With the start of 2023, Valve has already started rolling out the first batch of Steam Sales of the Year, offering several quality titles at exceptional discounts. The ongoing Steam RPG Sale has some incredible deals that players shouldn’t miss out on. The Steam RPG Sale is jam-packed with premium merchandise, from big-budget AAA titles to some amazing indie titles.
While PC gaming has proven to be an expensive hobby over the years, due in part to the ever-increasing prices of PC components and modern day video games, Steam sales serve as a little breather with modest prices for highly coveted titles.
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From Horizon Zero Dawn to Disco Elysium, Steam RPG Sale has a diverse selection
1) Horizon Zero Dawn ($16.49)
Guerrilla Games’ sci-fi action RPG Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the first to transition from a PlayStation exclusive flagship to a PC.
While the launch version of the title had massive performance issues, including occasional crashes and stuttering due to background shader compilation, the majority of those technical issues have been ironed out, making it one of the best RPG experiences on PC.
Players take on the role of Aloy, a once outcast from her tribe, now a fierce warrior who embarks on a journey across the world to fulfill her destiny as the savior of mankind and also to uncover the mysteries of her past. While Horizon Zero Dawn’s story is quite compelling, it’s certainly not the highlight of the experience.
The best part of the game is its gameplay, which revolves around hunting down gigantic mechanical creatures that roam the earth’s surface. Armed with combat tools, including various types of bows and many traps to craft, players are tasked with taking on the mechanical creatures.
The PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn also includes the Frozen Wilds expansion, which adds at least 10 to 15 hours of additional content, including a brand new narrative, new side quests, and a few new monsters for Aloy to face off against. With a 50% discount during the Steam RPG Sale, players looking for good open world action RPGs should not miss Horizon Zero Dawn.
2) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ($7.99)
CD Projekt Red’s open-world action-RPG masterpiece, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is easily one of the biggest and most popular games in the RPG genre, second only to behemoths like Bethesda Softworks’ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is exceeded. Featuring a sprawling and densely populated open world, an amazing main story with multiple branching options, and a wealth of side quests.
As an RPG action game, The Witcher 3 is packed with options for players, both in gameplay and narrative. Players step into the footsteps of Geralt of Rivia, a witch specializing in the art of monster hunting. Combat is fast-paced and offers a lot of flexibility for players to create their builds; The highlight of The Witcher 3, however, is without a doubt its story.
From the phenomenal main story to the short narrative side quests, the writing in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is top-notch, making it the perfect title for players looking for an immersive, story-driven RPG experience. As part of the Steam RPG Sale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available at a discount of 80% off the original price.
3) Cyberpunk 2077 ($29.99)
Another title from CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, is discounted during the ongoing Steam RPG sale. Cyberpunk 2077 has quickly become the most hyped game of the past decade; Unfortunately, the game’s launch was riddled with problems that ultimately led to the game becoming one of the biggest launch disasters of the eighth generation of consoles.
From technical flaws that rendered the game virtually unplayable on last-gen consoles, to a lack of gameplay features, the game had many issues upon launch. However, CD Projekt Red stuck with the game and brought it very close to its original vision with constant patches and updates.
Similar to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077 offers a flexible combat system that allows players to create fun and wacky builds based on different playstyles and a fantastic narrative supporting the main quests with the optional content.
With a richly detailed open world, an immersive narrative, and a fun and satisfying combat system, Cyberpunk 2077 is a great RPG experience that players shouldn’t miss, especially with the 50% discount off the original price during the Steam RPG sale.
4) Kingdom Come: Deliverance ($7.49)
Warhorse Studios Kingdom Come: Deliverance is set in ancient Rome. Players take on the role of ordinary townsfolk and plunge headlong into a raging civil war that leads to the death of the protagonist’s parents.
In order to avenge the death of his relatives, the protagonist (and thus the players) undertake the arduous journey that takes him from an ordinary everyday man to a fighting soldier. The story takes some time to get interesting, but players will be immersed in its historical setting once the game sinks its narrative hooks.
While most RPGs lean more towards fantasy, Kingdom Come: Deliverance takes a solid approach to story and gameplay without any fantasy elements. The grounded narrative stands in stark contrast to most well-known RPGs like Skyrim or The Witcher 3, offering fans of the genre a whole new experience.
Gamers looking for a fresh experience in the RPG genre shouldn’t miss Kingdom Come: Deliverance, especially with a 75% discount during the Steam RPG Sale.
5) Disco Elysium ($9.99)
Disco Elysium is by far one of the best indie RPGs to be released in the last decade. The title is heavily inspired by Infinity Engine era games like Planetscape Torment, with a dark and gloomy yet beautiful world, a variety of intriguing characters, and a story that branches into seemingly endless possibilities of choices and consequences.
Players take on the role of an amnesiac detective tasked with solving a grizzly murder mystery while trying to piece together his past. Disco Elysium’s story, world and many characters that players will encounter throughout the game are like an onion with multiple layers.
Although the game’s narrative begins as a sad tale of a rather pathetic and tragic protagonist, it slowly evolves into an emotional and heartbreaking tale of camaraderie, betrayal, and sacrifice. Disco Elysium’s intriguing story is supported by an amazing soundtrack that acts as a catalyst to increase the game’s immersion factor.
With a 75% discount off the original price during the Steam RPG Sale, it’s a must-have for fans of narrative and atmospheric RPG experiences.
