Steam Summer Sale 2025

I will see, I don't often buy games during bigger sales.
When we still got cards I cared for the sales, now that we don't even get those anymore I tend to check it 1 or 2 times, maybe add some to my cart, then forget about it and when I remember, the sale is over and I missed it again...

I may get a few cozies and indies but I'm not expecting much.

I'm thinking of picking up either Clair Obscur, Tainted Grail : Fall of Avalon or Phantom Liberty depending on which one has the best sale. If none of them are worth it, well, I've got quite the backlog to keep me busy already.

My budget is $20-25, which is quite a bit of money for regional prices.

Everything that is 95% off 🙏

There's two titles that I could buy on sale
Everything else is overpriced, or full of game-breaking bugs, or some generic copy of an older title, or requires 34 DLCs like it was designed to milk every penny they can.

Steam sales haven't been really special for a while. Flash sales were taken a long ago. Prices hit the same as in any other sale around the year and even cheaper outside. No new events as there used to be. You don't really feel "pushed" into buying stuff as you did. Bargains are few.

I promised my brother a game, thats all i planned

If the price is right, there's a few things I'd like, some AAA's, VN's, Indie's. At the same time, if they're put on the same discount as the last 5 years, Imma hold off, because I got plenty to play or other things to do.

Money budget: basically anything I want
Time & motivation budget: yeah nah

I might go for Monster Train 2, even if it's not at a discount, because it's one of the few games I know I'd play right away, and a handful of others should they hit 75% or better, but I'm not holding my breath -- good discounts are not in fashion these days.

Gonna pick up Scott Pilgrim finally since they just added achievements, maybe Rayman Legends as well for the same reason. After that, everything's up in the air 😄

I'll buy whatever is -95% from my wishlist and has a fair regional price (so probably nothing).
Ok, maybe some -90% deals, too.

I have a massive wishlist (a chore to vet it), but I will probably just see if any of the top ranked ones get a decent discount.
Not expecting much.
Perhaps some DLC, if they an historical low or better yet, bundle discounts.

will get nothing as usual. the only game i am waiting is going to release at the end of the year apparently. but i am not optimistic. D:

Hey! Thanks for all the comments. I'll wait to see what is deeply discounted. Nevertheless, I'll get a few games for sure.

And just a heads-up, if you craft badges now, the Steam Summer Sale cards are already dropping. Have fun. ;)

Just refunded Swordship as I noticed too late that I own it on GOG already. This was my first refund ever and I'm unsure if it's a bad omen for the upcoming sale 😉