Steam Xbox Publisher Sale 2023: best games to get at a discount

Our writers pick out a few discounted gems from Steam’s Xbox Sale 2023

The Steam Xbox Publisher Sale 2023 is on right now, offering some of the best video games from Microsoft’s games division up at great prices. Steam’s sales events are always fantastic opportunities to get awesome titles at unbeatable discounts, so anyone on a budget should do themselves a favor and check out what’s on offer.

With the mass of games available on Steam, however, this can be a little bit overwhelming – too much choice might be a luxury problem, but it’s a problem nevertheless. That’s why our team has come together to pick out some of the best games to pick up at a discount during the Steam Xbox Publisher Sale 2023.

Best games to get in Steam Xbox Publisher Sale 2023

Age of Empires 4 – MW

Microsoft

Age of Empires 4 offers great value for real-time strategy fans, containing a series of campaigns with solid gameplay and some excellent documentary content embedded into them. Multiplayer fans will find their fill of entertainment here as well, battling against other players with a variety of unique factions. The game is updated consistently with new content and additional features – it even has old-school cheats you can use when playing skirmishes against the AI.

Age of Empires 4 is 40% off right now, clocking in at $23.99.

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition – MW

Microsoft

Rise of Nations is another fantastic RTS experience that fans of the genre should definitely play through, if they haven’t yet. Offering a Risk-like campaign world conquest mode as a framework for its real-time battles, Rise of Nations sees you advance from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age. Interesting city, border, and supply mechanics set this title apart from others. The Extended Edition contains improved visuals for the 2003 game and fully integrates it with Steam, making ranked multiplayer matches possible.

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is 75% off right now, clocking in at $4.99.

Ori: The Collection – OB

Moon Studios

Ori and the Blind Forest deserves to be enshrined alongside Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as one of the key pioneers in the Metroidvania genre. It’s a wonderful game with gorgeous artwork, unique combat mechanics, and a checkpointing system that feels so genius it’s shocking nobody else came up with it first. Will of the Wisps takes everything that made Blind Forest great and ramps it up to new heights, providing a different but familiar experience that is almost as incredible as its predecessor. Buying both for under $10 feels criminal, but it’s a deal you simply can’t miss out on.

Ori: The Collection is 80% off right now, clocking in at $9.88.

Psychonauts 2 – GY

Double Fine Productions

Psychonauts became a cult classic back when it was released in 2005, but Psychonauts 2 improves on all the mistakes made by the original. The platforming is far more fluid and intuitive, and while it’s hard to improve on the story of the original, the sequel brings in a number of new characters, as well as interesting areas, and even more minds to invade. If you were put off by the quirks of the original the sequel is worth giving a try.

Psychonauts 2 is 66% off right now, clocking in at $20.39.

Costume Quest 1 & 2 Bundle – GY

Double Fine Productions

If you like Psychonauts then we urge you to play this silly RPG also from Double Fine. You play as kids out on their quest for candy as they trick or treat on Halloween. Using different costumes they find around the neighborhood they battle bigger kids through imaginary kaiju style fights with their costumes. It has a surprisingly deep battle system, and dollops and light-hearted humor.

Costume Quest 1 & 2 Bundle is 70% off right now, clocking in at $5.49.

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