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PayPalThis is the sale event you've been waiting on isn't it? The Steam Winter Sale 2025 has arrived with a great many thousands of games discounted. No doubt the Steam store will be a little flaky for a while, as it usually struggles to cope with the increased demand of everyone madly throwing their payment cards at the servers.
Valve's Steam Awards is also now open for voting, with nominations over. No big surprise in the final nominations for Game of the Year which includes:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- ARC Raiders
- Dispatch
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
All of them are on sale too.
Valve's official sale trailer is below:
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As usual I've gone over and picked out a few fun treats for you to get you going. To keep it simple, I'm sticking to games that are noted to be Steam Deck Verified / SteamOS Compatible. So you should be able to just hit play without thinking on them no matter the Linux system you're gaming on.
Top Picks under £20
Cyberpunk 2077 - 65% off
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - 60% off
No Man's Sky - 60% off
The Wandering Village - 50% off
Hollow Knight: Silksong - 20% off
Top Picks under £10
DREDGE - 60% off
Cult of the Lamb - 50% off
PEAK - 38% off
Mouthwashing - 30% off
Megabonk - 25% off
The sale ends January 5th. So plenty of time for you to decide. See it all on Steam and you should also check out the special deals page for some really big discounts.
Let us know what great deals you grabbed in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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StalePopcorn 13 hours ago
That'll be it for me this season, not much time to play.
Runs great, and is even better then it takes-two, it's really refreshing to play a game like this in 2025, so many unquie and fun set pieces, twists and turns. I really wish more games like this were made today!
I might pick up Lego Skywalker saga over the sale to continue with that splitscreen/couch co-op fun
I think the only games I played from 2025 were Civilisation VII (pants), and Little Sim World (alright, but very early access.)
Last edited by WorMzy on 19 Dec 2025 at 12:40 am UTC
Quoting: StellaI should get through my massive backlog before buying anything new 😆Especially since at least some of these will be cheaper next year. No rush.
Unless, of course, there's grounds to expect a "remaster" which is in fact a downgrade that also involves the superior original release getting delisted. Curious times we live in, yes?
That said, I grabbed Kingdom Come 2 when I still need to finish 1. That's a "support the devs" case for me. Unique voice, hope they make more games.
Otherwise, I liked what I played of Hollow Knight and will get back to it someday, but I'm not that into the idea of a harder sequel so I have zero interest in Silksong. I do really like the devs, though, so if I do finish Hollow Knight and feel up for more...
Expedition 33 just doesn't look appealing to me with its absurdly high concept idea and silly art style, and the combat system isn't helping its case. Also, I'm now sick of it just by existing on the Internet. Wouldn't be fair to the game if I played it in the height of the furor. Maybe a 70% off for me, but I'd need to run out of games to play AND be starved for jrpgs (of which I have a healthy - and growing - backlog) even then.
Dispatch - don't care.
The shooty thing I already forgot the title of - ...
Basically what I'm saying is that I seek to incur the wrath of the Dorito Pope.
Last edited by such on 19 Dec 2025 at 12:26 am UTC
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Arehandoro 3 hours ago
Expedition 33 and Indiana Jones will have to wait until I can play them on the desktop or when they release the Definitive Edition. Or if I win Christmas' lottery 😅
Last edited by Arehandoro on 19 Dec 2025 at 9:30 am UTC
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