Steam Spring Sale is upon us, here to terrorize wallets and flood backlogs worldwide. And to save your poor wrists from having to scroll endlessly and find the best savings there are, my frail bones have the done the hard work for you, dear readers. Here are 55 sometimes incredible, at least good games under $5:
Does what it says on the tin: American Truck SimulatorA mini open-world with heartfelt stories tucked away and secrets aplenty in A Short HikeSurreal RPG with online elements AtlyssSuperhero beat ’em up classic Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year EditionCute tower defense sequel Bloons TD 6Love letter to side-scrolling run ‘n’ gunners BroforcePixel perfect platforming that’ll make you sweat/cry so much, you won’t know which is which in CelesteUndisputed, time-travelling JRPG classic Chrono TriggerMove to the beat in rhythm roguelike Crypt of the NecroDancerLesser-known stealth gem DEADBOLT has some great reviewsMore-er-known stealth blockbuster Dishonored is a steal right nowEvergreen survival romp Don’t Starve is still just as good as it was in 2013Get prepped for Doom Guy’s upcoming medieval slaycation with the DOOM 2016 rebootXBLA-era Metroidvania Dust: An Elysian Tail still looks lushOpen-world zombie parkour… need I say more about Dying Light?Bullet hell roguelike Enter the GungeonThe best Fallout: Fallout: New VegasSpaceship management roguelikealike FTL: Faster Than LightMoving picture book mystery GorogoaJaw-dropping platforming with a story about grief, GRISValve’s FPS masterpiece, Half-LifeValve’s other FPS masterpiece, Half-Life 2Neon-soaked violence and lots of pixelated blood in Hotline MiamiAn ode and spoof of the old-school web Hypnospace Outlaw, this time with a dystopian point-n-click twistOrwellian landscapes, surreal puzzles, an escalating nightmare of setpieces all wrapped up in indie masterpiece INSIDEKill spiders with fire in Kill It With FireOne Finger Death Punch 2 looks like kung fu chaosBring a spare pair of pants if you dare to step into OutlastEpic fantasy RPG Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced EditionConstantly-changing puzzle platformer PikunikuValve’s mind-bending classic puzzler PortalValve’s other mind-bending classic puzzler, this time with 100% more robo-delivered bullying, Portal 23D Metroidvania with some of the slickest platforming around, Pseudoregalia also has some awesome gothic architectureFor a game about platforming inside people’s minds, I should’ve seen the daddy issues coming in PsychonautsManage an item shop before venturing into dungeons in Recettear: An Item Shop’s TaleIdle sims don’t get much better than Rusty’s RetirementI like FPS sliding. You like FPS sliding. Severed Steel has lots of FPS sliding.Tactical sneakabouts in Japan? No, I’m not talking about Assassin’s Creed Shadows. It’s Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, of courseTrap cute slimes in cages, force them to multiply, and profit from their goopy poo in Slime RancherHelp friendos pass into the afterlife while managing a huge ship in the genre-bending Spiritfarer: Farewell EditionMore Metroidvania-style mining SteamWorld Dig 2Super Kiwi 64 looks like Banjo-Kazooie (complimentary), but it came out in 2022Get four seasons of zombie adventures you will (might) remember with Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Definitive SeriesOne of the best-selling indies of all time Terraria is bound to get a few more players with a price this cheapRemake rumors are swirling, so why not check out the OG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year EditionPhilosophical musings and laser-based puzzler The Talos PrincipleTinykin is easily one of the best modern platformers around, plus it has cute pikmin-ish friendsEpic mech-brawls, tight parkour shooting, and a spectacle-filled campaign. Why, of course, it’s Titanfall 2Lara Croft becomes the tomb raider in Tomb RaiderLara Croft, now the tomb raider, rises as the tomb raider in Rise of the Tomb Raider (in all seriousness, both are excellent)Travel backwards through a dying man’s memories in To the MoonSubverting every RPG trope, it’s UndertaleSlapstick comedy West of LoathingHereditary curses abound in walking sim What Remains of Edith FinchKill all Nazis in delightfully wacky FPS Wolfenstein 2: The New ColossusYo-yo-themed Metroidvania Yoku’s Island Express
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