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The Summer Sale has officially begun and man, it is a fantastic one! Not only are the usual games on sale again, there are some that weren't on sale before that we were able to nab! It's the perfect way to expand your Steam Deck library too, allowing us to get awesome games like Street Fighter 6, Trails in the Sky, and more for significant reductions. To mark the occasion, we are going through the sale and recommending awesome games you can get for your Deck, and there are some good ones here!
This is Part 1 of 2 due to how big these lists can get, and we will have some smaller lists coming soon with under $15 options, hidden gems, and more! This list will cover Action, Adventure, Horror, JRPG, and RPG titles, with the second list (which will come in a day or two) will have Metroidvanias, Souls-likes, Strategy, Simulator, and others!
So, let's get right to it!
Our Recommendations by Genre:
Action
Atomic Heart - $23.99 (60% Off)
Bastion - $2.99 (80% Off)
Batman: Arkham Collection - $8.99 (85% Off)
Bayonetta - $5.99 (70% Off)
Crysis Remastered Trilogy - $17.30 (81% Off)
Dead Island 2 - $29.99 (50% Off)
Deathloop - $11.99 (80% Off)
DOOM / DOOM Eternal - $3.99 / $9.99 (80% / 75% Off)
Evil West - $17.49 (65% Off)
Ghostrunner Game Bundle - $20.98 (70% Off)
Guilty Gear -Strive- - $19.99 (50% Off)
Hi-Fi Rush - $17.99 (40% Off)
HITMAN World of Assassination - $27.99 (60% Off)
killer7 - $4.99 (75% Off)
Last Epoch - $27.99 (20% Off)
Middle-earth™: The Shadow Bundle - $6.99 (90% Off)
Monster Hunter: World - $9.89 (67% Off)
Mullet Mad Jack - $15.99 (20% Off)
Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections - $34.79 (42% Off)
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - $35.99 (40% Off)
Shadow Warrior Trilogy Bundle - $28.76 (74% Off)
Sifu -$19.99 (50% Off)
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - $2.99 (85% Off)
Street Fighter 6 - $29.99 (50% Off)
Streets of Rage 4 - $9.99 (60% Off)
Tekken 8 - $39.89 (43% Off)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - $16.24 (35% Off)
The Hong Kong Massacre - $3.99 (80% Off)
Transistor - $3.99 (80% Off)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Anniversary Edition - $17.99 (70% Off)
We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie - $7.49 (75% Off)
Wolfenstein Alt History Collection - $15.08 (85% Off)
Adventure/Story-Driven
A Plague Tale: Innocence - $7.99 (80% Off)
Atlas Fallen - $19.99 (50% Off)
Bears in Space - $15.99 (20% Off)
BioShock: The Collection - $11.99 (80% Off)
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - $30.38 (87% Off)
Cat Quest 1+2 Bundle - $6.29 (78% Off)
Danganronpa 1/2/V3 Bundle - $40.46 (63% Off)
Dead Rising Legacy Pack - $15.36 (85% Off)
Dishonored Definitive Edition - $4.99 (75% Off) / Dishonored 2 - $5.99 (80% Off)
DREDGE - $16.24 (35% Off)
Dying Light 2: Stay Human: Reloaded Edition - $23.99 (60% Off)
ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition - $2.99 (85% Off)
Everspace 2 - $24.99 (50% Off)
FAR: Lone Sails - $2.24 (85% Off)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits - $15.99 (60% Off)
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series - $9.99 (75% Off)
L.A. Noire - $5.99 (70% Off)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - $12.49 (75% Off)
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 - $47.99 (20% Off)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - $11.99 (40% Off)
Metro Saga Bundle - $9.06 (89% Off)
Mirror's Edge - $4.99 (75% Off)
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell - $13.59 (20% Off)
Okami HD - $9.99 (50% Off)
Prey - $5.99 (80% Off)
Prototype Franchise Pack - $14.99 (75% Off)
Solar Ash - $15.99 (60% Off)
System Shock - $17.99 (55% Off)
The Walking Dead: Telltale Starter Pack - $14.60 (78% Off)
Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy - $13.05 (94% Off)
Horror
Alien: Isolation - $6.79 (66% Off)
Amnesia Re-Collection - $21.16 (78% Off)
Dead by Daylight - $7.99 (60% Off)
Dead Space - $20.99 (65% Off)
Killer Frequency - $9.99 (60% Off)
Layers of Fear - $17.99 (40% Off)
Outlast Trinity - $7.05 (88% Off)
Resident Evil Raccoon City Edition - $14.99 (75% Off) / Resident Evil 4 - $29.99 (25% Off)
Scorn - $9.99 (75% Off)
SIGNALIS - $13.99 (30% Off)
Slay the Princess - $13.49 (25% Off)
SOMA - $5.99 (80% Off)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle - $9.99 (75% Off)
The Callisto Protocol - $17.99 (70% Off)
The Evil Within 1 - $4.99 (75% Off) / 2 - $7.99 (80% Off)
The Outlast Trials - $26.79 (33% Off)
World of Horror - $17.39 (13% Off)
Visage - $20.99 (40% Off)
JRPG
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy 7- Reunion - $24.99 (50% Off)
Disgaea 5 - $9.99 (75% Off) / 7: Vows of the Virtueless - $47.99 (20% Off)
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - $14.99 (75% Off)
Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition - $23.99 (40% Off)
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade - $34.99 (50% Off)
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - $41.99 (30% Off)
Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece - $68.99 (31% Off)
Ni no Kuni 1 - $7.49 (85% Off) / 2 - $9.59 (84% Off)
NieR: Automata - $15.99 (60% Off)
Octopath Traveler 2 - $35.99 (40% Off)
Persona 3 Reload - $48.99 (30% Off) / 4 Golden - $11.99 (40% Off) / 5 Royal - $29.99 (50% Off)
SaGa Emerald Beyond - $37.49 (25% Off)
Scarlet Nexus - $9.59 (84% Off)
Tales of Arise - $19.99 (50% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails In the Sky - $9.99 (50% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails In the Sky SC - $19.49 (35% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails In the Sky the 3rd - $22.49 (25% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero - $29.99 (25% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure - $31.99 (20% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - $19.99 (50% Off) / II -$19.99 (50% Off) / III - $19.79 (67% Off) / IV - $29.99 (50% Off)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie - $47.99 (20% Off)
The Yakuza Collection - $53.13 (62% Off)
Trials of Mana - $19.99 (60% Off)
RPG
ANNO: Mutationem - $14.99 (40% Off)
Asterigos: Curse of the Stars - $13.99 (60% Off)
Days Gone - $12.49 (75% Off)
Disco Elysium - $3.99 (90% Off)
Eastward - $14.99 (40% Off)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - $37.49 (25% Off)
Fallout 3 - $2.49 (75% Off) / New Vegas - $4.99 (50% Off) / Fallout 4 - $7.99 (60% Off)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - $5.99 (80% Off)
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - $14.99 (75% Off)
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story - $14.99 (50% Off)
Sea of Stars - $24.49 (30% Off)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition - $16.49 (67% Off)
The Outer Worlds - $14.99 (50% Off)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - $3.99 (90% Off)
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - $32.49 (35% Off)
And that's all for Part 1 of our general recommendations! Like I mentioned above, Part 2 will be out soon and include the other genres we didn't get to here (if we did, this list would be way too long). We will also be covering Under $15 budget purchases and Hidden Gems over the next two weeks, so watch out for more recommendations on which games can best expand your libraries!
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Thanks for the great article, I added like 10 games to my wishlist! Checking your website on a daily basis, keep up the good work!
Website takes forever to load. the second picture under each game never seemed to load at all. Navigation isn't great either. Why not a hyper link to take you to each section (RPG/JRPG/Horror/Action, etc) Instead I'm just tapping page down over and over until I find it.
Focus more on exclusives to steam deck. Most people who have a console have already played the large majority of what's on your list
I can look into finding ways to do that! I was considering making a different article for each genre on the next sale, which should eliminate some of the headache.
Well, there aren't any Steam Deck exclusives, unless you are talking about PC/Steam exclusives in general. Either way, the majority of console games can't be played portably either, so I think including them is okay. I will work on navigation and large page loading issues though!
I actually disagree with the OP, I think yous do a great job and this was a fantastic article