Vacation purchasing is in full swing, which suggests it is about time for the Steam Winter Sale. This go-around, Valve’s sale runs from December 18, 2025 by January 5, 2026, and consists of reductions on a few of this yr’s hit video games, like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Silent Hill f and Murderer’s Creed Shadows.
Clair Obscur is obtainable for $40, down from its regular $50, Silent Hill f is 40 p.c off, bringing its worth right down to $42, and the usually $70 Murderer’s Creed Shadows is promoting for $35, a stable deal on what was considerably of a comeback for the long-running Ubisoft collection. On high of these gross sales, you will get Stardew Valley for $9, or the difficult-to-master strolling sim Child Steps for $13. I am additionally contemplating selecting up Eat Me for $10 and Ball x Pit for $12, simply to spherical out my assortment of indie hits from 2025.
Valve runs Steam gross sales on a fairly common cadence, so if the sport you are eyeing is not on sale, there is a good likelihood it might be quickly. With vacation holidays arising, and hopefully time to play video games on the menu, although, now’s the right time to select up one thing new. And if you do not get to it this yr, take into account it an funding of types for the Steam Machine you would possibly buy in 2026.