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If you pay attention to our running list of Steam sale dates you'll already know this, but if you don't then maybe you won't—or maybe you just forgot, that happens too. Regardless, it's that time of year again and here's your reminder: The 2024 Steam Spring Sale is live.

There've been multiple Steam sales and festivals already in 2024, but this is a big one: The Steam Spring Sale is one of the four major seasonal blowouts that lay a beating to our bankbooks every few months. That means deep-cut deals on thousands of games ranging from big-budget releases to cool little indies, plus the usual free Steam sticker for each day of the sale that you pop in to see what's up.

At a glance, it looks like Electronic Arts is going pretty hard in this sale: It's got a big discount on EA Sports FC 24, a bunch of Star Wars games, Mass Effect, and more.

But there's a lot more than that to dig through, so here are a few thoughts to get you started:

• EA Sports FC 24 - $14/£12/€14 (80% off)
• Control Ultimate Edition - $10/£9/€210 (75% off)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War - $7.49/£5/€7 (85% off)
• RoboCop: Rogue City - $30/£27/€30 (40% off)
• Rainbow Six Siege - $4/£3/€4 (80% off)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley - $30/£25/€30 (25% off)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - $4/£3.49/€4 (90% off)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - $3/£2.49/€3 (90% off)
• Star Wars: Squadrons - $2/£2/€2 (95% off, holy cow)
• The Talos Principle 2 - $18/£15/€17 (40% off)
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition - $9/£8/€9 (85% off)

 

[amigastar]

I don't really need anything but i let myself surprise.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 20% off, might just pick this up even though I don’t have time to play it yet.

 

[kiphalfton]

Since physical games on console aren't really as big of a thing anymore, I expect either:
- these deals will all of a sudden look way more appetizing for multiplatform games.
- valve/etc. will double down and make deals even crappier on multiplatform games.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Lovely background for this Steam Spring sale.

And here's the link to the animated version.

 

[Gaiff]

Steam sales really aren't what they used to be. Look at Sekiro, 5 years old and still $30. In the early 2010s, this would have cost $10.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Any good indies or is it all AAA big games?

 

[Draugoth]

So is DBZ kakarot legendary edition worth $45 or nah?

 

[lem0n]

Mass Effect Legendary collection for $9 is mega value. Definitely get that if you haven't

 

[Kacho]

Obligatory “durrr Steam sales suck now”

Thanks for the heads up. Time to check my wishlist.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I paid full price for Talos Principal 2. It was worth it.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

So is DBZ kakarot legendary edition worth $45 or nah?

Big nah

 

[Gaiff]

Obligatory “durrr Steam sales suck now”

Thanks for the heads up. Time to check my wishlist.

They do. PS Store sales are better and have been for a few years.

 

[Kacho]

They do. PS Store sales are better and have been for a few years.

Thanks. I’ve never heard that before.

 

[cyberheater]

A bit disappointed with the Baldurs Gate sale to be honest.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The one thing I miss about PC gaming is buying like 10 games each one of these seasonal sales and never playing any of them.

 

[Gaiff]

A bit disappointed with the Baldurs Gate sale to be honest.

It still sees daily peaks of 100K players. You don't get massive discounts on games that are still very popular.

 

[R6Rider]

And here's the link to the animated version.

 

[amigastar]

Too bad Elden Ring is not on sale.

 

[kiphalfton]

So is DBZ kakarot legendary edition worth $45 or nah?

I'd say no. But I've only played the base game, which obviously acts as a foundation, and isn't good enough to have built up there and expand out into all the DLC.

And I love DBZ.

 

[Mr Branding]

 

[StueyDuck]

I'm not by my PC, anything like really good or just the usual sales

 

[StueyDuck]

They do. PS Store sales are better and have been for a few years.

I don't know if they suck now, but they've definitely levelled out compared to the old days where it was almost like a black Friday sale every time and you'd grab entire franchises for a few dollars

 

[Arsic]

So is DBZ kakarot legendary edition worth $45 or nah?

If you got a PS5 and ps plus it’s one of the games this month.

The best deal I found this to around is Age of Mythology Extended Edition for $7 instead of $30.

Great way to jump into the game to practice the mechanics before Retold comes out later this year.

Prostogma!

 

[Damigos]

Steam sales are on par with PS sales.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Think I'll finally pick up FF12 for $20.

 

[Urban]

Steam sales really aren't what they used to be. Look at Sekiro, 5 years old and still $30. In the early 2010s, this would have cost $10.

It’s published by Activision..

 

[Arsic]

Think I'll finally pick up FF12 for $20.

Legit great. Fast forward mechanics make the game so well paced now. It’s also much better to me now as an adult compared to when I was a kid trying it out.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Any cool, usually under-the-radar stuff that anyone would recommend?

 

[Dacvak]

Was kinda hoping Pacific Drive would be on sale, but I guess it’s still a bit too new.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Legit great. Fast forward mechanics make the game so well paced now. It’s also much better to me now as an adult compared to when I was a kid trying it out.

I tried playing FF14 these past weeks and realize I don't like it. About 20 hours. Rather just play the single player version of it.

 

[Arsic]

I tried playing FF14 these past weeks and realize I don't like it. About 20 hours. Rather just play the single player version of it.

I said it in the other ff14 thread but that game has always been boring as fuck. Story is told at a snails pace with the worst quests ever in gaming.

FF12 aged like a fine wine.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I said it in the other ff14 thread but that game has always been boring as fuck. Story is told at a snails pace with the worst quests ever in gaming.

FF12 aged like a fine wine.

You were right. I should've listened haha.

 

[billthomas696969]

Prior year GOTY-quality titles used to be $20 base price and $5-10 for Steam sales. B-tier titles would be under $10 on sale within a year of releasing. Now top games are still retailing at full price with sales only taking it down to the $30-40 range years later. I blame it on a couple of things: there are far fewer big ticket single-player games anymore, and Nintendo showed everyone that really high-quality content could still be sold for full price years later with all of their big Switch games.

 

[Generic]

Not impressed. Epic has better prices.

 

[Furiousrunt]

Didn't know there was a sale coming up. Grabbed Phantom Liberty because I'm replaying CP and loving every second. Playing as a female this time and Panam is having none of my advances. Cmon love, don't be nasty, show us your pasty!

 

[kruis]

Not impressed. Epic has better prices.

The Epic games store can be a sweet if you add in coupons and rewards, but with this sale you're only getting a 10% reward booster.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Legit great. Fast forward mechanics make the game so well paced now. It’s also much better to me now as an adult compared to when I was a kid trying it out.

Do these FF games have fast forward mechanics on PC?

 

[Arsic]

Do these FF games have fast forward mechanics on PC?

Yes.

It’s just a button you hit where you make it go 2x,8x, etc faster. So you can grind levels or cross a desert super fast.

 

[Mr Hyde]

My entire wishlist is on sale. Goodbye wallet.

 

[Celcius]

Picked up KOF15 and all the DLC characters for 75% off

 

[Sleepwalker]

Yes.

It’s just a button you hit where you make it go 2x,8x, etc faster. So you can grind levels or cross a desert super fast.

looks like im picking up the entire franchise

 

[Arsic]

looks like im picking up the entire franchise

I’m unsure which FF games do or don’t have it!

I believe the pixel remasters do. Idk about ff8or9 remaster, or X. Double check!

 

[Kings Field]

I went balls deep in the winter sale when I got my Deck so I don’t think there’s anything for me but I’ll probably end up buying a bunch of stuff anyway

 

[Quasicat]

I’ve had Disney Infinity Gold on my wishlist for a few months now. I was going to pay full price ($60) for the bundle, but now it’s $15. Other than that, perhaps I should jump on the Turtles Arcade Collection or some of the Final Fantasy games.

 

[cyberheater]

Picked up Horizon Zero Dawn for the Steam Deck.

 

[Power Pro]

I still miss the daily sales that steam sales used to have...every sale just feels like a known quantity at this point. Never a surprise, I know x game I want, is going to be x price when it's on sale, and it's never going to be any different.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Since physical games on console aren't really as big of a thing anymore, I expect either:
- these deals will all of a sudden look way more appetizing for multiplatform games.
- valve/etc. will double down and make deals even crappier on multiplatform games.

It’ll be the later. There’s no incentive to make them better.

Consoles have the incentive to try to make people move to digital but that hasn’t affected steam sales at all in any positive way. Steam sales have gotten progressively worse over the years.

 

[kruis]

My entire wishlist is on sale. Goodbye wallet.

My entire Steam wishlist is on sale too - and I'm disappointed as hell by these fake price cuts. These "sale prices" are what the games should actually cost throughout the year instead of a couple of weeks a year. In what universe is this a deal?

My actual wishlist is at https://gg.deals but none of the games I really want got a price cut.

 

[Luipadre]

No elden ring sale is disappointing