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The war chest
Everything about paying for the twelve: where, how, what protects you, and when to wait.
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Steam or GOG
Seven of the twelve are on both stores. Side by side prices in pounds, which store has DRM-free copies and where the sale is today.
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Ways to pay
Cards, PayPal, paysafecard and wallet codes on Steam and GOG, and what each one does to your protection if something goes wrong.
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Refunds and rights
Steam's two-hour rule, GOG's 30 days, and the UK law underneath both: the Consumer Rights Act, Section 75 and chargebacks.
Know your rightsThe short version
- Buy on Steam or GOG directly. Key resellers are cheaper some weeks and a headache in others; we never quote them as the price of a game.
- The cheapest game on our list today is Defense Grid 2 at £8.50; the dearest is They Are Billions at £26.75. Tower defence is a cheap genre to be good at.
- Seven of the twelve are on GOG as well as Steam, and GOG was running a deeper sale on the day we checked.
- Add-ons matter less here than in most genres: six of the twelve have paid playable add-ons, all of them a few pounds each, and none has a season pass. Build order adds it all up.
The rest of the chest
- Gift cards and wallet codes: where to buy them on the high street, and the one thing to know before you load a wallet.
- Sale calendar: when the big Steam and GOG sales usually land, so you can time a purchase.
General information for players in the UK, checked on 31 October 2026. It is not legal or financial advice, and nothing here suggests borrowing to buy a game. Where we quote a law we link to the official text so you can read it yourself.