Steam Summer Sale 2023: best games to get at a discount

Our recommendations for games to grab during Steam Summer Sale 2023

Prepare your wallets, because Steam Summer Sale 2023 has arrived and is bringing the traditional heat wave of discounts that melts your money-saving resolve away. And who can blame you? Some of the greatest video games of their genres are off by ridiculous amounts like 90% – you can get hundreds of hours of premium entertainment for the price of some snacks. Sayonara, self-control!

With some many fantastic games to choose from, it gets a bit overwhelming. What should you get now, what might be available at a better price in the future, is this game you’ve set your eyes on really that good? Well, worry no longer. Our team combed through the titles on offer and chose the best Steam Summer Sale 2023 games for you to grab between now and July 13, 2023, at a discount.

Maybe not all of them at the same time, though. You’ve got to leave some budget for food.

Celeste

Maddy Makes Games

• 75% off

The most difficult game absolutely anyone can finish, Celeste brings hardcore 2D platforming in small manageable chunks. Saving on every screen, you’ll build the tools to take on the mountain, and find out more about yourself on the way. An incredible soundtrack makes this one of the greats.

Slay the Spire

Mega Crit Games

• 66% off

One of the best deck-builders in recent history, Slay the Spire turns card games into a roguelike where you fight desperately to get to the final fight. What you bring over between runs is knowledge. The more you use your cards the better you get to know them, and eventually, which combinations create devastating combos.

Overcooked 2

Team 17

• 75% off

The ultimate co-op game for up to four people, Overcooked 2 asks you to discuss, communicate and strategize, in order to serve increasingly complex dishes to your customers. This game is the true test of a relationship.

Undertale

Toby Fox

• 70% off

A game best played when you know nothing about it, Undertale is a short and sweet RPG where you build relationships and subvert your expectations.

The Nonary Games

Spike Chunsoft

• 60% off

Two incredible games in one package, the Nonary Games are a series of escape room puzzles built inside an overarching mystery. The first game 999 is short of sweet to give you a taste for the genre mash up, but if you enjoy it Virtue’s Last Reward is the pinnacle of the series.

Monster Hunter Rise

Capcom

• 60% off

Monster Hunter Rise is easily the best game in the long-running Monster Hunter series. If you’re new to the series, you should know that it’s a co-op hack-and-slash RPG with a dozen weapon styles and heaps of huge critters to bash your blades against. If you’ve played Monster Hunter before, Rise is faster, more exciting, and more streamlined than ever before.

Forza Horizon 5

Playground Games

• 50% off

Every Forza Horizon game is fantastic, but Horizon 5 is on a whole other level. It’s a gorgeous Mexico-inspired environment to mess around in with any one of what seems like a million cars, some of the most fun challenges you’ll ever encounter in a driving game, and plenty of fun customisation.

Dead Cells Medley of Pain Bundle

Motion Twin

• 47% off

Dead Cells has always been a great little roguelike Metroidvania, but it was elevated to new heights with the release of the Return to Castlevania DLC. If you like fast, snappy combat, gorgeous pixel art, and choosing from hundreds of weapons, you’ll like Dead Cells.

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Firaxis

• 90% off

It might be a while before the next iteration of Sid Meier’s Civilization, which is currently in the oven at Firaxis, will be out, so there’s more than enough time to get your money’s worth out of the current version – especially with such a discount. It’s noteworthy that bundles with all the game’s expansions have great discounts as well, so there’s never been a better time to grab this turn-based strategy epic than now. Civilization VI was a big revolution for the series, innovating how players exploit their territory and plan their cities.

Humankind

Amplitude

• 80% off

Another turn-based strategy game, but following a different formula. Humankind moves the focus away from a single culture, allowing you to choose from a variety of civilizations as you enter a new era, giving your people a unique identity over the course of a game. Allowing for huge battles and sieges, the game’s combat system takes notes from series like Age of Wonders by letting fights play out on separate maps based on the location two (or more) armies are clashing. While not perfect, Humankind is a breeze of fresh air in the genre and definitely worth checking out at this discount.

Code Vein

Bandai Namco

• 85% off

Soulslikes are tough stuff to come into, and the FromSoftware games sure don’t do much to make you feel at home. Code Vein, however, feels like a good starting point if you’ve always wondered what’s up with this genre.

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot

Bandai Namco

• 75% off

We’ve always dreamed about a Dragon Ball open world game, and here it is – filled with all the strange characters, creatures, and fancy stories fans have been loving for years.

Need for Speed Unbound

EA

• 70% off

Need for Speed as a series has gotten us used to ups and downs, but listen: Unbound is really good. On top of a fun driving model, it also comes with rewarding roguelike systems that breathe fresh air into a stale franchise.

Control Ultimate Edition

Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games

• 75% off

This is basically the game that allowed Remedy to make the Alan Wake II dream a reality, so if you’re hyped for the cursed writer’s next adventure, you know what to do. Also, the Ultimate Edition includes AWE, a story DLC about Alan Wake himself.

Dirt Rally 2.0

Codemasters

• 80% off

Rally fans are begging for another entry in the series, or at least another game from Codemasters. While our desires should be satisfied in a few months, or so it seems going by the rumors, this is the best rally game you can buy right now.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Square Enix

• 43% off

If you’re tired of seeing PS5 gamers playing Final Fantasy XVI and coming up with their happy opinions on social media, you can also jump on the Final Fantasy bandwagon now and play what’s likely the best game in the series on PC.

Hades

Supergiant Games

• 50% off

Considered to be the best game released in 2020, this indie roguelike action RPG with a distinct visual style, fantastic music, a great story and voice acting, and snappy combat has it all. Try to escape from the Greek underworld again and again, using the powers of the Olympic gods and the more sinister Titans to make your way to the surface. A superb game, though you may want to apologize to your wrists for the strain you’ll put them through.

Steam Deck

Valve

• 20% off

It might not be a game and have been overshadowed by Asus ROG Ally lately, but it still is the one that started it all again. Steam Deck still feels the most solid choice for handheld PC gaming, and it’s now cheaper.

If your entertainment budget is already spent, then you can still play the best free Steam games with your friends without paying a dime.