5 Great Games Under $30 To Get Today [2024 Guide]
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A hard copy of a game is always better than just a digital copy, just how live music is always better than music from an MP3 file.
So, if you are looking for the best deals for a hard copy of a game on Amazon this holiday season, then check out the list below. All of these games are new and below $30!
Also, there is a wide variety of genres so you can find something that is appealing to your taste.
What are the best games under $30 to buy before the year-end?
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing
- Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo Reach
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Massive world to explore
- Complex character customization
- In-depth RPG elements
- Great voice acting
- Timeless classic
- Hard to complete integrally
Freely roam and adventure through the rich Elder Scrolls’ universe. Be the master of your own fate as you choose your race, quests, and adventures. Furthermore, in this legendary edition, you are given three more official DLCs: Dragonborn, Hearthfire, and Dawnguard.
Dragonborn lets your character explore the coast of Morrowind and islands of Solstheim. Grow in power as you traverse these lands to learn magic that even dragons bend to.
In Hearthfire, you can taste how it is like to become a residence in this massive fantasy world. You can buy land and build your very own home. You can build huge, complex castles or small homey cottages.
The Dawnguard expansion is more story-oriented. You play the hero that must vanquish the powerful Vampire Lord called Harkon. Of course you can decide to the darker path instead and replace the Vampire Lord yourself.
All in all, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a perfect buy before 2020 ends. The game is available for PC, Xbox.
Fallout 4
- Huge world
- Great gameplay
- Awesome graphics
- Complex character customization
- The game size
Fallout 4 may not be the newest game out there, but it certainly has earned the right to be the best game of its year. Set in a world that has moved on, a dystopian futuristic version of the United States.
You play as a character trying to survive in a land ravished by mutants, monsters, and more. It is an open world, and it is up to you to make your name in this twisted world.
Fallout 4 comes with plenty of expansions packs: Automatron, Wasteland Workshop, Far Harbor, Contraptions Workshop, Vault-Tec Workshop, and Nuka-World.
The expansion pack that received the most favorable reviews was Far Harbour, where the starting plot is to investigate the missing of Kasumi, the daughter of the Nakano family.
The game overall is highly engaging and there is a huge world to explore in every way possible.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
- Photorealistic graphics
- Quick-time events
- No customization
- Various and detailed worlds to explore
- Death can be very punishing
There are plenty of the glorious Tomb Rider and her adventures so we bow to this modern amazon. First, we were taken by the photo-realistic graphics and after a while, the immersion is so deep that you feel like gripping one of the branches from the jungle and swing from the treetops.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game played from a third-person stance. You will obviously play as Lara Croft to explore fascinating environments from Central and South America. A lot of the game revolves around a large hub in the Hidden City of Paititi.
This Definitive Edition includes all available content to date including the Season Pass that has a lot of challenge tombs, missions, weapons, and outfits.
It also comes with the Croft Edition bonuses, the Croft Fitness outfit, and some gameplay adjustments.
Control Ultimate Edition
- Awesome graphics
- Great storytelling
- Very rewarding gaming experience
- Everything can be used as a weapon
- Takes a lot of space
Control is the winner of over 80 awards so noone can argue with the fact that it’s an excellent third-person action-adventure.
Developed by Remedy Entertainment, Control combines open-ended environments with world-building and storytelling into great gameplay.
The main character uses all kinds of weapons but with her telekinetic Jedi-like superpowers, every object can become a weapon so the diversity of the situations is mindboggling.
The game is extremely rewarding but it requires 42 GB of available space and a pretty high configuration like an i5 Intel processor, 8 GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X graphics card.
The Jackbox Party Pack 7
- Fun to play with friends
- Very interactive
- High comedic value
- Massive database of mini-games
- You can't play it alone
If you want a goofy engaging action to play with the whole family or your friends you’ve hit the jackpot with The Jackbox Party Pack 7.
First of all, this is not a game, it’s a huge collection of games that you can play with a lot of people by using your smartphones as controllers.
The Party Pack 7 is an add-on if you will, that includes 5 more games to the merry collection: Quiplash 3, The Devils and the Details, Champ’d Up, Talking Points, and Blather ‘Round.
Quiplash 3 is a head-to-head battle of who gives the most hilarious responses to quirky prompts. During the battle, the other players vote for their favorite.
The Devils and the Details is a collaborative game to survive in suburbia. In Champ’d Up you need to draw absurd characters that will battle over unusual titles.
In Talking Points, everyone will have to give a speech responding to picture slides that you’ve never seen before or play as the Assistant and approve the pictures as fast as you can.
Blather Round is a guessing game where you will have to describe a secret word using a very limited vocabulary. This is the definition of the perfect goofy fun time.
As you can see there are quite a few affordable new hard copy games available on Amazon this holiday season. All of the games mentioned in this list are immensely popular and acclaimed. Therefore, you will undoubtedly have a lot of fun with them.
