Edit: it looks like the banner is incorrect. On the front page of steam it’s the right dates and says summer, but when I click on it to see all the sales it says spring with the dates for the spring sale. It’ll probably get fixed soon.
Edit: it looks like the banner is incorrect. On the front page of steam it’s the right dates and says summer, but when I click on it to see all the sales it says spring with the dates for the spring sale. It’ll probably get fixed soon.
Outer Wilds at 40% off again. Does it ever get lower? I know I should pay full price because it’s supposed to be a masterpiece but I’m afraid I’ll bounce off it. Also a bit hesitant to play it because I’m afraid it will just give me more existential dread and anxiety and I have too much of that already.
According to SteamDB, 40% is tied for the all-time low.
Ah thanks. That’s what I thought.
IMO outer wilds has a strong tone of optimism and hope in the face of existential dread, so I think you’re probably good on that front. And if you’re at all a fan of environmental storytelling and don’t hate physics sims, I think you’ll like it just fine. If you’re super unsure, maybe watch like the first hour (or less if you find your answer early) of someone doing a blind playthrough and see if the manner of storytelling grabs you.
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/outer-wilds/info/
Store low at the major retailers (incl. Steam) is $15
I picked it up and put it down a few times because I kept getting stuck and felt like I wasn’t making any progress, but holy shit when I finally got a small amount of assistance from a friend and got things moving it was like an avalanche and it all unraveled magnificently.
The DLC was somehow even better than the base game by quite a wide margin for me, but I absolutely had to get help starting it because I couldn’t figure out how without cheating.
I got it cheaper during an Epic Store sale, but not by much.
Grab it anyway and the DLC, because it’s amazing. And listen when it tells you to play with a controller. Really. So many people bounce off it because they can’t fly the ship. Mouse and keyboard really is not the way.