It seems that Valve is announcing more deals and price reductions nova days days – since they realized that their biggest competitors are putting out deals more often than they do. Like for example World of Goo week deal on Direct2Drive.

Looks like a good deal doesn’t it? Think again:

US: $49.99 $24.99
UK: £29.99 £14.99 (1% lower)
EU: 49,99€ 24,99€ (41% higher)

Even if we consider value added tax (VAT) it’s still one of the biggest rip offs for European customers.

And as usual, Steam Unpowered team understands that this is probably a good deal for most European folks (probably those from Tier #1) but we do not recommend buying this game on Steam under any circumstances if you live in central or eastern Europe, unless you’re a big fan of the game or can’t live without it do it ;).

It might look like a good deal – considering that in many European countries this is the retail price, but think again and look in other stores around the net like Play.com or Direct2Drive for example – it’s around 34€…but this is without any deal.

So shouldn’t we actually pay for this title around 15€ on the Steam deal instead of the retail price? It’s up for you to decide.

I personally won’t pick up this one even though it’s tempting…

PS
You can look for this game on our Steam Alternatives list and get it a lot cheaper – on G2Play it’s 16€, although you buy from them at your own risk.

PS2
You should also watch out for those deals.