Here Are 25 Great Games You Can Get Dirt Cheap During The Steam Summer Sale

Here are all the best Steam Summer Sale video game deals for 2021.

Credit: Remedy

The Steam Summer Sale is back, running from June 24th – July 8th with hundreds—maybe thousands—of games on sale to add to your ever-expanding backlog. Hey, you may not get to them right away but at least they’re cheap!

The Steam Summer Sale has lost, er, steam in recent years thanks to the amount of subscription services and free games available these days. You can subscribe to Xbox Game Pass or Amazon Prime or PlayStation Plus and get new “free” games every month. Free-to-play titles like Fortnite and PUBG dominate the charts.

But for those of whose who still enjoy owning our games, and single-player titles with great campaigns and stories, the Steam Summer Sale is a great way to catch up on titles we missed or new games we haven’t even heard about.

The following list only has one thing in common: Every game is on sale at the time of publication. Otherwise, it’s quite wide-ranging, with titles from various genres including first-person shooters, co-op RPGs and third-person action-adventure games.

Some of these are award-winning critical darlings like Dead Cells or Hades. Others are classics like Halo or newer titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and more obscure indie titles like Olija.

Something for everyone, hopefully, though I did not go out of my way to represent all genres. Big strategy games and puzzlers are not included, not because I didn’t mean to but because by the time I hit 25 games I decided to call it quits. I may round up other titles for a second list before the sale is over. If you have some games that are currently on sale that you think deserve some attention, let me know on Twitter!

Halo The Master Chief Collection

Credit: Microsoft

“The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.”

The Halo: Master Chief Collection currently boasts a Very Positive user review score from gamers.

Dead Cells

Credit: Motion Twin

“Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You’ll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle… assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.”

Dead Cells currently boasts an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score from gamers.

Hades

Credit: Supergiant Games

“Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.”

Hades currently boasts an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score from gamers.

Dark Souls II

Credit: FromSoftware

“DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.”

Dark Souls II currently boasts a Very Positive user review score from gamers.

Deep Rock Galactic

Credit: Ghost Ship Games

“Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring badass space Dwarves, 100% destructible environments, procedurally-generated caves, and endless hordes of alien monsters.”

Deep Rock Galactic currently boasts an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score from gamers.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Credit: Guerrilla Games

“Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!”

Horizon Zero Dawn currently boasts a Very Positive user review score from gamers.

Borderlands 3

Credit: Gearbox

“The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.”

Borderlands 3 currently boasts a Very Positive user review score from gamers.

Narita Boy

Credit: Studio Koba

“Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!”

Narita Boy currently boasts a Very Positive user review score on Steam.

“Spiritfarer is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and guide them across mystical seas to finally release them into the afterlife. What will you leave behind?”

Spiritfarer currently boasts an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score on Steam.

Helldivers

Credit: Arrowhead Games

“HELLDIVERS is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.”

Helldivers boasts a Very Positive user review rating from gamers.

Dying Light

Credit: Techland

“First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.”

Dying Light is rocking an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score from gamers. [Here’s everything we know about Dying Light 2]

Code Vein

Credit: Bandai Namco

“In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.”

Code Vein is rocking a Very Positive user review score from gamers.

“Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.”

Olija boasts a Very Positive rating on Steam.

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Credit: Sazaku

“A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.”

Cultist Simulator

Credit: Weather Factory

“Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.”

Cultist Simulator boasts a Very Positive user review score on Steam. Listen to my podcast with the developer here.

Dungeon of the Endless

Credit: AMPLITUDE Studios

“Dungeon of the Endless is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out…”

Dungeon of the Endless currently rocks a Very Positive user rating on Steam.

VA-11 HALL-A

Credit: Sukeban Games

“VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em’ up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.”

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action boasts a Very Positive user review score on Steam.

Darkest Dungeon

Credit: Red Hook Studios

“Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?”

Darkest Dungeon is currently boasting a Very Positive user review score on Steam.

Cyberpunk 2077

Credit: CDPR

“Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant that is the key to immortality.”

Cyberpunk 2077 is only getting Mixed reviews from gamers on Steam—all the more reason to buy it on sale!

Witcher 3

Credit: CDPR

“As war rages on throughout the Northern Realms, you take on the greatest contract of your life — tracking down the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.”

Fortunately CDPR’s previous game gets an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score on Steam.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Credit: Ubisoft

“The year is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established their own lawless Republic where corruption, greediness and cruelty are commonplace.Among these outlaws is a brash young captain named Edward Kenway.”

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag boasts a Very Positive user review score on Steam.

Valheim

Credit: Iron Gate AB

“A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!”

The popular Early Access game boasts a Very Positive user review score currently.

23. Ghostrunner Is 50% Off ($14.99)

Ghostrunner

Credit: 505 Games

“Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.”

Ghostrunner boasts a Very Positive user review score on Steam.

Control

Credit: Remedy

“Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”

Users give Control a Very Positive review score on Steam.

Death Stranding

Credit: Kojima Productions

“From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.”

Death Stranding boasts a Very Positive rating on Steam.

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