• Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    136·
    10 hours ago

    60+: Haha, I can’t imagine it’s worth it.

    20-59: Buy if it comes strongly recommended.

    10-19: Impulse buy if the description and screenshots look cool.

    1-9: Buy if I like the store thumbnail.

    0: Hahaha FUCK no this will hold the game flow hostage every few hours to get me to pay infinite money.

    EDIT: YES I know proper - often Open Source - free games exist. :) OpenTTD and good ol’ Nethack are my faves

      • dryfter@ani.socialEnglish
        21·
        24 hours ago

        I’ll probably never play it, but the game looks cool and I can appreciate someone else’s hard work, so Imma buy it.

        Good speed on your journey!

      • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        17 hours ago

        That’s really fun, reminiscent of old-school platforming, absolutely worth the $2 and it runs great on the Steam Deck! Good job!

      • dipcart@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        23 hours ago

        Quick question for a game dev:

        How does getting steam deck verified work? Like do you reach out? Or do they just check whenever they get to it?

        Cool looking game! If I wasn’t deeply unemployed right now I would buy! Hopefully soon

        • Electric_Druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          19 hours ago

          It’s an optional part of getting your game on the steam marketplace, but I’ve had a friend try on steamdeck without messing with it and had no issues. Ymmv, I’m one example and this is my first project.

    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
      13·
      1 day ago

      Mine is more:

      $0.00: Is it FOSS, or is it on GOG? Is it DRM-free? Cool. (see: Luanti/MineTest, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth, Beyond All Reason, FreeCiv, FreeOrion, Remnants of the Precursors, Endless Sky, The Ur-Quan Masters, Mindustry, Jill of the Jungle Trilogy, etc)

      $0.01+ - $4.99: Is it in eXo? I’ll get it that way.

      $5+: I can’t imagine buying it if there’s anything either in the FOSS category or in eXo that does the same thing.

      And 99% of the time, if there isn’t, straight to torrents.

    • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      For me it’s

      1-4 might buy and never play it
      4-12 eh if it’s got good reviews and it’s my genre it’s a potential impulse buy
      12-25 it’s got to be very acclaimed and I have to desire it strongly
      25-35 if it’s like the sequel of a game I loved A LOT, and has good reviews, and it gets me on a good day
      35+ no way, I’ll wait for a discount

      • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        As someone who came to PC gaming from decades as a console gamer it blows my mind how cheap PC gaming is once you get over the initial cost of the PC.

        • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
          2·
          12 hours ago

          And the Steam discount golden age ended years ago, nowadays it’s much more expensive. Not to mention the bundles of the time.

    • mohab@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Oh, this is fun, lemme do mine:

      1-5: It’s most likely worth the money because I’ll likely beat it and have fun even though it won’t land in my all-time favorites.

      5-10: I’m hesitant, but it’s probably worth the risk or it’s niche and I need to support the developer.

      10-15: I either know for sure I’ll have a lot of fun with it or I’m desperate to play anything new because my library feels a little stale RN.

      15-20: It better be fantastic and end up an all-time favorite because why would I pay this much for a video game.

      20-60: I’m good. I can wait.