About
BuyOrPass
What we’re doing here, and how to read the numbers.
Mission
Game pricing is noisy. A title can launch at full price, hit deep discounts within months, and sit in bundles you never see if you only check one store. BuyOrPass exists to cut through that noise with a simple question: compared to its own history and reception, is this price defensible today?
We’re not here to replace your taste or tell you which games deserve your time. We focus on value for money in a way that’s transparent enough to argue with: you can see the verdict, the fair value line, and the current best offer, then decide for yourself.
Price data comes from IsThereAnyDeal and may occasionally lag behind real-world changes. Regional quirks, bundle prices, and key resellers can all introduce noise. We'd rather say that upfront than pretend the model is perfect.
FAQ
Tap a question to expand. Only one stays open at a time.
BuyOrPass is a small reference site for PC games. We pull current storefront prices, compare them to a calculated “fair value” band, and label each title so you can see at a glance whether the asking price looks reasonable—without wading through trackers and forums yourself.
Fair value blends several signals: the game's original launch price, the historical low on record, how long the game has been out (newer games decay slower), Steam review sentiment weighted between recent and all-time scores, how long the game takes to beat, and review count as a proxy for popularity. These are combined into a single number you can compare to today's best price. It's a heuristic, not financial advice — if something looks wrong, it might be.
They describe how the current best price lines up with the fair value. BUY means the price is at least 15% below fair value — a genuine discount worth acting on. WAIT means the price is below fair value but not enough to recommend buying immediately. OVERPRICED means the price is above fair value but not drastically so — worth monitoring. PASS means the price is significantly above fair value and we'd skip it at that level.
Store prices and deal links are sourced from IsThereAnyDeal’s API, which aggregates offers from participating retailers. We also use Steam’s own store data for basics like release context and review counts. We don’t set store prices and we can’t guarantee every regional price or bundle is reflected perfectly.
Yes. You can toggle between EUR and USD using the currency switch in the header. EUR prices use Portuguese regional pricing as the reference, and USD uses US pricing. Fair values are calculated independently for each currency — we don't just convert between them.
Prices are refreshed twice daily for all games. New games are discovered and added once a day. You may still see brief gaps if an external API is slow or a game was just added — check back if something looks stale.