Indies are usually shorter, so I usually make exceptions for them despite having tons of unplayed games, especially during holidays when I have more time to play.

I’m a lot more conservative with buying AAAs though because they’re usually longer and have steeper discounts after a few years. So if I’m not super excited to play them right now, I can usually buy them next year at like half the price.

So for me, I’ll pick up indies at 20-50% off, and AAAs at 60-80% off, unless I’m really interested in the game (i.e. I’d start it right away).

Well to balance that out indie games are normally a lot cheaper. Underrail is only $9 off on GoG but that’s a 60% discount. It’s rare to get a kinda modern AAA game that cheap.

Wizard of legend is apparently a pretty good game, you can get it for like 5 bucks. No man’s sky is also said to be fun, so is cyberpunk 2077. Both are 50% off and are about 35 bucks Doom and doom eternal are always pretty cheap on seasonal sales, both very fun, and dont require nasa pcs to run well Hades is an incredible roguelite, especially on handhelds like the steam deck. Im not sure if its on sale Speaking of, there might be a sale but idk Slime rancher is super cute, super fun, super chill. Great to relax and to pick up for short or longer sessions. Idk about it being on sale

Hollow Knight if you’ve never played it, it’s 50% off right now.

I’m getting CrossCode, which promises to be like a hard Zelda style game, and I’m stoked. I really like the Ys games, and someone recommended it as a more puzzle focused Ys-like game (as in, strong narrative and tough gameplay).

For something newer, I’m looking at Cocoon, which looks pretty cool. Not sure if I’ll get it, it really depends on how much time I have this week. Other puzzle games I can recommend are Manifold Garden and Mirrorama (just finished the former, and just bought the latter).

I’m also considering "Transistor* because I enjoyed Bastion.