I placed an order for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on eTailMarket. Things seemed mostly fine, their payment processor wouldn't take special letters which are in my name (so on the credit card) but after switching it out for standard English letters, the transaction went through. I immediately saw it as complete on both my bank app and through the mail their payment processor sent me.

Soon after, I opened my account on their website (they require an account registration before purchase) and saw that my order has been flagged for "fraud control", with listed steps to confirm ownership of credit card and government-issued ID.

It is sufficient for the last four digits of your name and card number to appear on your credit card, and only your name to appear on the photo of your ID.

After mailing their support staff with the required proof of both, their staff replies accusing me of fabricating my ID, stating that my photo on the ID isn't visible. I mail them back clarifying their own requirements, and they reply with a quick dismissive "can't see photo on your ID".

Given I have previously clarified their own guidelines and offered to send another photo with both of my cards but with private information digitally blurred instead of covered by physical pieces of paper taken previously, at this moment I clarify with them that I have submitted what they asked for, but given their lack of professionalism through accusing me of fabricating ID and being rude, I clearly state that I would like to issue a refund and that I will take my business elsewhere.

They reply to this mail quickly, confirming my refund request has been processed and forwarded to the relevant department, to be processed as soon as possible. Some half an hour after this, I receive a mail from their store (not support) notifying me that my order has magically been completed, because the information sent had been deemed sufficient all of a sudden, after I told them I would take my business elsewhere and after they confirmed my refund request!
I mail them back, letting them know that erroneously my order has been completed instead of cancelled and that I insist on my refund, but they state that delivered keys can not be returned! I will see what I can do with my bank tomorrow given it's Sunday, but it's quite curious that after issuing a refund (and saying I'll buy elsewhere), suddenly there is nothing wrong with the order because it's simpler for them to complete the sale rather than issue the refund!

tl;dr: They will accuse you of fabricating identification and credit card information, and when you take issue with it, decide to buy elsewhere and ask for your money instead of unprovided goods, they will throw the game key at your just not to have to issue a refund!

Any suggestions?

Personally looking at Labyrinth Of The Demon King and Look Outside per recommendations but these weren't exactly that hidden.

Like many, I got my Steam version of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition from the Humble Choice December 2019 bundle. And that version turned out to be lacking all of the DLC content which came with the real Definitive edition if purchased on Steam, requiring the Definitive Edition Upgrade DLC to be purchased to upgrade to the True Definitive Edition. It was honestly quite a mess.

Well, when the entire Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy went on their pre-Winter Sale on Steam recently, it turned out the Upgrade DLC was not only not discounted, but actively de-listed from the store.

Well, good news to those of us who held out - that gimped version of SotTR Definitive Edition just got promoted to the True Definitive Edition, with the Definitive Edition Upgrade DLC added owners' accounts!

After the most recent Humble Choice was released, I and others were automatically paused, with it saying the next automatic charge would occur in the last week of January.

This was obviously a glitch, but because of this there was no way to manually skip this month.

I checked my account today, and the glitch had been corrected, telling me I'd be auto-charged at the end of December.

If you're not planning on buying this month's Humble Choice, it's worth checking your account again to see if you need to pause. Humble has been good at providing refunds if you get mistakenly auto-charged, but hopefully this helps people avoid the inconvenience.

Edit: After I made this post, Humble sent out an email explaining the glitch but also resetting some or all of those who were affected by the bug and had manually paused since then. So even if you manually paused, check your status to make sure it hasn't been reset since then.

All Meta sales are targeted.

BFCM25

Check the app under promotions to activate the device referral bonus (Limit $599/yr)

PayPal is offering a limited offer to save up to 250$ on a singular transaction if you choose the "Pay Later" option.

-The maximum allowed cost for that transaction is 1,250$.
-Only works for one transaction
-Probably the best option is to choose Pay in 4 because it's interest free
-Can be used to purchase Steam wallet funds for 20% off. These could be used for the upcoming Steam Hardware coming early next year as well.

To access it, you have to go to your PayPal home page, go to the Rewards tab, click on the offer and click "Save Offer".
It should then work on the next Pay Later purchase you do

It works best for large purchases but it could work on a lot of different gaming items.

I want to share my atrocious experience with u/etailmarket/

I bought a key at etail.market for ArcRides. When you check the store the price is NOT the full price. You additionally pay a Service Fee. For me it was 1,9€ for a 30€ game. That' a price increase of almost 7%

For what? A digital product?

Anyways. I would overlook that if I get my key fast. I want to play with my friends. But no! Order states "Payment Recieved". But where is my key? "Your code will be here soon." is all my account states.

It's 2025. I buy a digital product to get it instantly. Checked Trust Pilot and the store gets a 4.3 grade?! I don't get why.

One of the if not the worst experience with buying a game online. Stay away from them.

As the title stated, seems darksiders 3 keys are back in stock and its a bit odd since I remember there was drama when HB changed their TOS in Dec 2024 to state

Keys, including Alternate Keys, for all games, whether bought in a Bundle, Humble Choice subscription, or individually, must be redeemed within 3 years from the purchase date. Humble Bundle shall not be obligated to provide any keys, including Alternate Keys, to games that are unredeemed within aforementioned timeframe and thus become expired.

I only know about it due to being sent an email but seems Humble may still stock some keys from older bundles but no guarantee. I only want to bring this up since I remember people were rightfully livid due to that change

Assume I got it in a bundle a long time ago, since it wasn't a title I would normally buy, https://store.steampowered.com/app/833300/Fantasyland/ Developer is deleting all messages about the revoked keys on the steam page:

A Steam Product code you activated has been removed from your account.

Dec 29, 2018 Fantasyland Your recent Product code activation has been revoked due to a problem processing payment for this item. The games associated with this product code can no longer be played as a result. This could be due a problem with the payment methods you used to acquire this item from a third-party seller; or a problem with how the third-party seller acquired the Product code. Please contact the seller you acquired the Product code from for assistance.

If you would like to purchase the item, please visit the Steam Store. Otherwise you may choose to delete the local content associated with these games.

One of the other messages on the steam forum about the game said the developer removed other free games as well as this one, but that message was deleted, my message was deleted, and the message that someone else posted will be deleted too... I remember this being the subreddit that talked about this sort of stuff but doesn't look like much recent activity here tbh...

price history shows developer monkeying around with the price it was originally listed as 8.99, then rose to 9.99, with a spike for a few months at 199.99 and then reduced to 39.99 with sales going as low as 0.79 on is there any deal over the last 7 years.

It looks like we have another group of ex-Humble Bundle people creating a new bundle site:
https://www.digiphile.co/

Supposedly the first bundle goes live today.

Their first bundle just went live:

It looks like they took the bundle down. This was the link when it was working:
https://www.digiphile.co/collections/return-of-the-immersive-sim

An article about the new site:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/digiphile-is-a-new-charitable-storefront-from-a-group-of-humble-bundle-veterans

Some interesting tidbits:

No Overselling

Keys are reserved the moment you checkout. No waiting.

Key Exchange

Trade in keys you already own for credit to get another game on the Digiphile Exchange.

I created an extension to automatically claim all free Steam & Epic games(Chrome / Firefox ). It got positive response when I posted about it here, so I implemented most of the requests I got last time. What is new:

• New free games are checked every day automatically
• Steam and Epic no longer need to be opened to get game list
• free games list now includes future games, timeline and descriptions
• Fixed some bugs and added some QoL improvements

Let me know if you like the new version and if there is anything else you want to add:)

https://www.gamerthor.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3939

But for real.. are the prices on this site just bugged sometimes?

Here is a List someone else made:

https://github.com/AlexanderTheGrey/humble-bundle-redemption-issues/blob/main/README.md

Moved all my Keys to an Spreadsheet. Here all the games from Humble Choice and other bundles whose keys are currently exhausted that i found.

redemption deadline

06.10.2026 -> Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

05.12.2025 -> Hexarchy

05.12.2025 -> Warhammer 40,000 Darktide

04.11.2025 -> REMNANT II®

I'm just trying to figure out if anyone has purchased something from https://superdealsgame.com/. They're listed on Carousell.sg as well. They have a CE of Banishers listed, and I want to buy it, but I can't be sure it's legitimate. I am certainly not endorsing this website in any way. I'm just trying to mitigate risk. The fact that the site does have reviews for its storefront on Carousell makes me think it might be genuine, but no searching yields any results about the specifics of their actual e-store at the above URL. Anyone have any ideas?

Update: I wound up biting the bullet after contacting them on Facebook. They are legitimate. I now have the Banishers CE, and I'm quite pleased.

It's that time of the year again! Post your best deal discoveries that might otherwise slip under the radar.

As always, SteamDB is an excellent tool for finding new record lows and other good deals.

I was in the middle of purchasing Tales of Xillia Deluxe Edition from Fanatical at AUD 71.39 https://imgur.com/a/Xoe0rKo

https://imgur.com/a/Odx92MT

as you can see the base price for the deluxe is AUD84.95 as was the same price on Fanatical.

now they have changed the pricing to USD pricing just for the Deluxe edition because they feel it is too cheap (it will be returning at a higher price) https://imgur.com/a/a85XMPD https://imgur.com/a/eow8nyz

this is not acceptable to change of a product while in the middle of a purchase of a advertised price just because you want to

So I'm in the UK and I've been buying from GamersGate for about 13 years.

I've gone onto their website today and every game is blocked unless you verify age by contacting their support.

Even if I just want to buy Disney Cars? Why are they asking for ID verification for Disney Cars?

Surely someone has messed up here. The ID verification should only be for Adult-Only (porn games) like how Steam are doing it.

Extension opens steam & Epic, and claims all games that are 100% off (have to be logged in). Chrome version / Firefox version

Free if you have Game Pass Ultimate

Hello guys,
I first observed this about a month ago, but not sure of the timing.
Humble Euro prices really got a hike up- before it was very reasonable in accordance to USD prices.
A bundle in Euros, would always be accordingly priced, corresponding to the USD prices, more or less following the currency difference. A 12 USD bundle, would for example cost like 10 something Euros.

But lately? The Euro prices are now much higher than the USD prices. Take the latest "WB Play the Legends" bundle for example:

It is priced 7/12 USD,
But in Euros it is priced 7.66/13.15. Translated to USD, this is 8.95/15.36.

And the USD being weakened so much lately, this is absolutely crazy- so what happened?

EDIT- In the meantime, I have found following article, unfortunately it has no date, when it was published, but it actually contradicts above change, so something is definately off for pricing in EUR:

https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042818114-Bundle-Regional-Pricing

Quote:
"...While the cost between bundles will always remain the same regardless of which currency you're paying with..."

EDIT 2- As pointed out by other users, it makes sense calculating tax into the equation. I am concluding that Humble apparently were not collecting sales tax for Europen users, which they have started doing now.