Humble Monthly Changes to Humble Choice on December 6

For years, Humble Monthly has been one of the best deals in gaming. For $12 a month, you get a monthly bundle of about 10 PC games to keep and play forever. But changes are coming. On December 6, Humble Monthly is turning into Humble Choice, a similar service that offers three tiered plans. The catch is that new subscribers will have to pay more -- $19.99 per month -- to keep getting a similar number of games each month.

However, there is a way to keep paying the current price. Anyone with a Humble Monthly subscription before the service changes over to Humble Choice will be grandfathered in on the Classic plan. The Classic plan won't be available for new customers after December 6. That means you'll have to sign up for Humble Monthly before 10 AM PT on December 6 to be on the Classic plan.

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If you sign up for Humble Monthly before the changeover, you'll get instant access to this month's early unlock games: Yakuza Kiwami, Soulcalibur VI, and My Time at Portia. Then, on December 6, an additional bundle of mystery games will unlock. As it does, Humble Monthly will become Humble Choice, and you'll automatically be put on the Classic plan.

Anyone joining the service after it changes to Humble Choice will have three plans to choose from. The Lite plan costs $4.99 per month and gets you access to the Humble Trove (a collection of around 90 games), a 10% Humble Store discount, and limited access to Humble-published originals and betas. The Basic plan costs $14.99 and covers everything in Lite plan, plus you can pick three games from a list of 10 each month to keep forever. The Premium plan offers the same features, but you can pick nine games each month, and you get a 20% Humble Store discount.

The Classic plan, meanwhile, gets you everything in the Premium plan, but you get all 10 games each month, and it only costs $12 per month. This is by far the best deal.

The only catch is that you have to maintain your subscription to stay on the Classic plan. (You can suspend your subscription without losing access, but if you cancel it, it's gone.) You can read the Classic plan FAQ and the Humble Choice FAQ for more information.

Long story short, if you're interested in receiving a curated selection of PC games each month, joining Humble Monthly before 10 AM PT December 6 will far and away get you the best deal.

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Chris Reed is IGN's shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.