With July 4th just around the corner (the big 250!), Summer sale season has officially begun this week. Digital stores such as Steam and the Nintendo eShop are offering lots of great games at discounted prices.
Patient gamers, your time has come!
Nintendo eShop Sale
Sale ends: July 9
First-party Nintendo games are rarely heavily discounted, so consider 30% off The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses a big win.
The recently released spin-off creature collector RPG, Monster Hunter Stories 3, is already on sale for 20% off. It’s a great time to catch up on the first two games, with the Deluxe Collection for 65% off ($24.49).
All the excellent SteamWorld games are also on sale for 70-80% off, which encompass a variety of genres, including deckbuilding, management sim, and action-platformer.
We can also recommend colorful beat ’em up Marvel Cosmic Invasion (25% off), open world action-adventure Star Wars Outlaws (40% off), co-op adventure Split Fiction (35% off), and tactical strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord (70% off)
Steam Summer Sale
Sale ends: July 9
Nobody has a bigger gaming reservoir than Steam, and this year’s Steam Summer Sale includes historic low discounts on big games: The Outer Worlds 2 (50% off), Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (60% off), Metaphor ReFantazio (60% off), Borderlands 4 (68% off), Cyberpunk 2077 (70% off), Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 (50% off), Assassin’s Creed Shadows (55% off), and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (60% off).
Whew!
Other great discounted games include cozy desktop music app Spirit City Lofi Sessions (50% off), sci-fi base builder The Alters (50% off), medieval city builder Farthest Frontier (67% off), and indie management adventure game, Dave the Diver (50% off).
And you’d be crazy not to snag Planet Zoo at 95% off. Sure the sequel is just around the corner, but it’s more than worth dropping $2 if you haven’t already played this immersive management sim.
As always with big seasonal sales, players are encouraged to explore their personalized Discovery Queues to find new games, and earn free stickers.
PlayStation Mid-Year Deals
Sale ends: July 1
The PlayStation Mid-Year sale has fewer historically low discounts, but it’s still a good time to catch up on a few older releases, including Marvel’s Midnight Suns (85% off), Ocotopath Traveler 2 (60% off), Red Dead Redemption 2 (75% off), Forza Horizon 5 (50% off), and Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age (50% off).
We also recommend Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition (65% off), Star Wars Outlaws Deluxe Edition (70% off), and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Deluxe Edition (80% off).
