Steam Winter Giveaway 2017 [The End!]

the bidding song:

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Spoiler200! points onto that slime rancher there
SLIME RANCHER!
with the squishy cute slimes that slimy wuwu

there's only slimes on this ranch out in space
there's only slimes that make the money
there's only slimes that are worth your effort
there's only slimes for making plooooooooooooo oooo oooo o o o o orts
OOOOOOOo oooo oooo o o o o orts

I gots me a fruit
a vegetable and a hen hen breakfast
i'm extremely reckless
i fell into the slime sea before noon

yeah i'm not kidding now
no, i'm not kidding now
yeah. i'm not kidding now.
i really want to play
SLIIIIIIIIIME RANCHER
slime ranching so so funn
slimeeeee rancher
with the cutey l'il slimes bouncing so freely

your only goal is to make some gold
your only tool is a vacuum toool
your only friends are some slimy friends
i'll never rest until i... ranch... SLIIIIIIIIiiiii iiiii i i i i imes
oh sliii iiii iiii i i i i imes.....

200 points on slime rancher <3

100 on Slime Rancher, 100 on Owlboy

Pala, you have Copy Kitty down as Cope Kitty, you may want to correct that next time you post the list.

reallocate to:

176 on Talos, 24 on Ori Definitive Edition

All in on Sunless Sea.

Hey I haven't placed any points yet because I wanted to check out all their Steam pages before doing so and wow there are a lot hghfgghhg and the DEADLINE'S ALMOST HERE SO I'M JUST GONNA THROW POINTS OUT THERE.

100 - Slime Rancher
50 - Hyper Light Drifter
50 - The Talos Principle

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Random assortment of recommendations:

Ark: Survival Evolved is probably the only multiplayer crafting/survival sim that actually churns out quality material. It's one part Minecraft, one part DayZ, and three parts Pokemon tamer. The devs keeps adding cool and varied dinos for you to tame and ride and stuff. Little heavy on the hardware, but it's like honest to god a 3D Pokemon MMO in there.

Lethal League is a crazy fun fighter-lite in the vein of Divekick. 2-4 players smack a ball around the screen trying to knock each other out with it, all the while the ball is accelerating. Things quickly devolve into a chaotic blend of button mashing and clutch hits as the speed starts warping reality. Great party game, invokes a lot of excited yelling every time I play.

The Talos Principle potentially my favorite first person puzzler. While not very mechanically innovative (think all the Portal puzzle objects only without a portal gun) the puzzles themselves are all very well designed and in abundance. There's even a series of next tier objectives scattered throughout that reward you for outside-the-box break-the-system thinking. On top of all that is a thoughtful philosophical story about the nature of humanity.

Crypt of the Necrodancer is your standard dungeon delving roguelike except that everything is done to the rhythm of the beat. Movement, attacks, monster powers are all synced to kickass dance music in the background (or import your own if you've refined tastes) requiring you to step in time if you hope to survive. All the monster and boss designs are great and it has honestly one of my favorite soundtracks of 2015.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is one of the stronger walking simulators out there simply because they get the tone so right. You're a detective tasked with discovering the fate of a missing boy, using supernatural deduction abilities to piece together the series of events that led to his disappearance. This game rightfully earns its Lovecraftian tag by invoking the mysterious and maddening without an over-reliance on tentacles or unpronounceable elder gods.

The Wolf Among Us is Telltale's mystery thriller set in the Fables universe (fairy tale creatures are hiding in New York after being exiled from their homeland, pretty great comic series). Play as Bigby Wolf, the fable sheriff, as you follow the trail of a murderer deep into the seedy underbelly of fable-run crime rings. Excellent juxtaposition of fairy-tale characters and classic noir tropes. Certainly augmented by reading the comic series, but not necessary to enjoy the story.

50 from Witness to the Talos Principle. I can always just get Witness for xbone.

Reallocate to:

196 on Talos, that's it

Remove all my points

Clear all bids; 50 each on Slime Rancher and Owlboy

176 on Doom

Changing my bids to:

51 on Fallout
81 on Nuclear Throne
67 on Owlboy
1 on Beyond Good and Evil

Yo, sorry for dropping in late - checked in with Palamedes and this is okay so...

I'd like to drop 100 points on Slime Rancher and another 100 on Owlboy.

In that case, changing my bid again to

200 on Doom

I guess 200 on Doom then and a sound fist-shaking in Akumu's direction

Bidding Tally - Just a Little Late Edition

Alright, here are our top eight:

Slime Rancher: 630 (Crowstone - 200, Kadis - 100, Paranoia - 100, TangledAlmond - 100, Tantusar - 80, Not The Author - 50)
Sunless Sea (x2): 470 (Sanzh - 200, Whimbrel - 150, Vancho1 - 100, Kaynato - 20)
Owlboy: 465 (chimericWilder - 200, Paranoia - 100, Ixcaliber - 65, Not The Author - 50, Schazer - 50)
Doom 2016: 460 (Akumu - 200, Granolaman - 200, Bramzter - 60)
Hyper Light Drifter: 412 (speedchuck - 200, a52 - 132, TangledAlmond - 50, Kaynato - 30)
The Talos Principle: 366 (qwerx3 - 196, Gatr - 50, TangledAlmond - 50, Tantusar - 40, Kaynato - 30)
Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition (x2): 270 (Druplesnubb - 100, Vancho1 - 100, Ixcaliber - 70)

First off, let's start with Slime Rancher. 630 points between six bidders makes it the biggest draw of the first round!

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SpoilerKADIS

Our second biggest draw, Sunless Sea is next.

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SpoilerSANZH

Third up's Owlboy. Who will fly off with this title?

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SpoilerPARANOIA

Fourth Doom is up, with the ever dastardly Granolaman showing up late in the game to try and sweep it away and joined by Akumu. Will one of them succeed?

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SpoilerGRANOLAMAN

Fifth we'll find out who's going to make off with Hyper Light Drifter.

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SpoilerSPEEDCHUCK

Round six is the Talos Principle. Will our big bidder win the puzzle or be left puzzled?

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SpoilerTANTUSAR

Seventh we have Ori and the Blind Forest. This is probably the most even struggle of the first round, with none of the bidders having much of an edge over any other. Who will take it?

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SpoilerIXCALIBER

Finally, Sunless Sea is making giveaway history here - the first time two copies of a game have gone up in a single round!

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SpoilerKAYNATO

Remaining Games:

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SpoilerThe Witness: 235 (Coldblooded - 125, Schazer - 60, Whimbrel - 50)
Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition: 200 (Druplesnubb - 100, Vancho1 - 100)
Beyond Good and Evil: 200 (Robust Laser - 200)
Oxenfree: 200 (icanhasdonut - 200)
Fallout: 150 (Gatr - 150)
Nuclear Throne: 120 (Demonsul - 100, Kaynato - 20)
Tales from the Borderlands: 100 (Bramzter - 100)
TIS-100: 98 (a52 - 68, Kaynato - 30)
I am Setsuna: 85 (Ixcaliber - 65, Kaynato - 20)
Evoland 2: 40 (Tantusar - 40)
Homeworld Remastered Collection: 40 (Bramzter - 40)
Life is Strange: 40 (Tantusar - 40)
Pony Island: 30 (Kaynato - 30)
Copy Kitty: 20 (Kaynato - 20)

AI War + 4DLC & Tidalis
Anomaly Korea
ARK: Survival Evolved
Axiom Verge
Brutal Legend
Castle Crashers
Cave Story+
CONSORTIUM
Contraption Maker
Cook, Serve, Delicious
Crypt of the Necrodancer (x2)
DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale
DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
DROD: The Second Sky
Dishonored
Enter the Gungeon
Environmental Station Alpha
Escape Goat
Escape Goat 2
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Evoland
Galak-Z
Gravity Ghost
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Hearts of Iron III
Hurtworld
Home
Hyperrogue
Infinifactory
INK
Ittle Dew
Ittle Dew 2
La Mulana
Lethal League
Lisa the Complete Edition
Long Live the Queen
Medal of Honor
Mini Metro
Momodora 3
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Monstro: Battle Tactics
Moon Hunters
Mortal Kombat Kollection
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Natural Selection 2
Nihilumbra
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Orcs Must Die! 2 (Complete)
Orcs Must Die! GOTY
Parcel
Pid
POSTAL 2
Reigns
Reus
Rocket League
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic Collection
Sengoku
Shovel Knight
Sinister Stories Bundle
Skulls of the Shogun
Snakebird
Solstice
Space Engineers
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Stikbold
Stronghold Crusader HD
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Teslagrad
The Beginner's Guide
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition
The Wolf Among Us
This War of Mine
Tomb Raider (I, II, III)
Uncanny Valley
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Vermintide
VVVVVV (x2)
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
X-COM UFO Defence
Ys Origin

Remaining Points:

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SpoilerGranolaman, Sanzh, and speedchuck have 50 points.
Paranoia has 100 points.
Ixcaliber has 148 points.
Akumu, chimericWilder, Crowstone, Kadis, and TangledAlmond have 150 points.
qwerx3 has 152 points.
Tantusar has 170 points.
Whimbrel has 175 points.
a52 has 184 points.
Kaynato, Not The Author, and Vancho1 have 200 points.
Bramzter has 220 points.
Gatr and Schazer have 225 points.
Everyone else has 250 points.

I've fixed the spelling mistakes (I think) as well as the fact that both versions of Ori and the Blind Forest are the Definitive Edition (instead of just one).

This round should end in about two days, but might be put off for RL related reasons.

huh thought halved points round up to the nearest multiple of 5

anyway uhh

147 on enter the gungeon i guess pending further decision

75 on The Witness.

50 each on Galak-Z, Pony Island, Ori and the Blind Forest, and I Am Setsuna.

huh thought halved points round up to the nearest multiple of 5

That's my bad! When that rule was initially set up it was so that people who had to divide up their points into multiples of five could avoid getting gross numbers, but it was changed for balance reasons.

50 on Ori and the Blind Forest

20 on Hyperrogue, 20 on Infinifactory, 20 on Cave Story+, and the rest on TIS-100

80 each on The Witness and Nuclear Throne, 20 each on Hyperrogue and Steven's Sausage Roll