What are your go to places to buy games? I usually buy games on gog, humble and steam, but I did try other market like Fanatical, but even though I didn't have bad experience, I'm wary of any site that isn't humble, gog or steam.

My basement.

A bomb shelter.

A Miami Marlins game.


Or did you mean safe places to buy games from?

GOG, Humble, Steam, Gamersgate, Fanatical, and Green Man Gaming are all sites I've used. Not much on GMG for several months now, and hardly anything from Gamersgate anymore either. There's also itchio for DRM free games, but I've not bought from there myself yet.

Other than that, I've bought some from Amazon (but they were generally Steam or Origin codes) and a few games directly from developer websites. If you count Kickstarter and Fig, I've used those sites to back games as well (but they've generally been given out as Steam or GOG keys).

Yes, I did. My poor English. My poor brain. :P

KB Toys and Babbage's always has a good selection. Hey, can I bum a ride to the mall?

GOG, Humble, zoom-platform, fireflowergames and itch.io in that order (well, apart from the freebies. There itch leads :-) )

Oh, Bundlestars is another place I've bought some games.

*sigh* Getting too old: Bundlestars is Fanatical now...

I bought many games from Amazon and Gamersgate in the past. Both were safe to use.

You can always buy direct from developers/publishers too if they have it, and download from their internet site.

And you can always buy boxed games if possible :). Depending where you live and what you may be able to get, there's quite a few boxed games that go for real cheap and can have pretty good deals on them.

And the world weeps because of it. :D

I like a good mall, and good thrift store, and a good flea market. I'm a natural scrounger.


There was a mall when I was growing up (long since torn down) that had 1 dollar movies anytime the mall was open, AND an arcade. I sorely miss it.

Apart from those already mentioned, there's (depending on what you want) https://www.aliexpress.com. They have REALLY cheap consoles with several hundreds of games in 1 box.

They refund your money instantly if you don't receive your item.

An example - NES box with 89 games for 4.34USD:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Fornorm-8-Bit-Mini-Video-Game-Console-Players-Built-In-89-Classic-Games-Support-TV-Output/32858069607.html

Or this GameBoy with 129 games:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Coolbaby-Retro-Mini-Handheld-Game-Player-Built-in-129-Classic-games-for-Portable-Children-s-Video/32849722321.html

Probably not what you were looking for :-P

EDIT: Forgot this one as well - Classic Tetris console for only 1.79USD. Bound to give you hours of joy (or your children)!:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ultra-small-mini-Tetris-Children-handheld-game-console-Portable-LCD-Players-Children-Toy-Educational-Electronic-Toys/32846325694.html

There is only GOG, for me.

Ditto.

But seeing where you're from, you can also try Tisak Media and MenArt ;)

I've heard relatively good things about itch.io, though I haven't tried it yet myself. It's a store to consider, especially if you're into indie games.

Not saying that there isn't a place for them but you do realize that those are knockoffs and pirated versions, right?