Surviving the Steam Holiday Sale - Day Twelve

The Steam Sales are something that we all anticipate with equal amounts of excitement and fear. How many awesome games will be reduced? How many of them will I have already paid full price for a few days before? Will I end up spending my life savings on games I never looked twice at before? We’ve all been there, and the Holiday Sale is no exception.

With a name like Holiday Sale, you almost feel compelled to buy stuff, you know, it’s the holidays, you deserve it, right? Of course you damn well do, you made it through the year! Only problem is, you’re already in debt from all the presents you had to buy for family and friends, and the random people you drew in your work’s Secret Santa that you spoke to once that time by the coffee machine. So seeing all these great deals come up becomes a bit of a balancing act. It’s almost like an equation really.

Where X = happiness:

X = (Game you really want + Great deal) > Amount of debt you can afford to bury yourself in.

Sometimes though, you have to draw the line, and for me, this is one of those times. I have well and truly tightened my purse strings, about to attempt something that may not even be possible: surviving the Steam Holiday Sale without one purchase. Every day, as I browse the sale, I will do so with the goal that I cannot buy anything, because I simply cannot afford to. The best part is, you guys will get to watch me squirm as I let the games slip through my fingers. So whether you want to support or mock, come join me on my tortuous journey!

Day Twelve:

Okay, so I know it's not a massive discount, but with 40% off a game I have wanted for a while now, it certainly seems rather large! Kerbal Space Program is space, cute, building all the best things combined and I reeeeallly want to play it! To rub salt in the wound, I have several friends that own it, and the multiplayer function is just about to be added! 

Injustice: Gods Among Us is another game I'd really love to own, mainly because of the DC storyline, which looks truly epic; enough to turn even me into a fighter fan. And speaking of genres I'm not normally a big fan of, Alan Wake for £2.29 is pretty much a no-brainer, even if it will likely scare me silly.

Despite hearing that GTA: IV is a bad port to the PC, for under £10 I would likely have been buying that under different circumstances. As for Game Dev Tycoon, boy am I glad I already own that because it's a bloody brilliant game. Honestly one of the most addictive things I've come across, if you don't already have it, you should get it now; you won't regret it!

I'm gonna stay away from Farming-Simulator 2013 because despite my Devonshire roots and the super-fun nickname "Farmer Emsey", I still think £10.99 is to much to tempt me. Combine Harvester included.