Steam prices

[ALE]

Am I off my F$!#@ gourd?? When the hell did the prices for games that used to be 15 - 20$ all suddenly shoot up to 25 - 40+. I have a wishlist full and none of these games sat so damn high, did I miss something??

[datCookie]

Perhaps inflation? Greed? Who knows why developers/publishers change their prices, hopefully a sale will happen soon

[Haruspex]

Can you cite a few examples?

SteamDB[steamdb.info] provides historical game pricing data.

One possibility is those games were in early access at a lower price point, and now they've received a full release along side a price increase.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Some developers have either increased the prices due to economic situations or games leaving Early Access. Of it's just some misremembering happening.

[nullable]

Yeah, lets hear some examples and verify them. Then you don't need to ask the question or wonder if you're off your gourd.

[Chika Ogiue]

Maybe you'll give us examples, unlike this guy:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/601905999576629077/

[Eagle_of_Fire]

OP and the other OP in the other thread are not off their gourds. This is an actual, real trend.

Problem here is that most of what I have in my wishlist is there because I had already appraised those games to be interesting but way too costly for what they offer. The devs re-evaluating their game price just make it even more unlikely that I buy it myself since I, personally, have not re-evaluated the way I appraise games.

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Can you cite a few examples?

SteamDB[steamdb.info] provides historical game pricing data.

One possibility is those games were in early access at a lower price point, and now they've received a full release along side a price increase.

I know the game Hidden Folks originally tried releasing super cheap DLC expansions ($1-$2 each). Eventually they did away with the DLC approach and instead just gave future expansions away for free... but would also raise the base price of the game when they did that. So if you already owned the game it didn't cost you any extra, but if you bought it later it was more expensive.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Eagle_of_Fire:

OP and the other OP in the other thread are not off their gourds. This is an actual, real trend.

Then hit up Steam DB and provide us examples.

[wesnef]

Another question is what region are you in? Steam's made changes to currency valuations in regions before. Which, yes, resulted in prices going up.

(here in the US, I haven't noticed any price changes personally. /shrug)