Gamers have been complaining about the Steam Summer Sale being mid this year. Despite deep discounts on plenty of games, including those that precede upcoming games and games that were launchedthis year,Reddit has complaints aplenty about how the Summer sale is worse than the Spring sale and that game prices aren’t low enough.
Sure, discounts aren’t as steep as they used to be, butgames also cost more to make nowadays. Even in the case of older games, studios have to make up for ballooning costs somehow, and selling old classics is a way to do that. Nonetheless, I understand that people might not want to scrape through the games on sale to find hidden gems at dirt cheap prices. Fret not, I’ll do it for you, but know I have a hidden agenda: making you play games that I think you should play.
You won’t have missed these, since Steam has put them right at the top of the sale page, and they’re also very big.Red Dead Redemption 2andGrand Theft Auto 5, two of Rockstar’s most critically lauded games, have a 75 percent and 50 percent discount respectively, though surely you’ve already played these, right? You can grab both for under $20 each, which is pretty solid.
Ghost of TsushimaDirector’s Cut has a 33 percent discount, which makes for a good opportunity to work through the game if you haven’t already ahead of the upcoming sequelGhost of Yotei.Elden Ringis a sweet 40 percent off, which isn’t any lower than previous sales, but it’s nothigher.
And a heaping handful of buzzy games released just this year have gotten pretty decent discounts, too.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33only has a ten percent discount, so maybe sit on that one, butAssassin’s Creed Shadowsis 25 percent off.Monster Hunter Wilds,Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, andOblivion Remasteredare 20 percent off. These are good deals, guys.
Deep Cuts Like Blasphemous And Crypt Of The NecroDancer Join The Party
Okay, fine, I hear you, you want something dirt cheap. Is a 90 percent discount enough for you? Because under that category, we’ve got the critically beloved and sorely overlookedMarvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. We’ve gotBlasphemous. We’ve gotBorderlands 3, which again, is a great opportunity to get your fix in beforeBorderlands 4launches.
There’s also indie darlings Gris andCrypt of the NecroDancer, and for the horror fans,Outlast 2. There’s something for everyone, and you could buy a bunch of these for less than a cup of coffee.
Don’t Miss Undertale, No Man’s Sky, Or Slay The Princess Either
Here’s the stuff that you’ll likely miss out on if you’re looking just for big games or big price drops.Lies of P, which just launched its Overture DLC, is a whopping half price. So isHollow Knight, but it’s much cheaper overall, obviously, and you’ll want to play it before Silksong.No Man’s Sky, the gift that keeps on giving, is 60 percent off.Dead Cells,the gift that has finally stopped giving, is half price.The Outer Worlds, the precursor to this year’s upcoming The Outer Worlds 2, is under $10 after a 75 percent price cut.
The cult classicUndertaleis 75 percent off, meaning you could now buy it with the loose change you dug up from your couch cushions the last time you did a deep clean of your house. VA-11 Hall-A, the much adored indie cyberpunk bartender visual novel, is less than $10 after its 33 percent discount. So isI Was A Teenage Exocolonist, whichgot a glowing reviewfrom us here at TheGamer.
Slay The Princess- The Pristine Cut, also much beloved here at TheGamer, is under $10 at 30 percent off.A Little To The Left, a cozy household organising puzzle game, is a pittance after its price was halved.
I could keep going, but I’ve made my point. If you’re just looking to play the triple-As you missed out on, there are plenty of discounts on those, but if you’re willing to expand your horizons a little, there are countless indies just waiting to be discovered. And they cost a fraction of the price of a single meal! The Steam Summer sale isn’t mid, you’re just not looking at the right things. I’ve given you a guide, now get on it.
