With the price of new games forever on the rise, I was wondering whether there were any more budget titles anyone would like to recommend? Whether they're old, indie, or simply on sale, post or receive recommendations here!
Here's a few cheap games that I personally enjoyed:
Theme Hospital - A great strategy/management game, with a fun sense of humour. Trying to keep your hospital efficient and clean while avoiding bankruptcy and keeping staff happy can be a real challenge in the later levels!
FlatOut - Okay, so there may be better-looking racing games out there than this 12 year old one, but personally I found the crashes, damage and physics great... might be the Robot Wars fan in me.Great soundtrack as well! I'd recommend it over the slightly more expensive FlatOut 2 - and steer clear of the unplayable flop that is FlatOut 3 at all costs, even at its current £1.39 sale price.
King of Dragon Pass - A really unique roleplaying/politics game, where you play as the Chieftain of a small tribe, balancing all sorts of requests and demands, keeping various gods pleased, surviving whatever random chance events the game throws at you, and hopefully one day uniting with neighboring tribes and ruling over them as King or Queen.
The Gabriel Knight Trilogy - Three of the best point and click adventure/mystery games ever, in my opinion, but they all look very different. Sins of the Fathers has 2D pixel art, The Beast Within uses FMV (but one of the better FMV games, according to many reviews), and Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned opted for early 3D... not so pretty, but the story makes up for it!
Dungeons of Dredmor - Something a little more recent... only 7 years old.I've played through this roguelike dungeon crawler a few times, the randomly generated levels and multiple classes/abilities give plenty of replay value.
Cthulhu Saves the World - I could talk about it here, but why not read my recent 500 word review of the game instead?![]()
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Are you taking the biscuit?
Why would I splash my cash on these old school games, when man can just download the ting for free?
But for the completely cash-strapped, I'd also recommend the AGD remake of King's Quest 1, which you can get free from the developer's website.
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With the price of new games forever on the rise, I was wondering whether there were any more budget titles anyone would like to recommend? Whether they're old, indie, or simply on sale, post or receive recommendations here!
Here's a few cheap games that I personally enjoyed:
Theme Hospital - A great strategy/management game, with a fun sense of humour. Trying to keep your hospital efficient and clean while avoiding bankruptcy and keeping staff happy can be a real challenge in the later levels!
FlatOut - Okay, so there may be better-looking racing games out there than this 12 year old one, but personally I found the crashes, damage and physics great... might be the Robot Wars fan in me.Great soundtrack as well! I'd recommend it over the slightly more expensive FlatOut 2 - and steer clear of the unplayable flop that is FlatOut 3 at all costs, even at its current £1.39 sale price.
King of Dragon Pass - A really unique roleplaying/politics game, where you play as the Chieftain of a small tribe, balancing all sorts of requests and demands, keeping various gods pleased, surviving whatever random chance events the game throws at you, and hopefully one day uniting with neighboring tribes and ruling over them as King or Queen.
The Gabriel Knight Trilogy - Three of the best point and click adventure/mystery games ever, in my opinion, but they all look very different. Sins of the Fathers has 2D pixel art, The Beast Within uses FMV (but one of the better FMV games, according to many reviews), and Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned opted for early 3D... not so pretty, but the story makes up for it!
Dungeons of Dredmor - Something a little more recent... only 7 years old.I've played through this roguelike dungeon crawler a few times, the randomly generated levels and multiple classes/abilities give plenty of replay value.
Cthulhu Saves the World - I could talk about it here, but why not read my recent 500 word review of the game instead? -
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have you not heard of torrent? all games there are under a fiver.
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I love Theme Hospital. Such a good game!
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(Original post by AngryJellyfish)
With the price of new games forever on the rise, I was wondering whether there were any more budget titles anyone would like to recommend? Whether they're old, indie, or simply on sale, post or receive recommendations here!
Here's a few cheap games that I personally enjoyed:
Theme Hospital - A great strategy/management game, with a fun sense of humour. Trying to keep your hospital efficient and clean while avoiding bankruptcy and keeping staff happy can be a real challenge in the later levels!
FlatOut - Okay, so there may be better-looking racing games out there than this 12 year old one, but personally I found the crashes, damage and physics great... might be the Robot Wars fan in me.Great soundtrack as well! I'd recommend it over the slightly more expensive FlatOut 2 - and steer clear of the unplayable flop that is FlatOut 3 at all costs, even at its current £1.39 sale price.
King of Dragon Pass - A really unique roleplaying/politics game, where you play as the Chieftain of a small tribe, balancing all sorts of requests and demands, keeping various gods pleased, surviving whatever random chance events the game throws at you, and hopefully one day uniting with neighboring tribes and ruling over them as King or Queen.
The Gabriel Knight Trilogy - Three of the best point and click adventure/mystery games ever, in my opinion, but they all look very different. Sins of the Fathers has 2D pixel art, The Beast Within uses FMV (but one of the better FMV games, according to many reviews), and Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned opted for early 3D... not so pretty, but the story makes up for it!
Dungeons of Dredmor - Something a little more recent... only 7 years old.I've played through this roguelike dungeon crawler a few times, the randomly generated levels and multiple classes/abilities give plenty of replay value.
Cthulhu Saves the World - I could talk about it here, but why not read my recent 500 word review of the game instead?Posted on the TSR App. Download from Apple or Google Play -
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- 15-03-2018 12:06
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Do you use a platform like steam, origin or anything, or download online?
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I'm asking people to recommend budget PC games. I gave some examples of ones that I'm aware of and would recommend, proving that they do exist at these prices. I fail to see what the problem with this is?
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You play Town of Salem, or not?
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I've heard of it but never played it.
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GOG mostly, with a few Steam and Origin games here and there.
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Dead space 2 is £2.49 on steam for the next 5 hours and 38 minutes.
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Every game ends up £5 or less so I guess the answer is every game.
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