While App Store sales and Uncle Ed getting hammered on blackberry brandy then clumsily groping Aunt Elle in front of you and your cousins are both expected on Thanksgiving Day, only one of them will require years of therapy to unravel. We’re going to focus on the one that doesn’t require professional help: sales. Click beyond to see all that we’ve found on the App Store and Steam this holiday weekend. I’m sure we’ve missed a bunch, but there’s a therapy session we need to attend.
Hopefully you find something worth picking up, and if I missed a sale you’re aware of, please post it in the comments so others can jump on it as well. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone, and I’ll see you back here on Monday.
Asmodee Digital
Asmodee isn’t having a sale on the App Store this weekend, but they are putting a few of their Steam apps on sale.
- Pathfinder Adventures for PC/Mac via Steam, was $15 now $10
- Pathfinder Adventures Obsidian Edition for PC/Mac via Steam, was $25 now $20
- Pathfinder Adventures Fighter Tales Valeros DLC for PC/Mac via Steam, was $5 now $3
- Pathfinder Adventures Rise of the Goblins DLC for PC/Mac via Steam, was $9 now $5.39
- Smash Up for PC via Steam, was $15 now $7.50
- Twilight Struggle for PC/Mac via Steam, was $15 now $7.50
- Twilight Struggle: Turn Zero Expansion for PC/Mac via Steam, was $5 now $2.50
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
Acram Digital
These apps won’t update or go on sale until this Friday, but they’re pretty great deals so we’re lumping them in.
- Steam: Rails to Riches for iOS Universal, was $5 now $1
- Steam: Rails to Riches for Android, was $5 now $1
- Steam: Rails to Riches for Kindle, was $5 now $1
- Besides the app itself going on sale, there will also be a new 2-player map available as a free DLC and a map pack for iOS, Android, and Kindle as well.
- Eight-Minute Empire for iOS Universal, was $5 now $3
- Eight-Minute Empire for Android, was $5 now $3
- Eight-Minute Empire for Kindle, was $5 now $3
- Apart from the sale, Acram is also updating the app. Update includes:
- Old Europe map free
- You can join any online room regardless if you’ve purchased the map for that game
- Achievements
- Apart from the sale, Acram is also updating the app. Update includes:
Roboto Games
Only one game, but it’s a doozy.
- Age of Rivals for iOS Universal, was $4 now $2
- Age of Rivals for Android, was $4 now $2
- Age of Rivals for PC/Mac/Linux via Steam, was $10 now $5
Playdek
We’ve already mentioned a few Playdek titles, but they’re under the Asmodee Digital umbrella now up above. Two other Playdek titles that remain published by Playdek are on sale:
- Lords of Waterdeep for iOS Universal, was $10 now $5
- Lords of Waterdeep for Android, was $10 and is still $10. Might drop?
- Lords of Waterdeep for PC/Mac via Steam, was $15 now $7.50
- Agricola for iOS Universal, was $7 now $5
Button Mash Games
These guys have only put out two digital board games, but they’re both pretty great. They’re also on sale.
Tin Man Games
Thankfully, they didn’t put all their gamebooks on sale this year. I still have cramps from a few years ago and having to cut/paste links for all their apps.
- Warlock of Firetop Mountain for iOS Universal, was $5 now $3
- Warlock of Firetop Mountain for PC/Mac/Linux via Steam, was $20 now $8
Temple Gates Games
Sure, they’re the new kids on the block but they made quite an entrance:
Matrix Games
These are all either on Steam or Direct Downloads. Where there’s a Steam link, I’m only including that one.
- Achtung Panzer: Operation Star for PC, was $20 now $5
- Across the Dnepr: Second Edition for PC, was $30 now $10
- Advanced Tactics: Gold for PC via Steam, was $30 now $10
- Afghanstan ’11 for PC via Steam, was $30 now $20
- AI War: Alien Bundle for PC, was $30 now $10
- Alea Jacta Est for PC via Steam, was $25 now $10
- Alea Jacta Est: Parthian Wars for PC via Steam, was $20 now $10
- Alea Jacta Est: Cantabrian Wars for PC via Steam, was $4 now $2
- Alea Jacta Est: The Spartacus Revolt for PC via Steam, was $4 now $2
- American Civil War The Blue and the Gray for PC, was $30 now $20
- Armada 2526 for PC, was $20 now $10
- Armada 2526: Supernova for PC, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy for PC via Steam, was $15 now $5
- Battle Academy Blitzkrieg France for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy Operation Market Garden for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy Operation Sealion for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy Operation Husky for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy Rommel in Normandy for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy Fortress Metz for PC via Steam, was $10 now $5
- Battle Academy 2: Battle of Kursk for PC via Steam, was $20 now $10
Nomad Games
Sure, Asmodee has taken over publishing duties for Talisman and Smash Up, but Nomad has plenty on their own.
- Fighting Fantasy Legends for iOS Universal, was $5 now $4
- Fighting Fantasy Legends for Android, was $5.50 now $3.50
- Fighting Fantasy Legends for PC/Mac via Steam, was $10 now $7.50
- Talisman: Horus Heresy for iOS Universal, was $5 now $3
- Talisman: Horus Heresy for Android, was $5.40 now $3.50
- Talisman: Horus Heresy for PC/Mac via Steam, was $15 now $9
- All Talisman: Horus Heresy DLC on Steam is 20% off as well
- Talisman Prologue for iOS Universal, was $3 now $2
- Talisman Prologue for Android, was $3 now $2
- Talisman Prologue for PC via Steam, was $7 now $4
Czech Games Edition
No luck on getting Through the Ages any cheaper, but the excellent Galaxy Trucker will be going on sale starting Friday.
- Galaxy Trucker for iPad, was $5 now $3
- Galaxy Trucker Pocket for iPhone, was $5 now $3
- Galaxy Trucker for Android, was $5 now $3
I wonder if the Race for the Galaxy sale is the cause of their servers being offline since 2 days.
It’s driving me crazy.
Yomi is on sale for the first time ever for 50% off. Worth it? I seem to recall @rinelk being a big fan. I’m just not sure the iOS version survived the appocalypse …
I cannot for the life of me get in to the game. It seems overly-complicated for what it is. I like the idea of decks that represent characters, each with unique play styles, but there are just way too many conditionals in the rules for me to care.
Other than their most recent releases, pretty much the entire Matrix/Slitherine catalog is on sale. Also on sale on iOS:
Friday (the solo card game) ($1.99)
Sushi Go (not quite a Stately Play-level title, but a good “gateway” game) ($2.99)
Mini Metro ($1.99)
Demon’s Rise 2 ($0.99)
Galaxy of Pen and Paper ($2.99)
Monument Valley 2 ($2.99)
And for those in the States, Target and Best Buy are selling the basic iPad (32GB) for $249.
Thanks for taking the time out from Thanksgiving to make this great post- there were a few sales listed I wasn’t aware of.
For those celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving!
Can’t recommend Friday enough. Definitely one of my favourite solo games.
I liked it a lot, although it is a better cardboard game. Biggest killer for me was the sync only play, but the game definitely doesn’t lend itself to async.
Man, Jade Empire needs to price drop. It was such an excellent game but I just don’t like plopping down ten bucks for one title, especially one I have played through several times in the past.
I have two of the physical decks, and I like it as a face to face game, but I have a hard time buying it as a good game against faceless internet strangers.
Other Android sales:
All Beamdog titles (Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment):
Two titles (boardgames) from Queen Digital at $0.99:
and some other apps:
Warhammer Quest
Galaxy Trucker
Hero Generation
King of Dragon Pass
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