

Tangentially related but I was browsing the list of Steam curators and I was surprised by how many of them are dedicated to discouraging people from buying games from specific countries.
Big fan of SBC gaming, open source engine recreations/source ports, gaming in general, alternative operating systems, and all things modding.
Trying to post and comment often in an effort to add to Lemmy’s growth.
Tangentially related but I was browsing the list of Steam curators and I was surprised by how many of them are dedicated to discouraging people from buying games from specific countries.
That’s how I ended up with so many games in my backlog
Are you looking for a percentage amount or a dollar amount? Which would seem more appealing?
I thought your post said games for a second there and was excited to hear about synthwave games
I think it’s going to get more and more challenging due to how many games are focused on online play. If co-op or multiplayer servers are shutdown a lot of the time it comes down to fans to recreate them.
I’d highly recommend checking out this PCGamingWiki page about GameSpy server replacements if you are into that kind of thing.
Even with these mods you still run into the issue of needing either players or bots and whether or not to archive all game altering updates.
I would say MagiPacks might be an even better example primarily because they deal with older games. They also operate along the GOG logic of ensuring games run on modern operating systems but they do it by bundling in commonly used fan patches.
I wonder if they will ever release a definitive edition of The Sims 3 or 4. Even with a 90% discount the number of DLCs keep complete versions of the game rather expensive.