Humble Monthly: Worth it, or Nah?

Overall, the monthly has been solid quality more often that not. The most recent was lackluster for some folks, though.

Nah. Just wait for a good early unlock.

I have been a subscriber since they introcuded the program, and almost every month there's been a game i'm interested in, however, any games I don't want I can get great value from trading and selling them. If you're into trading/selling then go for it, otherwise don't bother if no games interest you.

nah

i have all bundles so far, and will probably keep my subscription, but i do feel the point of 'awesome games to attract people' period is over

I'm not sure. I thought some of the bundles have been really nice, and I thought the games were decent even in the recent bundle (KY Route 0, Satellite Reign, TIS-1000) but then I wonder if I'd rather take the $12 and just bought something in the steam sale instead - something like Subnautica, Prison Architect, Cities Skylines, Assassin's Creed Black Flag or similar. But all else being equal, I get a bunch of games with the monthly bundle instead of just 1.

But then I realize I have more games than I can probably ever play, so I shouldn't be looking to add more to my backlog and why shouldn't I just buy that #1 game on my wishlist instead and play it? ;-) Or just play my backlog... If they'd just quit making new games ;-)

I have bought them all. I have liked the ones with good unlocks, did not like the ones with crappy unlocks.

To me. August is a crappy unlock.

I only bought it once because the early unlock was worth the bundle price on it self.

I was just having a small discussion about it with
TheLuckyShamrock here

Dont know if it is much use too you but maybe you find some interesting info :)

Honestly, apart from that whatthefuckisthis that was the Payday 2 monthly (seriously, what the fuck was that?!), I don't see that much of a fluctuation in the quality. Yes, Wasteland 2 and Stick of Truth are awesome, but the first is for old cRPG players as it is slow and tedious by design, and the second can only be enjoyed by South Park fans—so, in reality, they may be considered worse by more people than the Payday 2 one.
If you are on the fence, I'd advise against it though. Unless you can find at least two games in each which you'd play, it is a waste of money. (Unless you want to farm some CV here; but since levels are in reality pointless over level 2, it is not really such a large incentive.)

If you go in on the monthly to make some giveaways, trades and possibly get a game you are interested in. Do it.
If you are looking specifically for only games to keep and play yourself. It may be a better idea to save for specific games.
Though I have felt every time ive gotten the monthly it was worth it. I have all kinds of friends that like different styles of games so it
really is no loss for me even if I dont find the games interesting myself

if you are not from cheap regions like Russia or Brazil, then worth it imo.
Next month's early unlock seems to be pretty bad tho.

Four wishlist games for me this month, and not easily-anticipated ones. I'm super-happy with it.

Po-Yay-to, Po-Nah-to dammit!

+1 for trading the ones you don't like the looks of, since being in the monthly grants the games a good bit of exposure.

The value is good, but a lot of titles are hit-or-miss. If you're not afraid of trading/selling it's fairly interesting

For me the monthlies are alternating between up and down. Todays was mixed for me ... more of a low point. But even then 2.5 of those games were a hot for me. Last one was even better i'd hot 5 of them .) Just my rule of thumb if it had been a good month and the next months early unlock looks flop for me then i think about cancelling it.