As expected thanks to a recent leak from PayPal, Steam's annual Winter sale is back and ready to remove those precious dollars you thought would be safe for food and Christmas presents.
Like the past few years, Valve has once again taken up offering the typical set of Daily Deals and this year the savings are just as big. On today's platter we have Space Engineers ($9.99), Sniper Elite III ($24.99), State of Decay ($4.99), Euro Truck Simulator 2 ($3.74), RockSmith 2014 ($16.98), Dark Souls 2 ($20.34), Total War: Rome 2 ($19.98), Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth ($53.99) and the newly launched Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes ($13.39).
Alongside the Daily Deals the Steam sale also has 12-hours deals up for grabs. These include Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar, SpeedRunners, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Styx: Master of Shadows and Damned.
The Community Choice deals have also returned, however with a slight tweak. Like the past users will be able to vote for one of three games, however unlike the past all three games will still be receiving discounts, however the one who does win the vote will receive a far weightier discount, so think before you vote! You'll also be able to score collectible cards for each of your votes, which you can then use to create a Holiday Sale 2014 badge.
You can find all those deals and more at
Steam's official website or through the client (or mobile app!).
Posted 09:49am 19/12/14
Gone from being prime steam sale enthusiastic to completely meh.
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Posted 10:45am 19/12/14
I prefer a consistently sized grid so that I can weigh each item on its own worth rather than feeling like certain things are meant to be standing out more than others, and a layout which can fit like 9 items of data on a decent modern monitor...
Plus things are repeated like a half dozen times down the page as I scroll, I have no idea where it's meant to stop. I miss the simple information about global player data and stuff that was always just a tiny scroll down.
Steam sales got big with clean and simple and recognizable iconography (the green discount price etc). As other competitors move in, changing that established branding and recognizable familiarity from past sales seems a silly move on their part, but IDK.
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Though when it's that easy it almost doesn't seem worth buying anything at full price now, just add it to the wishlist and wait maybe a month...
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Posted 04:50pm 19/12/14
This. I've been doing this for a while now and it works for my wallet.
Nerfatar; I'm not sure what you're referring to as far as 'cluttered'. I appreciate that now 'sponsored' deals are larger (physically, on screen) than others, but the new UI is MUCH better than the old. If you're still having trouble, refer to Dahzel's quote... just add any game you're interested in to your wishlist, and wait til it's 50% or more off. Piece of piss really.
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Posted 10:29am 20/12/14
Can't log in to the servers since i downloaded it.
Anybody having this issue? I dont have much desire to play without inscriptions/warnings etc. on the ground, its what gave DS1 its pizazz.
Of which even online, DS1 is a dead world now.
Nevermind, it seems it must be an issue with steam/being hammered from downloads during the sale.
changed download to america and relogged in, took a few goes to log and immediately went to DS2, no issues.
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Posted 07:46pm 01/1/15
What I really want though is a super cheap Lego game bundle.
Posted 07:51pm 01/1/15
I also got a 2nd CS:GO copy for $7.
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KOTOR
Shadow Warrior
This War of Mine
AOE 2 HD edition
Wasteland 2
Posted 07:58am 02/1/15
- Lethal League
- Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
- Toybox Turbos
Posted 10:04am 02/1/15
Just seems to be nothign interesting worth buying, a shame :(
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Posted 08:57pm 02/1/15
I bought GoT Telltale game on my Android pretty click on a 5.5" screen
Posted 09:30pm 02/1/15
The Nemesis system is so f***** cool. I'd love to see it expanded upon and similar ideas used in other games.
Posted 11:01pm 02/1/15