Topic: The Unofficial Steam Sales Thread

Games that I bought:
Tropico 3: Steam Special Edition and Tropico 3: Absolute Power: 8-9/10 great game with some great music. Doesn't seem to take itself too seriously. Relaxing and fun.
The Last Remnant: X/10 haven't played it yet.

As for my tickets, I only got four and I'm going to use three of them in the sunglasses for TF2.

Maybe I'll still buy something but I only have few hours left. Any recommendations from todays deals?

As for spending my tickets, here's my prize booth loot:

Alien Breed 2
The Golden Ship (Beat Hazard)
Brutal Concussion (Aaaa!!! A Reckless Disregard For Gravity)
The Lonely Cruise (Magicka)
The Berserker Suit (A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda)
Serious 8 (Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter)

I might be able to get another 2 tickets in order to get another prize, but the only prizes that I would be able to use are the TF2 shades and the Portal 2 snorkel, both of which I can live without.

Thank you for the gift Kyubi. I was really wanting to try X-COM, and at 20mb, I'll be able to try it out tonight! (as opposed to Portal 2, which I'll still be downloading up until about next month.

I was able to spend my 13 tickets (withone remainder) the Magicka map, Alien Breed, the TF2 Shades and the Portal 2 costumes.

I only managed to get 8 tickets. I got the Defense Grid the awakening maps and the Magika maps I don't have either game but I plan to get them in the future.

EDIT: aaaand it's over.

I was so desperate for tickets that I made a YouTube account and plugged in a new webcam just for one ticket. I also stayed up until 1:00 AM and got the Talent Show achievement three times (twice with @soccer686 who was on his PS3; apparently that doesn't count) before it showed up. I was so happy that Summer Camp didn't end right at midnight (in my timezone at least).

I got:
TF2 Shades
Portal 2 Snorkels
Alien Breed 2
Beat Hazard Gold Ship
ARES DLC (don't own the game)
Defense Grid DLC (don't own the game)

In terms of sale games I bought BIT.TRIP RUNNER for $2.50 (got the summer achievement), Poker Night at the Inventory (from Telltale for $1.25, but activated it on Steam and got the summer achievement), and Puzzle Agent 2 & a giftable copy of the original for $8.99 with the refund from my Telltale pre-order (technically it wasn't part of the sale, but there was a deal going for it from June 30th through July 10th so it might as well have been), and was gifted Terraria by edhe and Half-Life 2 by Xkhaoz.

TL;DR: I spent $3.75 of my birthday money and recieved over $25 worth of awesome games. Thank you my birthday, thank you gifters, and thank you Steam for all of this Summer of Gaming goodness.

With my tickets 10, I got
Alien Breed 2
Team Fortress 2 Shades
And the Portal 2 snorkels

I could of gotten 2 more tickets from Audiosurf and Spiral Knights, but they seemed waaay too hard.

So, what's everybody's "Loot" from the summer sale? Here's mine:

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Deluxe ($8.50)
Just Cause 2 ($5)
Left 4 Dead 1 ($3.75, got it in the bundle)
Left 4 Dead 2 ($3.75, got it in the bundle)
Sanctum ($3.75)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within ($2.50)
Prince of Persia: Two Thrones ($2.50)
The Final Hours of Portal 2 ($1)
Zombie Driver ($0, got it from a contest I won)
Caster ($1)
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath ($3.40)
Magicka: Vietnam ($1.70)
Section 8: Prejudice ($10)

Valve Complete Pack: $50
Garrys Mod: $2.50

Pretty dang good to me

I just got S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Skies ($2.49), The Longest Journey + Dreamfall (6.24 USD), Eschalon: Book I (3.74 USD), Eschalon Book II (4.99 USD).

For prizes, I got: Alien Breed 2, Magicka map, Killing Floor characters, TF2 shades, and Portal 2 goggle things.

For games: Just Cause 2, Frozen Synapse, Portal 2, and Supreme Commander 2 + DLC. I think that was it.

Damn, I'm too poor to buy everything I wanted. Ended up with just Blade Kitten for $7~....I'd purchase that game 10 times over if it will help Episode 2 actually get released.

Damn Atari.

@Dezner Sorry to break it to you if you didn't know this, but Krome Studios, the people behind Blade Kitten, went out of business a while ago. Unless Atari got a new developer which seems pretty unlikely, it doesn't sound like a sequel to Blade Kitten is coming.

Sorry for the double-post but someone should've told me how awesome Half-Life 2 is. Again and again until I bought it. Thanks for enlightening me, Xkhaoz.

EDIT: Also why is buying the $100 Valve Complete Pack the only way to get Lost Coast?

Yeah, I have Lost Coast, but have never played it.

You may still be able to get HL2 Lost Coast and HL2 Deathmatch for free through this free offer (which is how I got them) http://steampowered.com/ati_offer1a/

Um, I bought The Orange Box through Steam a few days ago, and I've gotten and installed Lost Coast..?

That's right. They didn't mention it anywhere, I think. But it showed up like a normal game, and I installed it just fine.

I got Half-Life 2 as a gift from Xkhaoz; I didn't buy The Orange Box.

ikren, your linky worked for me, thanks!

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8848/

Yeah, those are great games, man. I may have to pick that up just for the helluvit.