Mystery loot box bundles sale

[Aramax]

So I tried buying one of those for the first time since I always prefer to know what i'm putting my money on before spending and all in all I must say i'm kind of neutral at the moment and was wondering what other Steam users are thinking about those mystery bundles. Do you think it's great?

One of my biggest fear was getting all games I already had and with the amount of games I got the fear was justified. I did end up getting 2 games I already own out of the 3 that was in this bundle... but the game I didn't had was Sniper Elite 4 and the price tag on this game was always making me invest my money elsewhere (I got other games to buy first, don't enjoy sniper games that much but I don't hate them enough to not indulge myself a little bit).

What really annoyed me the most is that they said "Discover hidden AAA game packs featuring the latest and hottest titles." and I got Windward and this was released in 2015... And I had bought a good amount of Steam gifts of that game when it was 90% off back in the days of olde for trading purposes. So this was a bummer.

The third game was Fury Unleashed and I had it already but it can be easily traded.

1 bullseye
1 strike
1 safe

Tell me what you guys got or why you refuse to buy those mystery bundles.

[Abigail From Sneaky Squid Dept.]

Huh? Steam doesn't sell game mystery boxes.

[Aramax]

It was from an affiliated website who sell discounted Steam games. since the games are redeemed on Steam I thought it would be possible and easier to reach people who had purchased such bundle here.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

Huh? Steam doesn't sell game mystery boxes.

I'm assuming Fanatical.

Originally posted by Aramax:

Tell me what you guys got or why you refuse to buy those mystery bundles.

There is a slight amount of anticipation when buying one, but the chances at getting anything significant is tiny small. Unless you just like the act of discovering what's hidden within them, just use that money towards something else.

[Aramax]

It was from an affiliated website who sell discounted Steam games. since the games are redeemed on Steam I thought it would be possible and easier to reach people who had purchased such bundle here.

I almost forgot to add.

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

Huh? Steam doesn't sell game mystery boxes.

Soon...

[Aramax]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

There is a slight amount of anticipation when buying one, but the chances at getting anything significant is tiny small. Unless you just like the act of discovering what's hidden within them, just use that money towards something else.

Exactly. The way I see it with what I got is exactly like I spent the money on Sniper Elite 4 at 90% off and got 2 steam keys for trading for free.

[Abigail From Sneaky Squid Dept.]

Originally posted by Aramax:

It was from an affiliated website who sell discounted Steam games. since the games are redeemed on Steam I thought it would be possible and easier to reach people who had purchased such bundle here.

A lot of those gray market sellers are sketchy at best, often selling stolen or dubiously sourced keys.

And this

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

but the chances at getting anything significant is tiny small. Unless you just like the act of discovering what's hidden within them, just use that money towards something else.

[Aramax]

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

A lot of those gray market sellers are sketchy at best, often selling stolen or duviously sourced keys.

I've only done business with Indiegala, Fanatical and HumbleBundle so far and i'm pretty sure that the discounts they get come from the developers who sell them a big batch of their games for resell purposes and not from illegal activities.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

Huh? Steam doesn't sell game mystery boxes.

Fanatical does. and Yeah it's pretty much lootboxes. but with games.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

A lot of those gray market sellers are sketchy at best, often selling stolen or dubiously sourced keys.

Fanatical isn't grey market. It's a legitimate third party site that sources its keys direct from the publisher.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Abigail From Sneaky Beaky Dept.:

Originally posted by Aramax:

It was from an affiliated website who sell discounted Steam games. since the games are redeemed on Steam I thought it would be possible and easier to reach people who had purchased such bundle here.

A lot of those gray market sellers are sketchy at best, often selling stolen or dubiously sourced keys.

And this

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

but the chances at getting anything significant is tiny small. Unless you just like the act of discovering what's hidden within them, just use that money towards something else.

Fanatical is actually one of the few companies that was allowed to change their Steam group name when they rebranded their company from BundleStars to Fanatical.