Massive Steam Sale: 5 Amazing Games Under $10!

Need something awesome to play this holiday weekend? Look no further! We’re diving into a killer Steam sale featuring five fantastic games, all available for ridiculously low prices. Get ready to level up your gaming library without breaking the bank!

Tomb Raider (2013)

What if Uncharted was a Metroidvania? That’s the question Tomb Raider (2013) answers, kicking off a modern revival of Lara Croft. With its excellent bow-and-arrow action and compelling story, it’s currently available for just $3 on Steam. Or, grab the entire Survivor trilogy for under $11 (offer ends September 7).

The game showcases the creative ambitions of Crystal Dynamics. The plot, dialogue, voice acting, and art design all shine. While some characters might lean a bit heavily into archetypes, they’re not overly annoying. Visually stunning, Tomb Raider boasts incredible animations, modeling, and textures that bring the world to life with vivid, often horrifying detail in both characters and environments.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Step back in time to Japan’s Edo period for atmospheric strategy and brilliant level design. Shadow Tactics led a revival of real-time isometric stealth gameplay. Normally $40, it’s now just $4 on Steam.

What keeps me coming back to this game is the sheer beauty of its world. It has a wonderful, toy-like quality, like a giant diorama crafted by master artisans. Taking some downtime to pan the camera around and appreciate everything from the gentle flow of rivers to the bustling activity of townspeople and the chaos of battles unfolding on the map’s edges is a real pleasure.

Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn Forget Warhammer; it’s time for Grim Dawn. Considered a spiritual successor to Diablo 2, this action-RPG brings isometric looting to a unique, Victorian-inspired apocalyptic fantasy world. While some long-time fans might be grumbling about recent updates that have steered it more towards a top-down Soulslike, others are loving the change. If you’re new to the series, you can jump in for just $3.75 on Steam. Just trust the 94% positive rating from users on Steam.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

A Plague Tale: Innocence holds up as a beautiful and haunting stealth adventure. With shades of The Last of Us, it’s like an 8-to-10-hour playable movie, but a very good one. Give it a shot for just $4 on Steam right now, and it’s the perfect follow-up if you recently played the action-oriented prequel, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, without having experienced the rest of the series.

A Plague Tale: Innocence caught me completely off guard with its ability to genuinely scare me. Tense, terrifying, and meticulously crafted, it excels at making you feel utterly helpless. Set in late 1349 in Aquitaine, France, the medieval setting is one of the game’s strengths, distinguishing itself with a backdrop of dark and tragic history.

Guardians of the Galaxy

$9 is still a relative steal. It’s time to give Guardians of the Galaxy the recognition it deserves. This game was unfairly overshadowed by issues surrounding the live-service Avengers game and broader burnout with the MCU, preventing it from finding its audience. Despite this, it offers fantastic storytelling, inventive combat, serviceable puzzles, and stunning visuals. While normally priced at $60 on Steam, you can snag it for just $9 right now.

When Guardians of the Galaxy isn’t making me laugh out loud, it’s impressing me with its depiction of pulp science fiction. The aliens and planets depicted in the game remind me of the dusty old magazines I used to find at sci-fi conventions, their covers splashed with bizarre landscapes and creatures beyond my wildest imagination. Aside from the flashbacks to ’80s-era Earth, every setting in the game is fantastic.