We recently wrote about how Humble Monthly was a great subscription service for PC gamers. However, for anyone who wasn’t grandfathered in, Humble Monthly is now Humble Choice, which works a little bit differently. You know which games you’re getting, but you do have to pay a little bit more. Let’s dive in.
A Subscription Service Where You Keep The Games
The thing that set Humble Monthly apart is still true for Humble Choice: you get to keep all of the games you get each month, regardless of whether or not you continue paying for a subscription. For things like Xbox Game Pass, you need to continue paying for a subscription to continue having access to the games. This might not be an issue for some people (including myself), but other people would really rather get games to keep permanently, so they don’t have to worry about losing access before they beat it or something.
The Mystery Is Gone
With Humble Monthly, they would give you a preview of two or three games that you could get each month, and if you subscribed you instantly got those games. Then, at the beginning of the month, you’d get a few more games (five to seven or so) to keep, and the process would start over. Humble Choice does things a little differently.
With Humble Choice, you know exactly which games you’re paying for. Each month, you can pick a set number of games (up to 9) from each selection (which will consist of 10+ games each month). I suspect that it might stop you from picking the biggest, most expensive games, but I really don’t know. Anyways, the list for December 2019 is as follows:
- Aegis Defenders
- Ancestor’s Legacy
- Blasphemous
- Dark Future
- Dead in Vinland
- Desert Child
- Horizon Chase Turbo
- Phantom Doctrine
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- X-Morph Defense
Don’t Forget The Humble Trove!
Another nice thing about Humble Monthly that is carrying over to Humble Choice is the Humble Trove. This is a set of dozens of games that you can download and play for free as long as you’re subscribed to Humble Choice. However, they’re just executables, so you can keep playing any games you have downloaded for as long as you want, since there’s no DRM checking your subscription status or anything. You also get a discount on any games you buy in the Humble Store, which is a nice bonus.
If you don’t like the idea of gaming subscriptions because you’d rather keep every game permanently, give Humble Choice a look. You’ll know ahead of time whether each month is worth it for you, and you’ll also have the entire Humble Trove to pick from, which, as you can see from the small selection above, is packed with indie hits. Happy playing!
