Best games to buy in the Steam sales: Our favourite PC gaming bargains
The Steam sales are a great way to blow your hard-earned cash on awesome games you’ve been mulling over purchasing for a while but have been putting off.
Steam is currently running a sale specifically on open-world games. From now until 31 May you can grab discounts on a multitude of games that feature massive explorable playspaces.
With so many games on sale though, it’s hard to know what to buy. Not to worry, we’re here to help! We’ve trawled through the list with a selection of games that are on special offer that we love and know you’re bound to as well.
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Satisfactory (20 per cent off)
Satisfactory is a fantastic open-world sci-fi game that puts you on a distant planet gathering resources and building factories. You are free to explore a massive planet, while harvesting its resources for your own use.
The Outer Worlds (50 per cent off)
The Outer Worlds was one of our recommended games when it first launched. A fantastic action RPG in a sublime steampunk setting. In this game, you’ll be exploring a space colony and everything that has to offer.
Human Fall Flat (60 per cent off)
Human: Fall Flat is a really fun game if you’re looking for something mellow, with a chilled out vibe, but hilarious physics, cheerful visuals and an interesting premise.
One of our favourite PC games is now nicely discounted during the Steam sales. Which is great as it’s also more entertaining when playing with friends and at this price, they can hardly turn it down.
Conan Exiles (70 per cent off)
Conan Exiles is a multiplayer survival game that’s set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Craft your home, slay your enemies and grow your kingdom in a world fraught with danger.
Red Dead Redemption II (33 per cent off)
Red Dead Redemption II has been knocking around for a while now, but like all good Rockstar games, it’s still going strong and is incredibly popular. We thoroughly enjoyed the campaign and when you’ve finished with the main story, there’s plenty to keep you busy online too.
Medieval Dynasty (20 per cent off)
Go back to the middle ages and try to survive in a time rife with military conflict, hardship and more. Build your shelters and prepare to survive harsh winters and all manner of threats.
Death Stranding (save 50 per cent)
Death Stranding really shines on PC, with glorious graphics, staggering landscapes and an intriguing story from the creators of Metal Gear Solid. It’s a weird and wonderful walking simulator and worth looking at at this price for sure.
Borderlands 3 (67 per cent off)
With Borderlands 3, Gearbox took what people loved from the previous games and built upon it. All the madness and mayhem of the franchise only bigger, badder and more brilliant. That includes the addition of one billion guns – yup, a billion. Mad eh?
You’d also be mad not to buy it at this price, especially if you’ve been holding out for a discount.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (85 per cent off)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was the final chapter in Lara Croft’s origin story. A modern reboot that’s rife with wonderful puzzles, brilliantly beautiful tombs and a wild open world to explore.
We loved the game when we reviewed it back in 2018 and it still stands up now, even more so with all the extras included in the definitive edition.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition (80 per cent off)
If you’ve not played The Witcher 3 yet, what have you even been doing with yourself? Seriously?! One of the finest role-playing games ever made, the Witcher 3 is, in our mind, an utter classic.
The game of the year edition also includes all the expansions and other goodness too. Giving you well over 100 hours of gaming goodness for less than the cost of a large pizza. Get stuck in.
No Man’s Sky (50 per cent off)
No Man’s Sky sure has come a long way over the last few years. Regular updates have made it ever more interesting. Explore the vastness of space with your friends, in all manner of space ships, visiting distant worlds and exploring until your heart is content.
We lost hours and hours in this game and have many fond memories. It’s also been updated to work with VR headsets lately, which is just insane. This means if you have the right equipment, you can basically get as close to travelling through space as you’re ever likely to get.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition (66 per cent off)
We almost gush when we talk about Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It’s an absolutely smashing RPG set in yee olden days where you play a simple son of a blacksmith forced into the midst of raging civil war.
It’s beautiful, immersive, engaging and a whole lot of fun. It’s also hours and hours long and with the Royal Editon you also get all the downloadable content too. At this price, you’d be mad not to grab it.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (75 per cent off)
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the biggest and most ambitious game in the franchise that we thought was utterly superb when we first reviewed it and is still fantastic two years later.
Battle your way through ancient Greece, parkouring across the landscape or sailing across the seas. Battling it out with Spartans, pirates and Athenians along the way. An epic adventure awaits.
Batman: Arkham Knight (75 per cent off)
Batman: Arkham Knight is in our mind one of the best Batman games and a real looker too. The final game in the trilogy is now on sale and it’s an absolute steal.
Saints Row: The Third (75 per cent off)
The bonkers, outlandish and hilarious Saints Row: The Third is now available for as much as a bottle of drink which is pretty insane. You can also grab a saving on the remastered version but if you don’t mind dates visuals then the original is a steal.
Saints Row IV (75 per cent off)
For more up-to-date Saints Row fun and frolics look no further than the fourth instalment which has a hefty discount during the sale period. More of the same chaos at a great price.
Far Cry 5 (save 85 per cent)
Build the hype for Far Cry 6 by grabbing a bargain on the previous games. Both Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5 are on sale during this sale period with massive discounts on the usual price. Explore everything that Far Cry has to offer, wing suiting your way around and tearing up the countryside on the hunt for fun.
