Apple Launches Sale on Mac App Store Games

[MacRumors]

Several popular Mac App Store games are on sale for the next week, with discounts of up to 75 percent off available. Valheim, Death Stranding Director's Cut, and Inscryption are all half price, with several other titles also on sale at even lower prices.

• Valheim - $9.99, down from $19.99
• Death Stranding Director's Cut - $19.99, down from $39.99
• Inscryption - $9.99, down from $19.99
• Lies of P - $41.99, down from $59.99
• Resident Evil Village - $15.99, down from $39.99
• Return to Monkey Island - $12.99, down from $24.99
• Disney Dreamlight Valley - $29.99, down from $39.99
• GRIS - $2.99, down from $9.99
• SnowRunner - $14.99, down from $29.99
• Inside - $9.99, down from $19.99
• Disco Elysium: The Final Cut - $9.99, down from $39.99
• LUNA The Shadow Dust - $9.99, down from $14.99
• Transport Fever 2 - $17.99, down from $35.99

The discounted games can be purchased from the Mac App Store by following this link for story about the sale.

The Mac App Store sale will last from June 20 to June 27.

Article Link: Apple Launches Sale on Mac App Store Games

 

[Think|Different]

Whoa, some seriously good options. A lot of universal ones, too.

 

[swingerofbirch]

I've seen people stream Snowrunner. Very relaxing game to watch. Wonder how it would run on my MBP M1 Pro. I might check it out.

 

[JippaLippa]

Inside and Gris are so delightful.
Played both on Steam with my old pc, but I'd be curious to see how they play on my mac studio.

 

[aquaman1992]

I've seen people stream Snowrunner. Very relaxing game to watch. Wonder how it would run on my MBP M1 Pro. I might check it out.

I've played it on my M2 Pro without any issues. Sure there is a slight spec pump vs M1 pro but honestly I don't even hear the fans kick on. Also, it is a relaxing game to play with great visuals and different terrain.

 

[tennisproha]

Isn’t Gris part of Apple Arcade?

 

[trusso]

With developer permission, I hope. Though Apple should forego their 30% cut for such sales anyway.

 

[maruyama]

Disco Elysium.

If you like your games with exquisite writing, complex characters, a unique sense of world building, and have never played it, you owe it to yourself to check it out. The game literally has the depth of a well-written novel.

 

[JordanCautious]

I literally bought Valheim the moment I saw it was available the day of WWDC. Best $10 I have ever spent. Can't believe they still don't have Grid Legends on sale yet.

 

[5097842]

I’d like to get No Man’s Sky on Mac. Website says it’s coming to Mac App Store, but not yet. Would be great to get on sale! (I know it’s on Steam but do not like using it).

 

[Capeto]

Excited to play Death Stranding and Disco Elysium. Wish the RE4 remake was on sale!

 

[progx]

With developer permission, I hope. Though Apple should forego their 30% cut for such sales anyway.

Should Valve do the same thing during their sales too?

 

[The_Gream]

Should Valve do the same thing during their sales too?

Generally, at least in brick and mortar stores, there tends to be kick backs from the vendors when stores put things on sale. Don’t quote me, but I would assume Valve does do something, as a lot of sales are events they sponsor. Best way to make a successful event is to have quality products and you get that by providing benefits that attract vendors/devs.

Then again: as some games (Factorio) never go on sale, there seems to be a requirement for dev to allow discounts on their games.

 

[LedRush]

Isn’t Gris part of Apple Arcade?

I just checked: yes, it’s in as gris+.

 

[btrach144]

Did anyone else find Death Stranding too dark?

 

[fi1on]

I've seen people stream Snowrunner. Very relaxing game to watch. Wonder how it would run on my MBP M1 Pro. I might check it out.

I have 2020 m1 air and snowrunner works just fine. It’s not a demanding game

 

[svish]

Good to see discount on some of the games.

 

[SkweeBop]

Highly recommend Gris. Gorgeous and challenging game.

 

[mrnoark]

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[JohnRckr]

I really hope that Baldurs Gate 3 will appear on App Store too

 

[iHorseHead]

Should Valve do the same thing during their sales too?

Valve's games are a lot cheaper. I got CIV VI for 0,25€ from Steam, while in the Mac App Store it's 75€

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

I've seen people stream Snowrunner. Very relaxing game to watch. Wonder how it would run on my MBP M1 Pro. I might check it out.

These games are optimized for Apple Silicon and should, in theory, run very well on even the lowest end M1s found in entry-level M1 MBAs and M1 iPads Air.

 

[Shirasaki]

Valve's games are a lot cheaper. I got CIV VI for 0,25€ from Steam, while in the Mac App Store it's 75€

Dirt cheap vs full price. Absolutely no brainer. I’d not bother about Mac App Store at all if steam works better on macOS with Apple silicon.

 

[Shirasaki]

What I’m more curious about is how often such sale goes on Mac App Store? iirc it is not very often.

 

[jayryco]

What I’m more curious about is how often such sale goes on Mac App Store? iirc it is not very often.

This App Store sale is only in reply to the steam sale currently on - the MacOS versions of the games SHOULD be available there too, it is incredibly frustrating that our game library's are forced to be fragmented in such a silly way.

I understand the need for multiple game storefronts such as epic and steam and others but the App Store has ZERO community features and makes owning games there feel terribly lonely and pointless - the Mac versions should be made available on an actual GAME STOREFRONT, not the general purpose App Store or at the very least put the games on both so consumer have an damn choice of where we want to buy our games.