Other details: If anyone knows of any way I could see an archived version of the old HP games launcher or can confirm I'm not the only one who remembers it I would appreciate it. Already skimmed the wayback machine's wildtangent.com archives. Thank you. Source: about 2 years ago

I found it thanks to Meltz014. It's called Wild Tangent Games. Source: about 3 years ago

You can get the games from WildTangent Orb on https://store.wildtangent.com, and something else who get preinstalled too was http://www.zylom.com maybe it can interest you too. Source: about 3 years ago

Asking if you should buy a game now or wait for a sale isn't allowed, asking when a game will go on sale is not allowed, asking how big of a discount a game might get is not allowed. Use SteamDB to look at sale histories on games. Source: 6 months ago

Here's how to cure you from your buying habit, checkout https://steamdb.info/, check the price history of the game you're thinking of getting. Most likely it's on sale once every odd month, and discount percentages are only ever increasing over time. So really you can just buy it when you think you have time to play it soon. Source: 6 months ago

Correct, it's trending on https://steamdb.info/ if you look at the panel, some games will show zero players. But OP is wrong, other games are trending too. Source: 6 months ago

Asking if you should buy a game now or wait for a sale isn't allowed & asking when a game will go on sale is not allowed. Use SteamDB to look at sale histories on games. Source: 6 months ago

You can use the Steam console to download older versions as described here. You can get the depot and manifest IDs from SteamDB. Source: 6 months ago