Sites I have experience with and recommend:
Greenman Gaming(Sells:Steam/Origin/Stand Alone Games)
Great for rock bottom Pre-Order prices 40-50% off with stacked coupons & deals.
- www.Greenmangaming.com
- GMG is a great UK company that sells games all over world, they have a proper Region Lock cd-key setup so buying games in USA is perfectly legit and prices and NA region locks work fine. I own 9 games from them now, all register on Steam/Origin (depending on game) without issues, they often have some of the better prices on brand new game pre-orders since you can get 60 buck games for 30-35 bucks with their coupons if you time your pre-order right.
Amazon(Sells: Steam/Origin/Uplay/Stand Alone/DRM Free Games)
Great for amazing bundle deals, best bundle prices on net when timed right and stacked with coupons.
- http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2445220011
- Amazon's sale manager has been going out of their way this whole last year to out do Steam at every turn and many times they have. Just yesterday they had a 10 dollar Squaresoft bundle with like 7 games all register on steam among the titles was collector edition of Deus Ex Human Rev with all extra DLC along with Just Cause 2 and many others. These are the kind of amazing deals that happen at amazon these days...stick close to that reddit link above to watch for it. Just pay close attention if the game you want is Steam/Origin or Amazon download only... they sell all 3 and not all games can be registered on your fave cloud service (read amazon comments or reddit to verify)
Gamers Gate(Sells: Steam/Origin/Uplay/Stand Alone Games)
Good bundle and title deals with lots of off beat titles you don't usually find.
- http://www.gamersgate.com/
- Gamer's Gate is a lot like GMG, but they tend to have super mega pack sales which are amazing. I once bought 86 game IC gaming pack from them for 20 bucks... 86 games for 20 bucks... and I would say 20+ of them were bigger titles.. non were junky mini games. Probably among one of the more amazing game deals I found in last years especially since Steam super sale sold many of the games I got in this bundle for 10-20 a piece at that time. Just Note about GG....They rarely register on steam/origin ...so just watch out for that. Pay close attention to their info in the description to it saying "Steamworks" or "Origin" before you buy, otherwise it is a non Steam/Origin game. Most Gamers Gate games are stand alone only (which is fine when the deals are insanely amazing)
GOG(Sells: 100% DRM Free Games)
100% DRM free and 100% legit...in a DRM everything world... enough said!
- http://www.gog.com/
- GOG is a great way to play many classic games without the DRM. They are 100% legit and very trusted. Their prices are not really the best in town, but they do have sales sometimes where they give large packs of games away on the cheap and even on rare occasion they give some of their titles away free. If you like classic DOS games or classic windows 95 games and you wanna go old school their games have built in DOS/Win95 emulators so you can run them in our fancy modern win7/8 64 bit OS's without hiccups. To me the lure of this company is the extra attention they give with their games. Like when you buy classic Fallout games they include soundtracks, wallpapers, manual, fallout bible, avatars, reference cards, etc etc... they just take the extra time to be classy with their sales and add extra value something you don't see much now a days. It should go without saying no GOG games registers on any 3rd party site... they are all 100% DRM free and stand alone.
Gamefly(Sells: Steam/Origin/Uplay/Stand Alone Games)
Decent deals on occasion, big rental game company new to game sales.
- http://www.gamefly.com/download-games/
- This rental service recently acquired the DRM free game download service called Direct2Drive (you may remember this company). Since then, they now sell PC games and rent PC games. They recently have been having tons of sales, sometimes competitive. They are legit and worth a buy if you find a deal. Just make sure it registers on Steam/Origin if that is what you want.
Gamestop (Impulse)(Sells: Steam/Origin/Uplay/Stand Alone Games)
Big game retailer in malls, they have a download service called Impulse (it's like a Steam/Origin service)
- http://www.impulsedriven.com/
- They have decent deals on occasion. Just watch to make sure your game registers on steam/origin if that is what you want. Since Impulse is a cloud download service just like Origin and Steam, they do compete. They do sell a lot of Steam and Origin games though (just read the info before you buy to make sure!)
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Charity Bundle Sites:
A big thing on the net lately is Indie developers gathering together to sell their games together in big bundles for different causes (sometimes their own cause of paying the rent). Instead of buying them all on Steam for 10-15 dollars each you can buy a huge bundle of many indie games for 1-5 dollars usually. It's a huge value if you love the games in the bundle.
These bundle usually have games that they give you multiple keys to register on many different platforms so it really is a great deal for the money. Depending on bundle you usually get like 5-20 items and games in the package.
The price is the best part. Many times it's "pay what you want", yes as in 1 dollar for 10 games sometimes or be nice and pay 100 bucks.. it's the honor system.
Bundles Facts:
- Most Bundle Sites have a "Pay what you want" donation structure ($1)
- A few of them have a "pay the going average" or "pay the minimum" donation structure (usually these are both around $3-6)
- Most Bundle Sites have bonus items that get unlocked as the community donates more money as a group.
- Bundle deals usually last 1-2 weeks in duration before coming to an end.
- Most Bundle sites give multiple keys/versions away for their indie games (Desura/Steam/DRM Free) be sure to read details on each deal for each game.
My recommendation is wait until the last 24 hours of the bundle sale before you donate. This way you know exactly what you are getting with all the unlocks and there is no disappointment or surprises. Please note: I don't want to discourage early donations if you want to be charitable, it also helps the community get to the next unlocked item tier.
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Here are a few of the popular charity bundle sites.
Humble Bundle
- http://www.humblebundle.com/
- This is probably the most popular and I love their bundles. They usually always have a nice set of games you really like and all with steam keys usually.
Indie Royale
- http://www.indieroyale.com/
- This bundle site got a lot of traction over the last year it's now up there with humble bundle in popularity. They have lots of steam key games. The way they work their donations is you are allowed to bid the current set minimum. If people donate a lot of money they drive price down for other people. If lots fo people bid minimum the price goes up. From experience the price usually hovers around 3-6 dollars per bundle.
Indie Gala
- http://www.indiegala.com/
- Another site that allows you to set your own custom donation price ($1 for the bundle for example). They usually have bonus games if you pay more then the average. They also usually have great Steam key games in the bundles. Below is a link to upcoming bundles.
Groupees
- http://www.groupees.com/
- These guys have a nice mix of Steam/Desura keys & DRM Free games and often have a minimum of $1 dollar bid donation structure (or pay what you want).
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