does this game go on sale often?

[Dan]

looks like loads of fun, but it's kind of pricy for what it is, no? wondering if it goes on sale often

[Mr. Man!]

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/deeprockgalactic/history/

[Dan]

Originally posted by Mr. Man!:

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/deeprockgalactic/history/

great site, thanks, had no idea about it

[King Fossil]

Goes on sale pretty frequently. The Chinese New Year sale is on next month, so it shouldn't be a long wait.

[Dan]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ifQGGj9jHemHddC0ZjhL6NuL5nCeiZE-wYXVqkS5DFYBjWpKePJAvnzJlfD6SuB24Go3nU32EgniSfHh5kdHC41_67PpZQb1zwZakrB7qOxAsJdarmsVOea1IFn3MWEc00JQFJgZP1w4qbOPvp17KhOvxNhJPZV0Z3j__w

[moerty]

it's a bargain for what it is you mean, without intending to i've spent 1000 hours on it, it's amazing value for money if that is what you're looking for.

[marcusaddamsson]

What he said. Best Steam deal I've gotten in a year or more. I did get the base game on sale, but I proceeded to buy all the dlc's at mostly retail (I think).

[Myrkana]

Def worht the full price but I understand the need to spend less xD I got it for 20 or 25 (idr) on sale during the winter sale. It seems to go on sale every sale so check for the chinese new year one or if you miss that the spring sale.

[Vayde Knyght]

I wouldn't call Deep Rock Galactic pricey; it's $30.
If you like video game mining, dwarves, and horde shooters; you'll find a very nice game that you can have a lot of fun with in DRG. The guns feel great, the digging is satisfying, each class has a distinct toolkit that work really well together without being painful solo.
The soundtrack's great, too.

[Vandal Savant]

If you want to pull info straight from IsThereAnyDeal on Steam's store site itself, look up the Augmented Steam[augmentedsteam.com] browser extension. It will let you always know if/where you can get the best price.

But even following the dumb metric of 1 Hour = 1 Monopoly Bux, the game will easily prove its worth if it hooks you. It's an online co-op game with an elegant usage of procedural generated content. Very little "long term" progression/endgame though; if it's not fun in the first two hours, refund it immediately. It doesn't get better, it just is what it is.

[Dan]

yeah I just bought it. it's great fun so far, I'll wait for the sale for the DLC i guess

[Dan]

also, praise the devs for ultrawide support, runs amazing @ 5120x1440

[Vayde Knyght]

Originally posted by Vandal Savant:

the dumb metric of 1 Hour = 1 Monopoly Bux

If I may ask, what's dumb about that metric as a rule of thumb?
I seek to learn, if I can.

[Vandal Savant]

I personally just don't like it because it basically implies the greatest form of video games are F2P. It requires nuances like "hours of fun" where said nuance isn't ever really quantified. It encourages padding in production and encourages customers to drag their game out longer to feel like they're getting value from it. I don't like it as a rule of thumb or deciding factor of whether a game is worth its price.

But to be fair, I also have this conjecture from the point of view that has not bought more than like 3 full price games in the past 5 years. I'm just naturally stingy with my money. It's easier to not really care about whether a game I bought for $20 only went on for 10-15 hours than if I paid $60.

[Vash(88)]

This game is worth $60

[James Lupei]

Originally posted by Vayde_Knyght:

Originally posted by Vandal Savant:

the dumb metric of 1 Hour = 1 Monopoly Bux

If I may ask, what's dumb about that metric as a rule of thumb?
I seek to learn, if I can.

It's because of the cost to make the game.

Deep Rock Galactic is a very light game (2 gb or so), and it doesn't take much resources (mostly manpower, since salary makes up most of the cost) to make. So it relies heavily on the gameplay hour for the player to feel that the game is worth more.

If we're talking about, say, Resident Evil. Sure, you might end up playing for 30 hours or so for $60, but the amount of details that were put into the game is a different story. It is as if you're playing a game and watching a really good film at the same time.