There's no question that Humble Bundle remains the biggest name in bundled games, and deservedly so. Payday 2 - Clover Character Pack (to troll Chip)Īhh, the Humble Bundle.8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey.Groupees also offers you the option of contributing a portion of your payment to charity, if you're into that sort of thing. Groupees also dives into comics as much as any other gaming bundle site other than maybe Humble Bundle, giving you some more media to consume. There are chiptunes (think original NES music), orchestral themes, electronic songs, and all other sorts. And while lots of the music is conventional rock or hip-hop, a lot of the music feels like video game music.
In fact, some bundles have only music, no games. While many Humble Bundles and some of the other bundles include game soundtracks as part of their content, Groupees regularly includes actual music albums in their bundles. So why is Groupees one of my favorite bundle sites? They have their fair share of shovelware, and it's not often that they post a bundle with any sort of surprisingly good game. While Groupees doesn't have noticeably worse games than a site like Indie Gala, nor do they have games that seem to be any better. Groupees has this one weakness that keeps them from ranking higher on my list: the games aren't that good. 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull.Intentionally or unintentionally, Go Go Bundle is helping Twitch streamers add another layer of fun to their broadcasts. But most Twitch viewers who are turned on by giveaways don't mind if it's a no-name, unexceptional game. Sometimes the games are shovelware, sometimes they aren't. This equates out to anywhere from 300-500 Steam keys, each of which you can use as a giveaway on your stream. The amount of discount you can receive on bulk bundle purchases is substantial usually you can pick up 50 bundles for $20. This might not seem useful if you're just a person who plays games, but if you're a person who plays games and streams them on Twitch, this can be very handy. The big difference for Go Go Bundle is that they offer a reduced price if you buy larger quantities of the bundle.
They don't make any claims about the quality of the games they provide, they just promise a cheap set of games.
So, in the interest of continuing my tradition of doing a Top 5 list about anything, here are my Top 5 Gaming Bundle Sites. Blink Bundle had great bundles, but seemed unable to keep their business model afloat.īut plenty of sites are still chugging along, offering multiple games at a minimal price. Indie Royale always had some really interesting games, but their prices tended to be higher than most of the other sites. Since then, some bundle sites have come and gone. In what would set the tone for my next seven years (plus) on Steam, I have only played two of those games (stay tuned to find out which!.just kidding, World of Goo and Gish), but I was hooked on bundles. That first bundle included six games: Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, Penumbra: Overture, Samorost 2, and World of Goo. This of course spiked a conversation about the concept of charity and whether anyone could be truly charitable, but dmore importantly, it started my journey into bundle-shopping. It was a collection of games from small-time developers that I had mostly never heard of, and the proceeds would be split between the developers and a couple of charities. Seven years ago, my friend Anthony brought to my attention a promotion called The Humble Indie Bundle.