What have you bought so far this year...?

As a New Years Resolution, I was supposed to spend less money on games this year. In 2024, I spent around $450 on games, so I resolved to mostly play what was in my library this year, but so far, that hasn't panned out. It seems that a few of us are struggling, but I felt like it deserved a thread of its own and I was curious to see if I could collect all my data from various places I purchase games and see what I've bought and what I spent, starting in January:

January
  • Untitled Goose Game (This was for my kids)
  • Aliens: Dark Descent
  • Outward Definitive Edition (Haven't even played this)
Total: -$18.66

February

  • 3DMark
  • Postal 2 (Not played)
  • Postal 2: Paradise Lost (Not played)
  • Ropuka's Idle Island
  • Omikron: The Nomad Soul (Not played)
Total: -$34.67

March

  • Blood West
Total : -$46.33

April

  • Schedule I (Refunded)
  • R.E.P.O.
  • Erenshor (Not played)
  • Wings of Prey: Special Edition (Not played)
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  • Tempest Rising Deluxe Edition
Total: -$184.16 (Big month here. I sold my old computer and told myself when I did so, I could buy KCD2. But Tempest Rising wasn't cheap ($40) either)

May

  • Panzer Corps 2 (Not played)
Total: -$200.16

June

  • Arma 3
  • Arma 3 Apex
  • Arma 3 DLC - Spearhead 1944 (Honestly, I dislike all these. I only bought them to play with friends)
  • Cubic Odyssey (Refunded)
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Not played)
Total: -$233.54

July

  • Blasphemous (barely played)
  • Lossless Scaling (An upgrade for the Steam Deck)
  • Death Stranding: Directors Cut (Wish I hadn't. Had the base version on Epic for free, but thought I might play it and I wanted all the content. But I don't care for it all that much)
Total: -$256.17

August

  • Vomitoreum
  • Subnautica: Below Zero (Not played, but my kids have already played a ton)
  • Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
  • The Cat Lady (Not played)
  • Broodstar (Already owned on Steam)
  • Crusader: No Remorse
  • Crusader: No Regret
  • Robocop (not played)
Total: -$310.85

Well, there we have it. I'm pretty much on track to keep up with my yearly spend of about $400, given we still have 3 or so months to go in the year. I'm a little disappointed I didn't stick with my resolution, but ultimately not too sad I've spent the money that I did. I feel like I've gotten a lot of fun from what I did buy, with only a few stinkers in there that I don't care too much about. And to my credit, most of the stuff I've bought has generally been pretty cheap, with KCD2 being the most expensive one at $64 for the Deluxe Edition and the next highest being Tempest Rising at only $39.99.

How have the rest of you done? Did you have a resolution to spend less? Play less? Do you feel defeated or generally content with what you've bought?
 
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I didn't have any resolution, but I am impressed with my spending so far because I didn't spend much. Maybe my work schedule this year contributed to it since I have little spare time.
But you have a decent budget and have spent wisely. Based on your monthly spending, I guess you wouldn't exceed your budget by the end of the year.
 
no dates unfortunately, but here is the current games that i got this year (purchased or for free). Normally i announce at the end of the year, but hey why not:

namecost
Inkulinati£ 0.93
Jagged alliance 3£ 8.99
Against the Storm£ -
beneath oresa£ -
blashphamus 2£ -
Fort Solis£ -
boxes£ -
Dordogne£ -
The Pegasus Expedition£ -
escape from Mystwood mansion£ 0.79
fight knight£ 1.85
stellar mess£ -
judgement£ 8.99
Lost judgement£ 20.99
like a dragon Legendary hero edition£ -
Aliens: Dark Descent£ 3.78
ENA: Dream BBQ£ -
palm cracker£ -
like a dragon: ishin£ 13.89
trepang£ -
the mr rabbit magic show£ -
empty shell£ 4.99
Dandy ace£ -
Defence grid 2£ -
army of ruin£ -
paint the town red£ -
furi: demake£ -
Mouthhole£ -
Resident evil Villiage£ 10.79
Hellslave£ -
conscript£ 1.82
boltgun£ -
tales of monkey island£ 0.49
Wasteland 3£ 2.99
Another Crab's Treasure£ 6.99
SKALD: Against the Black Priory£ 4.99
armoured core 6£ 18.99
paradox soul£ -
robocop£ 3.37
system shock£ 5.45
voin£ 5.59
ampers@t£ -
mindscanners£ 0.69
fantasy general 2£ -
field of glory 2£ -
battlestar galatica£ -
classified: france 44'£ 1.99
total war: warhammer trilogy£ 14.39
curyeux£ -
lots of cars on an adventure£ -
ruby and the lost crystals£ -
intravenous 2£ 3.80
guntouchables£ -
summer in mara£ -
Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game£ -
dungeons of hinterberg£ 0.79
pacific drive: duluxe edition£ 5.79
 
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Tower Tactics: Liberation 6,49€
Blasphemous 6,24€
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 9,99€
Shardpunk 13,79€
Shogun Showdown14,99€
Mordheim: City of the Damned1,99€
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 13,99€
Mouthwashing + The First Berserker: Khazan 56,94€
The Alters 31,49€
Wattam 4,62€
Catherine Classic 4,99€
Pathologic 2 6,79€
RoboCop: Rogue City+Book of Hours 24,69€
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 6,71€
Anno 1800 5,99€
Umurangi Generation 1,24€
Songs of Conquest Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition 20,10€
HITMAN World of Assassination Part One 8,99€
Spirit of the North 1,67€
Age of Darkness: Final Stand 9,44€
Gears 5+Mechabellum 20,24€

€271,38 ($315)

I kind of try to not buy too much and play things already in my library, but sometimes I need to try a few things to find something thats right for that moment, and if something on my wishlist is on sale for less than €10 I 'll often grab it anyway.

€33 a month, its fine. Ive never felt bad about spending designated fun money on games.
 

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Elden Ring
FF7 Rebirth (10% off because I bought it so EARLY!)
Talos Principle 2
Dragon's Dogma 2
Skin Deep

And some soundtracks and minor DLC. Two of the 4 games have been finished, one is playing now, and two are pending. (Skin Deep is a short one that should take a week or less.)
 
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