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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 22, 2016
why do they keep putting that one up
Posted March 22, 2016
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MaximumBunny: I thought the incentive was for the random freebies in between more than the actual deals themselves? Didn't think it would be people staying up to get summer/winter grade deals. :P

But at least you incentivize it for new buyers and the gifting community since it's clearly not everyone's cuppa.
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seashells: I have not seen a single free game :(
They're doing free games differently this insomnia. You buy 10 and you get one free, then if you buy 9 you get one free, etc. Probably to stop people hammering the servers at every game changeover like happened in the past.

It's a shame, but I prefer missing out on free games to seeing the GOG bear constantly when I genuinely wanted to buy something.
Posted March 22, 2016
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zlep: They're doing free games differently this insomnia.
By not making them free by hiding them behind a paywall, thus ensuring that the users will go to sleep. Huehuehue. Evil. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

They also are hoping that the "saved info token" thing kicks off. This is their way of getting people to adopt a technology they paid to develop and test it on many users within a short time period. "Want the game before time runs out? SAVE YOUR INFO!"
Posted March 22, 2016
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zlep: They're doing free games differently this insomnia.
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MaximumBunny: By not making them free by hiding them behind a paywall, thus ensuring that the users will go to sleep. Huehuehue. Evil. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

They also are hoping that the "saved info token" thing kicks off. This is their way of getting people to adopt a technology they paid to develop and test it on many users within a short time period. "Want the game before time runs out? SAVE YOUR INFO!"
Yes, I have mostly given up on purchasing the game I want the first time through. By the time I see if I might like it the game moves to the next game. So I write the game down for the next time through. The one I'm looking for is Van Helsing. I usually am not into horrors but found this to be an action-RPG in the mold of Diablo. Of course it was sold out within a minute. Next time through...
Posted March 22, 2016
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drinnen: So can someone explain why I get an explain with xx% off a bunch of games and come here and check my wishlist and find nothing on sale including half the game in the email? Did I just get cockteased?
It's a flash sale -- the "explain" (e-mail? =P ) you received mentioned games that are in the roster of games that will appear (multiple times) during the sale. The sale format is definitely not for everyone, but the games should repeat often enough that you should be able to snag at least one or two of your wishlisted games that were mentioned in that mail -- at least if you've got an hour or three to check the front page intermittently. Otherwise, just wait for a different sale (the last couple summer sales have been pretty leisurely-paced, and far less time-sensitive).
Posted March 22, 2016
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CatintheHeat: Yes, I have mostly given up on purchasing the game I want the first time through. By the time I see if I might like it the game moves to the next game. So I write the game down for the next time through. The one I'm looking for is Van Helsing. I usually am not into horrors but found this to be an action-RPG in the mold of Diablo. Of course it was sold out within a minute. Next time through...
I've seen both the VanHelsing 1&2 combo pack and Van Helsing 3 on here.

As for deciding - you're doing it wrong. You click 'Buy Now', but then chicken out on the confirm page. Then you go to your order history. You'll see that the game is waiting (up to two hours, I believe) for you to decide that you want to purchase it.

Back in the In the 2nd insomnia sale, that's how you got freebies, was by clicking the 'buy now', and they'd tell you you had a 'swing and a miss' (I guess you'd not purchased enough), or you had a FREE checkout now button.

In the first insomnia sale (The Wrath of Keane), there'd be 10 or so in between every 2nd to 5th game, which just generally didn't work - most people never saw them (myself included). But we had some great images of the GOG-bear.

For this sale, it appears they're just gifting freebies if you hit 10 purchases. I'm told with bundled games, each game counts as a purchases, however DLC and premium editions do not. That may have been fixed since that was initially put out. Also, I heard that someone loaded his 'cart' early in the sale with stuff he didn't buy and was gifted Witcher 3. That's also been fixed I'm told.

edit: formatting, spelling, grammar and fixed Harvard commas.
Post edited March 22, 2016 by PincushionMan
Posted March 22, 2016
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MaximumBunny: By not making them free by hiding them behind a paywall, thus ensuring that the users will go to sleep. Huehuehue. Evil. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

They also are hoping that the "saved info token" thing kicks off. This is their way of getting people to adopt a technology they paid to develop and test it on many users within a short time period. "Want the game before time runs out? SAVE YOUR INFO!"
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CatintheHeat: Yes, I have mostly given up on purchasing the game I want the first time through. By the time I see if I might like it the game moves to the next game. So I write the game down for the next time through. The one I'm looking for is Van Helsing. I usually am not into horrors but found this to be an action-RPG in the mold of Diablo. Of course it was sold out within a minute. Next time through...
I wouldn't recommend Van Helsing. They are very buggy and the developer doesn't seem too concerned with their GOG customers. If you're dead set on buying one just get the first one. They get progressively worse.

If you want a good ARPG I'd suggest Victor Vran or Grim Dawn. I found those far superior to Van Helsing.
Posted March 22, 2016
I go to bed seeing Divinity Original Sin on sale, I wake up to the same game again... did I miss anything at all in the last 8 hours?
Posted March 22, 2016
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ReynardFox: I go to bed seeing Divinity Original Sin on sale, I wake up to the same game again... did I miss anything at all in the last 8 hours?
Just a few fires and a ninja attack. :P
Posted March 22, 2016
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ReynardFox: I go to bed seeing Divinity Original Sin on sale, I wake up to the same game again... did I miss anything at all in the last 8 hours?
All three Witcher games. Saint's row 2/3. And a bunch of crap.
Posted March 22, 2016
Mini keaning
Posted March 22, 2016
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Southpawe: All three Witcher games. Saint's row 2/3. And a bunch of crap.
Well, technically Recettear is not crap. It is unusual. I'm partial to the dungeon crawl sequences, as they remind me greatly of Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger. There is a lot of enemy recycling, and some farming, but you generally don't need farm unless you want to (or you are early into the game - you cannot sell anything in an empty store).
Posted March 22, 2016
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Southpawe: All three Witcher games. Saint's row 2/3. And a bunch of crap.
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PincushionMan: Well, technically Recettear is not crap. It is unusual. I'm partial to the dungeon crawl sequences, as they remind me greatly of Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger. There is a lot of enemy recycling, and some farming, but you generally don't need farm unless you want to (or you are early into the game - you cannot sell anything in an empty store).
Well I'm kinda partial to 3D third-person games because I grew up playing Crash Bandicoot and Spyro.
Posted March 22, 2016
Windows users (and also of NET 4+), feel free to utilize OnTopReplica. It's a handy little app that displays the thumbnail of the desired page, in a fully opaque or mostly transparent overlay to your desktop. Trick is not to minimize the Window you're scraping off of, otherwise it just freezes with the last item that was painted. Rumor has it that this works well with videos, so if you have some football matches you don't want to miss, but you want to continue the sleepy sheep sale, there you go.

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Southpawe: Well I'm kinda partial to 3D third-person games because I grew up playing Crash Bandicoot and Spyro.
I know I've logged over fifty hours in it, maybe closer to 75, and I'm still not completely finished with the dungeons. This was playing keyboard only. I'm interested to see how it plays with an Xbox for Windows controller. It is supposed to have support for that.
Post edited March 22, 2016 by PincushionMan
Posted March 22, 2016
I keep looking at that "buy 9 more to unlock a free game" thing and keep hoping there's more to this sale than droning repetition...
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