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PayPalToday the Steam Summer Sale 2023 is live once again, where a great many developers put up big discounts for their games. You know the drill right? Your wallet is already hiding from you.
Not only are lots and lots of games on sale but the Steam Deck is as well. You can pick up the 64GB model with 10% off, the 256GB model with 15% off and the 512GB model with 20% off right now. Interestingly, the two lower models have been out of stock in the UK for a while but now they're back in stock - I wonder if Valve were hoarding a bunch ready for the sale expecting many to get sold at once.
Valve also put up a special Top 100 page for the Steam Deck so you can easily scroll down through a nice list with discounts and expected compatibility with Deck Verified ratings. You can also get the Steam Deck on sale on Komodo for select regions.
Valve made a trailer for the event too:
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As always - if you find a particularly good deal for a game that works on Linux or Steam Deck be sure to comment and give over your own recommendations. I'm currently going over my own wishlist but my pile of shame is already rather long at this point.
For a few quick picks I can recommend Valheim (40% off, highest discount yet), I will also never not recommend Deep Rock Galactic (67% off) both great co-op games. Now that Dead by Daylight (60% off) works great I can also suggest that as great fun.
Valve also has a few little treats with a free sticker to claim each day, a new seasonal badge in the Points Shop, two new Artist Profiles and some chances to earn Summer Sale trading cards to level up your Summer Sale Badge.
Check out the sale on the Steam store. The Steam Summer Sale 2023 lasts until July 13th at 10am PT / 5pm UTC.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Linux_Rocks 29 Jun 2023
Man, of course I'm broke right now. Curse you high rent cost, high car insurance in Michigan, and car lease payment! D:
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amatai 29 Jun 2023
Is there a minigame this time ?
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Slackdog 29 Jun 2023
I'm trying to be good (again) so we'll have to see if there's something I can't resist... :P
edit - looking at a PC upgrade so need to be careful!
Last edited by Slackdog on 29 Jun 2023 at 7:14 pm UTC
edit - looking at a PC upgrade so need to be careful!
Last edited by Slackdog on 29 Jun 2023 at 7:14 pm UTC
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Linuxer 29 Jun 2023
veryy nicee!!! this thing i can use 
click install and then play 
(why dont developoers do their package like this???)
click install and then play (why dont developoers do their package like this???)
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awesomeXpossum 29 Jun 2023
lucky i decided to go the entire July without caffeine, junk food and video games!
(full disclosure: still picked up two games on sale, but would've been way more hadn't i made the aforementioned decision) O:)
Last edited by awesomeXpossum on 29 Jun 2023 at 7:34 pm UTC
(full disclosure: still picked up two games on sale, but would've been way more hadn't i made the aforementioned decision) O:)
Last edited by awesomeXpossum on 29 Jun 2023 at 7:34 pm UTC
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mr-victory 29 Jun 2023
It hurts to see Apex low on the list despite being extremely popular on desktop regardless of OS and being one of the first major games to enable anticheat support.
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thelimeydragon 29 Jun 2023
Is there a minigame this time ?
They haven't done a mini-game in years.. probably because they were always over exploited by scripts.
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denyasis 29 Jun 2023
The steam deck discount looks nice. $360 for the basic one.
One can buy a quality 512Gb NVME drive for, what $100 or less.
So you get the $650 one for the price of $450!
Not bad!!
Although I'd have to justify gaming enough to buy one, lol 😆🤣😆
And System Shock is 20% off! That's a buy for me!
Last edited by denyasis on 29 Jun 2023 at 10:49 pm UTC
One can buy a quality 512Gb NVME drive for, what $100 or less.
So you get the $650 one for the price of $450!
Not bad!!
Although I'd have to justify gaming enough to buy one, lol 😆🤣😆
And System Shock is 20% off! That's a buy for me!
Last edited by denyasis on 29 Jun 2023 at 10:49 pm UTC
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iskaputt 29 Jun 2023
Wow, this one seems like a terrible sale. Grim Dawn only down by 50%, same for Dark Souls 3. Same 70% on Witcher 3 as always. Scrolling through my wishlist, most discounts are really lackluster. Not sure if I'll buy anything.
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Every single game I was looking forward to buying did not go on a discount......
[My disappointment is immeasurable...... and my day is ruined.......](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KmNrG9pE4)
[My disappointment is immeasurable...... and my day is ruined.......](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KmNrG9pE4)
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whizse 29 Jun 2023
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Lomkey 30 Jun 2023
Man!
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Doom II, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+, and Placid Plastic Duck Simulator (plus all of its DLC) are all in this sale, so I'll be grabbing those. Doom II is slightly cheaper on Fanatical, though, and I also have a voucher for them, so I'll get that there.
It's also worth noting that the Steam Deck Docking Station is in the sale as well!
As for recommendations, I'd just like to point out these;
[Ape Out](https://store.steampowered.com/app/447150/APE_OUT/) (Proton, £3.19)
[Bail or Jail (Obakeidoro!)](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715980/Bail_or_JailOBAKEIDORO/) (Proton, £7.74)
[Ex-Zodiac](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/) (Early Access) (Native Linux, £5.99)
[Horizon Chase Turbo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/389140/Horizon_Chase_Turbo/) (Native Linux, £3.09)
[Mega Man 11](https://store.steampowered.com/app/742300/Mega_Man_11/) (Proton, £8.24)
[Micro Mages](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1065020/Micro_Mages/) (Proton/NES, £2.07)
[New Super Lucky's Tale](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1038300/New_Super_Luckys_Tale/) (Proton, £7.49)
[Pac-Man 256](https://store.steampowered.com/app/455400/PACMAN_256/) (Native Linux, £1.59)
[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy](https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_Trilogy/) (Proton, £9.89)
[Pizza Tower](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231450/Pizza_Tower/) (Proton, £11.24)
[Race The Sun](https://store.steampowered.com/app/253030/Race_The_Sun/) (Native Linux, £3.49)
[Spelunky](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239350/Spelunky/) (Proton, £2.19)
[Tanglewood](https://store.steampowered.com/app/837190/Tanglewood/) (Native Linux/Mega Drive, £6.99)
[Zool Redimensioned](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647730/Zool_Redimensioned/) (Proton, £2.39)
All games that I've enjoyed a great deal, some of them at absolute knockdown prices right now.
Last edited by Pengling on 30 Jun 2023 at 8:26 am UTC
It's also worth noting that the Steam Deck Docking Station is in the sale as well!
As for recommendations, I'd just like to point out these;
[Ape Out](https://store.steampowered.com/app/447150/APE_OUT/) (Proton, £3.19)
[Bail or Jail (Obakeidoro!)](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715980/Bail_or_JailOBAKEIDORO/) (Proton, £7.74)
[Ex-Zodiac](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/) (Early Access) (Native Linux, £5.99)
[Horizon Chase Turbo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/389140/Horizon_Chase_Turbo/) (Native Linux, £3.09)
[Mega Man 11](https://store.steampowered.com/app/742300/Mega_Man_11/) (Proton, £8.24)
[Micro Mages](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1065020/Micro_Mages/) (Proton/NES, £2.07)
[New Super Lucky's Tale](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1038300/New_Super_Luckys_Tale/) (Proton, £7.49)
[Pac-Man 256](https://store.steampowered.com/app/455400/PACMAN_256/) (Native Linux, £1.59)
[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy](https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_Trilogy/) (Proton, £9.89)
[Pizza Tower](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231450/Pizza_Tower/) (Proton, £11.24)
[Race The Sun](https://store.steampowered.com/app/253030/Race_The_Sun/) (Native Linux, £3.49)
[Spelunky](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239350/Spelunky/) (Proton, £2.19)
[Tanglewood](https://store.steampowered.com/app/837190/Tanglewood/) (Native Linux/Mega Drive, £6.99)
[Zool Redimensioned](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647730/Zool_Redimensioned/) (Proton, £2.39)
All games that I've enjoyed a great deal, some of them at absolute knockdown prices right now.
Last edited by Pengling on 30 Jun 2023 at 8:26 am UTC
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gradyvuckovic 30 Jun 2023
20% off the 512GB Steam Deck is a hell of a deal. That thing was already well worth the price at it's normal price, but 20% off? If you don't have one I'd snap that up.
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drlamb 30 Jun 2023
high car insurance in Michigan
You suffer here too eh? Cheers.
I'll raise a faygo/vernors to that.
I'd love to be able to go outside again and enjoy the summer air.
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Jozua 30 Jun 2023
AARRGGHHHHHH the Steam Deck is still unavailable to buy in Australia!!! And 20% off is such a good deal; Valve are pretty much teasing us at this point
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rustigsmed 30 Jun 2023
AARRGGHHHHHH the Steam Deck is still unavailable to buy in Australia!!! And 20% off is such a good deal; Valve are pretty much teasing us at this point
Yeah crazy the rog ally came out officially first. But you can buy the Steam Deck from Kogan no problems.
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llorton 30 Jun 2023
The sale arrive right in time for the games I am currently playing.
Got a few DLCs for Gladius: Relics of War and one for Mechanicus.
Got a few DLCs for Gladius: Relics of War and one for Mechanicus.
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Philadelphus 1 Jul 2023
I love that the four seconds of Sid Meier's Civilization® VI footage in the video are entirely cinematic rather than gameplay, making it look like some sort of intense action thriller. 🤣 (At 0:25, if you want to see.)
I've already picked up Divinity: Original Sin 2 after my brother talked it up to me last month and two more DLC for Cities: Skylines, we'll see if I end up picking anything else up. I got Terra Invicta when it was on sale a few weeks ago and it's been consuming my life.
I've already picked up Divinity: Original Sin 2 after my brother talked it up to me last month and two more DLC for Cities: Skylines, we'll see if I end up picking anything else up. I got Terra Invicta when it was on sale a few weeks ago and it's been consuming my life.
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14 1 Jul 2023
I have begun to be tempted by the Steam Deck even though I have no justification. When I'm not sitting at my full tower, I can use my laptop. I also have a Nintendo Switch which doesn't get much use. I had a 3DS that only saw action a couple times per year.
It would be a neat LAN party device, but it's a far drive to my friends' houses these days. My LAN parties are with my kids now with full desktops.
It would be a neat LAN party device, but it's a far drive to my friends' houses these days. My LAN parties are with my kids now with full desktops.
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