the 30 day thing is an eu regulation. they arent doing this from their heart.
They should do a limited trial. Maybe just start with factorio?
Already mentioned but I’ll second https://isthereanydeal.com/ as existing.
That said, Valve has a fairly generous refund policy and the real kicker would be if Valve would automatically give you the better deal if the price drops within the refund window, backed up by such a feature. I heard them doing that before but it was only special cases, iirc, and the period is only 14 days but still.
At the cart window before paying, there can be a notice if the game is available for cheaper price in a bundle in example. There were a few such cases in the past, which saved me a few Euros. I don’t know if any of the other store fronts on PC does that, let alone on console.
Firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/steam-database/
Shows information directly on every page for game. I customized the settings and for me the most relevant information displayed are the lowest recorded price and how many players the game has.
Link to the same extension for anyone running a Chromium-based browser: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/steamdb/kdbmhfkmnlmbkgbabkdealhhbfhlmmon
It’s a really good extension, but I’m also not going to complain if Valve wants to implement that sort of information directly either. More easily-accessible data to aid an informed purchase is never a bad thing.
Up to two years of price history here:
They also have a browser extension to put some additional info right on the steam store pages.
Not the entire price history, but it will show the lowest ever price, and the last time it happened. Even if Valve puts a 30-day history on the page, this would still be useful to know if a game ever gets discounts deeper than whatever it had most recently.
Is it only two years? I feel like I’ve seen more. I always consult it before buying any game. Feeds my sales addiction.
… obviously. They run the platform. They could do lots of things.
feel like valve is retaliating against the gaming industry for its bad behavior recently
