# Winter digital distribution sales thread 2019
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-digital-distribution-sales-thread-2019/845134
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [December 20, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-digital-distribution-sales-thread-2019/845134 "2019-12-20T07:42:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-digital-distribution-sales-thread-2019/845134/1 "2019-12-20T07:42:09Z")
I’ve been doing these threads for years, and they’ve been less and less popular over time mostly because Steam sales are getting worse, but this is the time of year people buy the most games so I figured it’d be good to have a discussion for questions and recommendations.
[Steam’s](https://store.steampowered.com/) winter sale started today. There’s some sort of event where you can win emojis and profile pictures and stuff and a $5 coupon, but I didn’t look very closely at it.
[Good old games](https://www.gog.com/)
[Uplay](https://store.ubi.com/us/winter-sale/?lang=en_US) - it says you can get an extra 20% off by using code EXTRA20.
[Green Man Gaming](https://www.greenmangaming.com/winter-sale/)
Humble isn’t having a sale (yet?), but you might be interested that they changed up [their subscription](https://www.humblebundle.com/subscription?) model. They’ve got several tiers of subscription and you see the games up front rather than it mostly being a surprise. That sub is one of the best values in gaming (and also gives you a 20% discount on their store on top of any other discount).
Epic store is having a sale, but I’m not going to link it because I strongly recommend against giving them money because their business practices are toxic. What I will recommend is grabbing the free games they’re offering, one a day for the next 12 days. Today is Into The Breach, from the creators of FTL.
Origin isn’t having a sale but usually does, I’m not sure if they already had it or it’s coming up.
[Fanatical](https://www.fanatical.com/), mostly specializing in low cost bundles for obscure games, but they have the best prices on a few things.
[Gamersgate](https://www.gamersgate.com/)
If you want to verify that you’re getting something the cheapest you can, use [isthereanydeal.com](https://isthereanydeal.com/).
Feel free to make or ask for recommendations, add any sales you find, discuss what games are good this year, whatever you’d like.
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-digital-distribution-sales-thread-2019/845134/2 "2019-12-20T10:25:56Z")
i miss gog’s insomnia sales … you could get brand new games for like 2 bucks if you were fast enough … and stayed up long enough …
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-digital-distribution-sales-thread-2019/845134/3 "2019-12-24T18:45:04Z")
Im going to pick up payday 2 for $0.99 and the witcher on steam. Both are good deals.
Also Origin now has their holiday sale up