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[Graknorke]

It doesn't seem to work all the time.

[Niveras]

Anyone know how early access games work vis a vis the sales?

I'm looking at Kinetic Void (looking to be a space-sim sort of thing), which is 50% off currently, but is an early access game. I normally don't care for early access either but I'm willing to see where it goes and if this hits 75% I'm willing to throw five bucks at it. Problem is, I'm not sure if pre-releases titles ever show up in the flash/daily sales (except maybe major releases like Tomb Raider, and even then they certainly won't hit 75%). Now that I think of it, I might pick up Planetary Annihilation if that hits 75% too.

Also considering Salvation: Prophecy, an adventurer-ish game with a bunch of different modes (space fighting, over-the-shoulder RTS, some others), though the community forum is somewhat divided.

[0x517A5D]

steamgamesales.com is down right now.  Just when it would be most useful.

Trine @ 90% off, nobody has any excuse anymore.  Trine 2 80% off.

[Darkmere]

Anyone know how early access games work vis a vis the sales?

I'm looking at Kinetic Void

I was looking at it too, and tons of other early-access stuff. As far as I know they work like anything else, you pay and get the game IN ITS CURRENT STATE and that's pretty much all. There's been half a dozen "early access" games I watched over the past year or so that get trumped up and then development just seems to die once they have money.

My personal recommendation is, unless you are willing to consider the moneylost and know you will be happy with the 20% of a game you are buying, to just wait until they peel the "early access" label off, or the game dies.

[Tellemurius]

The best early games to get into would be Prison Architect, Kenshi, Spacebase DF-9, and War for the Overworld.

Prison Architect at its best is already a functional game with each update adding more features and probably the best game on sale any time.

Kenshi is a sandbox squad RTS where you control guy/s in a post apoc world and you can do trade, build settlements, bounty hunt, or rob. Updates are slow but very large, last one was the audio system, next one will be females and the biomes.

SpaceBase DF-9 was recently released by Double Fine Productions and essentially is a space station management game. Its very feature empty at the moment and for 25 bucks its not alot but they update monthly with new features and i like the direction this game is going.

and finally War for the Overworld, its a clone of Dungeon Keeper and pretty much the best one you can get your hands on, get it just for the nostalgia.

[nenjin]

I'd hold off on WftO, personally. It's feature adding at a snail's pace, IMO. And despite how much as been done, it still feels like a tech demo to me, not a game.

[BigD145]

Kenshi will likely get cannibalism in the next update.

[pedrousz]

What about valve games on the flash sales? They appear there? I'm thinking about CSGO, but I don't remember if I already saw any valve game on these flash sales.

[neotemplar]

Fair warning on kenshi, development rate is glacial.

[BigD145]

The original guy for Kenshi has a bit of help now, so it's picked up in the past few months.

[Niveras]

Anyone know how early access games work vis a vis the sales?

I'm looking at Kinetic Void

I was looking at it too, and tons of other early-access stuff. As far as I know they work like anything else, you pay and get the game IN ITS CURRENT STATE and that's pretty much all. There's been half a dozen "early access" games I watched over the past year or so that get trumped up and then development just seems to die once they have money.

My personal recommendation is, unless you are willing to consider the moneylost and know you will be happy with the 20% of a game you are buying, to just wait until they peel the "early access" label off, or the game dies.

Well, yes, I understand the perils of things early-access. My question pertains more to whether it could get cheaper, because of a flash or daily sale, or if early access games are generally excluded from those things. Although Prison Architect is early access and on a daily sale right now, so I guess it can happen.

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I forgot about War for the Overworld. Probably won't get it early but at least I'll remember now to keep an eye on it. Kenshi sounds interesting - it's actually a lot closer to what I've been wanting for a while (think basically an Overlord/Dungeon Keeper mashup) - although I'm not keen on the setting. I've been waffling on Prison Architect because, although I enjoy settlement building games, I'm really bad about management sims. I'm not very creative, and hardly even imaginative, so I need goals to enjoy a game. Also. like Kenshi, not keen on the setting since I prefer sci-fi or fantasy (even low fantasy like DF) to something more contemporary or mundane. But I'll probably buy both anyway.

[nenjin]

I don't notice a lot of early access games on sale. And I'd probably look askance at an EA game that is deeply discounting itself.

[BigD145]

An EA game is still likely to require Origins.

[Graknorke]

An EA game is still likely to require Origins.

And then what's the point of buying things on Steam if you're going to need to take another Steambath to get clean again?

[Tellemurius]

An EA game is still likely to require Origins.

Any EA game that still exists on Steam only requires Steam, you can register the game to Origin if you ever feel like it.