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Steam’s 2024 summer sale is now liveGames you don’t have to play are now cheaper
Games you don’t have to play are now cheaper
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You can tell when a major Steam sale goes live, because the Steam store stop loading. If you can make it past the “something went wrong” message you’ll find that the Steam summer sale is now underway.This year’s event includes a page of"featured deep discounts", which highlights “especially great deals on some of the all-time greats.“They’re not wrong. Many of the games on the page are 90% or even 95% reduced, and it includes Celeste for £1.67, Civ VI for £2.49,Total War: Shogun 2for £2.49, The Witcher 3 for £2.49, and Bloons TD6 £1.17. I suppose the catch is that these games are so great that there’s a good chance you already own them, but if not you can map out the rest of your gaming year with change from a £10 left over for a bag of crisps.Steam Summer Sale 2024: Official TrailerThe Steam summer sale trailer.Watch on YouTubeThere are more discounts than I can highlight here, so we’ll put together a more robust roundup tomorrow. I will say that there are a lot of recent games on my Wishlist that are 20% reduced, including nunventureIndikaand ballwhackerTopSpin 2k25, while train ‘em upSweet Transitis 50% down,Pacific Driveis 40% off, and Surmount is 33% discounted. Cor.Don’t be fooled: I’m not going to buy any of these games, because I didn’t have time to play them before, and I don’t suddenly have time now that they’re cheaper. They’ll also be even cheaper at some point in the future, so I’m not going to fall for the FOMO. You shouldn’t either; just look at all the games already in your Steam library that you haven’t played yet.The sale runsover on Steamuntil July 11th. Be strong, you can do it, I believe in you.
You can tell when a major Steam sale goes live, because the Steam store stop loading. If you can make it past the “something went wrong” message you’ll find that the Steam summer sale is now underway.This year’s event includes a page of"featured deep discounts”, which highlights “especially great deals on some of the all-time greats.“They’re not wrong. Many of the games on the page are 90% or even 95% reduced, and it includes Celeste for £1.67, Civ VI for £2.49,Total War: Shogun 2for £2.49, The Witcher 3 for £2.49, and Bloons TD6 £1.17. I suppose the catch is that these games are so great that there’s a good chance you already own them, but if not you can map out the rest of your gaming year with change from a £10 left over for a bag of crisps.Steam Summer Sale 2024: Official TrailerThe Steam summer sale trailer.Watch on YouTubeThere are more discounts than I can highlight here, so we’ll put together a more robust roundup tomorrow. I will say that there are a lot of recent games on my Wishlist that are 20% reduced, including nunventureIndikaand ballwhackerTopSpin 2k25, while train ‘em upSweet Transitis 50% down,Pacific Driveis 40% off, and Surmount is 33% discounted. Cor.Don’t be fooled: I’m not going to buy any of these games, because I didn’t have time to play them before, and I don’t suddenly have time now that they’re cheaper. They’ll also be even cheaper at some point in the future, so I’m not going to fall for the FOMO. You shouldn’t either; just look at all the games already in your Steam library that you haven’t played yet.The sale runsover on Steamuntil July 11th. Be strong, you can do it, I believe in you.
You can tell when a major Steam sale goes live, because the Steam store stop loading. If you can make it past the “something went wrong” message you’ll find that the Steam summer sale is now underway.
This year’s event includes a page of"featured deep discounts”, which highlights “especially great deals on some of the all-time greats.”
They’re not wrong. Many of the games on the page are 90% or even 95% reduced, and it includes Celeste for £1.67, Civ VI for £2.49,Total War: Shogun 2for £2.49, The Witcher 3 for £2.49, and Bloons TD6 £1.17. I suppose the catch is that these games are so great that there’s a good chance you already own them, but if not you can map out the rest of your gaming year with change from a £10 left over for a bag of crisps.
Steam Summer Sale 2024: Official TrailerThe Steam summer sale trailer.Watch on YouTube
Steam Summer Sale 2024: Official Trailer
There are more discounts than I can highlight here, so we’ll put together a more robust roundup tomorrow. I will say that there are a lot of recent games on my Wishlist that are 20% reduced, including nunventureIndikaand ballwhackerTopSpin 2k25, while train ‘em upSweet Transitis 50% down,Pacific Driveis 40% off, and Surmount is 33% discounted. Cor.
Don’t be fooled: I’m not going to buy any of these games, because I didn’t have time to play them before, and I don’t suddenly have time now that they’re cheaper. They’ll also be even cheaper at some point in the future, so I’m not going to fall for the FOMO. You shouldn’t either; just look at all the games already in your Steam library that you haven’t played yet.
The sale runsover on Steamuntil July 11th. Be strong, you can do it, I believe in you.
