When do titles go on sale again?
I was going to buy a game on a pretty great discount but I was not too into the idea of buying games on Steam yet, because Im new to this whole platform so I ask, what is the likely-hood that the game I wanted to buy at a discount will be on sale again? And how long does one have to wait for that discount to be on the game? Thank you. (PS: I ended up buying two games but the game I was talking about went out of sale before I could buy it with the others games I already bought. Sigh.)
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Autumn sale starts at Noon EST tomorrow, that or 1PM... not sure which.
Originally posted by Amaterasu:
Autumn sale starts at Noon EST tomorrow, that or 1PM... not sure which.

1PM Eastern, 10AM Pacific.

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steamdb -> Price history
rawWwRrr 28 Sep @ 4:56pm 
Originally posted by onepiecerules:
what is the likely-hood that the game I wanted to buy at a discount will be on sale again?
There is no guarantee that game will go on sale, but they generally do multiple times throughout the year depending on the publishers sales strategy. If you add the game to your Wishlist, you can get an email/site notification of when it goes on sale.

Originally posted by onepiecerules:
And how long does one have to wait for that discount to be on the game?
Again, no guarantee and depends on the publisher. Some put their game on sale nearly every month. Some just wait for the 4 major season sales. Some may not all. Steam only hosts and promotes the sales. It's up the individual games' publishers to join them. Again, Wishlist the game and have Steam alert you when it's next on sale.
Dodece 28 Sep @ 5:09pm 
There's a thirty day cool down regarding discounts, but that rule doesn't hold true for seasonal sales. So it could technically go back on discount tomorrow, but if they were going to make use of the seasonal exception. They'd probably just carry the sale on over into the Autumn sale. So I'd guess probably the winter sale later this year. So another two months from now. That being said if you can name the game. Someone might know if it's a chronic offender, and even its all time low price.
Originally posted by rawWwRrr:
Originally posted by onepiecerules:
what is the likely-hood that the game I wanted to buy at a discount will be on sale again?
There is no guarantee that game will go on sale, but they generally do multiple times throughout the year depending on the publishers sales strategy. If you add the game to your Wishlist, you can get an email/site notification of when it goes on sale.

Originally posted by onepiecerules:
And how long does one have to wait for that discount to be on the game?
Again, no guarantee and depends on the publisher. Some put their game on sale nearly every month. Some just wait for the 4 major season sales. Some may not all. Steam only hosts and promotes the sales. It's up the individual games' publishers to join them. Again, Wishlist the game and have Steam alert you when it's next on sale.

I have the remind me when its on sale for items on my wish list I believe but is there one for what is my cart as well? Or just for my wish list?
Originally posted by Dodece:
There's a thirty day cool down regarding discounts, but that rule doesn't hold true for seasonal sales. So it could technically go back on discount tomorrow, but if they were going to make use of the seasonal exception. They'd probably just carry the sale on over into the Autumn sale. So I'd guess probably the winter sale later this year. So another two months from now. That being said if you can name the game. Someone might know if it's a chronic offender, and even its all time low price.

I see, the game is called Severed Steel it was on sale literally more than 2 days ago. Also I was wondering is there a discussion thread about building the best PC with a certain budget on Steam? I want a good gaming PC but I have no idea where to start aside from pre built one`s.
Dodece 28 Sep @ 7:08pm 
Originally posted by onepiecerules:
Originally posted by Dodece:
There's a thirty day cool down regarding discounts, but that rule doesn't hold true for seasonal sales. So it could technically go back on discount tomorrow, but if they were going to make use of the seasonal exception. They'd probably just carry the sale on over into the Autumn sale. So I'd guess probably the winter sale later this year. So another two months from now. That being said if you can name the game. Someone might know if it's a chronic offender, and even its all time low price.

I see, the game is called Severed Steel it was on sale literally more than 2 days ago. Also I was wondering is there a discussion thread about building the best PC with a certain budget on Steam? I want a good gaming PC but I have no idea where to start aside from pre built one`s.

Google says it goes on sale fairly often, and in regards to your second question. You should try the hardware and operating system forum, but I'd start by watching Youtube videos from some computer building guru's. They'll get you up to speed so you can ask more specific questions.
Originally posted by onepiecerules:
Originally posted by Dodece:
There's a thirty day cool down regarding discounts, but that rule doesn't hold true for seasonal sales. So it could technically go back on discount tomorrow, but if they were going to make use of the seasonal exception. They'd probably just carry the sale on over into the Autumn sale. So I'd guess probably the winter sale later this year. So another two months from now. That being said if you can name the game. Someone might know if it's a chronic offender, and even its all time low price.

I see, the game is called Severed Steel it was on sale literally more than 2 days ago. Also I was wondering is there a discussion thread about building the best PC with a certain budget on Steam? I want a good gaming PC but I have no idea where to start aside from pre built one`s.

Try reddit, but maybe there is a spot on steam. Also yt as other person suggested. PC building is kind of terrible right now for pricing or weird issues, so I suggest to make sure you check into if there is a problem with a part you want to get, mainly regarding new motherboards and psus. There is a psu tier list around and it shows them by rank so you won't get a bad one, a lot are actually kind of bad, and if you get a prebuilt it seems like they don't really show what you're getting.
Last edited by sumolagann; 28 Sep @ 7:14pm
Originally posted by sumolagann:
Originally posted by onepiecerules:

I see, the game is called Severed Steel it was on sale literally more than 2 days ago. Also I was wondering is there a discussion thread about building the best PC with a certain budget on Steam? I want a good gaming PC but I have no idea where to start aside from pre built one`s.

Try reddit, but maybe there is a spot on steam. Also yt as other person suggested. PC building is kind of terrible right now for pricing or weird issues, so I suggest to make sure you check into if there is a problem with a part you want to get, mainly regarding new motherboards and psus. There is a psu tier list around and it shows them by rank so you won't get a bad one, a lot are actually kind of bad, and if you get a prebuilt it seems like they don't really show what you're getting.

Yeah thats a problem I found with prebuilts but honestly it seems difficult to search for the "best" build Ive seen videos and I have no idea what any of the people on there are talking about, I just want a good PC that can run any game not on 4K or anything just regular settings like a PS4 but better because its a PC. Ill keep looking.
TopDog 29 Sep @ 12:53am 
either wishlist the game and wait for a while, like couple months. or you use external websites like steamdb, look for the game and view the price history, which will give you an idea of time frames what it gone on special in the past with how much of a special it gets
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