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Humble Choice - October 2024
October 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page | Opencritic | Steam Recent/All | Operating Systems | Steam Deck | ProtonDB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
REMNANT II | 82 | 79/83 | Win | ❌ Unsupported | 🟨 Gold |
Persona 5 Strikers | 82 | 74/90 | Win | ❌ Unsupported | 🟨 Gold |
Jusant | 84 | 97/94 | Win | ✅ Verified | 🟨 Gold |
Dome Keeper | 78 | 94/91 | Win, Mac, Linux | ✅ Verified | ✅ Native |
Jack Move | 84 | 80 | Win, Mac | ✅ Verified | 🎖️ Platinum |
Station to Station | 81 | 86/90 | Win | 🟨 Playable | 🎖️ Platinum |
Remnant Records | N/A | 82 | Win | 🟨 Playable | 🎖️ Platinum |
McPixel 3 | 67 | 95/97 | Win, Mac, Linux | ✅ Verified | ✅ Native |
Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
Remnant 2 is really good. It is better than the first game in every way. Sadly, I had no one to play with. While it is very playable solo, it is significantly better if you have friends to play co-op with.
It's a challenge, it has wild secrets that range from easy to you needing to read the game code to find one.
If someone gets it and is located in or close to the EST time zone and wants to play it co-op I would love to get that setup. I played through the first game with a buddy and had a blast, but he had no interest in getting the second one.
I had never really heard of Humble Choice so I looked into it.
Apparently it's $12 a month, for games you get to keep? That seems like a really good deal - too good to be true. What's the catch?
The games are random, and not always good. But it's good enough for me to subscribe, so take that with a grain of salt.
I honestly think it's the best deal in gaming. $1.50 per game is quite a steal, and the games on offer tend to be a cut above other bundle sites.
Downsides:
Upsides:
There's no catch. The games are (almost) always delivered as Steam keys, which yes you will keep indefinitely. Just be mindful that the service itself is billed as a subscription, so if you don't want to auto-renew you'll need to cancel the sub, or remember to "pause" it every month.
I think most people prefer to keep their accounts in a cancelled state, and then opt back in whenever they're interested in a month, and then cancel again. Without the active subscription, you do lose out on a couple perks, including a growing discount through Humble's regular storefront. But it's just a tradeoff of those perks versus the peace of mind of not having to remember an auto-renewing subscription.
Lately Humble have been revealing 1 game in advance to build hype, and the rest are revealed on the first Tuesday of each month. The subscription is automatically billed on the last Tuesday of the month. Although if you're purchasing from a new account/inactive subscription, you'll be charged immediately.
The games will vary in quality, although this month is particularly good, in my opinion. I'm definitely interested in Remnant II since I enjoyed the first quite a bit. Jusant from DON'T NOD also looks great.
Too good? A $12 bundle isn't a great deal, especially for the deliberately random array of games they get to go in on these. I got several prepaid months on a Black Friday sale a while back which brings the per-bundle price down to $7.60, and I skip most months because the bundle isn't worth it.
That's just, like, your opinion, man. Though there's certainly been some standout months, if you've got eclectic tastes there's usually at least two good picks.
Would recommend P5S for anyone who's into Persona! I really liked Strikers a lot, it felt a lot like you were taking a vacation with the group, and the two new characters are both pleasant. No Royal content though which is sad :(