Sleep is Deathis an unconventional game, all things considered. It’s only natural, then, that some of you might be hesitant to drop any decent amount of money on it, no matter how reasonable the asking price is.

If you fall into this group, you might want to reconsider. Jason Rohrer has opted to go thepay-what-you-want route, which should convince many casual observers to give the storytelling game another look. I need to point out that in reality, the lowest you’re able to pay is $1.75.

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Huh? $1.75? It’s to help cover processing fees and bandwidth costs. So technically, it’s not a true pay-whatever sale in that you can’t only spend one cent, if you want to get all technical. But still — $1.75! That’s a damn fine deal, folks.

Cheap Is Death: Rohrer’s Pay Whatever[Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Thanks, Victor]

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