Steam Summer Sale 2016

Ok, bear with me.  I posit that the Steam sales (notably summer and winter) not only are their own games, but they are the best kind of games. They’re the kind of games where you get to decide what your next few weeks or months of gaming are going to look like.

What’s a game without rules, right? I’m going to build you some bundles from the current Steam Summer Sale, and these are the guidelines I’m going to use:

• Each bundle is going to cost no more than $20 USD.
• No single game is going to be more than $5.
• No single game is going to be less than 50% off.
• Every game will have a positive or better Steam rating.
• Bundles will be (loosely) themed, and should offer upwards of 100 hours of play.

Ready? Ok, here we go.

Weird? I love weird.

• Psychonauts ($0.99 / 90% off)
• Cosmochoria ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Ghost Master ($0.49 / 90% off)
• E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Knock Knock ($1.49 / 85% off)
• Clones ($1.49 / 85% off)
• Dark Scavenger ($1.64 / 67%)
• Evil Genius ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Grim Fandango Remastered ($3.74 / 75 % off)
• Startopia ($1.74 / 75% off)

TOTAL: $19.05

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I just want to make stuff.

• Contraption Maker ($1.04 / 85% off)
• Craft the World ($3.79 / 80% off)
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack ($3.99 / 60% off)
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Impossible Creatures ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Garry’s Mod  ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Reus ($2.49 / 75% off)

TOTAL: $18.75

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Perma-death doesn’t scare me.

• Tales of Maj’Eyal ($1.74 / 75% off)
• Neo Scavenger ($4.94 / 67% off)
• Dungeon of the Endless ($4.07 / 66% off)
• Shattered Planet ($2.24 / 85% off)
• Our Darker Purpose ($2.24 / 85% off)
• Dungelot: Shattered Lands ($2.49 / 75% off)

TOTAL: $17.72

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All manner of puzzles & matching.

• Puzzle Agent ($1.24 / 75% off)
• Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Portal ($1.99 / 80% off)
• Puzzler World 2 ($0.49 / 90% off)
• Six Sides of the World ($0.49 / 94% off)
• The Ball ($2.49 / 75% off)
• The Room ($1.24 / 75% off)
• Tomb of Tyrants ($3.99 / 50% off)
• 10,000,000 ($1.24 / 75% off)
• Chime ($2.49 / 50% off)

TOTAL: $18.15

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Leaving death & destruction in my wake.

• Overlord ($1.24 / 75% off)
• Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package ($4.99 / 75% off)
• Kult: Heretic Kingdoms ($1.49 / 75% off)
• Hard Reset Extended Edition ($1.49 / 90% off)
• Hitman: Contracts ($1.74 / 75% off)
• Hotline Miami ($2.49 / 75% off)
• Torchlight 2 ($3.99 / 80% off)
• Postal 2 ($0.99 / 90% off)

TOTAL: $18.42

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Strategy for days.

• Eador: Genesis ($2.99 / 50% off)
• Majesty Gold HD ($2.49 / 50% off)
• Civilization IV ($4.99 / 75% off)
• Age of Empires II ($2.99 / 85% off)
• Lords of the Realm II ($1.01 / 66% off)
• Age of Wonders ($1.49 / 75% off)
• Heroes of Annihilated Empires ($2.99 / 80% off)

TOTAL: $18.95