The Steam Winter Sale is coming to an end real soon. Read on to discover some of the best deals and games that Steam has to offer!
Steam Winter Sale 2025
Best Games At The Best Prices
The annual Steam Winter Sale is ending soon on January 5th, 2026, and with dozens of discounted games across different genres ready for the taking, it might get overwhelming. No fear, Game8 is here to help you out with your Steam Winter Sale shopping list with some of our own recommendations.
2025 Gems
The Alters
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $34.99 | $24.49 (30% off) |
The Alters is a survival simulation and base-builder title where you play as protagonist Jan Dolski, who is stranded on an alien planet after the rest of his expedition perished en route to their destination, and must now survive—not alone, but with his clones. Learn to survive while also maintaining a certain status quo within the group, for every single one of your choices is meaningful.
A good blend of striking visuals (even if the entire cast is just…well, you), a haunting sci-fi narrative that’s heavy and emotionally charged, and interesting mechanics, it will definitely give you bang for your buck.
ARC Raiders
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $39.99 | $31.99 (20% off) |
ARC Raiders, this year’s Best Multiplayer Game according to The Game Awards, has definitely cemented itself as one of the best extraction shooters of 2025 despite being released at the latter half of the year. Set in an alternate world where humanity has been forced to live underground due to the menacing takeover of hostile machines called ARCs, people survive through the help of Raiders, armed warriors who scour the surface for resources.
Two months later since its launch, it still has an active player base of at least 150,000 daily, peaking at almost 400,000. Stunning visuals and atmosphere, engaging gameplay, decent worldbuilding, it’s got everything in one package. Whether you’re playing solo or with a squad, ARC Raiders has got it all for you.
Dispatch
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $29.99 | $26.99 (10% off) |
Dispatch is an interactive narrative-adventure game that puts you into the role of Robert Robertson III or Mecha Man, whose life changed when a certain event forced him into early retirement as a superhero. Now, he works a desk job as a dispatcher at the Superhero Dispatch Network, sending his former hero colleagues out into the field to handle arising issues. But of course, the job’s not that easy, and things slowly get complicated for our poor protagonist here.
While not as big of a discount as other games on this list, the game itself is one of this year’s standout titles, with a star-studded voice acting cast and bringing back narrative adventure games ala The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands back into the fray. Eight episodes, a stellar group of characters, and a focus on narrative that will make you feel so many things—it’s no wonder Dispatch has stolen the hearts of many.
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $59.99 | $41.99 (30% off) |
From the brilliant minds behind Danganronpa, Zero Escape, and the recently discontinued Tribe Nine, came forth The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-, a strategic RPG visual novel-adventure that follows protagonist Takumi Sumino, whose life was suddenly turned upside down when monsters came rampaging in Tokyo. Tasked with defending their academy for 100 days along with 15 other students, the unlikely squad slowly uncovers the truth behind the attack while also making sure they survive the ordeal. The game combines tactical RPG combat with traditional visual novel elements such as building relationships with the rest of the cast as well as making meaningful choices that determine the outcome of the ending you will get.
Fun fact, the "hundred" in the title isn’t just for show—the game quite literally has a hundred endings to discover, making for massive replayability and making sure that not one playthrough is exactly the same. Danganronpa fans will definitely have a field day with this title, but even if you’re new to all of it, it still proves itself as a charming work of passion.
Hades II
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $29.99 | $22.49 (25% off) |
Hades II is the highly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades, this time focusing on Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld, after the Underworld is taken over by the Titan of Time, Chronos, who has also taken her family hostage. She journeys through the land, harnessing the powers of the gods and their blessings in an attempt to save the world and Olympus from further destruction.
The game is a solid follow-up to the original, expanding upon all aspects—an ambitious narrative, more rewarding gameplay, a banger soundtrack, everything improved and polished to a T. Even if you haven’t delved into the first game (which is also on sale for $7.49), Hades II is definitely a game that everyone should have gotten to play at least once.
Games To Play With Friends
PEAK
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $7.99 | $4.95 (38% off) |
One of the year’s most trendiest friendslop (lovingly) games, PEAK is a co-op survival climbing game for up to four players where they are tasked to climb a mountain for rescue after a particularly devastating crash. Starting from the lowest point at the Shores, the team must work together through several biomes, managing stamina and limited resources while also making sure that everyone is accounted for.
PEAK is peak for a reason. It’s a game that’s easy to get into, and insanely fun. With procedurally generated maps that change every single day, it offers a lot of replayability without breaking the bank at all. Grab a few friends and show the world your best teamwork skills! …Or not.
R.E.P.O
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $9.99 | $6.99 (30% off) |
Maybe you’re more interested in a more horror-leaning game—in that case, R.E.P.O is hard to beat. R.E.P.O, short for The Retrieve, Extract, & Profit Operation, is a co-op horror-themed game where a squad of up to six players play as adorable looking Android robots tasked with extracting and repossessing valuable items across several maps for profit. Of course, it’s not as easy as it looks—things can break, hostile monsters can attack, and sometimes, your friends just disappear out of the blue. Or, erm, explode.
It plays similar to 2024’s Lethal Company and Content Warning, but it still adds something different into the mix. It’s equal parts fun and terrifying, just enough to keep you on your toes. Teamwork, silence, and careful observation is key here, sometimes making for the most hilarious scenarios.
RV There Yet
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $7.99 | $7.19 (10% off) |
This chaotic driving game puts you and a maximum of three other friends on a silly adventure through the great outdoors. Forced to take a detour after the route back home is blocked, your squad must work together to try and get back to civilization—in one piece, and with your trusty RV.
This task is easier said than done when you realize that Mother Nature is harsher than you think. Poisonous snakes, rampaging bears, steep cliffs, and the floatiness of its physics-based gameplay stand to prevent you from going home…but with the power of friendship, anything is possible! Maybe.
Indie Darlings
Artis Impact
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $18.99 | $15.19 (20% off) |
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans and AI come together, JRPG Artis Impact takes players on a journey across the land with mysterious wanderer Akane and her AI companion, Bot. Drawing inspiration from games like NieR: Automata, it takes a usually dreary and bleak world and injects a hint of something whimsical, humorous, and charming.
It provides both the feeling of cozy comfort and exciting adventure, with slice-of-life elements like part-time jobs and house decorating blending with world exploration and turn-based combat. There’s a little bit of everything in this game, so much so that you might just find yourself not wanting to leave its immersive world.
Vivid World
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $19.99 | $16.99 (15% off) |
Vivid World is a roguelike, party-building game where players put themselves into the eyes of Lemuria, a mage student whose world is suddenly ravaged by an unknown force, sending her and her spirit-transformed classmates into the Underworld. What starts off as a simple adventure to try and escape becomes something more meaningful and deep, letting Lemuria uncover the secrets of the otherworld.
Roguelike, dungeon-crawling, and strategy is the name of the game, allowing players to combine almost endless combos to clear dungeons upon dungeons. Visuals are vivid (no pun intended) and cute, and gameplay is easy to get into without being too challenging. If you’re interested in auto-battler strategy games like Teamfight Tactics, Vivid World might just be right up your alley!
Keep Driving
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $17.99 | $13.49 (25% off) |
It’s summer break in the early 2000s—the best thing to do is to go on a whimsical road trip through the country to get to a rad music festival. Keep Driving is an indie atmospheric management game where you speed through the country, manage supplies, get into oddly entertaining car combat sequences, and meet a colorful cast of hitchhikers from a disgruntled salaryman to a rocker dude with his fluffy dog.
It feels like a modern day Oregon Trail, beefed up with familiar modern elements as well as a jamming soundtrack featuring a wide variety of Swedish indie artists. Cozy pixel graphics, turn-based combat, a banger set of music to listen to—brings you back (or gives you a perspective of what it was like before the internet took over, if you’re younger than that).
Megabonk
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $9.99 | $7.49 (25% off) |
Taking a page from games like Vampire Survivors comes Megabonk, a roguelike survival that challenges you to come out on top against nearly endless waves of enemies. It sets itself apart from other games of its genre with its over-the-shoulder perspective, a huge shift from the traditional isometric view, which also adds the depth of verticality into it.
An engaging bullet heaven title with solid and rather innovative gameplay, fun audio and visuals, all lending itself to endless fun shooting that will keep you entertained for hours on end.
BALL x PIT
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $14.99 | $11.99 (20% off) |
Inspired by games like Brick Breaker and styled after bullet heaven games, BALL x PIT is an action roguelite where players fight waves upon waves of enemies using…well, balls! Upgrade your arsenal bit by bit, combining effects and weaponized balls into stronger weapons, and achieve victory!
It brings something fresh to the genre with its brick-breaker-meets-roguelike gameplay, coupled with the charming contrast of 2D on 3D visuals and high replayability.
Critically Acclaimed Titles
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $49.99 | $39.99 (20% off) |
This entry goes without saying, and honestly requires little to no introduction—The Game Awards 2025’s Game of the Year is on sale, aligning with its numerous wins in different categories and shows. As an extra tribute, its "Thank You Update" was also released recently, bringing in even more new content into the fray.
Set in a strange world where an enigmatic being called The Paintress slowly erases people Since its release back in April, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has garnered high marks across the board for its compelling story and characters, splendid world-building, magnificent audio, and engaging gameplay. If you have not jumped into its alluring Belle Époque-themed world yet, then this is the perfect time to do so.
Baldur’s Gate 3
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $59.99 | $44.99 (25% off) |
The Game Awards’ Game of the Year for 2023 took the world by storm in its heyday, and even two years later, it still amasses at least 60k players daily. Baldur’s Gate 3 is the sequel to 2000’s Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn where players take on the shoes of the protagonist who has been cursed by a mind flayer tadpole, condemning them to eventual transformation into grotesque monsters. Alongside a party of other unfortunate souls, they trek across the land to find a solution to their problem…while uncovering all sorts of different things about this strange world.
This CRPG has it all—detailed graphics, top-notch voice-acting, captivating music, charming and well-written characters, an intriguing story where your choices matter, all blended together to create an immensely immersive experience in the world of Faerûn.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $69.99 | $34.99 (50% off) |
With awards like Best Role Playing Game, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction under their belt, Metaphor: ReFantazio was one of 2024’s stellar titles. This RPG-adventure takes players to the United Kingdom of Euchronia, a land thrown into chaos by the sudden death of its ruler. Initially on a separate mission, the protagonist, along with his fairy companion Gallica, find themselves caught up in the tournament for the empty throne, and finding out more about the hidden truth that lies before them.
Its signature Atlus-branded style of JRPG is well-loved and polished, and Metaphor: ReFantazio definitely showcases the company’s expertise. Engaging turn-based combat, stunning visuals, a riveting fantasy story, a solid soundtrack by the composers behind several Persona tracks—it’s got everything you’d want in a JRPG and it’s done fantastically.
Oldies, But Goodies
Detroit: Become Human
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $39.99 | $3.99 (90% off) |
Detroit: Become Human is a 2020 narrative-driven adventure title by Quantic Dream originally released for the PS4. Set in a world where androids have evolved into near carbon copies of humans, tensions arise between the human masters and their android servants in the city of Detroit. Combining action and choice-based gameplay, moral dilemmas are the centerpiece of everything that unfolds. You’ll get to play through the eyes of three different androids—Markus, Kara, and Connor—seeing their world, and shaping their future with it.
Its gripping narrative and realistic visuals for its time was what made it stand out back then. Until now, its plot is relatable and people might find themselves feeling more emotionally connected than initially imagined. If you manage to snag this classic on their 90% off sale, get ready both your tissues and your sharp QTE skills.
Slay the Spire
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $24.99 | $2.49 (90% off) |
Slay the Spire is a widely popular singleplayer deckbuilding roguelike released back in 2019 that has inspired tons of other games just like it, a testament to its immensely fun gameplay and mechanics that’s easy to understand, but difficult to master. Each run up the Spire is not exactly the same, allowing for tons of replayability and strategies across four characters, 350+ cards, and 200+ items and relics.
With Slay the Spire 2 coming up real soon in March 2026, there’s no better time to catch up with the game and to start practicing your deckbuilding skills! At an insanely low price of $2.49, it’s a deal that’s hard to pass up.
Civilization 6
| Original Price | Discounted Price |
|---|---|
| $59.99 | $5.99 (90% off) |
Despite being nearly a decade old, Civilization VI still stands as one of the most popular and best-regarded entries in the series. Its systems are deep without being overwhelming, and every match tells a different story depending on how you play, who you face, and even how the world develops. The game offers multiple ways to win and rewards long term planning without locking out new players. Years of updates and expansions have also helped refine its systems.
The game currently enjoys a 90% discount and is massively replayable. You are getting a game that can last dozens, even hundreds, of hours for the price of a quick meal. Even if you’ve never dipped your toes into the world of 4X strategy, it’s a small price to pay for what can be your next adventure.
