Games dominate this week’s Windows Store Red Stripe Deals

Kareem Anderson

Once again, Microsoft is leveraging its Deals Hub app to showcase some sweet discounts on apps, music, movies, and television.

Microsoft is in the middle of retooling its consumer front facing marketplace by combining its gaming, music, video and app experiences into a single purchase point. The company is also attempting to get as many eyeballs in front of its Windows Store through various means and so far, the company has put its Store icon front and center in the task bar of every free copy of Windows 10 its shipped. Another tactic involves highlighting several apps and premier developers in some Windows 10 users’ widely accessible Start Screen as well as adding Store app suggestion in the search results of Cortana on the desktop.

Lastly, for those in the know, Microsoft also offers an app that cultivates and features weekly offerings, discounts and bargains that may be a little more nuanced to find in the Windows Store. In what Microsoft has dubbed the Deals Hub app, users can often find a treasure trove of deals.

Starting off the month of March, the Deals Hub is featuring a slew of games in its “Red Stripe Deals section. Each game in the section comes at a 50% discount from its original pricing, and the titles include:

Leo’s Fortune $4.99 now $1.99

Leo’s Fortune is an award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning and mysterious thief that stole your gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life in this epic adventure.

Leo's Fortune
Leo's Fortune
Developer: Tilting Point
Price: $4.99

The Last Door $2.99 now $1.49

Feel what it’s truly like to be alone in the dark with this low-res, high-suspense point-and-click horror adventure, winner of multiple Best Games of the Year awards.

The Great Unknown: Houdini’s Castle $2.99 now $1.49

Your honeymoon is cut short when your plane crashes on an uncharted island. You awake to discover a madman has kidnapped your husband. To get him back, you’ll have to use all your wits to pass his sinister tests and solve the mysteries of Houdini’s Castle. Along the way, you’ll uncover Houdini’s secret past and learn about the brilliant apprentice who changed his life. Can you expose Houdini’s greatest trick to save your husband and escape the island?

Sparkle Unleashed $5.99 now $2.99

Sparkle Unleashed introduces floating Orb Slinger gameplay never before seen in a Sparkle series game. The unleashed Orb Slinger floats along the bottom of the screen providing a new kind of action-puzzle experience.

Sparkle Unleashed
Sparkle Unleashed
Developer: 10tons Ltd
Price: $4.49

Gro Garden $2.99 now $1.49

Gro Garden is the fun place to learn about organic gardening and sustainable farming. Kids get to learn and understand environmental issues in a simple and entertaining way.

Gro Garden
Gro Garden
Developer: Gro Play Digital AB
Price: $2.99

Color by Numbers – Animals $2.99 now $0.99

Color It By Numbers is an exciting painting game for your children. These amusing animals will lift your child’s spirits, and by coloring in the pictures, your child will feel a real sense of accomplishment.

Animals - Color by Numbers
Animals - Color by Numbers
Developer: Kedronic UAB
Price: Free

Other deals include savings on soundtracks to such movies as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Fame, as well as discounts on movies and television shows that include A&E’s Intervention series and a trilogy Toy Story movies.

Check out the Deals Hubs for more details and other fantastic savings.

Deals Hub
Deals Hub
Price: Free