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Early cakeday planing bump!

Personally, I would find a train with several games more interesting than one big game. With a train, there's a higher chance for each user to find a game that interests them, and you have several different winners in the end. If it's just one big game, if someone is just not interested in the game, the entire event is not for them, and out of all the people participating, only one will actually win something.
But that's just my thoughts, it is your money and your decision.

I also considered giving away a few games I’ve played a lot myself, but that might be a bit too niche.

I wouldn't mind that at all; one of the things I love about this site is learning about games I would have never heard about otherwise.

Oh, and if I’m sending a gift directly to a friend, should I choose “Gift” as the Type of Giveaway?

Yes, if you intend to send the game directly through Steam, you choose "Gift". You can also choose "Gift" if you want to add a key later.

Thank you for the giveaways!

Niche games are what I find interesting about the site. Games that you've enjoyed sounds interesting.

I voted for a variety of games as well. Maybe pick something you personally liked to play or get some inspiration from the Community Wishlist (you can sort by price).

Yes, if you plan on using Steam to send a gift to people, you should select the "gift" option... but are you aware of region restrictions when you do that? I can explain if needed.

よろしくお願いします! Advanced happy cake day!

Whether you choose a bundle or select specific games, it would be great if you could showcase the games you personally enjoy to commemorate your cake day.

Bundled games are a dime a dozen. How many unbundled $50 relatively new game giveaways do you see in comparison? Very few.
As someone who has won 0 games lol, I suggest going with a BANG!
Happy Cake day xD

It depends, I think more expensive (or more well-known would be a better metric than price) games do have a higher chance of being played by the winner, while giving away a bunch of game bundles of not so well-known games does make it so many more people actually win a game but it also has a higher chance of the games never actually being played by the person who won them and just rotting away in their library.

Though the choice is always yours, I do think giving away games you personally enjoyed (especially since you're talking about giving away games on your cake day, a day that should be about you and the things you enjoy), even if they are niche is probably better. Spread the word out of the games you like, maybe you will find someone else who also enjoyed them, or someone who had never heard of those games might have just found their new favourite game.

And yes, if you want to gift someone a game directly you choose "Gift" as the giveaway Type, and then add them as friends on steam so you can send the Gift. But do be careful, I think there's a rule on steam that you can't gift a game if the other person is in a region where the price of the game has a +/-10%? (I forgot the actual number) price difference. So you might want to check steamdb for the converted price first to see the price difference of the game in each region compared to yours and choose the regions where the difference is under 10% (positive or negative).

Very nice! To say something, and as previous users commented, can you check the whitelist community list, and I think that a GA for a 50AAA game is really cool, but there are cheaper games that are great and a lot of users would like to see as GA. The most expensive is not always the best.
Have a nice day!

If there's something you can't understand... please just give up..

lol

I wouldn't gift a full-price $50 game. But if you want to make it something special, bundled giveaways won't do either.
Look for unbundled games on sale, preferably for games you already enjoyed. In that case, people learn something about you too.See Conti's current event.

セール中のゲームで気に入ったものがあり、もっと多くの人にプレイしてもらいたい場合は、ぜひそのゲームをリストに追加してみてください。ニッチなゲームでも構いません。コミュニティは大きく、好みも幅広いので、きっと興味を持ってくれる人が見つかるはずです。個人的には、ここで今まで聞いたことのない、でも面白そうなゲームに出会う​​と、いつも嬉しくなります。すぐに、どんどん増えていく私の待ちリストに追加してしまいます。

Google翻訳を使って翻訳したので、意味が通じているといいのですが！

well, a "big" unbundled game doesn't necessarily mean a better game........ not everyone may like the one game for the GA, but if you give away many games, there's going to be something for everyone.....

also, there are quite a few aaa games that have been bundled :D

bump!

Bump! Niche games :)

MEOWY

One big game is definitely a rarer thing to see, so I think it's the better option. Though if you want to give people more chances to win, maybe doing like 2 games that add up to 50 would be nice, since they will still be big games that probably many have wishlisted that aren't being given away on here all the time

Bump!

I don't have anything new to contribute, pretty much everything's been already said :) Also, that ending was unexpected and hilarious lol

Happy cake day!
It really depends... On many things. I believe there is no right answer for that question. Maybe if you already decided on your budget it might be better to split it in half or so (spend 25-30 on something more "special" while rest on more affordable nice games)?

I would personally go with several cheaper games to give folks more opportunities to enter and win. If you want your event to stand out, pick games that haven't been bundled or that don't appear on SG very often. You can check past GA history for a game in the archive page.

There are many good, slightly older unbundled games that are quite affordable on third party seller sites. For example, GMG has good deals currently for Hogwarts Legacy, Tales of Arise, Atomic Heart, etc. Ideally, try to pick games that appeal to you or that you can personally recommend and not simply for their price. If you do buy bundles, I suggest opting for the slightly more premium BYOB ones.

Happy cake day in advance 🎂

Bump.

People will be happy no matter what... :-)

Wishing you the best for your cakeday in June and thank you for the giveaways! I'm rather indifferent about the poll, the best kind of giveaways are the ones that you have on hand to be honest and don't break the bank, most people (I hope) would be thankful regardless 🤷‍♂️

Happy cakeday planning, although the best gift for us was having you as part of community this year, hehehe <3

I participated in the "democratic" process (because ultimately it's up to you what to pick between the options), either way I hope whatever you choose makes you think it was the best choice :D

Bump!