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???

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    195·
    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
      222·
      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.

  • vind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    I’ve never had any issues with Humble, CDKeys and Kinguin.

    • ekZepp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Kinguin for example is one of those site i would like to hear more opinion and experience about. I’ve read different opinins on the old Redead social before. It seems a 3 to 1 situation there. I even buyed a small indi there using PayPal and so far I had no issues. Any experience about this site???

      • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        It’s one of the grey market sites afaik. I used it a few times for digital versions of games I own, some overpriced DLCs and oldies, which rarely goes on sale.

        I know it’s not ideal and they might have some questionable stuff there, but user experience-wise I had no issues with the site so far.

        • ekZepp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          So basically a bet. Better for cheap indi and old stuff. As I though. There shouldn’t be security issue paying with PayPal right?

      • caut_R@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I‘ve bought a good amount of games there and personally never had any issues.

  • 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.