From special offers to game subscriptions: digital Easter gifts for gamers

From special offers to game subscriptions
Digital Easter gifts for gamers

The choice is huge. But it’s actually not that difficult to find a good and cheap Easter gift for video game fans. Here are some tips for everyone who wants to make gamers happy. Even if you only want to invest a few euros to give a friend a little something, you will quickly find what you are looking for.

Video game flat rate subscription

With a subscription, players get access to a wide range of titles. There are models that could be compared to streaming services like Netflix or Disney+, for example – including Xbox Game Pass, Google Play Pass and Apple Arcade. For a monthly fee, users can play as many of the games on offer as they like while the subscription is running.

Despite the name suggesting it, Xbox Game Pass isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s consoles. PC players can also use the subscription. It all depends on the model you choose between around 10 euros and almost 13 euros per month. It currently includes titles such as the racing game “Forza Horizon 5” or the action-adventure “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy”.

For everyone who likes to play on their smartphone or tablet, offer Apple Arcade and the Google Play Pass a choice of hundreds of titles. The two offers are intended for Apple and Android users. After a free one-month trial subscription, Apple Arcade costs just under 5 euros per month. The game subscription is also available with other services from the tech giant, such as Apple TV+, in the Apple One package – for around 15 to 29 euros per month. The Google Play Pass is also around 5 euros a month or a good 30 euros a year.

A popular alternative for PC gamers is also Humble Bundle. In the store, gamers will not only find individual games on offer, the website also offers new packages with changing themes at reduced prices. Humble Bundle is currently offering the “Game Night” bundle, which contains several board game versions. There is also a subscription called “Choice”. For around ten euros a month, players receive a surprise selection of titles every four weeks, which they keep forever even if their subscription is paused or canceled. In April, among other things, “Monster Sanctuary” is included, in which players catch monsters similar to “Pokémon”.

Simply let the gift recipients choose for themselves

Prepaid cards are also available in many supermarkets. A code is printed on the cards, which the recipient redeems and thus increases their store credit by the respective amount. Users can then buy games in digital form from Steam, the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store or the Nintendo eShop. Consumers can also purchase credit codes online. Here, however, you should make sure that you only access well-known providers, such as Amazon.

Players can even use the credit to buy several games if, for example, they take advantage of the many offers that are always available. There is still until April 17th currently on Steam, for example the end-time adventure “Horizon Zero Dawn” in the “Complete Edition” for just under 25 euros. Smaller beads cost even less. The “Vampire Survivors”, which has been popular in recent months, is available for just under 2.40 euros. Until April 15, players only pay 2.15 euros.

in the PlayStation Store are running meanwhile such as the “Spring Offers”. Here, too, the choice is large. PS5 owners may be able to grab the basketball game “NBA 2K22” – until April 14th for a little less than 25 euros. and also Nintendo’s eShop offers almost constant special offers. The rogue-lite action role-playing game “Moonlighter” costs around five euros until April 26th.

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