As pc gamer (and new Deck owner) i’ve started to check any good game deal, mostly x games on Steam but not only. I’ve soon realize that there are great site like Humble to use to buy keys for cheap, but also “shady” sites with very low price who apparently sell non working keys or try to scam you. Did we have a list of the “Safest” site where buy games???

  • Wimopy@feddit.ukEnglish
    48·
    1 year ago

    isthereanydeal.com lists only legitimate retailers, no second hand/grey market sites. Not exclusively Steam though, so check on the site before purchasing (though usually every website will be selling Steam keys except like Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, Ubisoft, EA Origin).

    You can also link your Steam wishlist, set up alerts for when a game falls below a certain price, etc.

      • Wimopy@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Do you have any examples of dubious sites they list? To my knowledge they take the legitimacy of the sites seriously, so it would be great to know if that’s not the case.

        • ekZepp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’ve checked most of the Key code sites online and the reviews are at best mixed. The official seems good, that’s why I was asking for a list to doble check that.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    255·
    1 year ago

    fwiw, if you care about developers getting paid, then you probably want to stick to humble/steam.

    pretty much everywhere else resells keys and the developers get screwed. not such a big deal with big developers but Chet Faliszek has talked a lot about the effect these services have had on his new studio (hint, really bad) because they did some sales and all the key resellers took a massive advantage

    • Brawler Yukon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      271·
      1 year ago

      You’re conflating grey market key re-sellers (G2A, Kinguin, CDKeys, etc.) with actual legitimate key sellers (GreenManGaming, Fanatical, GamesPlanet, etc.).

      Just because the names of what they do sound alike doesn’t mean they are alike. As has been pointed out in other comments, either use isthereanydeal.com or gg.deals with the “Keyshops: Disabled” option, and any shop listed will be fine.

    • crawley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      IMO not a great option for Steam Deck. It’s certainly doable, and excellent for PC, but it’s been too much of a pain to run on Steam Deck.

      • brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I find installing via Lutris works most of the time for most games. Definitely not as clean or easy as going through Steam, but it’s typically not hard enough to avoid entirely.

      • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        wdym, pretty easy through Heroic Launcher. I have GoG, Epic and Amazon Games working great on it.

  • rem26_art@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Cheapshark is what I generally use. I haven’t bought stuff from every seller they track, but so far I havent had any issues with Humble, Greenman, GoG Fanatical, Gamebillet, or WinGameStore. Tho for the last two I’ve only made one purchase through them. Take it as you will.

    Their email notifications are pretty handy

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    I used “Instant Gaming” a few times without any issues. The initial registration is a bit annoying with their confirmation process, but after that everything works wonderfully well. Their prices are great, especially on older (i.e. not just released) games and DLCs. Never had any problems with or after activating the stuff using the keys I got.