I think Valve/Steam will refund you the difference if you request it
Yup, in steam support you can say you have a problem with a game and one of the options is “it is now available for cheaper” and they’ll give you the difference if you bought it just before a sale.
Is there some kind of time limit on this?
The time between your purchase and date the game was discounted isn’t listed but most refunds need to be claimed within
2 months of purchase(Valve’s refund policy says within 2 weeks but that they’ll review requests outside that time period). So maybe if you buy a game and next month it’s on sale you could get the sale price?Wow, that’s generous. I thought it was two weeks.
The “review outside the 2 week period” is typically for when games are updated to no longer be playable. For example, when Helldivers 2 had the PSN account requirement, players who bought the game more than 2 weeks prior could get refunds.
I thought it was 2 weeks?
Yeah you can even just refund the game and they usually fulfill it in a day or two, usually in time for the sale.
My solution, refuse to buy until it’s on sale. Got plenty to keep me busy 😃
This happened to me with Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor the year it released. I got tired of waiting for it to go on sale, so I finally bought it at full $60 price. The very next day, it was on sale for $5.99. D’oh!
If it was on steam, you could get the difference refunded easily!
I could… But it came out in 2014. I think I’m well beyond the 2 month return window.
LPT: do a quick check for the price history of basically anything you buy, especially easy with Steam games by going to https://steamdb.info/
My solution to this is to buy at a price I think the game is worth for me, and if I overpay, I think of it as supporting the developer to make more like it.
