The Steam Summer Sale went live on June 25 at 10am PT and runs through July 9, and the discounts this year are genuinely worth paying attention to. Some of these prices are the lowest these games have ever hit on Steam.
Here's the lowdown on the best picks that stand out from the noise, pulled together after five hours of digging through the sale with a fine-tooth comb.
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The steal of the sale: 90% off picks
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is down to $3.99 (90% off), and that price is almost offensive in how good it is. CD Projekt Red's open-world RPG has spent years sitting at the top of best-of lists for good reason. Geralt's search for Ciri across the Continent still delivers some of the best side quests ever written in an RPG, and with The Witcher 4 on the horizon and a new Witcher 3 expansion called Songs of the Past confirmed for 2027, right now is a genuinely smart time to get into it or revisit it on a fresh platform.
Dead Space Remake matches that 90% discount at $5.99. EA Motive's 2023 rebuild of the original survival horror classic is bleaker and more unsettling than the 2008 version it's based on, which is saying something. Isaac Clarke navigating the USG Ishimura with necromorphs around every corner remains one of the tightest horror experiences on PC. At under $6, there's no reason to skip it.
RPG depth at a fraction of the price
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is at $23.99 (60% off), its lowest Steam price to date. War Horse Studios built one of the most grounded first-person RPGs in years with this one. Henry of Skalitz is a genuinely compelling protagonist, and the medieval Bohemia setting feels lived-in in a way most open worlds don't manage. The side quests alone justify the purchase.
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition sits at $33.10 (60% off), which gets you the base game and the Phantom Liberty expansion in a single package. Night City holds up, the Phantom Liberty storyline with Idris Elba is among the best DLC released this console generation, and the game is in a fundamentally different state than it was at launch. The key here is grabbing the Ultimate Edition specifically, not just the base game, since Phantom Liberty adds a full second act's worth of content.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is down to $13.99 (65% off) and includes the Episode INTERmission chapter starring Yuffie. With Final Fantasy 7 Revelation confirmed to close out Cloud's story in 2027, this is the logical starting point for anyone who hasn't played the trilogy yet.
Horror and metroidvania worth your time
Resident Evil Requiem launched in February and is already seeing its first significant discount at 20% off, bringing it to $55.99. That's not a dramatic cut, but for a game this recent, it's the lowest it's been. The dual-protagonist structure with Leon and Grace gives the game two distinct tones, and a roguelike mode added post-launch has extended its replayability considerably.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is at $14.99 (20% off). Team Cherry's long-awaited follow-up launched in 2025 and delivered on the hype. Playing as Hornet rather than the Knight shifts the feel significantly, with a faster, more aggressive moveset. If you played the original, this is not a retread.
Strategy and simulation picks
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is at $29.99 (25% off) and still in Early Access, but the content already available is substantial. The series returning to its late-'90s strategic roots with grid-based combat and RPG progression is exactly what long-time fans wanted, and multiplayer is already functional. You'll want to know it's Early Access going in, but the foundation is solid.
Two Point Museum is down to $20.09 (33% off). Two Point Studios released this in 2025 and has kept updating it since, including a summer-themed content drop. The expedition mechanic for sourcing exhibits adds a layer the previous Two Point games didn't have, and the humor lands consistently. If management sims are your thing, this is among the best recent examples of the genre.
Indie picks worth adding to the library
Mewgenics at $22.49 (25% off) is one of the more original games released this year. Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel built a turn-based tactical roguelike around breeding cats with inheritable traits, and the result is both weirder and more replayable than that description suggests. The soundtrack is excellent. The humor is genuinely funny. The runs are short enough to fit into a lunch break but deep enough to keep you thinking about builds between sessions.
For fans of the Dave the Diver universe, the game's Into the Jungle DLC has also been discounted, making it a good time to check our Dave the Diver Into the Jungle DLC guide on how long to beat it and how to get started, especially if you're picking it up fresh.
Inkonbini: One Store. Many Stories rounds out the list at $15.99 (20% off). Set in '90s Japan, you play as a college student working a convenience store over the summer. It sounds minimal, but the customer interactions and the slow accumulation of neighborhood stories give it a warmth that sticks with you. It's the kind of game that's easy to underestimate and hard to put down once you're in it.
What this means for gamers
The spread here covers a lot of ground. Three of the games are at their all-time lowest Steam prices, and two of them are under $6. What most players miss during big seasonal sales is that the genuinely deep discounts tend to cluster around older catalog titles, while newer releases get modest cuts. This sale bucks that pattern slightly, with Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Resident Evil Requiem both seeing meaningful price drops despite being relatively recent releases.
The sale runs through July 9, so there's time to be deliberate. If you're looking for more help deciding where to spend, our gaming guides hub has coverage on several of the titles listed here, including a full breakdown of the best Jungle Gun upgrades in Dave the Diver: In the Jungle if that DLC ends up in your cart.
