The orange box

[THChris]

Is it worth $20 or wait for sale?

[かぐや]

It's rarely on sale. Wasn't on discount during last summer sale at all.
It's worth with full price.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Wishlist it if it gets a special you will be emailed. Many time developers watch these wishlisted games and if they see no sales they can throw a week end sale or even a oneday sale. Seen it many times.
Currently includes 4 titles um actually episode 1 and 2 of half life .
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/469/
Look at the individual games prices on Steam and compare them

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/

[Zekiran]

It's absolutely worth full price, even now. If you have not yet played those games, they are WELL worth full price.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

I bought 4 when it first came out. Worth full price everyday.

But you can wait for a sale if you really must.

[8ullfrog]

I know the box itself wasn't on discount, but I'm pretty sure all the individual games were.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

$2.99 for the Lunar sale... https://steamdb.info/sub/469/

[Zekiran]

lol yeah I picked up what remained of the Valve collection for like 2 bucks.

But I bought Portal 1 separately and THEN the OB and THEN another couple copies of Portal 1 for friends. Seriously, worth playing the lot of them.

[pocketlint82]

I bought the half life and portal games during the summer sale for less than $5 total. The games are worth 20 but you can absolutely get it for less. Still worth it even in 2019. If a game has good mechanics, it's still good even when old.

[The Giving One]

I got the REAL orange box here, from BestBuy back in 2007 and it was absolutely worth the full price even back then, at retail.

So yes, it is worth it.

[Manticore]

Wait for sale i guess considering the price is really low at sale, i bought valve collection less than 2 bucks at summer sale..

[AustrAlien2010]

There are so many people happy with it, it would be almost impossible to feel bad about your purchase, if you don´t like it. Or maybe you would feel bad about it just because so many members like it. But you may like something else all entirely. Not everyone is the same. And the question of worth is kind of shifty. But that´s just me talking strange, I guess.

I don't know how much it's worth. Because it only exists in a perpetual state.
It really depends on who you ask.

[Zekiran]

As a massively important piece of gaming history, I'd say the Orange Box is ... still worth it ;)

The games themselves have stood the test of time, for the most part. TF2 is still popular as heck, Portal is absolutely one of the best games ever made, and Half Life 2 and the Episodes kind of defined an era. Yes, they have their weak points these days, but let's face it, all games do, and they've got less wrong with them than most newly released games. They might not be everyone's cup of tea, I mean I have played all of what like 20 minutes of team fortress, as I don't care at all for pvp. But...

Also there's the mod making aspect to the games. Garry's Mod relies on so much that's from those games, them and counterstrike source.

[test]

All orange box sales are -90% and they are not that rare, so I'd wait

[Psychedelic Adventurer]

Never buy Valve games full price. Sales discount them by a huge margin.