The best deals in the 2024 Steam Winter Sale

Valve has successfully lodged the Steam Winter Sale into the same part of my brain that stores a fondness for shortbread and hot cider. Even if I don't buy anything, it's a holiday tradition to at least look.

Many of the Steam Winter Sale discounts are the same as or similar to those found in the last few seasonal Steam sales, but we've got lots of new and updated discounts on this list, including 40% off Elden Ring (not seen since the last Winter Sale), and the first ever discount on Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

For even more recommendations, we recently compiled a list of great games that always get Steam sale discounts, and you can check out guides to the best RPGs, best FPS games, best strategy games, and best survival games for even more inspiration.

I also suggest having a look at what's free on the Epic Games Store right now, and checking out GOG's Winter Sale.

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🔺— It costs more than it did in the previous Steam sale
💸— It costs less than it did in the previous Steam sale
🎅 — Santa Claus

No-brainer deals

So cheap it doesn't matter if you chuck them 20 spots down on your backlog.

• Dishonored 2 | $2.99/£2.49 (90% off)
• Vampire Survivors | $3.49/£2.79 (30% off) 💸
• Half-Life 2 | $1.99/£1.70 (80% off) (It was recently free, but still, it's $2 and now comes with both expansion episodes and commentary)
• XCOM 2 | $2.99/£1.74 (95% off)
• Inside | $1.99/£1.69 (90% off)
• Dicey Dungeons | $2.99/£2.55 (80% off)

Steam Winter Sale: 2024 games

Below is a non-comprehensive (but quite long) list of discounts on games we like that released on PC this year. Highlights in this section include 40% off great immersive sim Shadows of Doubt, 50% off dungeon tourism adventure Dungeons of Hinterberg, and 35% off Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard | $38.99/£32.49 (35% off) 💸
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | $52.49/£52.49 (25% off)💸
• Final Fantasy 16 | $37.49/£33.74 (25% off)
• Pacific Drive | $17.99/£14.99 (40% off)
• Caves of Qud | $25.49/£21.24 (15% off)
• God of War Ragnarök | $47.99/£39.99 (20% off)
• Stalker 2 | $53.99/£44.99 (10% off)
• Void Sols | $16.99/£14.44 (15% off)
• Planet Coaster 2 | $39.99/£31.99 (20% off) 💸
• MechWarrior 5 Clans | $39.99/£33.59 (20% off)
• Zero Sievert | $15.99/£13.59 (20% off) 💸
• Shadows of Doubt | $14.99/£11.99 (40% off)
• Frostpunk 2 | $35.99/£30.39 (20% off)
• Satisfactory | $31.99/£26.80 (20% off)
• Animal Well | $19.99/£16.79 (20% off)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes | $18.74/£14.99 (25% off)
• Little Kitty, Big City | $17.49/£14.69 (30% off)
• Manor Lords | $27.99/£24.49 (30% off)
• Tekken 8 | $34.99/£27.49 (50% off)
• Dungeons of Hinterberg | $14.99/£12.49 (50% off)
• Palworld| $22.49/£18.74 (25% off)
• Red Dead Redemption | $39.99/£31.99 (20% off)
• UFO 50 | $21.24/£17.84 (15% off)
• Balatro | $13.49/£10.87 (10% off) 🔺
• Helldivers 2 | $31.99/£27.99 (20% off)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio | $52.49/£44.99 (25% off)
• Hades 2 | $26.99/£22.49 (10% off)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 | $24.99/£24.99 (50% off) 💸
• Star Wars Outlaws | $45.49/£38.99 (35% off) 💸
• Silent Hill 2 | $55.99/£47.99 (20% off)
• The Plucky Squire | $22.49/£18.74 (25% off)
• Sons of the Forest | $14.99/£12.49 (50% off) 💸
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | $34.99/£29.99 (50% off)
• Persona 3 Reload | $41.99/£35.99 (40% off) 🔺
• Enshrouded | $23.99/£19.99 (20% off)
• Sovereign Syndicate | $11.99/£10.05 (40% off) 💸
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | $19.99/£17.49 (50% off)

The Best of 2023

Here's a selection of deals on last year's cream of the crop, including some of our 2023 GOTY Award winners.

Games under $25

Games under $10

Games under $5

Steam Winter Sale: 10 years of GOTY winners

10 fantastic games for under $200 in total (a big portion of which comes from the two most recent among them). Read about why these games are so special in our Game of the Year awards archive.

• 2023: Baldur's Gate 3 | $47.99/£39.99 (20% off)
• 2022: Elden Ring | $35.99/£29.99 (40% off) 💸
• 2021: Valheim | $9.99/£7.74 (50% off)
• 2020: Death Stranding: Director's Cut | $19.99/£17.49 (50% off)
• 2019: Disco Elysium | $9.99/£8.74 (75% off)
• 2018: Into the Breach | $7.49/£5.69 (50% off)
• 2017: Divinity: Original Sin 2 | $13.49/£8.99 (70% off)
• 2016: Dishonored 2 | $2.99/£2.49 (90% off)
• 2015: Metal Gear Solid 5: Definitive Experience | $17.99/£14.99 (40% off)
• 2014: Alien Isolation | $9.99/£8.74 (75% off)