Well, I'm a fan of gambling every now and then and so I bought $10 worth of random keys from a site. What do you think? A lot of these are familiar from bundles which means I lost a lot. Still, it was worth a shot since I was bored and there was a sale. I think I saw 1 unbundled from the list but I forgot which one. Will probably just trade these.

Autumn
The Orb Chambers™
Waste Walkers
Steel & Steam: Episode 1
Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine
Lexica
Pixel Puzzles 2: Space
One Final Breath
Red Goblin: Cursed Forest
Run Rabbit Run
Star Sky 2
A Game of Changes
Future Wars
ENKI
Galacide
AGON - The Mysterious Codex (Trilogy)
Botology
Ara Fell
Breezeblox
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014
Chronicles of the Witches and Warlocks
Fort Defense + 2 DLC
Luna Sky

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Conclusion?

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You're a chump for doing key lottery
Worth it(keys are worth more than $10)
Not even worth half what you paid
More or less breakeven
Worth $2 more likely
Potato

Well games for the collection, but you could've gotten it cheaper.

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Happy cake day!

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Wow didn't know, thanks!

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idk what peoples expect as "random keys"... frees or useless leftovers... really, whay they expect??? Call of Duty, ARK, HurtWorld, Rocket League, GTA V?? why still buying it. Can someone tell me WHY?
U got shitty/freebies games rlly expensive

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If getting from a random key reselling site, this is always always true - you're gonna get nothing. However if getting from a legitimate online store, there is at least a slim chance to get something better, which is fun.

I got Dark Souls 3 from the last grab bag sale on GMG (it was $3 or something for a bundle of 10 otherwise cheapo games). $0.30 each for a few giveaway keys isn't that bad, especially with a tiny chance for a nifty prize.

(And just in case I have a stalker, yes DS3 is not in my library - I gave it to a friend since I haven't played through DS1 yet and don't even own DS2)

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I got DS1 from the same site (GMG) from the 5 game bundle!
So sometimes it's worth!

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Reply for you and also Nerney9. yes its possible get good thing on legit site like GMG but for me its very low chance, this chance is that low and i wont try it. With my luck i pay lot of "packs" and recieve only freebies from past :D I dont like pay for surprises, like HB monthly or random keys... my luck on these things is hidden far far away from me. Luck on getting good keys from random games is like winning games here... 20 games in 3 years :D i once bought gmg mystery... recieved low things activated only bcs cards and ones without cards are in backlong forever

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i managed to pull darksouls 3 out of a 10 pack a few weeks ago.. cant complain..

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Bump, I guess.

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yeah key lottery is rarely worth it...but then again you pay for the excitement as well xD

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At least they don't sound me very popular. But I'm bundle disconnected since 1-2 months.
And that may be better or worst,...

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Some of them aren't bad, but it would certainly be cheaper to buy just the ones you'd actually like to have.

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Random keys for $10? I kind of like to buy some ocassional random keys, but never for that much money...

Not sure if that was worth it. Probably not, but if you have fun doing that, why shouldn't you?

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Yeah, I usually do it around once every 2 months. I do trade well so it usually ends up 3x what I paid for.

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26 game. If we consider each game worth 0.5$ then we have :

26 x 0.5$ = 13$

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but bundle games of those kind are not worth .5$. more like .3$. and the free ones even less.

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Yeah, i'm agree about 0.3$ for some titles.

To be honest I never pay " 10$ " for a pack including 26 random games unless i know what type of [ in quality ] bundle games supposed to be there.

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It's about two cheap bundles worth of keys, it would probably cost 4-6 dollars normally.
You didn't make a horrible deal, but it wasn't too good either.

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Some of those games were given for free i think.

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that's sad but i expected it T_T

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Playing the roulette would have given way better odds

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I'm also fond of that in casinos. :D

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so whenever you're tempted next time, save up for your next casino trip instead :D

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Bamf

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good luck with the trades

bumping as instructed

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  • Freebies
    Autumn
    The Orb Chambers ™
    Steel & Steam: Episode 1
    Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

  • Really cheap Group buys on IG (max 10c each key)
    Waste Walkers
    ENKI
    Ara Fell
    One Final Breath
    Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
    Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine
    Run Rabbit Run
    Galacide
    AGON - The Mysterious Codex (Trilogy)
    Chronicles of the Witches and Warlocks
    Fort Defense + 2 DLC

  • Really Really Cheap on OtakuMaker (6-8c~ each key)
    Star Sky 2
    Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
    Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

  • Dont Own
    Lexica
    Pixel Puzzles 2: Space
    Red Goblin: Cursed Forest
    A Game of Changes
    Future Wars
    Botology
    Breezeblox
    Luna Sky

So yeah not a lot a value imo, "random" "hot" keys are just bundle leftovers and some gleam.io leftovers and imo it wasn't that bad i've seen worst like half of them free or so, anyway imo random keys are bad would prefer 10 Indie Gala bundles anytime for example.

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nice breakdown. whitelisted :D

those on don't own, don't want too. lol. btw, how'd you know these were "hot random keys"?

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hey thanks !
It was just a guess eheh

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HRK is infamous for their scammy giveaways: They've a reputation for trolling free game promotions and cheap bundles, and then reselling the games at dramatically inflated prices.
Put more definitively, with GMG's random keys people at least report the occasional rare "win" from their random key pulls, but I've never once heard anyone mention anything other than repackaged free/bundle keys for HRK.

Given that HRK is one of the more infamous elements of the already infamous G2A network, it's.. really better to avoid that site altogether, given its reputation.

GOG's random keys seem to be the only ones that give a decent variety, and that's not surprising given GOG's reputation for being above average in its behaviors. Of course, those aren't steam games, so it's not directly comparable.

As far as the "Don't own" category in the list above- those are all cheaply bundled, low value games as well.
Ara Fell and Waste Walkers are actually the most valuable of the games listed, and they're not especially high value.
Also, Fort Defense ought be under the 'freebies' category. The list seems pretty much on point other than that.

But yeah, not only are most of those from free promotions or cheap bundles, and all with very low (to no) trade value, but most of them aren't considered very highly for playing, either. :X

All those combined probably wouldn't be worth a single Humble Monthly game in trade, or a single cheap BTA bundle. So we can say that their total value is lower than either of those, which means you're looking at maybe $2 spent if you'd tried getting them in lump trade.
If you'd traded for them with trading cards or used something like groupbuys, you probably could have gotten them even cheaper than that.

In sum:

  1. Avoid HRK in the future
  2. If you want to gamble with $10, do so with Humble Monthly. Even this last junk bundle would have given you FAR better returns. Likewise, you've a guaranteed reveal before it goes live (or two to three in some cases), so you can hedge your bets, which goes a long way.
  3. Keep in mind that while Humble Monthly is an actual bundle and designed to give some degree of value for your investment, and GOG does their random keys as part of their major sales promotions, any other random key offer (even ones that aren't outright scams like HRK) works by spamming a flood of terrible returns with the rare decent drop.
    You're incredibly unlikely to get even a remotely fair return from any of them, no matter how many times you buy from them, since the odds of getting that decent drop are overwhelmingly against you. Moreover, by the time you get said drop, you're still going to be getting a terrible return in total.
    If you really want to gamble with random key drops, wait until GMG does one of their discounted, limited supply offers on their random keys. At 8 to 20 cents per key attempt, you're at least not risking anything sizable. And, while rare, at least you know GMG does do the occasional decent drop, unlike HRK.
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I like the insights too so I'm whitelisting you as well :)

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I won mortal kombat x here. So i disagree

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Hi rex,
That's good to know. Could it be from the HRK Bonus(5 and 10 hot keys)? I bought all of these from the 1 hot key pack only.

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No.Just from hot random key.

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It was 1 hot random key bought from g2a.

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what key lottery was this?
*bumperini*

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It's from HRK. They had a sale lately on their key lottery.

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Yeah. For cents :D

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Gambling is not healthy for the wallet

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It's my form of entertainment. Around 5 bucks a month I prolly spend on gambling. :D Hope I don't get hooked in the future.

Glad you found it.

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Gambling produces a strong adiction. I suggest you better to use that money for something you want and not the chance to get something you would like to want ;)

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Nothing wrong with a little fun from time to time. It's kind of like getting a couple of scratch tickets from time to time. You know you're more than likely not going to win the big prizes (you'd be lucky to win back the money you spent), but the fact that you might win makes them a fun thing to do. I imagine this random key purchase is something along those lines?

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it is. you enter it knowing full well it isn't a sure ROI :D

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Does that stand for Return of Investment?

And like you mentioned above, it's not like you are doing this all the time so you're not breaking the bank to get them.:)

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I never understood the appeal of gambling, but I suppose it's like favoring a genre of games- everyone has their own things they enjoy.
But if you're going to gamble, do make sure to use a site that you actually have a chance of winning something from :P

(ie, not HRK :X)

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Just like every lottery everywhere, the wins are balanced so that most get trash, some get good and rare few get great and the house is only guaranteed winner. It's more about the thrill of opening it than actually winning more than you paid.

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yep, the thrill!

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gambling

how to waste money

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Sorry

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mmmmm, potato... :D

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And here is that BUMP I promised.;)

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boom.

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pmuB!

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Mouse-died bump!

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