Steam Summer Sale 2023 Recommendations Thread

Anyone else feeling like they’ve already picked up most of these over the years of summer sales and there’s really not anything worth picking up this year?

I really recommend the Ori series, beautiful and the story is great.

Rude to list transistor and hades but not Pyre

Pyre is basically Fantasy NBA Jam with a visual novel story that adapts to if you win or lose. Very good story. Very good art. Very good music. Very good game.

Fuckin hell you guys are here too, thank god

The original Deus Ex is 86% off at 0,97€. Definitely worth it if you have yet to play this masterpiece! Just finished it myself on Steam Deck and worked like a charm.

This is a beautiful breakdown. Nice to see this type of content on the community. Real quality.

• Ghost Song (2022) 30% off at $13.99
• Dark Souls III (2016) 50% off at $29.99
• Metro Exodus (2019) 80% off at $5.99
• Signalis (2022) 20% off at $15.99
• Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide (2015) 90% off at $2.99
• Horizon: Zero Dawn (2020) 67% off at $16.49
• Song of Iron (2020) 50% off at $9.99
• Tactics Ogre: Reborn (2022) 40% off at $29.99
• Triangle Strategy (2022) 50% off at $29.99

Edit: Added Dark Souls III to list

Dark Souls Remastered and Sekiro are on sale. These are relatively rarely discounted, so here's an opportunity if you were looking to pick them up.

I highly recommend playing Disco Elysium, but I'd recommend pirating it like the creators requested.

Amazing game though.

I would also recommend Elden Ring. Currently at 30% off.

I am tempted to buy transistor - is it pretty similar to Bastion? Pyre was amazing, but Im not sure if I need another straight forward RPG style game. Does it have some kind of unique hook?

Into the Breach, Talos Principal, and Ori also look interesting. Although they're all slightly different than things I usually play so not sure.

Get Dead Cells. It’s made for the Steam Deck!

• Shakedown: Hawaii - 80% off at 3,99€ - Think GTA for the 16-bit era.
• 2Dark - 90% off at 2,49€ - Think Alone in the Dark but top-down and in retro/voxel style, from the original creator of Alone in the Dark.
• UnderRail - 60% off at 5,67€ - Hidden or not, this one can't be recommended enough to fans of the original Fallout (1 & 2, isometric) games.
• Space Haven - 60% off at 8,79€ - In-depth colony/spaceship building & management sim with cozy graphics.
• Crystal Caves HD - 60% off at 2,63€ - A true testament to how to faithfully bring an old platformer into HD, while also innovating on the original. Also contains a lot of hidden gems.
• Supraland Complete Edition - 54% off at 15,71€ - First-Person-Metroidvania in a literal sandbox, lots of freedom, lots of puzzles and exploring. Contains the DLC. Get this to gear up for the eventual release of the sequel Supraworld. The standalone Supraland Six Inches Under is also worth getting, but is "only" at 45% off, which is still great.

• The Yakuza games aren't individually on sale (which is weird), but the Bundle and Collection are 70% and 75% off. Yakuza Zero is definitely worth playing, so for 30 bucks (in Canuck dollars), you basically get two more games for free in the bundle.
• RDR2 is 67% off and absolutely worth every penny.
• AC Origins is 85% off and AC Odyssey is 80%. I know some people have mixed opinions about Odyssey, but I honestly loved both of these games even if the historical accuracy...dips...in Odyssey.

I never tried the resident evil series and haven’t heard about it much, is it worth it? Where do I start?

Thanks for the write up fellow gamer

Well guess I don't have an excuse not to try out ori and Stardew valley

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials. A metroidvania with a strong emphasis on puzzle-solving, but other elements of the genre are not left behind: there's hair-pulling platforming sections, and boss fights that'll leave you bald.

The particularity of this game lies in Pip, our light-emitting bat companion. We don't control her directly, but we can influence her behavior by throwing different types of fruits. And it's with her light and the throwing ability that we'll solve most puzzles.

It's honestly a tough game, especially in its second half if you go for completion (I have two left hands, and have shed tears of blood...), but there's plenty of accessibility options like slowing time when throwing a fruit or multiplying your attack, that'll let you tweak your experience to match with your ability level.

Besides, It's a genuinely well written comedic game with good world-building, and it has a killer soundtrack with a distinctive 80s flair 😊

I'll put a nomination in for Dragon's Dogma @ $5. I first played it on the vita, so it's great for portable (Deck) playing. It's a fun enough RPG/fantasy and I quite liked the pawn system. There's a sequel on the way so if it's something you enjoy there'll be more :)

Thanks for reminding me that *left 4 dead 1 & 2 *were in sale for 90% and other old valve games... I bought them as soon as i can!

I'm not sure that its the type of game many people here would enjoy, but if you're looking for a strategy game with a slightly retro (2000s-ish) vibe, I can highly recommend kairosofts games. Game Dev story in particular I love and is on sale for AU$5

Thanks for this list. I can really recommend both state of decay games. I’ve been playing them for years and I really love them

Age of Empires DE currently does not work on linux and for some win 11 users too. It did but as of 2 days ago it hasn't. This is the issue on the subject, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3189. At least people got a minecraft crossover 🙄

Warhammer: Vermintide II is 80% off

Bioshock remastered is a mess, keeps crashing

Weird West if you enjoy immersive sims.

I grabbed the XCOM2 bundle and Gears Tactics.

I played both years back when I was on console but playing the new Aliens Dark Decent game has me ready to dive into the genre again.

So many awesome games on sale.

Into the Breach

It's rare I say this about a game, but this is even worth full price, so definitely pick this up if it even looks vaguely relevant to your interests. It's positional chess-like turn-based rogue-lite full-information gameplay. It's awesome. They dropped a massive completely free content expansion out of the blue after years of being released that just made it all even better.

This is my signal to buy Into the Breach and jump in.

I'm also giving into the Resident Evil series that's been on my wishlist for waaay too long... RE Remake, RE 0 Remake, RE 2, RE 3, RE 7.

Village and RE 4 will have to wait as the price hasn't dropped enough yet. >:D

That's a solid selection right there, mate!

Haven't played it yet, but I grabbed Super Chibi Knight for $1. The original was one of my favorite flash games back in the day so I'm going in blind to the sequel.

Risk of rain 2 if you're into FPV rouge likes (I love zombies and any wave shooter game really)

One of my favorite games of all time. The music is 10/10 epic. I'm trying to get 100% completion. Especially amazing with friends to just chill and slay. Mercenary is my go to character. Hard to learn, but rewarding.

Thanks for these, much appreciated!

Thank you! Finally picked up FTL after absolutely loving the Jumplight Odyssey demo during NextFest. I need more space survival sim in my life

I seriously gotta pick up some of these, thanks for the recommendation!

X-COM 2 (2016) $7.74 at -94%

I'm seeing it as 90% off at $5.99. Not sure where you get your data from, but a heads up.