So, how was your Wintersale ?

I managed to restrain myself from buying Gone Home, I think that was an impressive achievement for me.

I got for myself Giana Sisters: Twisted bundle and VVVVVV.

Aliens: Colonial Marines (Amazon $2, didn't expect it to be that bad)
BIT.TRIP.BEAT
BIT.TRIP.CORE
BIT.TRIP.VOID
BIT.TRIP.FATE
BIT.TRIP.RUNNER 2 (because I love the first one so I bought everything BIT.TRIP.x)
Electronic Super Joy (sometimes I just want to raqe-quit stuff)
Titan Attack
Droid Assault
Revenge of the Titans: Sandbox Mode (bundle - because I Puppygames are awesome)
Blood of the Werewolf (horrible game)
QUBE (don't even remember where I got it)
Clive Barker's Jericho
Solar 2
The Bard's Tale
Bad Hotel
Don't Starve (type of game I prefer to watch "Let's play" of rather than actually play it myself but for that price bug I had to grab it)
Sword of the Stars: The Pit (better than expected)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Mark of the Ninja: Special Edition DLC (No.1 indie game of 2012)
Dark Souls (Only game I bought via Steam)

Since I already own tons of games (400+), and haven't actually touched most of them, I didn't expect to buy anything but it turned out to be great sale. The sad thing is, since I live in EU2 zone, I bought only ONE game directly from Steam, rest I got via trade or Amazon. I refuse to support this unbelievably stupid pricing policy on digital goods.

And there are still two games I would like to get, hope they will get decent price on Amazon EC list, XCOM EU and Far Cry 3.

To sum it up: for me the Steam sales aren't what they used to be, mostly because regional pricing and Amazon and others price-matching most of the deals, and the event itself was rather boring, I mean, crafting globe cards for 0,01€ reward - price is not important, I would be happy with not tradable/not marketable rewards - in games I don't even play?
The awesome thing is, after all these games I got I still end up with 14€ in my Steam Wallet and I started with 0€.

Super Hexagon ONLY. Steam need to do better than that. This winter sales is meh.

You know, I think the Steam summed up everything by putting on sale You Need a Budget 4 prior to the last day of the sale =).

Never spent so much on games in my life, bought over 20 games I think, and more than 50 dlc's. 2014 will try to get more to the steamgifts community in the second half of the year, now I have games for a lifetime of actual gameplay time.

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EDIT:

Lots of cards (too many to count)

• AERENA Thank You Pack
• Avernum Escape From the Pit Comp
• BioShock Triple Pack
• Blade Symphony
• Bulletstorm
• Call of Juarez Gunslinger + Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Contagion
• Contagion 4-Pack
• Dark Souls
• DisplayFusion
• Draw A Stickman: EPIC
• Driftmoon
• Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
• Electronic Super Joy + Bonus Content
• Electronic Super Joy + Bonus Content
• Fallout Collection
• Fallout Collection
• GameMaker: Studio Full
• Gentlemen!
• Gone Home
• Hammerwatch 4-Pack
• Legend of Dungeon
• Legend of Dungeon
• Lost Planet 3 (ROW)
• Metro Last Light: Ranger Pack
• Metro: Last Light
• Metro: Last Light - RPK
• Metro: Last Light - Season Pass
• Monaco
• Payday 2
• PixelJunk Eden
• Risk of Rain
• Rust Alpha
• Saints Row IV
• Saints Row IV
• Saira
• Sleeping Dogs
• State of Decay - Breakdown Steam Store and Retail Key
• Super Hexagon 2-Pack
• Sword of the Stars: The Pit
• The Walking Dead Season 2
• VVVVVV
• Zafehouse: Diaries
• Zeno Clash Retail

Doubles are gift purchases.

VVVVVV

bit trip runner

Pretty good I guess.
Bought:

2x CS:GO for me and a friend,
Risk of Rain,
Shadow Warrior,
Starbound,
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate as a christmas gift for a friend

and I'm probably gonny buy Civ 5 and Sword of the Stars: The Pit tomorrow.

Pretty gooooood, got quite a few things I've wanted for ages.

• Final Fantasy VII
• Deponia
• Tomb Raider Collection
• Rogue Legacy
• Celebrat10n Trackmania2 Pack
• Super Hexagon
• How to Survive
• Spelunky
• Don't Starve
• Evoland
• Sonic Hits Collection

Most glad I got TR Collection, TM2 pack and Sonic Collection, that alone is a lotta games to keep me busy for awhile.

I haven't bought anything besides a Dota 2 key...and that wasn't on sale in the first place.

bad

Well may now not get done with my back log until next year.

I bought for about $60

• Metro LL + Ranger mode + RPK - about $20
• 2 copies of The Bureau XCOM - about $10
• Bioshock Season Pass - $7.5
• XCOM Enemy Within - about $13 (ripped off)
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Deus EX HR
• Walking Dead + 400 days
• Tomb Raider + Animal Instinct + Pistol Burst - $8
• L4D2

SteamGifts won during sale:

Dwarfs?!
Monaco

Bought in Steam Sale:

Hammerwatch
Just Cause 2
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Defiance
The Stanley Parable
Legend of Dungeon
Game Dev Tycoon
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
Hitman Absolution Professional
Duke Nukem 2
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
Left 4 Dead 2 (Free on Xmas Day)

Spent around $35 according to my bank online.

successfully expanded my backlog ;)

I got:
Audiosurf
Bioshock triple pack
Skyrim
Serious Sam 3
System Shock 2
Trine and Trine 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Unfortunately that's all I had the money for

I got a lot, and I regret nothing. Spent around $40, about $13 of that on gifts for a friend.

I was strong this sale and only bought 1 game FOR SOMEBODY ELSE !!

My backlog is hurting me.

hmm, idk it is good or not good. Bought some games:
grid 2 | sleeping dogs | bioshock infinite | dark souls | deus ex | skyrim | the witcher | the witcher 2 | just cause 2 | alan wake's america nightmare | don't starve.

see ya on the next sale.

hmm, idk it is good or not good. Bought some games:
grid 2 | sleeping dogs | bioshock infinite | dark souls | deus ex | skyrim | the witcher | the witcher 2 | just cause 2 | alan wake's america nightmare | don't starve.

see ya on the next sale.

Not much damage to my wallet this year. And thanks to picking up PS+, there are actually a couple of games I didn't need to worry about picking up.
Indie Gala bundle (Overlord pack+Fuel) - $3
Legend of Dungeon - $1.5
Left 4 Dead 2 - Free
Guacamelee Gold - $3.75
Sword of the Stars: The Pit + DLC - $1.75
CastleStorm - $3.40
Ys Oath + Ys Origins - $8.75
Valdis Story - $3.75
HammerWatch - $3.40
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$29.30 - $12.45 (worth of cards sold) = $16.85

I actually did not buy much compared to what i could have bought.

Arma X
Counterstike complete (finally)
Dark Souls
Wargame: European Escalation
3DMark Advanced
Don't Starve

On amazon:
Mass effect trilogy
Tomb Raider
Quantum Conundrum
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Fable
Dust

Bought 2k shooter pack to give away too. That was about it (might be missing 1 or 2 items)