[GreenManGaming] Hotline Miami ($1.35 / £0.94) - seems to be the lowest price since 2014

Yes, for someone who's not already getting the daily coins there, it's not worth starting to do so just to get a game in 2 months

Oh no, that's not what I was saying; as you note, the game's going to be gone by then.

My point was that's a relatively high cost for a cheap game, and thus those coins could be spent on a different option with a more favorable profile; of course, an abundance of coins and/or a dearth of palatable games would make HLM a perfectly viable option.

It's a great game, FWIW.

And I would barely call it "take time out of my day", I usually get them while dinner is cooking or waiting for something.

Yeah, I can understand that. However, there's a ton of things competing for our attention, these days; even the small ones pile up and add clutter, it can be surprising how much time can get wasted that way.

IMO the Coin Shop makes the most sense if you would look at their daily deals, anyway.

I mean that entering giveaways also takes time.

That's a valid point, indeed.

I have been browsing public GAs almost exclusively in wishlist mode for a long time now, and most days it takes very little time; for sure more than to spin the coin on chrono.gg, though. On the plus side, there are a few things in favor of it:

• I would visit SteamGifts anyway
• It's not manipulative: I can browse the GAs, or not, for how long (or little) I want, that's entirely up to me; Chrono.gg aims to ingrain a habit.
• SteamGifts sometimes gives me a chance, albeit minimal, to get games that are unlikely to be featured elsewhere.
• While the community has its highs and lows, it'll always be more interesting and enriching than spinning a coin while looking at game deals.