I've always been the type to be choosy with games. Normally I sink around 30+ hours into any game I buy. With that said I was thinking of trying out the indie game Prison Architect which is still in alpha, and the game is running from $30-double the price of Don't Starve. The price isn't even a major concern for me but I felt I had to pass it up since it felt like the devs were taking advantage of their fans. I may end up still getting it but the price just doesn't seem right. Ever run into a game or other item you just had to pass on because you felt it was overpriced? Even if you could easily afford it.

I think Markus Persson (creator of Minecraft) said it best:
  PS: I'll be honest. I got a pirated version of Minecraft before I bought it.

I myself wouldn't buy any game unless I like it. As of right now I am still playing Skyrim so I feel the price was worth it same thing with fallout. In general I only buy games I can play forever like RPG's. I never bought 'Don't Starve" not because of the price but because I was afraid I would get bored of it.

By... "TheAwsome" 

I'm about 30 to 50 hours into I think. It's actually has a ton of content for the price. Granted I have played about 200 hours of Skyrim. I really don't buy many games. I just play the heck out of what I do buy.

Example would be SimCity. I only received it as a gift. I had zero intention of purchasing it until they lowered the price to match the quality of the game. It's a great game, but there are so many problems with it outside of the bugs. The gameplay itself is too limiting to be a Sim game.

I have yet to play SimCity...I'm relatively sure I had it once (back when the Sims games first popped up) and just never got around to playing it. 

I think I thought I would get bored of it very quickly so I stuck to the other Sims games.

 Ahh! But we could build a city together! You going the route of medicine and law universities that lead to grand schemes of super hero themes! While my city supplies yours with an abundance of criminals so your state taxes aren't being wasted on expensive hall monitors.

 You know...at times you scare me juuuuust a wee bit. 

 Judgement!? Full on judgement!?

I liked simcity but I got annoyed how useless multi-player was. Kept running out of water. 

 Sorry I was very thirsty....

By... "TheAwsome"

 Best experience I've had. 24,000 income from microchips, FINALLY MICROCHIPS, and I got hit with a tornado at the casinos, hazmat fire in my industries, a monster destroyed my university and I had a nuclear meltdown cause of how long the school was down for. This all happened ine about 2 hours real time. Totally screwed me.

 I am imaging that while this happening your face is slowing changing from happy to shocked then angry. I suggest solar technology all the way!

By... "TheAwsome"

 Bah. Solar power. The hippies at my SimCity University keep suggesting that. For them I created a coal mine.

 So I guess that nuclear explosion was not convincing enough for to use a different form of energy.

By... "TheAwsome"

 No. It only mutated my muscles and brain, resulting in me becoming me stronger and more intelligenter.

 Well I suggest you use gamma eating fungi for the trouble of it all. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070522210932.htm

By... "TheAwsome"

 Bah. That's a rich person's solution. I'll stick with eating my extra iodiney seaweed. lol

I was running on nuclear and was getting money out the but. I ended up giving out millions to everyone else in the region but no one else was playing on it. :( Had the space station and everything and was like.. screw it this is boring now.

 That tends to happen with those games. Buy hey you must of have been addicted to it for a while. So it was worth it.

By... "TheAwsome"