# Curse you Steam Sale!: the unplayed game thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 28, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003 "2015-05-28T00:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/1 "2015-05-28T00:32:42Z")
Browsing over my Steam library this morning I noted the following games I’ve bought during Steam sales, or through other vendors, cheap but have yet to play: [ul] [li]Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 1,2 & 3[/li][li]Wolfenstein: The New Order[/li][li]Ryse: Son of Rome[/li][li]Pillars of Eternity[/li][li]Trine 1 & 2[/li][li]Magika[/li][li]Path of Exile (free)[/li][li]Wasteland 2[/li][li]Divinity: Original Sin[/li][li]Sir, You are being hunted[/li][li]Deadlight[/li][li]Witcher 2 & 3[/li][li]Batman Arkham Asylum & Arkham City[/li][li]STALKER: Call of Pripyat (with Complete 2009 upgrade)[/li][li]State of Decay[/li][li]Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 (Enhanced Editions)[/li][li]Mark of the Ninja[/li][li]Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves[/li][li]Bunch of Lego games (Indy 1, Harry Potter years 1-7, LOTR, Hobbit, Marvel Batman, Marvel Superheroes)[/li][li]Dark Souls[/li][/ul] Plus several I need to finish: [ul] [li]Shadow of Mordor[/li][li]The Bureau: XCOM[/li][li]Sniper Elite V2 & 3[/li][li]Sunless sea[/li][li]XCOM: Enemy Unknown[/li][li]Torchlight 2[/li][li]Grim Dawn[/li][li]Shadowrun Returns[/li][li]Call of Juarez: Gunslinger[/li][li]Homeworld: Remastered[/li][li]Skyrim[/li][/ul] That’s not counting quite a few games I got and abandoned after playing with no real intention of going back to. Anyone else got a bunch of stuff to play? Any recommendations as to what to have a go at before the next sale expands that collection yet again? :o ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/2 "2015-05-28T01:02:08Z")
I’ve got a ton, mostly as a result of Humble Bundles that contained one or two games I was actually interested in, plus a bunch I’d never heard of. Let’s see, here… The Basement Collection The Binding of Isaac BIT.TRIP RUNNER Cave Story+ Closure Cogs Crayon Physics Hammerfight Indie Game: The Movie Jamestown Legend of Grimrock Offspring Fling Shank Shank 2 Snapshot Super Meat Boy VVVVVV Of your list, I’ve never played Trine 1, but Trine 2 was a great game, and I expect the first one probably was, too. It’s a side-scrolling fantasy adventure with a heavy dose of puzzles, and it can be played well either single-player or cooperatively with up to 3 players. It’s also got some beautify scenery. And Baldur’s Gate is one of the best computer implementations of D&D yet. 1 and 2 have basically the same gameplay (2 is extended a bit, mostly due to being higher level), but I liked the story of 1 better (in any event, you should play the first one first). ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/3 "2015-05-28T01:20:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And Baldur’s Gate is one of the best computer implementations of D&D yet. 1 and 2 have basically the same gameplay (2 is extended a bit, mostly due to being higher level), but I liked the story of 1 better (in any event, you should play the first one first). I played BG1 back when it was first released and loved it but changing one of the 7(I think) CD’s each time I moved to a new area got a bit annoying 🙂 . If they have managed to keep the feel in the EE I’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/4 "2015-05-28T01:40:33Z")
Easily hundreds. But a lot of it was bundle fodder and stuff like that. Some popular or AAA-style games that I have yet to play: Alan Wake Amnesia Assassins Creed 2, 3, Unity (I did play Black Flag though!) Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham Origins Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (1 & 2) Crysis (1, 2 & 3) DmC: Devil May Cry Devil May Cry 4 Doom 3 The Evil Within FEAR (1, 2 & 3) GTA (San Andreas, Vice City, 3 & 4) Injustice Lara Croft & Guardian of Light Lara Croft & Temple of Osiris More LEGO games that you could shake a controller at Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Prototype 2 Resident Evil 6 Saints Row: Gat out of Hell Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic A million Warhammer 40k games My oldest backlogged game is Bioshock 2 purchased July 2, 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/5 "2015-05-29T12:44:23Z")
Oh, geez, I think I may actually spend more time buying games than playing them. My daily internet routine includes a trip to the gamedeals reddit and I’m quite bad at passing up cheap deals, even when I know in my heart I’ll never get around to playing them. So, a partial list of the games I ought to boot up: Untouched: Assassin’s Creed 1, 2, Brotherhood Dead Space 1, 2, 3 Batman: Arkham Origin Brutal Legend LA Noire Hate Plus The Walking Dead Dishonored DLC VVVVVV The Witcher 1, 2 Alan Wake Crysis Red Faction: Armageddon Blood Bowl King’s Bounty, like, five of them Men of War, like, another five of them Amnesia Brothers- A Tale of Two Sons Cargo Commander Crusader Kings 2 Deadly Premonition Dustforce Eldritch Euro Truck Simulator 2 FEZ Planetary Annihilation Prison Architect Sang-Froid Started, put aside, should go back to: Legend of Grimrock 1 & 2 Pillars of Eternity Rayman Origins Space Rangers HD Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Divinity: Original Sin Guacamelee The Secret World STALKER, all of them Ironclad Tactics PAYDAY 2 Wasteland 2 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Avadon 1, 2 + Avernum Dragon Age: Inquisition Risen Blackguards ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/6 "2015-05-29T13:49:50Z")
Between Steam/Humble and GOG, at this point it might be easier to list games played. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/7 "2015-05-29T13:53:20Z")
Steam Summer Sale is June 11-20 this year (according to some leaked info) so we can all revisit the thread in a couple weeks and expand upon our answers. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/8 "2015-05-29T16:54:18Z")
I have a bunch, mostly flight sims or strategy sims that I just haven’t had the time or focus to sink into. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/9 "2015-05-30T01:46:12Z")
Can I ask you all what these games are designed to play on? Laptop/desktop, iphone, or ipad? Or all of them? Just for reference, I am not a gamer, and I only have a few games on my iPad. My iPhone is much too small for me to be able to play anything, either because my fingers are too big, the screen is to small, or both. Sorry for the basic level question. But I am an old guy trying to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/10 "2015-05-30T02:06:55Z")
PC, I’d imagine for most people. There’s often cheap deals on smaller titles (like $3.99 for 8 or 10 games bundled together) and regular seasonal sales where more mainstream games can be 66-75% or more off. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/11 "2015-05-30T02:17:25Z")
Steam is a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux, though more Windows than the others) client. Notables from my list (I’m not going to count Humble Bundle stuff that wasn’t my intent in buying) Age of Wonders 3 Cities XL Kingdoms of Amalur Overload 1 and 2 Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Sid Meier’s Pirates Tropico 4 Vampyres the Masquerade: Bloodlines Rome 2: Total War and Pillars of Eternity have small amounts of playtime, though I keep meaning to play the latter. Five items currently had caught my eye enough to put on my wishlist in anticipation of upcoming sales, of them I’m pretty sure I’d play Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, the other 4 (Medieval Engineers, Tabletop Simulator, Windward and Qvadriga) stand a good chance of being on future not played/played much list. XCom: Enemy Unknown ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/12 "2015-05-30T02:28:14Z")
I found always been more a game collector than player. Oh the money I have spent. In Steam right now I have all of the following sitting unplayed or even undownloaded in some cases: Batman Arkham Origins (I also have an unplayed Arkham City on a disk) Dishonored Gone Home Kingdoms of Amalur LA Noire Remember Me Shadowrun Returns The Swapper XCom Enemy unknown These are just the ones I have literally never played. The list would be twice as long if I added games I played for an hour or less and never picked back up. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/13 "2015-05-30T02:28:26Z")
Thanks, all! Follow-up question… Do you have these games actually loaded onto your pc, or are they sitting somewhere on a CD? I would think you would want to keep as much space on your hard drive free as possible, and I can’t imagine these games have small disk space requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/14 "2015-05-30T02:37:52Z")
The games are in the cloud. When you want to play one, you download it to your PC via the online service (Steam), and then it is installed to your hard drive. When you’re done, you uninstall them. If you want to play the same game later, you just download it again. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/15 "2015-05-30T03:02:24Z")
Yeah, lots here as well. Aliens: Colonial Marines Assassin’s Creed (I, II, III, IV) The Bard’s Tale Beyond Divinity Borderlands (I did load this at one point but only played an hour or two) CastleStorm (same here) Chinvalry: Medieval Warfare Crysis 2 Maximum Edition Dead Island Dishonored (it’s loaded and I plan to play this one, someday…) Divinity: Original Sin Dota 2 Dungeon Defenders II Endless Space Farcry (I, 2 and 3) FORCED (I don’t even know what this one is or where it came from :smack:\_ Fractured Space FTL: Faster Than Light (loaded, played an hour) Guantlet (bought because of fond memories of the old arcade game…loaded, played, abandoned) Guns of Icarus Pillars of Eternity (loaded and played 2 hours) Metro: Last Light Mount&Blade Portal Project Zomboid RAGE RIFT The Settlers 7 Sid Meier’s Starships (loaded, played an hour, abandoned) Space Hulk (loaded, played 20 minutes, abandoned) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (loaded and played a bit) Stronghold 3 (loaded, played a few hours then ran screaming away) Sword of the Stars Complete Collection (couldn’t figure this one out…too stupid I guess) Theater of War (never could get it to load) Torchlight II Wasteland 2 (still plan to play through this one day) The Witcher (1 and 2…plan to play still one day) X3: Terran Conflict (again…couldn’t figure it out, too stupid) And this is just on Steam. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/16 "2015-05-30T10:00:15Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > Five items currently had caught my eye enough to put on my wishlist in anticipation of upcoming sales, of them I’m pretty sure I’d play Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, the other 4 (Medieval Engineers, Tabletop Simulator, Windward and Qvadriga) stand a good chance of being on future not played/played much list. > XCom: Enemy Unknown I am really, really fond of Tabletop Simulator. Looking at it as someone without any local board gaming friends, the potential there is just incredible. Once it reaches full release on June 5th, I may feel compelled to begin evangelizing it to others in earnest. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/17 "2015-05-30T22:17:19Z")
Games with no hours on record. There’s easily 30 more with less than an hour playtime, but I didn’t bother. World of Goo War of the Roses Warlock - Master of the Arcane TRAUMA Skyrim (I played in on PS4 and just picked it up in a bundle when it was on sale. Need a better machine to really load up the graphical mods and go nuts). The Ball Supreme Commander/SC: Forged Alliance Stacking Spore SpellForce 2 Shadowgrounds: Survivor Samorost 2 Red Srochestra 2 Red Faction Series Realms of Ancient War Penumbra: Overture Painkiller Nihilumbra Multiwinia Mirror’s Edge Medal of Honor Max Payne 3 Lugaru HD Limbo IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 Far Cry Escape Rosecliff Island DUNGEONS - The Dark Lord Dungeonland Dead Space Crysis 2 Maximum Edition Confrontation Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Cogs Cities XL Platinum Bioshock 2 Beyond Good & Evil ArcaniA Amensia: The Dark Descent Arma 2 The Guild II Super Hexagon Eets Munchies Darwinia Feeding Frenzy 2 ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/18 "2015-06-01T00:09:40Z")
> [@Garula](#): > > I am really, really fond of Tabletop Simulator. Looking at it as someone without any local board gaming friends, the potential there is just incredible. Once it reaches full release on June 5th, I may feel compelled to begin evangelizing it to others in earnest. Yeah, my issues are twofold–the people I would be wanting to play with are still at the “Steam? I think I’ve heard that name somewhere” stage, and I’m not sure how game will actually play out once they get past the “Wild West” Napster-like stage. For example, they’ve announced Superfight as an official “paid” game (or DLC, whatever you want to call it), but unlike an actual tabletop game where one person brings the game and all can play, they are making it more like traditional computer DLC where everyone has to buy the game to be able to play it. Not sure how well that will actually work, long-term. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-steam-sale-the-unplayed-game-thread/721003/19 "2015-06-01T00:27:35Z")
Try having some self discipline.