.

[Meelapo]

Originally Posted by Anduril

Not really a game but seriously debating about You Need a Budget 4. There's been a number of times I've tried to keep track of my money, from simply using pen and paper when I was younger to Mint and at this point, just really looking at my transactions every week or so to see where everything is going.

Mint was nice for what it offers but is a little inaccurate for my tastes and doesn't offer a whole lot to grow from.

Originally Posted by cDnStealth

Picked this up yesterday after giving the demo a short try. My immediate impression is that it's exactly what I was looking for in terms of budgeting software. You could easily create something similar with Excel but I didn't feel like spending the time to create a spreadsheet. While I consider myself to be good with my money I am very interested to see exactly how much and where I spend it over a given month.

We've been using YNAB since the summer time when my girlfriend, now wife, got married and combined most of our income. She's an accountant so she loves being able to track where money was spent and on what card, etc. I like the pie charts.

[Anduril]

Originally Posted by Meelapo

I like the pie charts.

Sold.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by cDnStealth

Picked this up yesterday after giving the demo a short try. My immediate impression is that it's exactly what I was looking for in terms of budgeting software. You could easily create something similar with Excel but I didn't feel like spending the time to create a spreadsheet. While I consider myself to be good with my money I am very interested to see exactly how much and where I spend it over a given month.

I've spent roughly $75 during the sale so far. Picked up Far Cry 3 Deluxe, Skyrim Legendary Edition, Gone Home, Ducktales Remastered, Metro: Last Light and Duke Nukem 1&2. I'll probably buy Race the Sun and Anti-Chamber. The sales kind of sucked this year which is fine by me as I have plenty of games to keep me busy.

Found that kind of humorous

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Found that kind of humorous

Explain.

[QuadCityImages]

I do think there's some irony to budgeting software being part of a Steam Sale.

[LockedOut]

Steam is so slow or just plain not working at the moment.