We show you the best options to buy cheaply and digitally in all formats right now
In these difficult days when more than ever we need entertainment and keep our heads busy, the video game is one of the options available to do so. Whether you have a computer powerful enough to play or any of the current consoles, there are options to play for free, or at a low price on all of them. As the offers change from day to day and week to week, and the range of options can be very extensive, we have narrowed the search to games of € 5 less, of a certain quality, in Spanish and with a sufficiently long discount period to not having to decide on the spot (of course, all downloadable games to download from home).
Offers of € 5 or less on PC
The compatible is always the best option to find digital offers thanks to digital stores, with Steam in the lead by variety and quantity of offer. We review some highlights:
Soma (€ 2.79): An outstanding horror and science fiction game, valued at 8.2 on Meristation that stands out for its deep history of what it means to be human and the price we pay for giving up on it. It will be on sale with an important 90% discount until March 20 (special consideration also deserves the pack with all the Penumbra horror games: the two Amnesia and the same Soma, all three for € 5.81).
Islanders (€ 2.49): The builder genre (to which games such as Sim City, Pharaon or Cities: Skylines belong) are ideal games to spend long hours building your towns and cities, watching them grow and taking them to new goals. Islanders is a minimalist but complete title, easy to understand, with a relaxed aesthetic and that can work on virtually any computer. It will also be on sale until March 20.
Kopanito All-Stars Soccer (€ 0.99): Not all soccer games have to be FIFA or PES. Kopanito is a solid soccer game, quite arcade and therefore easy to handle, but very fun and direct, in addition to having local multiplayer (up to 5 players with four controls and keyboard, appropriate for these days) and online multiplayer, in addition to work in modest teams too. It will be on sale until March 26.
Kopanito is a good and fun option for soccer lovers
F1 2012 (€ 4.99): It can be thought that recommending an official game from the 2012 edition, and therefore outdated, doesn't make much sense. But first of all, what it's all about is having quality and cheap games to entertain ourselves with and F1 2012 meets the requirements. It is an especially good installment within the saga, which does not go out of style, meets all levels and will give us many hours of entertainment in the absence of official competition. It will be on sale until March 19.
These are some of the many recommendations that exist, through a filter like this that we link here, you can develop your own searches for sale games, updated day by day.
Other than Steam, there are other options available on PC. GOG also offers the ability to filter by price, language and other features. Using this link you can access their updated offer with games translated into Spanish for five euros or less, including titles that are very worthwhile like Downwell or Reigns (we will also find demos and free games in this section, in case we want to try the service without putting money).
And as a last recommendation on computer, there is the option of Humble Bundle, which offers variable game packs depending on what you pay. Right now there is an offer of car games for which you can take WRC 7, MXGP and MotoGP 15 for € 1, very tempting – although if you are interested in car games, we encourage you to raise the price to € 7.71 to Take Project Cars, Road Redemption and Dirt 4, games of extraordinary quality that will keep you entertained for many hours.
Offers of € 5 or less on PS4
If you have a PS4, you have options to download free games, or to pay a subscription to have a selection of games of increasing quality each month (although they will only be available while you pay the monthly fee). But in addition to that, the Playstation digital store (accessible from the browser or the console itself) has an updated category of games and offers below € 5.
Need for Speed: Rivals will be on sale for a few days on PS4
As of today, among the featured offers we find Little Nightamares (€ 4.99), a remarkable and emotional adventure of platforms for adults with a sinister setting; Need for Speed: Rivals (€ 4.99), a spectacular driving game with a Metacritic rating of 80; or Rogue Legacy (€ 3.99), a fun procedural action platform that can give us fun for dozens of hours. If we have more than one controller, Pac-Man 256 (€ 2.99) offers a fantastic reinvention of the classic ice cream for the whole family. All these offers will be valid from March 19.
Deals of € 5 or less on Switch
The Nintendo Switch digital store (accessible from the console or via the web) also has a considerable selection of offers and the filters available to make your search fruitful (again, we offer it here with the search criteria indicated at the beginning). Among the options available right now, we could highlight the fun game of ships Dimension Drive (€ 1.94), the exciting Old Man's Journey, with which we can reflect on our elders at this difficult time; or the great pack made up of Bleed and Bleed 2, two modest but high-quality games that lovers of simple action will like and that also includes local cooperative multiplayer for two players (in addition to being on sale until April 4) .
Deals of € 5 or less on Xbox One
The Microsoft console is the one with the least individual options to buy single games on sale. But, in exchange, it has what is possibly one of the best Netflix-type virtual bookstore offers on the market thanks to the Xbox Game Pass, a system through which you access more than 100 games without limitations, including some of the latest more powerful releases, in addition to including Xbox Gold Live, the service through which you can play online with the console and access a growing library of free games that are added every month. The subscription price is € 12.99 per month for the Ultimate version, but the offer is active for which the first month only costs € 1, which can be a real life saver for these days, although later you do not want to continue paying (Also available for PC users, at a lower price of € 3.99 the first year).
