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Posted March 21, 2016
Limited-quantity deals round-the-clock | Tired-looking sheep.



UPDATE: Time to go to bed, everyone! It's been a fun, intense, coffee-fueled week but the sheep has finally saled on this Insomnia sale so everyone can now get their (hardly needed) beauty sleep. Or go try out those fine-looking games they snagged moments before stocks disappeared. So long and don't let the bedbugs bite. Slay them for precious XP, instead.
Remember to check your email for your unlocked freebies, and you can always contact <span class="bold">Support</span> if there is anthing you're missing.



Don't fall asleep, don't look away… heck, just give up blinking.
Prepare yourselves a cauldron of hot coffee and stock up on eyedrops! Our infamous Insomnia Sale returns with a relentless stream of limited-quantity deals, one game after the other, nonstop until the games run out. Or the sheep doze off.

We've been studying your valuable feedback on this annual event, including comments like "AAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!!" and "Please, why won't you let me sleep?!". We took them to heart and decided that what you guys are saying is that you need more gaming stimulants to fight away sleepiness. Worry not, we're here to help.

You lucky Insomniacs will also be treated to a number of games never before seen on GOG.com as well as the best-ever deal on our crowning jewel - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (-50% after the recent price drop, that's $24.99 in the USA).


If you want to learn more about the intricacies behind this whole science of non-sleep, check out the promo <span class="bold">FAQ</span>. But don't dally there too long, because games will start disappearing before your bloodshot eyes!

The GOG.com Insomnia Sale starts Monday, March 21, 2:00 PM GMT and will run until the limited-quantity deals run out.

While counting sheep and game deals, make sure to also drop by our <span class="bold">imgur</span> page and grab your Insomnia wallpapers.

Twitch Insomnia Marathon

We won't let you fall asleep while you're waiting for your favorite game to go on sale! Tune in at any time of day or night to twitch.tv/GOGcom for the best games being played by our mighty team of streamers, joined by special guests. 20 streamers. 100 hours of gameplay. Lots of empty coffee mugs.
Post edited March 26, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted March 24, 2016
The post says that the Insomnia sale will last till all the copies run out. And the FAQ says that the number of freebies is limited and ''might'' run out.

But isn't kinda given that the freebies will definitely run out unless you assume that most people only buy very few games?

Well, the freebees running out before day 3 is over is kinda eh.
Posted March 24, 2016
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IDPLAY: The post says that the Insomnia sale will last till all the copies run out. And the FAQ says that the number of freebies is limited and ''might'' run out.

But isn't kinda given that the freebies will definitely run out unless you assume that most people only buy very few games?

Well, the freebees running out before day 3 is over is kinda eh.
They should go for plan B, offer No Man's Sky! ;-)
Posted March 24, 2016
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Habanerose: Try contacting Support about it. Maybe they can work something out.
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jseeley150: Hope so. I contacted support two hours ago after my "few hours" elapsed and haven't heard back.
Guess it's because it's after midnight in Poland now, so unlikely much of their staff is still around.

Guess you might have to wait until tomorrow to hear back from them...
Posted March 24, 2016
And since gog didn't make it painfully obvious, please do click the "learn more" buttons. I haven't checked to see if they also email the codes, but i got my redeem codes from there (since i didn't quite understand how on earth it worked, i couldn't figure out if they just auto added it or gave you a code at first).
Posted March 24, 2016
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flammenbringer: Come on guys, aren't the dicounts "freebie" enough? Fairly new games that have an 80% discount?!
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Fogamer: Nobody would have complained if they hadn't advertised it. Promising free stuff although they know they are already out (well, their database knows, at least) is nothing but betrayal.

It's not about losing a free gift worth just some bucks... you're absolutely right, compared to what we saved during the sale it's neglectable. But it's about GOG making false promises and breaking our trust.
Well, I understood the "till the games run out" for the freebies as well. So I don't feel betrayed. Guess there are some advantages to not being a native speaker... ;)
Posted March 24, 2016
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jseeley150: Hope so. I contacted support two hours ago after my "few hours" elapsed and haven't heard back.
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Habanerose: Guess it's because it's after midnight in Poland now, so unlikely much of their staff is still around.

Guess you might have to wait until tomorrow to hear back from them...
If I'm not allowed to sleep in an insomnia sale, neither are they. :) (just kidding)
Posted March 24, 2016
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kohlrak: The whole freebie sale had a weird setup. Seemed fairly glitchy, but i didn't want to say anything if i was wrong. I had like 3 games to go, bought 1 (wasn't a bundle) and got a freebie. My second freebie came with like 5 to go. Moreover, the "to go counts" were supposed to drop with each successive freebie (10, 8, 5), but after my second freebie, the counter went to 8.

I will say, it's entertaining to watch people's choices. Favorite thing to watch was hunnypop where no one clicked it for a minute or two, but as soon as 1 did, like 5 or 10 seconds later it was gulped up. I'd love to see stats on how long certain games took to sell (divided by the totals that is since some games had higher totals than others).
Actually 8 is the correct number...
Was supposed to be 10,9,8,7,6,5 then 5 until the end.
Posted March 24, 2016
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Fogamer: Well, for me there is no "Check Progress" button. When I reached 10 games, the counter went back to 9 and that's it.
Clicking on "more info" just shows a lock symbol under the counter, no button.

Either it's some technical glitch (hope so), or some serious rip-off by GOG... if they are really already "out of freebies", but still claiming that I can get one if I continue buying, that would by HIGHLY immoral (and probably even illegal in most parts of the world).
It is labeled "Learn More", not "Check Progress".

In any event, looks like the message has changed. No more freebies for buying certain amounts of games.
Posted March 24, 2016
I'm playing Never Alone right now... it's a really artistic game and less movie-like than I thought.
Posted March 24, 2016
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kohlrak: And since gog didn't make it painfully obvious, please do click the "learn more" buttons. I haven't checked to see if they also email the codes, but i got my redeem codes from there (since i didn't quite understand how on earth it worked, i couldn't figure out if they just auto added it or gave you a code at first).
Yeah, my first redeem code shows up there, but my second one that should have shown up almost 5 hours ago hasn't. And for a very short time it showed I had 3 to go for my third, but was acting as if it would be my second.
Posted March 24, 2016
It seems like a joke to me, since I bought Wolf among us, and the message I now get is "Oh no, our stock of freebies just got wolfed down."
Posted March 24, 2016
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kohlrak: And since gog didn't make it painfully obvious, please do click the "learn more" buttons. I haven't checked to see if they also email the codes, but i got my redeem codes from there (since i didn't quite understand how on earth it worked, i couldn't figure out if they just auto added it or gave you a code at first).
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jseeley150: Yeah, my first redeem code shows up there, but my second one that should have shown up almost 5 hours ago hasn't. And for a very short time it showed I had 3 to go for my third, but was acting as if it would be my second.
Yeah, i had a similar problem, except in the opposite direction. I'm guessing in the fact that the deals weren't limited to their number (if you clicked it, the counter wouldn't go down, but you were allowed to keep that deal even if someone took the last one while you were in the transaction process), somehow the numbers would end up getting lost. Very clearly some technical errors going on, but you likely won't see anyone (other than me) who won out of the error saying anything, since we won and we don't want to drag attention to ourselves.
Posted March 24, 2016
I'm going to have to settle for that age-old free game, I suppose:

"Punching my monitor in frustration"
Posted March 24, 2016
Meh, this whole limited amount thing and "get a freebie after 10 games" is just to get you to buy more and faster without giving you time to think anyways. There's probably a few games I would have left for later if I wasn't trying to get to 10. Good tactics on their behalf but with the freebies gone I kinda feel cheated...
Posted March 24, 2016
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yogsloth: I'm going to have to settle for that age-old free game, I suppose:

"Punching my monitor in frustration"
I only played that one once, and it was the most expensive game I ever played. I try very hard to avoid playing it nowadays.
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