Sales too low.

[Bash]

This game is by no means a new game....
Im really disappointed in the pricing, considering the engine.
Popularity does not mean anything, if that was the case then minecraft would cost 79.99.
It didnt, yet notch is still filthy rich, I believe when it came out it was in total about 9$....
You have a 20% sale, on a game under 40$.... the base game, which lets be honest nobody wants to play without the dlc, now you can say OH BUT THE WORKSHOP :D, problem is most of the good mods require the dlc... so yeah

Please lower your prices, I cant justify spending 100$ to get the entire package, you have an incredible game, but these prices are unjustifiable.

I hope you respect my input.

[Steelfleece]

Well worth the money. Also, the devs almost never check the Steam boards. Further, these posts pop up plentifully every time there's a sale. Isn't gonna happen. Sorry.

[Overlord_Ashalon]

I've been watching it for a while now and have not seen the base game go bellow $27 which i'm just willing to pay for the base game.

[whatamidoing]

What do you mean, it's not a new game? We're still getting regular updates and the playerbase is continuing to expand. Why would the price go down?
Many people play the game without the DLC and most mods don't require the DLC (I don't think any of the ones I regularly use do).

[The Blind One]

Yeah the game is still being improved and developed.

In terms of gameplay hours for this game it's well worth the money.

It might not be the newest game but gosh darn it's a gem that is worth its weight in diamonds.

[Vermillion Cardinal]

Hope it isn't "sir, deeper discounts, please!" week/month again. While Tynan has given in a little recently, that was after many years; don't expect a better one anytime soon.

While some mods require certain DLC, many others do not or at worst have some additional and logical functionality with them present. If you want value for money right now, check out recommendations and reviews for which specific ones would be of interest rather than buying everything wholesale, and you'll find the cost is probably nowhere near $100+.

In any case this thread will be locked once a moderator gets around to it.

[Raymond]

you can always downgrade the game and use mods from older version that aren't dlc dependent. Minecraft is popular because anyone could play the demo version at anytime without paying a single dime, and miss out very little content from the paid version. This game is popular because it deliver satisfactory content to it's price, and boosted further by community contents, made by people who either supported the game at it infancy or paid full price for it.
The fact the game never going on sale is a good thing, since you don't have to worry about losing out on a good deal. Just go to your local McDonald and work there for like a day or two and you can buy the game with all the DLCs. It is as simple as that.

[AldouzTek]

Originally posted by Bash:

This game is by no means a new game....
Im really disappointed in the pricing, considering the engine.

Price determined by Demand not Cost. Maybe when you life old enough you'll understand, enjoy your youth.

[Jigain]

Thanks for dedicating the last ten years to developing this game, Tynan and the rest of the staff at Ludeon.

However, why you so greedy as wanting money for these ten years?

Gief game for free.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Bash:

...
I hope you respect my input.

I respect it, but...

The Developer has the Right to set their own price. So, you can ask for reductions, but they do not have to agree.

Tynan doesn't agree with deep sale-price cuts. He's not a "20% Off" sort of developer. :) At the end of the day, according to his words and history, you'll always be likely to get a "No" in regards to deep sale discounts and certainly to any suggestions for any big price adjustment. (They have manually adjusted for currency exchange rates, btw.)

I think that recently there was something like a Steam 15% off sale, but that may have been just some things adding up or as the result of some marketing agreement /etc. (Not sure, not my business to know)

There are quite a few colony-builder/survival games out there, some even with personality and social interaction mechanics. So, you have a good many to choose from that may be cheaper than Rimworld. (There will even be more planned for release as time goes on.)

Ypu can sometimes find Rimworld on sale elsewhere. The most common source of discounts seems to be Humble Bundle.

[Angrysquirrel]

I got in on the game way back when for a much lower price than it is now. I'd like a few of those DLC's, but they are a bit rich for my taste. I feel your pain. :)

[Andrius227]

It may seem expensive but its not. I had ~800 hours played before dlc’s came out. Then i took a long break and now im playing again with all the dlc’s. Probably the best hours/£ ratio ever.

[schnappkatze]

Originally posted by Bash:

40$.... the base game, which lets be honest nobody wants to play without the dlc, now you can say OH BUT THE WORKSHOP :D, problem is most of the good mods require the dlc... so yeah

Please lower your prices, I cant justify spending 100$ to get the entire package, you have an incredible game, but these prices are unjustifiable.

I am always confused by this mentality of feeling the need to buy a game with all DLCs together. Not only does it multiply the risk of wasted money if the game isn't for me, I also don't really notice the DLCs if they blend right into the game as they do with Rimworld. By that I rob myself of the chance to "fresh up" the game if it got a bit boring after 100 hours.

Maybe there are games that are bad without their DLCs, I have not yet encountered them. Even in the infamous Paradox games you can spend quite an amount of hours just learning and playing the base game without breaking the piggy bank and buying all those DLCs.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Bash:

Popularity does not mean anything, if that was the case then minecraft would cost 79.99.

Minecraft plus all DLC costs a lot more than $79.99, I think it's probably close to $200. I'm not sure what rock you've been living under.

[Freeasabird🕊]

Oh just buy the damn game, its not gonna matter to you in a week so who cares? the Dev can throw out a sale IF HE wants to, he clearly doesn't because that would mean LESS MONEY over all. businesses exits to MAKE MONEY. the more the better, How haven't you realised this by now?

( Sorry, this is just my cynical POV)

[Professor H. Farnsworth]

Never buy games on steam, there are webshops out there, that gives you games cheaper. Fully legal too, even if Steam doesn't like it.