With the war in Ukraine continuing after more than three weeks of heavy fighting, another initiative in support of Ukraine comes from the gaming world. This time, Humble Bundle has launched the Stand With Ukraine bundle, filled with many interesting titles, whose earnings will be entirely devoted to charities helping the Ukrainian population.
California-based Humble Bundle is a highly popular digital storefront for video games born in 2010, with a pay-what-you-want model which has encountered quite a bit of success over the years. Various assortments of games are offered without a fixed price, with a part of the earnings going towards charities. Humble Bundle started out by dealing mainly with indie titles, only to expand its offerings with mainstream games; as of today, the site features more than bundles, with a conventional digital store and a monthly subscription service.
The Stand With Ukraine Bundle includes 123 games, books, and comics, and has already raised over $5 million, certainly thanks to the number of quality titles offered. For the minimum price of $40, players can get their hands on renowned products such as Metro Exodus, Back 4 Blood, Satisfactory, Max Payne 3, Slay the Spire, Endless Space 2, Crying Suns, and more while at the same time helping a charity working in the war-torn country.
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Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is one of the selling points of the bundle, a survival FPS set in a post-apocalyptic Russian Federation. Based on a series of novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro Exodus is a shining example of what atmosphere done right can do for a game, and is a title well worth playing for any fan of its genre. For those interested, Humble's offering is available until 6 pm on March 25.
Humble's latest initiative comes right after the success of a similar Itch.io effort, whose Bundle for Ukraine has raised more than $6 million for charity. Compared to the latter, Humble's Ukraine Bundle has more mainstream offerings, and may be able to greatly exceed Itch.io's earnings, providing much-needed help to the four charities which will get the money: Razom For Ukraine, the International Rescue Committee, the International Medical Corps, and Direct Relief.
Since the start of the invasion, many gaming companies have provided aid to Ukraine, including big ones such as Bungie and CD Projekt, but bundles like this allow even smaller developers to participate in the charity effort.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun