Price of the game

[Nougatyne]

HI guys,
Now that we're about 24 hours away from the game release, could we have the price of the game because I haven't seen it anywhere ?
normal version and the deluxe version.

[onepiggy]

$30 for regular, $40 for deluxe, with a 10% discount on deluxe for the first week.

[Ankhanage]

Originally posted by onepiggy:

$30 for regular, $40 for deluxe, with a 10% discount on deluxe for the first week.

Will there be a regional pricing ?

[outlaw_hat]

I hope deluxe is cosmetics only and not puzzle types or an island.

[Schattenhörnchen]

Originally posted by outlaw_hat:

I hope deluxe is cosmetics only and not puzzle types or an island.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2071500/Islands_of_Insight/

It's on the store page. Some cosmetics and wallpapers.

[Ntropy]

Originally posted by onepiggy:

$30 for regular, $40 for deluxe, with a 10% discount on deluxe for the first week.

it seems as a risky price for a niche game, a bit out of the impulse buy zone

[pressea]

worth noting that you CANNOT upgrade to deluxe so if you want those cosmetics better pay up

[Eh]

I really liked the demo but 30$ is a bit steep for what it is at the moment, especially with the optimization issues and the ridiculous amount of lag and rubberbanding the game has.
Probably gonna wait until its 50% off in a few months.

[null]

Agreed, 30 bucks is a bit much. When I started playing the demo I asked myself what I'm willing to pay for it and I came up with an upper estimate of 20 and decided to buy it at this price or less, otherwise wait.
Performance issues aside, I am also not sure if I'll enjoy the other puzzle types, I like most of them, but fractals for instance are just frustrating. Don't know how they got past play testing.
To be fair, there are plenty of good indie games which in my opinion are pricey and are definitely worthy when on sale, but not so much at their regular price.

[fradigit]

I'm not trying to be a shill for the game or anything, but you guys are upset at $30??? I was hoping for $40 and expecting $60. Even the demo had enough content to keep me occupied for 30 hours. 30 HOURS!! A DEMO! Granted, some of that was wandering around the perimeter like a caged animal looking for puzzles I missed, but I'm expecting to get at minimum another 80 hours out of the game, maybe even a couple hundred depending on how many puzzles are left once the story is completed. I do not really care about graphics/frames, although the rubberbanding does make it borderline unplayable at times - but still, $30 seems pretty reasonable for the amount of content.

[greenboots]

Originally posted by fradigit:

I'm not trying to be a shill for the game or anything, but you guys are upset at $30??? I was hoping for $40 and expecting $60. Even the demo had enough content to keep me occupied for 30 hours. 30 HOURS!! A DEMO! Granted, some of that was wandering around the perimeter like a caged animal looking for puzzles I missed, but I'm expecting to get at minimum another 80 hours out of the game, maybe even a couple hundred depending on how many puzzles are left once the story is completed. I do not really care about graphics/frames, although the rubberbanding does make it borderline unplayable at times - but still, $30 seems pretty reasonable for the amount of content.

This 100% $30 is dirt cheep seems other people don't know what inflation is. Money does't go as far anymore. Remember steam also takes 30% so they make $20 on each copy sold.

[murderbits]

$29.99, at 10% discount only comes out to 0.27 cents per puzzle or 370 puzzles per dollar. :P

[Catcat]

I think the game is unique enough that it's worth the "premium" of a $30 price tag. Once the rubber banding issue is fixed, I think it's easily worth that price.

[pressea]

Originally posted by murderbits:

$29.99, at 10% discount only comes out to 0.27 cents per puzzle or 370 puzzles per dollar. :P

The discount is only for the deluxe edition. I think. If this is wrong let's be pleasantly surprised together.

[fradigit]

Originally posted by murderbits:

$29.99, at 10% discount only comes out to 0.27 cents per puzzle or 370 puzzles per dollar. :P

I was wondering how 27 cents a puzzle equaled 370 puzzles a dollar but then I saw the decimal. Almost pulled a Verizon there!

[murderbits]

Originally posted by pressea:

Originally posted by murderbits:

$29.99, at 10% discount only comes out to 0.27 cents per puzzle or 370 puzzles per dollar. :P

The discount is only for the deluxe edition. I think. If this is wrong let's be pleasantly surprised together.

Generally, the 10% applies to all versions of games when they launch on Steam. That's entirely at the whim of the developer and publisher, of course, but that has been the expectation.