One man's trash is another man's treasure. I see many different opinions of what makes great Early Unlock and I've started wondering what you, dear Steamgifter, would choose if you've had this power? Then this idea came to me: let's make a game out of it!

Here are the rules:
– write in the comment 2 games that would make your perfect Early Unlock,
– check other comments,
– vote "+1" if you would buy such a Monthly.

Regarding poll, I'm just curious where are you at the moment because I think I've been all of these people at some point of my life.

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What kind of person are you nowadays?

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I'm happy and I make other people happy.
I'm happy and I make other people grim.
I'm grim and I make other people happy.
I'm grim and I make other people grim.

Cyberpunk 2077
Doom Eternal

If it has to be already released games, then:

Monster Hunter: World
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

As an aside, this past Monthly was amazing! Slay the Spire is ridiculously good, and Guacamelee 2, State of Mind, and Distance on top of it? And I don't even know much about Mothergunship or God's Trigger, but those look like potentially great games too. Just a super solid month (well, except Squad, about which I couldn't care less, but other people seem really excited for it).

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+1 also Divinity: Original Sin 2.

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Yeah, that looks like a great game. I really need to make time to play the first one.

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+1 I'd go with the first one.

Second is not my cup of tea but game seem to be great quality.

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Not a fan of FPS games, or Doom in particular?

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I just meant second choice of games :)

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Oh, okay. Got it.

Yeah, monster slaying and JRPGs are admittedly niche. :)

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+1

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I could 100% see MHW being one when expansion is almost out/shortly after its out

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Yeah, I could too, and I would be totally okay with that. :)

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Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
Dead Cells

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Dead Cells is on my wishlist but I'm curious about Bloodstained so I'd probably end up activating both.

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Koji Igarashi created Bloodstained. He was the producer for tons of Castlevania games. He also did some of the story writing if I'm not mistaken. He also helped create one of my favorite shmups back in the day Gradius II :)

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+1 although i already own dead cells, it's a great game

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Dead Cells just got added to the microsoft pc pass, just in case you are interested :p

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+1 (even just for Bloodstained)

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+1 Even though I own cells on switch and bloodstained as a backer

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I've been expecting Dead Cells in the monthly for a while now. I wonder if it will turn up there soon.

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of course Cyberpunk 2077 & Thronebreaker
haha :D

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+1
Although Thronebreaker would probably not be activated.

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I wouldn't mind GOG keys as well

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both really great games and totally believable for a humble monthly

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Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans

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Cupheads and Rimworld.

Not likely.

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+1 but only because the Rimworld dev said he'd never put it on sale. So if by some miracle it gets on Humble I'll jump on it.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider + Frostpunk

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Mostly for Frostpunk though.

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+1 (After Mac support is confirmed, for either one. Doesn't have to be both, I am patient.)

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I'd say it probably won't be too long until we see Frostpunk on HB.

They recently announced a Season Pass comprised of one current and two future DLC's, so it's definitely a possibility.

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Cuphead, but I expect it in the humble monthly when the Alice Chalice DLC comes out to entice the people who get it to also buy that new DLC

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Cuphead
The Long Dark

Edited to narrow it down to 2 games.

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Hollow Knight and The Long Dark were already in a monthly. CH and Ori would be nice though

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They were in different bundles though. I don't like paying $12 for a bundle even if it has a game I am interested in as an early unlock because most of the time I am not interested in the other games that get unlocked. I guess I am just too cheap. With literally hundreds of games in my backlog to play and so many good games being given away for free or in very cheap bundles, I can't convince myself to spend that much money.

I removed Ori and the Blind Forest and Hollow Knight to narrow it down to the 2 games that I would be most interested in playing right now.

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I know, it's tough! But make a choice and see how many people would go with your pair! :)

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Alright, I narrowed it down to the 2 I would be the most interested in playing right now :)

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Awesome! :D

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If I wouldn't have Long Dark already. Otherwise I might give it a longer thought, on the other hand it's Cuphead.

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Vampyr
Darksiders 3

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Try to narrow it to 2 and see how many people will like it too :)

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Oh my bad forgot to read the rules. :)

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I would consider. Thanks for linking Heavens Vault, didn't know this game :)

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+1? (It would be for sure if Heaven's Vault got ported to Mac.)

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NieR:Automata™
A Plague Tale: Innocence

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+1 I own both, but this would make an AWESOME monthly!

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+1 lol but this will never happen

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Yeah, I know :(
Any of them alone, enough to me for an instabuy.
Remnant: From the Ashes is in the third place.

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Divinity: Original Sin 2
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Could actually happen : an expensive 2017 game from Larian Studios who will release Baldur's Gate 3 soon and might want some advertising, and a 2017 "hidden" gem.
That was the realistic Monthly dream. Baldur's Gate 3 + Cyberpunk 2077 + the 3$ voucher for the never gonna happen Monthly dream.

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anything from my wishlist that's over 15$ and has 85% or more positive reviews

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Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy

That way you technically end up with six games ;)

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Seems Humble Bundle read my post :p

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So what's next? :D

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wow exact combination,
Ding ding we have a winnerrr... are you an insider ? :p

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thank you

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Are you an oracle?

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Very little of my wishlist is realistic early-reveal material, so here's my alternate reality dream Humble Monthly:

Yuppie Psycho
Crying Suns

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Pretty much anything within the Top 40-60-ish in my Wishlist would do since then they make the early unlocks alone worth it^ and anything else is a bonus. Last time that happened was August... 2018.
(^ Within reason, of course. There are some pretty cheap games in my wishlist... which I'm not just buying for some reason... ... ...Hey, it's hard to justify buying anything for myself when I can barely play what I already have, ok. :P )

I guess these are the most likely to actually happen from the very top ones:
DOOM
Banished (Edit: Turns out that one was in a Monthly before, so ignore that- they'd probably never re-Monthly it, especially as an early unlock.)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Probably not happening in the next 1-2 years or so.)

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It's more likely to come in a weekly bundle, but, Total War: Warhammer II and/or Three Kingdoms

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+1 for TOTAL WARHAMMER 2

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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark"
A Plague Tale: Innocence

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+1 would buy for Plague Tale even though I own Fell Seal!

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Octopath Traveler
Dragon Quest XI

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+1, already have DQ but I'd love to gift it to a few friends...

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