As pc gamer (and new Deck owner) i’ve started to check any good game deals, mostly x games on Steam but not only. I’ve soon realize that there are great site like Humble to use to buy keys for cheap, but also “shady” sites with very low price keys who apparently sell non working keys or try to scam you. Did we have a list of the “Safest” site where buy games???
fwiw, if you care about developers getting paid, then you probably want to stick to humble/steam.
pretty much everywhere else resells keys and the developers get screwed. not such a big deal with big developers but Chet Faliszek has talked a lot about the effect these services have had on his new studio (hint, really bad) because they did some sales and all the key resellers took a massive advantage
Wimopy@feddit.uk 7 months ago
isthereanydeal.com lists only legitimate retailers, no second hand/grey market sites. Not exclusively Steam though, so check on the site before purchasing (though usually every website will be selling Steam keys except like Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, Ubisoft, EA Origin).
You can also link your Steam wishlist, set up alerts for when a game falls below a certain price, etc.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I use this site and there are links to some dubious site too. They put them in a sub list but they show “their” price as the lower all the time.
Wimopy@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Do you have any examples of dubious sites they list? To my knowledge they take the legitimacy of the sites seriously, so it would be great to know if that’s not the case.