Topic: The Unofficial Steam Sales Thread

@Irks is it a Steamworks game?

According to the forums and other sites, nope. I'm not too worried about it though, as long as I get my game

I already bought close to 30 games since this sale has been going on and I haven't even spent $50 in total yet. Take that retail. AND THE SALE STILL HAS MORE DAYS LEFT! TOTAL MADNESS!

That Amnesia deal for under $5 was insane. Good thing I bought the Humble Indie Bundle which came with Penumbra. Still waiting for the Far Cry games to be included in the sale.

To anyone on the fence, Left 4 Dead 2 at $7 (even cheaper if you own L4D) and Shatter at $2.50 are both incredibly worth it. Shatter's soundtrack alone is worth the game's regular price tag.

STALKER bundle is an awesome deal, even if you already have Shadow of Chernobyl. Looking at Flight Control and Jedi Knight bundle myself.

TF2 is so good for 5 bucks, buy it.

Looking at the Star Wars pack and the Team Fortress Complete pack.
EDIT: OMG I can run HL2, but not Portal for TF2 But still, Half Life 2!!!!!!!!

Nothing for me today, though TF2 is a great deal.

Wait, if I can run HL2, can I also run Garry's Mod?

Well, if you can run Half-Life 2 on medium settings, than you probably can run Garry's Mod. The thing is that Garry's Mod is a create-and-build game, meaning that you're going to have a lot of objects in a map at once, so it does require some good PC specs.

@V8 Ninja According to CYRI, I can run HL2 on minimum settings, but not recommended.

There are demos for both Portal and HL2. Try them now! I find it strange that you couldn't play Portal, but you can play HL2. Also, keep in mind that HL2 has since been updated with the HL2: episode 2 engine. Which has some extra dynamic lighting and stuff, which may not work as well if you can't run HL2 very well on the lowest settings as I do not know if the demo has been updated.

Had to jump on the Stalker bundle for $5 bucks. Don't know when Ill actually get to playing them as I'm only about 11hrs into Mass Effect.

How is Flight Control? Is it something I would play more than twice?

Yes, it's addictive at first but I haven't touched it for more than a week now. I'm sure I'll go back to it every now and then, pretty good game but only in short bursts. For less than two bucks it's a steal.

I've got it for PS3 with PlayStation Move, and me and the wife love it because we can play it together. Even on PC/Data Phone the game is tons of addictive fun.

7 minutes until new sales. I suspect this is the last day for new sales, as tomorrow's sales will probably be another "encore" sale day.

WOO half life series sale and bionic commando pack deal!

For those that don't have it, I highly recommend Aaaaa!!! A Reckless Disregard For Gravity. It's hilariously fun and it's only $2.50!

EDIT: Same goes for Half-Life 2, except replace "hilariously fun" with "amazingly good".

Finally picking up Zeno Clash!

Downloading Bionic Commando pack and Half Life 1. What a way to end the sales