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The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.
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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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60+: Haha, I can't imagine it's worth it.
20-59: Buy if it comes strongly recommended.
10-19: Impulse buy if the description and screenshots look cool.
1-9: Buy if I like the store thumbnail.
0: Hahaha FUCK no this will hold the game flow hostage every few hours to get me to pay infinite money.
https://supertuxkart.net/
https://www.wesnoth.org/
https://xonotic.org/
https://freeciv.org/
Super Tux Kart is very underrated, super fun game actually
These seemed like recommendations for free games that both are quality and aren't money grubbing.
Does my game's thumbnail please you, m'lord?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3993180/No_More_Mages/
That’s really fun, reminiscent of old-school platforming, absolutely worth the $2 and it runs great on the Steam Deck! Good job!
Not necessarily my cup of tea, but at two bucks it's basically free, so...
I’ll probably never play it, but the game looks cool and I can appreciate someone else’s hard work, so Imma buy it.
Good speed on your journey!
Thanks, the support is appreciated!
Not the one you asked, but I do like the art. Though I'm not a fan of beat em ups.
Quick question for a game dev:
How does getting steam deck verified work? Like do you reach out? Or do they just check whenever they get to it?
Cool looking game! If I wasn't deeply unemployed right now I would buy! Hopefully soon
It's an optional part of getting your game on the steam marketplace, but I've had a friend try on steamdeck without messing with it and had no issues. Ymmv, I'm one example and this is my first project.
~~Bloodborne~~ Nightmare Kart costs 0
Oh, this is fun, lemme do mine:
1-5: It's most likely worth the money because I'll likely beat it and have fun even though it won't land in my all-time favorites.
5-10: I'm hesitant, but it's probably worth the risk or it's niche and I need to support the developer.
10-15: I either know for sure I'll have a lot of fun with it or I'm desperate to play anything new because my library feels a little stale RN.
15-20: It better be fantastic and end up an all-time favorite because why would I pay this much for a video game.
20-60: I'm good. I can wait.
Unless it's free because it's open source!
Mine is more:
$0.00: Is it FOSS, or is it on GOG? Is it DRM-free? Cool. (see: Luanti/MineTest, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth, Beyond All Reason, FreeCiv, FreeOrion, Remnants of the Precursors, Endless Sky, The Ur-Quan Masters, Mindustry, Jill of the Jungle Trilogy, etc)
$0.01+ - $4.99: Is it in eXo? I'll get it that way.
$5+: I can't imagine buying it if there's anything either in the FOSS category or in eXo that does the same thing.
And 99% of the time, if there isn't, straight to torrents.
For me it's
1-4 might buy and never play it
4-12 eh if it's got good reviews and it's my genre it's a potential impulse buy
12-25 it's got to be very acclaimed and I have to desire it strongly
25-35 if it's like the sequel of a game I loved A LOT, and has good reviews, and it gets me on a good day
35+ no way, I'll wait for a discount
As someone who came to PC gaming from decades as a console gamer it blows my mind how cheap PC gaming is once you get over the initial cost of the PC.
I thought this was age instead of price until I got to 0.
0: this will stay in my backlog forever