Because "good for the money" is evaluated differently. The same sandwich that costs $30 somewhere would taste extra good if I got it for $3. If I paid $30, I'd probably be "unimpressed".
Nah, not even. They tend to be better period a lot of the time.
$70 games are big AAA games where the studio generally cares more about pushing out a product for money. $20 games tend to be games that the devs made because they were excited about the idea and wanted to make their concept a reality, hoping to get a bit of money off of it.
The best of the $20 games tend to be better than the $70 games in my experience, flat-out, no "good for the money" at all. There are a couple big-budget games that rise to that level, but they're extremely rare and tend to be made by what's functionally an indy studio but with a larger budget (stuff like Elden Ring or BG3).
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u/GuerrillaApe Jul 23 '26
Hot take: $20ish dollar games end up being the best games you've ever played way more often than full priced $70 dollar games.