Best way to buy PC games

suenstar · 25 Jul 2017 at 12:15

Other than buying direct from Steam/Origin during sales, I mostly buy from Green Man Gaming, GOG and Humble Bundle.
I'll occasionally pick up the odd game code from CDKeys, but only if they're pricing is dramatically lower.

I've previously bought a couple from G2A but I won't go back there after having a couple of games revoked.

dirtybeatfreak · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:30

warren_1979 said:
Hi all.

I've never used Cdkeys before. How does it work? Do you just buy the code and then what? Do you get a DL link for the game or do you put the code into steam and get the game from there?

Code for Steam. Be careful though not to purchase a version that is Russian for example. They are even cheaper still but you will need to use a VPN to unlock them and Steam are hot on that.

TLDR: Make sure it says Region Worldwide

Junglist · 25 Jul 2017 at 15:33

I only buy from CDKeys and CJS-CDkeys these days. CJS gave me a code which didn't work once but I had a working code the next business day (this was at like 9pm when I realised it wasn't working)

heartburnron · 25 Jul 2017 at 21:04

Bundle Stars have been brilliant for good deals over the past few months - they have a great sale on Bethesda games just now - picked up Dishonoured 2 for £13 and Quake 4 for £3.50 myself today.

ShiWarrior · 26 Jul 2017 at 11:58

Best Way ?

Walk into a shop, pick up a copy of a game, walk to till, pay with credit card, job done

FlyingScotsman · 26 Jul 2017 at 12:30

Instant Gaming and CD Keys, never been let down yet.

RoosterC · 26 Jul 2017 at 13:28

CDKeys, Greenmangaming, Gamersgate, GOG, Humble Bundle and Bundlestars for me.

heartburnron · 26 Jul 2017 at 15:07

RoosterC said:
CDKeys, Greenmangaming, Gamersgate, GOG, Humble Bundle and Bundlestars for me.

Good shout on Gamersgate - didn't know about that one but just had a look and there some pretty good deals just now - 60% off some the Bethesda games compared to 55% on Bundlestars.

agnes · 26 Jul 2017 at 15:32

allkeyshop to compare for the cheapest price, pick the cheapest price and buy from that site...

Simple.

warren_1979 · 27 Jul 2017 at 22:11

Is GOG legit? Never heard of it before. I'm looking to buy whitcher 3 but it says GOG not steam.

heartburnron · 28 Jul 2017 at 00:25

warren_1979 said:
Is GOG legit? Never heard of it before. I'm looking to buy whitcher 3 but it says GOG not steam.

Absolutely. GOG is a great site - all of their games are DRM free so you can download the game on to your desktop to play offline and actually really own the game.

Rifte · 28 Jul 2017 at 06:59

USE : Greenman Gaming, CDkeys, GOG (sometimes), simplygames.

AVOID : cjs-cdkeys.com

Haggisman · 28 Jul 2017 at 07:07

warren_1979 said:
Is GOG legit? Never heard of it before. I'm looking to buy whitcher 3 but it says GOG not steam.

GOG is by far the best place to buy The Witcher 3 in particular, since it is actually owned and run by CDPR, the very company who make the game

warren_1979 · 28 Jul 2017 at 11:59

Good to know. I was thinking at least with Steam you know they are going to be here pretty much forever. who the hell are GOG they could disappear in a year or two. So they are legit ok thanks.

pooley · 28 Jul 2017 at 14:26

warren_1979 said:
Good to know. I was thinking at least with Steam you know they are going to be here pretty much forever. who the hell are GOG they could disappear in a year or two. So they are legit ok thanks.

steam was unknown once upon a time, the best thing with GOG the games are DRM free

Mercutio · 29 Jul 2017 at 08:41

Would also say: Cdkeys, Humblebundle (the humble monthly is generally pretty damn good, dip in/out as you like), GoG & Greenman in about that order.

G2A should _definitely_ be avoided like the plague. They're a complete cancer. If you _must_ buy there - do NOT buy Indie games there. The big players can (sometimes) afford some form of legal recourse against G2A's grubby business practices, the Indie devs have little choice but to go "welp, I best go find a proper job then" and we all loose out

(scum buys keys with stolen credit card details, sells them on G2A because they practically encourage this behavior, makes his money. Credit card owner later notices and contests the charge, G2A wash hands of it and the original key seller (publisher/dev) pays the chargeback/refund. There's been an Indie dev on a reddit AMA saying "please, pirate my game rather than buying it on G2A". It's literally that bad).

djimty · 29 Jul 2017 at 11:43

Bought a key off CDkeys (it was the cheapest I could find) once where I purchased a game using a different currency, turned out I got it £5 cheaper as if the game wasn't cheap enough!