Alan Wake

Tis the season, to be jolly, tralalalalala! Wait dammit, that’s the wrong song. While I go right my brain with more blunt-force trauma, get your credit card out and check out these horror-themed specials on GoG and Steam.

Steam has plenty of games with slashed throat prices right now, and some of them aren’t even horror titles, which is good news for certain cowards like myself. Here’s a quick glimpse of some of the bargains to be had:

  • Dead Space pack – $10
  • The Darkness 2 – $7.50
  • Deadlight – $3.74
  • Condemned: Criminal Origins – $3.74
  • Serious Sam 3 – $6
  • Rise of the Triad – $7.50
  • Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 – $7.49
  • Sleeping Dogs – $5
  • Alone In The Dark – $5

Meanwhile, Good Ol’ Games is also joining in on the creepy festivities. Here’s a list of some of their DRM-free price slashers:

  • Alan Wake – $7.49
  • I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream – $2.99
  • Clive Barker’s Undying – – $1.79
  • Sanitarium – – $3.99
  • Alone In The Dark 1,2,3 – $2.09
  • The Penumbra Collection – $2.49

Finally, the indie lovers among you can also enjoy the fearful gaming love over at Desura where they are hacking 75% off awesome games every day. These games are on rotation, but at the moment include:

  • Damned – R81.59
  • Anna – R81.59
  • Zafehouse – R54.29
  • Paranormal – R24.62

Those are some damn good prices, on a bunch of games that are still scary years after they were released. Prices so good in fact, that we’re going to buy a bunch of them and force Zoe to play. And then we’re shutting her power off and making spooky sounds around her.

Last Updated: October 30, 2013

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was reviewed on PC

77 Comments

  1. Dammit Steam! Why do you keep doing this?!
    Just bought: Left for Dead pack, Rise of the Triad, Outlast and VTM:BLoodlines.

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    • SaintsRowNigri

      October 30, 2013 at 09:32

      Go and get yourself Clive Barker’s Undying at GOG. Best R20.00 you will spend

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      • TiMsTeR1033

        October 30, 2013 at 09:39

        was a good game.

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      • RangerMossel

        October 30, 2013 at 09:50

        Fuck it, might as well.

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  2. RangerMossel

    October 30, 2013 at 09:23

    Wait! Dead Space pack?! O_O must. resist.

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    • Admiral Chief Ninja

      October 30, 2013 at 09:33

      GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH (didn’t see that, off to look)

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  3. oVg

    October 30, 2013 at 09:24

    Alan Wake for the WIN.

    The last True Original Microsoft exclusive that ended an era of shit hot Microsoft game exclusives from 2007-2010 before the the Kinect stole all of the funding. It was fun times but we vote with our wallets.

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    • Rincethis

      October 30, 2013 at 09:54

      Alone in the Dark worth it?

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      • Rock789

        October 30, 2013 at 09:58

        The originals? Yes – definitely. 🙂 The remake from around 2008? Not in a month of Sundays! Ruined the franchise, me thinks (hence the lack of Alone in the Dark games since).

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        • Rincethis

          October 30, 2013 at 09:59

          Ah, okay. Thanks bro!

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        • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

          October 30, 2013 at 10:03

          Dammit! I really shouldn’t buy more but Alone in the Dark has always intrigued me.

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          • Rock789

            October 30, 2013 at 10:12

            If you like horror titles, you should definitely try it… You’ll be horrified (but not in the way you think). 😉

            Just overall a shoddy game… Clunky, unresponsive, glitchy, non-sensical with some of the plot ‘twists’… And they went with a ‘previously on Alone in the Dark’ method inbetween chapters (like Alan Wake, just WAY worse!). Problem is, this meant that you could, literally from the main menu when you first start up the game, skip to the final boss fight without ever doing any of the other levels inbetween – there was no ‘unlock it first before you can skip to it’ in place… I really didn’t enjoy it… Which makes me sad, coz I loved the Alone in the Dark franchise (the original survivor horror!).

          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:13

            Hmmm. Thanks. This is the kind of feedback I need on games before I buy them, makes it much easier.

          • Rock789

            October 30, 2013 at 10:16

            No worries bud. 🙂 That’s what we’re here for – to make sure others don’t make the same gaming mistakes as we do. 😉

      • oVg

        October 30, 2013 at 10:21

        IT IS A PIECE OF CRAP MADE BY ATARI and that dude who left SONY.
        TAX DODGE is the only way to describe it.
        Otherwise the older ones were fresh and fucking cool.

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  4. Admiral Chief Ninja

    October 30, 2013 at 09:34

    Anyone jam Deadlight?

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      October 30, 2013 at 09:38

      Heard was really good!

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 30, 2013 at 09:55

        You deserve downvotes for spreading rumours 😉

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      October 30, 2013 at 09:55

      Meeeeee. I just finished it over the weekend. really enjoyed it. Very short though – I spent just under 4 hours on it. Has a good story, especially the ending.

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      • Admiral Chief Ninja

        October 30, 2013 at 09:58

        Worth it then?

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 30, 2013 at 10:00

          At the discount price definitely.

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          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:01

            Stop it!!!

          • RangerMossel

            October 30, 2013 at 10:07

            LOL Im just like you. As soon as I think Im done someone says something like: Ah that game was so awesome, so worth it!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 30, 2013 at 10:07

            Did you see the FEAR collection, Overlord pack & Fallout New Vegas collection? 😉

          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:09

            Luckily I have the original FEAR with all expansions in original box and the other FEAR’s were bad bad. BUT, you bastard, I’m the biggest Fallout fan and I don’t have Fallout 3 GOTY.

          • Admiral Chief Ninja

            October 30, 2013 at 10:06

            With or without soundtrack?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 30, 2013 at 10:08

            Without, soundtrack isn’t really something you’ll listen to separately.

          • Admiral Chief Ninja

            October 30, 2013 at 10:09

            SOLD

      • No Longer SIR Twakkus

        October 30, 2013 at 10:02

        You enjoyed the ending? I thought it was really crap. Not going to give spoilers but I just thought it was totally irrational and kind of predictable.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 30, 2013 at 10:04

          Yes, I didn’t see it coming – the ending is what made it for me, everything before was pretty standard.

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          • No Longer SIR Twakkus

            October 30, 2013 at 10:13

            Cool man, I kind of figured it out throughout the game.

    • No Longer SIR Twakkus

      October 30, 2013 at 10:00

      Jip, was really cool. The shooting mechanics annoyed me but it was totally worth the R50. Go get it and Limbo. Bro Limbo is amazing!!!

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      • Admiral Chief Ninja

        October 30, 2013 at 10:04

        Got Limbo, loved it!

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        • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

          October 30, 2013 at 10:06

          Limbo was awesome. Loved it, loved everything about it

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          • No Longer SIR Twakkus

            October 30, 2013 at 10:11

            Loved the fact they dont hold your hand at all. Want to know what your key bindings are, go look in the options. The puzzles weren’t that difficult though.

      • RangerMossel

        October 30, 2013 at 10:08

        STOP SAYING GAMES ARE AMAZING!!!

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        • No Longer SIR Twakkus

          October 30, 2013 at 10:10

          NO!!!! Now go and get it! Good boy 😛

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          • RangerMossel

            October 30, 2013 at 10:13

            *Closes eyes and adds to cart while sobbing profusely*

        • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

          October 30, 2013 at 10:12

          They really should make a better Steam App. It’s terrible. Can’t find the games I’m looking for in the catalogue and have to search each one individually.

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  5. Sageville

    October 30, 2013 at 09:44

    Too scary!

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  6. Alien Emperor Trevor

    October 30, 2013 at 09:57

    Only thing I’ve bought is I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. Proud of myself lol.

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    • Rincethis

      October 30, 2013 at 09:57

      Sounds about right for you… What’s with all the spam bots like the areshole below? Seems to be a recent thing on LG…

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      • Admiral Chief Ninja

        October 30, 2013 at 09:58

        Just flag them

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        • Rincethis

          October 30, 2013 at 10:00

          I want to HURT them 0-O

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 30, 2013 at 10:01

            Have you tried talking to them?

          • Rincethis

            October 30, 2013 at 10:02

            Oh HA HA! SILENCE!

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 30, 2013 at 09:59

        I’m guessing they wandered across from News24.

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        • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

          October 30, 2013 at 10:10

          Hey, I wandered in here from News24. What’s wrong with that?

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 30, 2013 at 10:11

            Haven’t you watched the video clips you’ve been posting? heh

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            October 30, 2013 at 10:29

            Now why would I want to inflict the same torture on myself?

          • Rincethis

            October 30, 2013 at 10:13

            Well, we, we didn’t want to say man… *Cough…

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            October 30, 2013 at 10:31

            Now I am regretting the fact that I was trying to arrange that you get my tickets to the AC launch… We are not friends anymore!

          • Rincethis

            October 30, 2013 at 10:42

            Just saying…

          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:47

            Claudia wears hers as a bedtime t-shirt, big shirts those.

          • Rincethis

            October 30, 2013 at 10:48

            I’m actually wearing mine in my office right now 🙂

          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:49

            Lucky you.

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            October 30, 2013 at 10:51

            Well…

          • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

            October 30, 2013 at 10:47

            Would’ve liked the Avo behind the disturbing video posts

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            October 30, 2013 at 10:53

            But alas, the honour of meeting me was robbed from you…

    • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

      October 30, 2013 at 10:01

      Anyone know Don’t Starve?

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        October 30, 2013 at 10:02

        Zoe raves about it all the time. But then again she has that unmentionable gaming platform defect.

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        • John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

          October 30, 2013 at 10:05

          Will ask her for an unbiased opinion. (which technically doesn’t exist in gaming)

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  7. George

    October 30, 2013 at 10:03

    Dead Rising 2
    Alice: Madness Returns
    Deadlight

    And then still deciding on Amnesia: Dark Descent.

    I have to say, My self imposed $7,99 limit for any steam game is working great.

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  8. John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

    October 30, 2013 at 10:04

    Zoe!
    Yes or no for Don’t Starve?

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    • Aidan

      October 30, 2013 at 10:18

      Yes!
      Tedious at the start, but a lot of fun once you get going. And soul destroying when you die and lose everything. The current addition of the Screecher mod is a nice touch, essentially a revamped Slenderman game.

      Reply

  9. John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

    October 30, 2013 at 10:07

    Penumbra was crap scary

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  10. John's (JJ's) Steaming backlog

    October 30, 2013 at 10:25

    My Steam App has just informed me that VtM Bloodlines has been successfully downloaded. Boom!

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    • D@ngermouse

      October 30, 2013 at 11:59

      I want to download it when I get home but what operating system are you running? (need to know if it will work on Windows 7…)

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      • John's (JJ's) grand endeavour

        October 30, 2013 at 14:07

        I’m running Windows 7 and a friend of mine is running it on 7. So should work just fine.

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  11. RangerMossel

    October 30, 2013 at 10:25

    So this ended badly. So much for “this month I’m buying nothing.”

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  12. Matthew Holliday

    October 30, 2013 at 10:26

    traditional bi-annual Left 4 Dead sale
    gg steam.

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  13. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    October 30, 2013 at 10:29

    Urm guys,

    You all forgot the most scary….

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/252330/?snr=1_4_4__100_8

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  14. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    October 30, 2013 at 10:38

    Seriously… DAMN YOU ALL!!! DAMN YOU ALL!! I WILL FIGHT THIS URGE TO BUY!!!

    Reply

  15. Tidycpc

    October 30, 2013 at 11:39

    Articles like this is making me seriously considering to start gaming again on my pc….cant afford the ps3 and xbox high game prices anymore…

    Reply

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