What happened with the "what did you buy this sales" thread?

I bought Age of Empires II but for some reason when the download hits 100%, it restarted again and again. So I refunded it.

Then I bought Lamia's Game Room and XXZ: XXL. But they both were a disappointment. And Total Miner but I haven't played much so I can't say if its better than Minecraft.

Also a friend wanted NEO Scavenger but he couldn't afford it so I gave it to him.

Black Mesa played the mod awhile back, finally got around to buying the game. which is good, because apparently xen is in its final polish stages so i timed it good.
Cradle back when greenlight was reputable, this was the title i most wanted to see get through. finally got around to actually buying it.
Eventide 3 loved the first two eventides.
Signal from Tolva of all the games i bought, this was the one i was the most excited for. open-world robot adventure, it's like it was made for me. my current laptop can't run it though, so that is sad, but i need to start working towards getting a new one anyway.
Talos Principle i heard it was a good puzzle game, so i finally bought it.
TRON: Evolution i blame my unix professor, he loves tron and is responsible for getting me hooked on the franchise. already played tron 2.0, so i wanted to try this one too.
Turing Test amazing puzzle game, great examination on the abilities and possibilities of artificial intelligence, tom is cool boi
Witanlore: Dreamtime its like skyrim with bear people. and its actually made by skyrim modders, so that's cool.

a common theme with my purchases this sale was "i've been waiting a long time to buy this, screw it."

tales of berseria plus 3 DLC
GTA V

Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit Hole
Little Busters! English Edition
Planetarian the reverie of a little planet

A lot of reading, can't wait to get through the story, but waiting the HB monthly reveal, who knows :P

Cool to see you buy Stardew Valley. I bought and gifted it to my friendo as well.
It just got multiplayer recently so I can understand why the discount isn't at 50% off.

This sale for me was mostly modern/retro style

• The Fidelio Incident
• Immortal Redneck
• Diluvion
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Bayonetta
• Strikey Sisters
• Swarmlake
• The Cave
• Wizorb
• Boss 101
• Miles and Kilo

The only one I saw for this year was closed basically immediately because "thread already exists" but upon looking I didn't ever see any others. So I necro'd some other "What have you bought this year" thread that was from like 2 or 3 years ago.

For this Steam Summer Sale I've purchased...
Wuppo,
The Darksiders Franchise Pack,
and Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain.

D4 and all DLC's of Darkest Dungeon.

I went for small-ticket stuff, which is what I usually do, on the ground that if it costs less than a cup of coffee there's no compelling reason not to jump on in if I'm in a buying mood. Of course with the size of my backlog and the window I have for playing, I should really knock it off, but we aren't really mostly rational beasts. At least I'm not.

Secret World Legends: Dawn of the Morninglight Collector’s Edition - I play SWL in fits and really enjoy it when I do, so I decided to put in some "Thanks Devs" money for a cosmetics pack. Well, mostly cosmetics. At 50% off $20, it's the most expensive purchase I've made during the sale.
Oracle
Beholder - Blissful Sleep
Ghostdream
The Night of the Rabbit Premium Edition Upgrade
Rusty Lake Hotel
Rusty Lake Paradise
Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1
The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
Murder In Tehran's Alleys 2016
The Fidelio Incident
Saucer-Like
ROOT

I lied. Decided to buy Borderlands 2 GOTY then went with Of Orcs and Men since I want to play the games in order.

I bought for myself:
Red Faction
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Spintires: MudRunner (because it's 90% off for owners of previous game ;p)
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Vive la France !
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Scandinavia
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Going East!

And I bought for GAs:
Pyre
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION

Probably gonna do one last round of shopping today/tommorow, as I didn't really have tome to go through sale too much ;)

Purchased for myself...

Bayonetta -66%
Enter the Gungeon -50%
Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover Island -70%
SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition -75%
Redie -85%
The Fidelio Incident -90%
Lapland Solitaire -80%
Rescue Team 6 Collector's Edition -85%
Alone in the Dark Steam -75%
Atlantic Quest Solitaire -70%
Stones of Rome -70%
2D Mahjong Temple -70%
Rush on Rome -70%
Fantasy Quest Solitaire -70%
Game of Stones -70%
Farm Quest -70%
Boss 101 -90%
Rescue Quest Gold -75%
Table Top Racing: World Tour - Supercharger Pack -70%
Table Top Racing: Tropical Ice Pack -70%
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger -85%
Sonic Adventure DX -85%
Solitairica -75%
Crime Solitaire 2: The Smoking Gun -50%

Received as gifts...

Love Chronicles: Salvation Collector's Edition -50%
Love Story: The Beach Cottage -50%

View attached image.

I've pulled the trigger on those beauties at last:

Shuyan Saga - 0,95 € in HRK Make a Bundle Yay! \o/, only real money spent
Pavilion - 75% off - 2,45 € in the Artful Puzzlers Pack
The Mind of Marlow - 80% off - 0,69 €
Tametsi - 75% off - 0,74 €
Paint it back - 50% off - 3,99 € this one rarely goes on sale
Escape from Pleasure Planet - 75% off - 3,74 €

0,95 € real money spent, 11,55 € card money got me the rest. Wonderful sale :D

Hand of Fate - First Expansion - 2,49€
Wanderland: Newbie Wanderer Pack - 0,39€
Half-Life 2: Episode One - 0,65€
Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 0,65€
Habitat - 1,49€
The Fidelio Incident - 0,99€
Questerium - Sinister Trinity - 0,69€
Sword Daughter - 0,90€
Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game - 1,49€
The Room - 1,24€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Elephants - 0,74€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Samurai - 1,24€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Wild West - 1,24€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Landscapes XL - 2,49€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Trains - 0,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Primates - 1,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Dolphins - 0,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Sunflowers - 0,74€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Bosch's Garden - 1,49€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Urban Decay - 1,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Variety Pack 2 - 2,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Variety Pack 1 - 2,99€
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - Puzzle Pack: Desserts - 1,74€
Christmas Adventure: Candy Storm - 0,79€
The Wisbey Mystery - 1,27€
Portal - 0,61€

Steam Controller - 43,23€ -
Steam Controller - 41,39€ -
Steam Link - 12,73€ -

Well, my backlog has like 100 games so not bought anything long or hard...

+lego marvel super heroes 2 deluxe from fanatical for like 12?eur for kids.

State of Decay YOSE
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Beyond good and evil
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

still considering Dying Light D:

I usually set myself a budget of $100 each big sale, and pretty much stayed within it (slightly over due to the steam link)

Bought:

• Steam Link - $10.5
• Both Don't Starve DLCs - $2.8
• Overfall - $5
• Ankh 1 - $1
• Plague Inc - $6
• One Dog Story - $1.5
• RPGolf - $1
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution - $3
• Children of Zodiarc - $11
• Valkyria Chronicles - $6.8
• 20xx - $10
• Vagante - $12
• Rogue Galaxy (PS4) - $3.5

Gifted to me:

• FF 13
• FF 13-2
• FF 13-3 Lightning Returns
• Owlboy
• Captain Forever Remix

Gifted to others:

• Ghost 1.0
• Hard West
• Crypt of the Necrodancer
• Lego Jurassic World
• Lego Worlds
• Rime Berta
• Golf It

After Motorsport Manager, I got now my birthday treat in form of all Stellaris expansions and story packs.

My only remaining consideration for this sale is if I should get two missing EU4 expansions or if I should buy Hegemony 3 + DLC. I loved Hegemony Gold and I despised Hegemony 2.

same thing i got last time

View attached image.

I bought the Klei Survival Bundle and Cattails. Also picked up Skullgirls from Fanatical. I guess now was as good a time as any to switch from PS4 to PC but even with less than an hour left of the sale I'm not really sure if there's anything else worth picking up.

Firewatch
American Truck Simulator
The Age of Decadence
Agarest: Generations of War
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Amphora
Beyond Good and Evil
1979 Revolution: Black Friday
The Fidelio Incident

I also had a $5 coupon laying around for WinGameStore. Used that to get Fairy Fencer F and it went a little way towards Hard West too.

Little Nightmares
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
A Normal Lost Phone
What Remains of Edith Finch
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Snakebird
Defense Grid: The Awakening - still refunded^^

so a total of 20 €