It's that time of the year when any leftover money you've got after buying gifts, arranging holiday travel, and donating to worthwhile causes is going to go PC games. The Steam Winter sale is live, and we'll be updating this story every day with what we think is the best of the best as well as all of the other day's deals. Things are structured little different this year:
- New featured deals pop up every 24 hours, but will last for 48 hours
- Flash Sales will update every 12 hours, but those deals will be available for 24 hours
- Community's choice deals will update every 24 hours
What are you picking up (or hoping to buy) during Valve's quarterly sales event? Let us know in the comments below.
Day 3: December 20, 2014
Our pick: Metro 2033 Redux - - $12.49 (-50%)
Metro 2033 was released four years ago, but with the Redux treatment, it's still one of the best-looking first-person shooters on PC. If you didn't play it back then, you owe it to yourself to pick up the discounted version. Read GameSpot's Metro 2033 Redux review and check it out on Steam here.
Other Day 3 Deals:
- Prison Architect -- $5 .99 (-80%)
- NBA 2K15 -- $40.19 (-33%)
- Stronghold Crusader -- $33.49 (-33%)
- Europa Universalis IV -- $10 (-75%)
- 7 Way to Die -- $12.49 (-50%)
- Rise of Nations Extended Edition -- $4.99 (-75%)
- The Binding of Isaac Reb irth -- $10.04 (-33%)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter -- $11.99 (-40%)
Flash Sale:
- Mass Effect 2 -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Trine 2 -- $1.99 (-90%)
- Dreamfall Chapters -- $17.99 (-40%)
- The Golf Club -- $13.99 (-60%)
- Risk of Rain -- $2.49 (-75%)
- Lord of the Rings: War in the North -- $4.99 (-75%)
Community's Choice:
- Winner: Rage --$4.99 (-75%)
- Ruse -- $2.49 (-75%)
- Cities in Motion 2 -- $4.99 (-75%)
Day 2: December 19, 2014
Our pick: Castle Crashers -- $1.49 (-90%)
At 90% off, there's no reason not to buy developer The Behemoth's colorful beat-em-up. It makes a good gift as well; after all, the game is a lot more fun with friends. Read our Castle Crashers review and check it out on Steam here.
Other Day 2 Deals:
- Depth -- $14.99 (-40%)
- Fable Anniversary -- $17.49 ( -50%)
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel -- $29.99 (-50%)
- Ryse: Son of Rome -- $19.99 (-50%)
- Batman: Arkham Origins -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Killing Floor -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Valkyria Chronicles -- $14.99 (-25%)
- Assassin's Creed Unity -- $40.19 (-33%)
- Winner: Hack n Slash -- $4.54 (-66%)
- Neverending Nightmares -- $6.74 (-55%)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -- $17.99 (-55%)
- Galactic Civilizations III -- $24.99 (-50%)
- Spacebase DF9 -- $6.79 (-66%)
- The Legend of Korra -- $9.89 (-34%)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution -- $3.99 (-80%)
- Guns of Icarus -- $2.24 (-85%)
- Space Run -- $5.09 (-66%)
- Insurgency -- $4.49 (-70%)
- Transocean -- $17.99 (-40%)
- Planet Explorers -- $14.99 (-40%)
- DmC: Devil May Cry -- $12.49 (-75%)
- Hammerwatch -- $1.49 (-85%)
- Orcs Must Die 2 -- $3.74 (-75%)
- State of Decay -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 -- $3.74 (-85%)
- Space Engineers -- $9.99 (-50%)
- Civilization: Beyond Earth -- $29.99 (-40%)
- Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition -- $14.98 (-75%)
- Sniper Elite III -- $24.99 (-50%)
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes -- $13.39 (-33%)
- Rocksmith 2 014 -- $20.99 (-65%)
- Monaco -- $1.34 (-91%)
- Broforce -- $10.04 (-33%)
- Broken Age -- $8.49 (-66%)
- Dead Space 2 -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Defense Grid 2 -- $8.49 (-66%)
- Doorkickers -- $9.99 (-50%)
- Damned -- $4.99 (-75%)
- Styx: Master of Shadows -- $14.99 (-50%)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition -- $4.99 (-80%)
- Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar -- $4.49 (-85%)
- Injustice Gods Among Us -- $4.99 (-75%)
- SpeedRunners -- $2.49 (-75%)
Community's Choice:
Flash sale round 1:
Flash sale round 2
Day 1: December 18, 2014
Our pick: Dark Souls 2 -- $14.70 (63%)
The follow-up to the crazy-hard Demon's Souls and the crazy-hard Dark Souls is... still crazy-hard. The game might not be to eve ryone's tastes, but it's a series that you have to respect for sticking to its punishing formula. Read our Dark Souls 2 review and check it out on Steam.
Other 48-hour deals:
Community's Choice hasn't kicked off yet, but here are the first six flash sale games:
Flash sale round 2
And an additional six flash games (note that the deals below didn't expire 24 hours after posting.
Flash sale round 1:
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