This Weekend's PC Game Deals is a roundup of games - old, new, or soon to be released - that are available at a great price and can be activated on Steam, Origin, or Uplay - sometimes even good old games that are DRM-free.
While Half-Life 3 is not available for purchase – not even at the standard full retail price of $60, or any other price for that matter, the Roll Safe law says you can’t offer a deal on a long-awaited game you’ve never released, particularly if you’ve stopped making games a long time ago. Anyway, here are this weekend’s actual PC game deals.
Origin is back to giving away timeless classics, and this time they’re offering Syberia II to those interested in third-person, mouse-driven puzzle adventures. All you need is an Origin account and the Origin client, and depending on your region, you may get Theme Hospital instead. Both games have low system requirements, so grabbing the offer is a no-brainer.
We live in an era where many good games are eclipsed by those backed by big publishers. The “Humble Monthly” subscription is a good way for passionate gamers to discover hand-picked indie games and timeless classics. For $12 you get several titles, including a AAA game – this month’s offer is The Witness, which is a critically-acclaimed, endless maze of puzzles that breaks the mold.
There are a number of other perks to Humble Monthly, such as indie games developed exclusively for subscribers, a 10% discount on purchases from the Humble Store, and the fact that 5% of the proceeds go to a charity. If you’re wondering, the previous Humble Monthly package included: Total War: WARHAMMER, Poly Bridge, Space Run Galaxy, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3, Flat Heroes, RIVE, Morphblade, and Uurnog.
If the previous promotions weren't enough, we’ve also hand-picked some of the best deals on PC games that you can find across all online stores. Some of them are flash sales, so act quickly if you don’t want to miss them. Also, if you happen to be looking for console games as well, check out the list of Xbox games that you can grab with Gold, which includes excellent AAA titles such Ryse: Son of Rome and Darksiders, as well as backward compatible Xbox 360 games.
Preorder rush
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Season Pass Edition – Contrary to the fast-paced action of games like Call of Duty, this one will force you to calculate your every move, blend in the environment, and do a lot of damage with carefully placed, surgical shots from your trusty sniper rifle. The developers have also made this entry more like open-world games such as the Far Cry series, which means that you can tackle your objectives as a special ops sniper during the Georgian civil war in the order of your choosing, instead of following a scripted series of missions.
If you are a Sniper Ghost Warrior veteran, or are looking for an alternative to the Call of Duty’s and the Battlefields of the world, you can pre-order the Season Pass Edition (a.k.a the non-ask-you-later-for-more-money-edition) for $40.16 (about €37.69/£31.99) from Games Planet.
Syberia 3 – In the era of release-now-patch-later, Microids has chosen to make sure that it comes out as polished as possible, even though this means a delay of several months – which makes this worth pre-ordering, if only to encourage more publishers to do the same. Syberia 3 is a continuation of Kate Walker’s adventures in Europe and Russia and can be pre-ordered for only $31.99 (€30.02/£25.48) from DLGamer.
Prey – It’s the year 2032, you wake up aboard a space station that is orbiting the moon, and you must use everything you can scavenge from the station in order to survive hostile aliens that are hunting you at every corner. As you progress, you uncover the story of your past and an experiment that was meant to alter humanity forever. You can pre-order Prey from Game Billet for $42.61 (€39.99/£33.95).
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series – Telltale Games is known for hugely rewarding and addictive 'story-mode' episodic games, such as The Walking Dead, Minecraft: Story Mode, Tales from the Borderlands, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Series and Batman: The Telltale Series. Available for preorder for $22.49 at Humble Store, this is a no-brainer for fans of Marvel’s fictional spacefaring superhero team. You can even get it DRM-free on GOG.
AAA Bombs
There are several popular AAA titles on sale, but we’ve only selected a few of them that are currently priced near or below their historical low:
- Mass Effect: Andromeda - $49.99 at DLGamer
- Nier: Automata - $49.95 at Game Billet
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI – $44.99 at DLGamer
- Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 - $44.99 at Digital Download
- Hitman: The Full Experience - $40.16 at Games Planet
- Battlefield 1 - $39.99 at DLGamer
- Resident Evil VII - $38.99 at Game Billet
- Watch_Dogs 2 - $33.29 at Games Planet
- Quantum Break - $31.89 at Game Billet
- Styx: Shards of Darkness - $31.09 at Game Billet
- NBA 2K17 - $30.09 at Games Planet
- Grand Theft Auto V - $29.99 at Direct2Drive
- Titanfall 2 - $29.99 on Origin (free to try this weekend)
- Shadow Warrior 2 - $28.99 at Game Billet
- Dishonored 2 - $28.35 at Games Planet
- Fallout 4 - $25.07 at Games Planet
- Tom Clancy’s The Division Standard Edition - $24.99 at Humble Store
- Dark Souls III - $23.99 at DLGamer
- Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet Edition - $24.14 at Games Planet
- Stellaris - $23.99 at Paradox Plaza
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - $22.55 at Games Planet
- Mordheim: City of the Damned - $18.81 at Games Planet
- The Technomancer - $18.05 at Games Planet
- XCOM 2 (Standard Edition) - $17.55 at Games Planet
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate - $18.82 at Games Planet
- DOOM - $19.99 at DLGamer
- ANNO 2205 - $19.99 at Humble Store
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst - $16.29 at Games Planet
- Pillars of Eternity Hero Edition - $17.55 at Games Planet
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - $16.29 at Games Planet
- Assassin’s Creed Unity - $14.91 at Games Planet
- Far Cry 4 - $14.99 at Humble Store
- Watch_Dogs Complete Edition - $14.99 at Humble Store
- Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - $13.99 at DLGamer
- Wargame: Red Dragon - $12.74 at Games Planet
- Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition - $12.49 at Games Planet
- SUPERHOT - $12.49 at WinGameStore
- Grim Dawn - $12.49 on Steam
- Project Highrise - $12.22 at Games Planet
- Homefront: The Revolution - Freedom Fighter Bundle - $11.28 at Games Planet
- Sid Meier's Civilization V: Complete Edition - $11.99 at DLGamer
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy - $11.71 at Games Planet
- Bioshock Collection (you get the remastered versions) - $11.28 at Games Planet
- Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack - $11.28 at Games Planet
- GRID 2 Reloaded Edition - $11.28 at Games Planet
- Space Run Galaxy - $11.28 at Games Planet
- Borderlands The Pre-Sequel - $11.28 at Games Planet
- STASIS - $11.28 at Games Planet
- Wolfenstein The New Order - $10.64 at Games Planet
- Mass Effect Trilogy - $10.64 at Games Planet
- Mortal Kombat X Premium Edition - $10.59 at Games Planet
- Alien Isolation Collection - $10.99 at Indie Gala
- Mad Max - $10.01 at Games Planet
- Risen Franchise Pack - $9.38 at Games Planet
- Wasteland 2: Director's Cut - $9.99 at WinGameStore
- Tropico 5 Complete Collection – $9.19 at WinGameStore
- Cities: Skylines Deluxe Edition - $9.99 at Bundle Stars
- Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - $9.99 at Humble Store
- The Turing Test - $9.99 at Humble Store
- Hitman Collection (doesn’t include the new episodic game) - $9.99 at Humble Store
- Darksiders Franchise Pack - $9.99 at Bundle Stars
- Europa Universalis IV - $9.99 at Paradox Plaza
- The Talos Principle - $9.99 on Steam
- ARK: Survival Evolved - $9.89 on Steam
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue - $9.99 at Games Planet
- Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - $9.59 at DLGamer
- Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - $9.13 at Games Planet
- Styx: Master of Shadows - $9.38 at Games Planet
- Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition - $9.38 at Games Planet
- Crusader Kings 2 - $9.38 at Games Planet
- Company of Heroes Complete Pack - $9.24 at Indie Gala
- Borderlands Game of the Year Edition 2 - $9.65 at Games Planet
- DMC - Devil May Cry - $9.02 at Games Planet
- L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition - $8.99 at Bundle Stars
- The Evil Within - $8.77 at Games Planet
- Life is Strange Complete First Season - $8.13 at Games Planet
- THIEF - $7.99 at Games Planet
- Anno 2070 Complete Edition - $7.49 at Humble Store
- Trials of the Blood Dragon - $7.49 at Humble Store
- Blood Bowl - Chaos Edition - $7.49 at Games Planet
- Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition - $7.49 at Games Planet
- Far Cry 3 Deluxe Edition - $7.49 at Humble Store
- Battleborn - $6.89 on Direct2Drive
- Trials Fusion - $6.83 at Games Planet
- Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition – $6.79 at Humble Store
- Assassin's Creed III - $6.38 on Games Planet
- Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - $6.38 on Games Planet
- Fallout New Vegas – Ultimate Edition - $6.38 on Games Planet
- Metro Redux Bundle - $6.25 at Games Planet
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY - $6.01 at Games Planet
- Batman: Arkham Knight - $5.99 at Bundle Stars
- Aliens vs. Predator Collection - $5.99 at Indie Gala
- Titan Quest Anniversary Edition - $5.62 at Games Planet
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - $5.24 on Steam
- Dishonored - $5.01 at Games Planet
- RAGE - $5.01 at Games Planet
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - $4.76 at Games Planet
- Assassin's Creed Revelations - $4.76 at Games Planet
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - $4.76 at Games Planet
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare - $4.38 at Games Planet
- Far Cry 2 Fortune’s Edition - $3.74 at Humble Store
- Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition - $2.54 at Games Planet
Indie Gems
Usually, it's AAA games that steal the show, but there are lots of indie games that offer a great experience, and shouldn't be judged by their cover. Almost a dozen good ones are on sale right now:
- Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves – free on Steam
- Zombie Night Terror - $10.95 at Game Billet
- Heart & Slash - $9.24 at Games Planet
- 8-Bit Armies Complete Edition - $9.75 on Steam
- This War of Mine - $7.89 at Games Planet
- Running with Rifles - $7.49 on Steam
- We are the Dwarves! - $5.99 at Humble Store
- Bot Vice - $5.99 on Steam
- CONTRAST - $5.95 at Games Planet
- Hotline Miami - $5.01 at Games Planet
- They Bleed Pixels - $1.99 on Steam
DRM-Free
Nobody really likes DRM, but for those of you who'll have none of it on their PCs, this is what's hot right now on GOG:
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - $29.99 on GOG
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - $18.74 on GOG
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - $9.99 on GOG
- Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series - $7.49 on GOG
- Tales from the Borderlands - $6.24 on GOG
- The Wolf Among Us - $6.24 on GOG
- The Walking Dead Season 1 - $6.24 on GOG
- The Walking Dead Season 2 - $6.24 on GOG
- Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! - $4.99 on GOG
- Technobabylon - $2.99 on GOG
- GOMO - $1.59 on GOG
- Shadow Warrior Classic Complete - grab it for free on GOG
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