Not sure if this goes here but i have a steam giftcard, but i also like free stuff for example piracy even if i barley do so and dont know much about it.
Its only 20 bucks but im not sure what its worth putting into.
Should i just get like a steam deck or something with a mix of my money and the gift card?
What would you advise?
If you want a steam deck, get a steam deck.
It’s harder to run non steam games on it though.But it’s taken over my pc in terms of usage.
(Edit: I also sprang for the dock. It’s been my living room machine ever since i got it)I wouldn’t say harder just different. There’s alot of tutorials on how to install them. Plus you got launchers that will add your non steam stuff to steam.
There are many independent small indie games, many DRM free, for less than $20 on steam. What kind of games do you play if any?
I really like games with replayiblity such as roguelikes, open world rpgs like skyrim for example, but i have so many hard roguelikes that ive grown sorta sick of them and i can never usually beat them.
Im trying to explore more types of games but havent really done so.
Noita is a great Roguelike
Have a look at Factorio. It’s DRM free and you can easily spend hundreds or thousands of hours on it if you like it. Try the free demo first. Also keep in mind that it’s never on sale (or always, depends how you look at it). Be warned though, it’s very addictive.
Here we see, another innocent victim being drawn into the addictive clutches of Cracktorio. The factory must grow.
More factories for the factory god!
I’ll trade it for money
I really like the game Necesse. It’s 17 euros I think. Schedule 1 is also nice. Also other small indie games are nice. They deserve our money. AAA games are fucked, they deserve to be pirated. Getting a steam deck with a 20 euro gift card is weird, as it’s much more than that. Is go for a nice indie game with very or overwhelmingly positive review. And check YouTube reviews/gameplay to check if it’s something you’d like.
The tutorial there’s for Necesse could be a little better. Based on how it currently is…it already expects you to have played another sandbox survival game like Minecraft. If you haven’t played any other type of survival crafting game before, you’re going to be lost
I don’t think it really goes here, but here’s my advice lol:
Unless you really need steam hardware (the steam deck is amazing for commuters, for example), you probably don’t need to buy it. That being said, they are fun to use, so feel free if you’d like to.
You can also get some games that are difficult to play pirated during a steam sale (mainly live service games, I believe). Just wishlist and wait.
I agree, don’t feel pressured to buy what you don’t need, don’t want, or can’t readily afford.
Another option is you could buy from one of your favorite developers. There are a handful of games that I’ve purchased (sometimes for friends) simply because I’ve liked their game.
There are lists of DRM-free games you could get if you’re concerned about Steam’s platform or want to run them independent of platforms. Here’s one such list from PCGamingWiki.com
Thanks you for the info! also i will leave this here for now because idk where else it goes or if it should be taken down?
Maybe can ask also on !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works?
I don’t think the admins mind, so you can just leave the post here. For future reference, head to somewhere like the steam, steamdeck, or steamdeck piracy communities.
There’s also games without DRM on Steam if you’d rather not spend more that what’s been gifted. As Steam itself doesn’t track those, there’s those two wikis keep track of it if you want:
https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steamsighs fandom
Iirc the maintainer of the wiki has a sister group in Steam’s forums, so people could ask him to migrate the wiki.
Happy birthday!
Thank you it was on the 3rd.
Pick something that interests you but is made by a small, indie, maybe even solo dev. Check out some of the stuff made by people on lemmy in the Godot community maybe. Lots of cool projects to consider.
Welcome to Lemmy!
If you really want to stretch that gift card check out isthereanydeals which will show you the lowest historical price of games and then wait for a sale since you’ll have an idea of what a good sales price is. You don’t need to spend the 20 bucks right away. It can buy multiple indie titles or old triple a games during sales.
Here’s my rule of piracy if you’re buying something
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You’re really passionate about the product and you really want to support the developer or publisher
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The game gets frequent updates which you see value in which causes issues whenever you have to download updates separately from another site
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there is some type of online or connect feature that you cannot get offline that you see value in… This can be mods or multiplayer etc
Or if you want to play a game on a steam deck and it’s really cheap. After all, you and I both know it’s incredibly easy to play something on steam deck straight from Steam rather than having to shortcut to a pirated exe
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Sometimes it’s more convenient to have games on steam if you like their workshop content or they are still receiving significant updates. 
If you bought a Steam Deck, would you actually use it?
I know a few people who bought one and it’s just collecting dust on a shelf or in a box somewhere.
What do you play?
I ask because the games you play may not run well on the Steam deck, and if you don’t play enough on Steam, you may not want a deck to begin with.
If you’re mainly a console gamer and have an OK PC, you may wanna redeem the card and pick up a game or two that work on your PC.
It should also be noted the Winter sale is in approximately two weeks, so whatever you decide to do, I’d suggest holding onto the $20 until then.
I would wait for a sale and then put that money into indie titles you are interested in
Holiday sale starts Dec 18th
