Summer is always a busy time for deals, and while the big sales for Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation are already over, one of the season’s biggest game sales has just launched. Every June, Steam users expect a plethora of PC games to go on sale as part of the platform’s annual Summer Offer, and the time has finally come: Steam Summer Sale 2020 is live now, as predicted by a SteamDB developer in May. The sale includes significant discounts on a ton of great games, from Rainbow Six Siege and Elysium Disc to Skyrim A plague tale: innocence, Grand Theft Auto Vand Terrariums. If you’ve been waiting to add to your collection of Steam games, there will rarely be a better time, and there are several newer games available to buy at a big discount.
Steam Summer Sale 2020 dates and times
Steam Summer Sale 2020 started on Thursday, June 25 and runs through July 9, ending at 10 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST.
The best offers of Steam Summer Sale 2020
As usual, literally thousands of games are experiencing huge reductions in almost every genre, from first-person shooter games and action-adventure games to city-building games, horror games, and more. See our full summary of Best Steam Summer Sale 2020 Game Deals for our recommendations on what to grab.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence – $ 15.29 (
$ 45) - Jackbox Party Pack 6 – $ 21 (
$ 30) - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – $ 6 (
$ 20) - Valkyria Chronicles 4 – Full Edition – $ 17 (
$ 50) - Doom Eternal – $ 30 (
$ 60) - Elysium Disc – $ 30 (
$ 40) - Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – $ 6 (
$ 40) - Helldivers – $ 10 (
$ 20) - Tabletop simulator – $ 10 (
$ 20) - Total War: Warhammer II – $ 20.39 (
$ 60) - Dragon Quest Builders II – $ 36 (
$ 60) - Titanfall 2 – $ 9.89 (
$ 30) - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition – $ 16 (
$ 40) - Outer Wilds – $ 16.65 (
$ 25) - Dark Souls III – Deluxe Edition – $ 21.24 (
$ 85) - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarrot – $ 36 (
$ 60) - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – $ 30 (
$ 60) - Rainbow Six Siege – $ 8 (
$ 20) - Grand Theft Auto V – $ 15 (
$ 30) - Oxide – $ 20 (
$ 40) - …and more
Cheap games under $ 10
If you’re on a tight budget this summer, luckily you can find some awesome games for very little money at Steam Summer Sale, some of them are just a few bucks. Games like Celeste, Undertale, Darkest Dungeon, and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will cost you less than $ 10 right now, and are worth playing. For more budget recommendations, see our summary of best cheap games under $ 10 on Steam Summer Sale 2020.
- Light blue – $ 10 (
$ 20) - Undertale – $ 3.39 (
$ 10) - Moonlighter – $ 6.79 (
$ 20) - The Darkest Dungeon – $ 6.24 (
$ 25) - Papers, please – $ 5 (
$ 10) - Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – $ 9 (
$ 30) - …and more
The best PC exclusives for sale
Most cross-platform games arrive on Steam at some point, but there are still plenty of games that launch on PC and don’t transfer to other platforms right away. For that reason, it’s worth paying special attention to PC exclusives during the Steam Summer Sale, as you are likely to find the best prices on these games you’ll find in a long time. Put that gaming PC to good use and check out our list of best PC exclusives for sale on Steam, including Total War: Three Kingdoms, Gears Tactics, and Half-Life: Alyx.
- Half-Life: Alyx – $ 45 (
$ 60) - Gear Tactics – $ 40.19 (
$ 60) - Total War: Three Kingdoms – $ 45 (
$ 60) - XCOM: Chimera Squad – $ 15 (
$ 20) - Tabletop simulator – $ 10 (
$ 20) - Black Mesa – $ 13 (
$ 20) - …and more
Steam Summer Sale theme and trading cards
While last year’s Steam Summer Sale had a unique theme for the Grand Prix, Steam Summer Sale 2020 seems to have a more generic summer travel theme. There is no real minigame this year, but you can win Summer Sale cards. You’ll get a business card for every $ 10 you spend; Plus, you’ll earn one card per day during the sale by completing your Discovery Queue. Then you can create those cards to earn levels for the Summer Road Trip Badge.
A “Road Trip Special” is also available during the Steam Summer offer. You can save an additional $ 5 on any purchase of $ 30 or more. The discount is applied at the end of the purchase. There is also a free sticker to claim every day that the sale is live.
Steam Summer Sale presents Points Shop
Steam has launched the Points Store alongside the Summer Offer, which will now be open year-round and allows you to earn points while you shop. You’ll earn 100 points for every dollar you spend, whether it’s on a game, DLC, app, soundtrack, or in-game items. Those points can be redeemed for profile or chat items, including animated avatars, frames, backgrounds, and badges.
You can also redeem your points for a background or emoticon for games you already own, including those previously associated with collectible cards. Another new feature: Community Awards, which allow you to reward reviews or other user-generated content that you find particularly insightful, touching, or otherwise remarkable. There are also badges that you can earn by rewarding the content of others.
Unlike previous Steam sales, where items you earned expired after a certain period of time, any Point Shop item will be yours and have unlimited uses, with the exception of a special Gold Summer Profile that you can purchase, it is will show for up to 30 days.
