Humble Bundle, sales, and legitimate cheap software in 2026, where are people finding deals - your take

[RedKnight]

Q: Where do you find legitimate discounted software and not sketchy key resellers?

A: Humble Bundle remains the gold standard for game and software bundles with a charity component. Fanatical is a legitimate Steam key seller. GOG has regular sales and DRM free games permanently. For software specifically AppSumo does lifetime deals on SaaS tools which are worth evaluating carefully. Steam sales are predictable at Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. Epic Games Store gives away free games weekly and the quality has been surprisingly high in 2026

[Sharp Shannon]

Epic free games weekly is the one people sleep on. They have given away some genuinely significant titles. The catalogue you accumulate over a year without spending anything is substantial

[Pilgrim]

GOG for anything you want to actually own. The DRM free files mean the game works forever regardless of what happens to the platform

[Harry64]

AppSumo lifetime deals require due diligence. The tool needs to be from a company with sustainable economics. Lifetime deals from companies with no revenue model are just delayed abandonware

[Anvil33]

The sketchy key reseller situation has improved somewhat with regional pricing crackdowns but G2A and similar sites still carry risk of disputed keys. Not worth the small saving

[ClaudioHerrera]

Humble Choice subscription is reasonable if you play enough games. The monthly selection has been hit and miss but averaging across a year the value is usually there

[FrostBear]

For professional software specifically student discounts and open source alternatives deserve more attention than they get. GIMP is not Photoshop but it is free and capable for most tasks

[Fox]

Jetbrains All Products Pack through educational licensing if you have any academic affiliation is one of the best deals in software. Every IDE for a low annual fee

[Zach72]

Microsoft 365 Family shared across six accounts is still one of the better value software subscriptions if you actually use Office apps and OneDrive

[NeonPhantom]

The shift toward subscription pricing across professional software has made the deal hunting more important not less. A tool you pay for monthly needs to justify itself monthly