The Steam Sale's Deepest Discounts: get more bang for your buck with this great collection

The Steam Sale’s Deepest Discounts: get more bang for your buck with this great collection

30th December 2025

Welcome, Dear Reader, to our follow-up Steam Sale Round-up. You lot loved the first one, so we’re back with a second, although we’re doing things a bit differently this time around.

Instead of focusing on the very best games, this feature focuses on value for money over prestige. Thus, this page aims to fill your account with roguelites and roguelikes that respect your wallet almost as much as they respect your time. And while there is some crossover with the original feature (all in the final section), there are loads of interesting wildcards collected below.

Loot River | straka.studio | PC (Win) | 85% off

Risk of Rain 2 | Hopoo Games | PC (Win) | 67% off

Undermine | Thorium | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 80% off

Ship of Fools | Fika Productions | PC (Win) | 65% off

Children of Morta | Dead Mage| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 85% off

Dead Estate | Milkbar Lads| PC (Win) | 66% off

Neon Abyss | Veewo Games| PC (Win) | 80% off

Monstrum | Team Junkfish| PC (Win) | 80% off

West of Dead | Upstream Arcade| PC (Win) | 85% off

SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising | Flow Fire Games| PC (Win) | 75% off

Curse of the Dead Gods | Passtech Games| PC (Win) | 80% off

Sword of the Stars: The Pit | Kerberos Productions| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 75% off

Fights in Tight Spaces | Ground Shatter| PC (Win) | 80% off

Roguebook | Abrakam Entertainment SA| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 90% off

Into the Breach | Subset Games| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 70% off

Jupiter Hell | ChaosForge| PC (Mac, Win) | 70% off

Darkest Dungeon II| Red Hook Studios| PC (Mac, Win) | 69% off

Bleak Sword DX| more8bit| PC (Win) | 75% off

Atomicrops | Bird Bath Games| PC (Win) | 80% off

Tangledeep| Impact Gameworks| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 75% off

Dungeonmans| Adventurepro Games LLC| PC (Win) | 67% off

Rogue Fable III| Pixel Forge Games| PC (Mac, Win) | 80% off

Iris and the Giant| Louis Rigaud| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 80% off

Monster Train | Shiny Shoe| PC (Win) | 70% off

Dicey Dungeons | Terry Cavanagh| PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 75% off

Book of Demons | Thing Trunk| PC (Mac, Win) | 75% off

Nitro Kid | Wildboy Studios| PC (Mac, Win) | 80% off

Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale | Slothwerks| PC (Mac, Win) | 70% off

Blood Card | Pixel Cattle Games| PC (Mac, Win) | 90% off

Games Best Priced of the Best

I wanted to give most of the attention to games that I’ve not already mentioned elsewhere; however, several of the games featured in my original Steam Sale article also fit the brief here. That being the case, I’ve included them, with the biggest discount (Slay the Spire) taking up the final spot!

Spelunky 2 | Mossmouth, Blitworks | PC (Win) | 65% off
Against the Storm | Eremite Games | PC (Win) | 70% off
Enter the Gungeon | Dodge Roll | PC (Lin, Win) | 70% off
Hades | Supergiant | PC (Mac, Win) | 70% off
Downwell | Moppin | PC (Win) | 75% off
Crypt of the NecroDancer | BYG | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 80% off
Darkest Dungeon | Red Hook | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 85% off
Slay the Spire | MegaCrit | PC (Lin, Mac, Win) | 90% off

Would you like to know more?

Still with us? Of course you are! If you want to keep reading about great hand-picked rogues, the following articles represent a huge collection of the best roguelike games ever made.

The Best Roguelike Games: great roguelites, deckbuilders, RPGs, bullet heavens, and more

Next, there are genre-specific lists that delve into the best roguelike games of all types. I’ve pulled out the best examples from each category, alongside the links to more in-depth articles!

The best turn-based roguelikes: Caves of Qud | There are some seriously incredible turn-based roguelikes out there. Of all the modern games, these are the closest to the original Rogue.

Great bullet heavens and auto-shooters: Vampire Survivors | There could be only one choice for this category, given how all other games are called survivors-likes for a reason!

Awesome first-person rogues: Gunfire Reborn | We almost went with Blue Prince for this spot, but most people checking out first-person rogues probably want to wield a gun, you know?!

Cool roguelike deckbuilders: Balatro | Sorry, Slay the Spire fans, but this poker-solitaire deckbuilder has stolen Mike’s heart and won’t give it back.

Brilliant roguelite top-down and third-person shooters: Returnal | Bit of a broad one, but with our other favourite action-roguelites featured elsewhere, we were obliged to mention Returnal here.

Exciting roguelike platformers: Spelunky | Now, don’t get us wrong, Dead Cells is an incredible game, especially with all the DLC switched on. But when it comes to impact, you just can’t beat Spelunky.

Strategy Roguelikes: FTL Faster Than Light | Another classic roguelike that we’re still playing years after launch.

Amazing action-roguelites: Hades 2 | And finally, let’s wrap things up with our favourite of them all. There’s no beating the original Hades, although Hades 2 comes pretty close!

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