Another sale, another cheap little hidden gems-hunting post!!

Good games under (Or around) one buck, - ver. Summer Sale 2025

Based on my table of 2024, I kept some of the more interesting deals. You can access all the other iterations here and here (and maybe also here), if you are curious of past deals.

I decided to put offers that caught my attention, or cheap games that I personally recommend.

As always, the rules are:

  • Games around 1 buck (please no more than 1.99)
  • They have to be worth buying (no game of the year or anything, obviously, but good in some aspect - This are all rated Positive and Up)
  • Doesn't matter if isn't an all time low.
STEAM PRICE GENRE
REFUNCT $0.74 3D Puzzle platformer. Very creative and fun. Pretty short.
SUPERFLIGHT $0.59 casual Flying Squirrel-suit simulator
HYPER SENTINEL $0.87 Shmup spiritual successor of Uridium.
Ben and Ed $0.99 3D Platformer
The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature $1.59 Adventure game.
1993:Space_Machine $0.83 Shmup
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic €1.24 Cult classic First person RPG. Cheaper in the EU for some reason.
Pony Island+Soundtrack $0.89 Amazing game. Play it without knowing ANYTHING.
Dropsy $0.99 Wholesome point and click
Chips Challenge 2 $0.99 Puzzle game
Fenimore Fillmore:3 Skulls of the Toltecs $0.99 Point and click adventure
GRIS $1.49 Psychological Puzzle Platformer. Amazing, very touching game. Great Soundtrack.
HER STORY $0.99 FMV detective game. Try not to spoil anything, unveil the story at your own pace. It's awesome.
FIGHT KNIGHT $1.79 First person dungeon crawler / beat em up
Crypt of the Necrodancer $1.49 Rhythm based roguelite game. The soundtrack is something out of this world.


Your recommendations for 2025!

STEAM PRICE GENRE
EVERSPACE $0,99 a great roguelike arcade spaceflight/shooter.
Vaporum $1,99 A steampunk dungeon crawler similar to Legend of Grimrock/Dungeon Master/Eye of the Beholder.
Forgotton Anne $1,99 puzzle platformer with art similar to the style of Studio Ghibli.
Deus Ex $0,99 Genre-defining masterpiece
Besiege $1,49 Nice sandbox game for making medieval contraptions
Zeno Clash $0,99 action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world.
Blood Bundle 1&2 $2,39 Classic FPS (cheaper than 2 bucks individually)
Cold Fear $0,99 Classic survival horror game
Tomb Raider Legend $0,97 Classic Tomb Raider games are on sale
Tomb Raider Anniversary $0.98 Classic Tomb Raider games are on sale
Tomb Raider Underworld $0,98 Classic Tomb Raider games are on sale
Legacy of Kain: Defiance $0,97 Not recommended if you haven't played Soul Reaver 1 and 2, and Blood Omen. Mandatory if you want the end of the AMAZING story. Even if the game itself is a little clunky.
INSIDE $1,99 A masterpiece by the creators of LIMBO
Tametsi $0,98 Nice Minesweeper nonogram-lite game
Swordship $0,99 Fast paced racing/dodging roguelike
Valley $1,79 Exploration / platformer, fast paced and great visuals. I've won this one here, and enjoyed it a lot
SteamWorld Dig $0,89 Amazing metroidvania games. Cheaper in a bundle.
SteamWorld Dig 2 $1,19 Amazing metroidvania games. Cheaper in a bundle.
Alan Wake Franchise $2,45 The franchise is very cheap. Individually the games comply with the rule.
Fly'N $0.99 2D platformer
Q-YO Blaster $0.97 Shmup
The Room $0.99 Point & Click puzzle game
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I would add:

Everspace ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/396750/EVERSPACE/ ), a great roguelike arcade spaceflight/shooter.

Vaporum ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/629690/Vaporum/ ), a steampunk dungeon crawler similar to Legend of Grimrock/Dungeon Master/Eye of the Beholder.

Forgotton Anne ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/542050/Forgotton_Anne/ ), puzzle platformer with art similar to the style of Studio Ghibli.

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It took me just a couple of seconds of looking at the store page to buy HER STORY. Thanks!

I heard that Deus Ex is a genre-defining masterpiece (the genre being "immersive sim"), so that would be my suggestion.

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Bully Scholarship Edition is decidedly not around one buck

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It's quite possible, because there is such a thing as regional prices. Here it costs 0.5 dollars now.

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Yeah, I can see that. Your price is -91.63% vs my price, lol. Still it's not around one buck because in bucks it's $5.24

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Interesting. It seems to me that Rockstar doesn't bother with the old prices and leaves them as they were at the beginning of the sale on Steam, but all their new ones are quite stingy for our region. I'll remove them from the list.

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Didn't know Cold Fear was in Steam!

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STEAM PRICE GENRE
Fly'N €0,99 (-90%) 2D platformer
Q-YO Blaster €0,97 (-90%) Shmup
The Room €0,99 (-80%) Point & Click puzzle game
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can vouch for the Room. Heck you can get 4 of them for just a bit over USD$6 and they were alot of fun.

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I got this today since it was wishlisted for a long time
INSIDE - https://store.steampowered.com/app/304430/INSIDE/ (-90% off)

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VERY Good game.

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100% recommend Dark Messiah along with Ark Fatalis as well especially if you are a fan of Arkane's signature creations, what a fun gem..

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Discovered DMoMM only this year. An absolute must and a memorable fantasy-becoming-Dishonored.

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I've got a couple deep cuts that I'll plug!

Isolomus - trippy, bite sized claymation point & click. $.49 USD. (check out Wurroom by the same dev - it's free!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1459910/Isolomus/

Tametsi - Minesweeper / nonogram mashup with masterfully handcrafted levels. $.98 USD
https://store.steampowered.com/app/709920/Tametsi/

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Tametsi - Minesweeper / nonogram mashup with masterfully handcrafted levels. $.98 USD

I'll throw in the name of Hexcells, that people also may be familiar with, as the hexagon-based minesweeper with some extra rules.
Tametsi is like that, but on crack - it's still 100% logical, but hell of a lot more difficult, offering a solid challenge and will surely entertain for a long while for that price.

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Thanks. I bought Isolomus. Looks like a pretty weird experience, something totally different! And that for just $0.49

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Glad to hear it. Hope you enjoy it!

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Valley (-88%) for $1.79
Exploration, platforming and some light combat! Very fun.

Blood and Bacon (-51%) for $0.49
First-person arena shooter! Quite a lot of content for its price.

Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi (-75%) for $0.74
Janky but an interesting FPS! Also bundled with Fobia

Will post more when I remember more stuff :D

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Hello popocho,

Please remove the links that are under the games under $1 and $2 as they aren't allowed to be posted as they host grey market sites. This is just a warning, but please make sure not to repeat that again in the future, as next time action to be taken.

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Removed. Didn't knew they were forbidden. Sorry about that.

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Thanks for taking care of that.

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man, i forgot about wizorb, actually really good breakout-like. never finished it, but now im gonna reinstall

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SteamWorld Dig 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/571310/SteamWorld_Dig_2/ 1.19€(1st game is cheaper but imo 2 is much better)

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Beyond: Two Souls seems very worth it. That game was an AAA game in 2020, and it looks like it didn't age too badly.

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Sadly, there is same big problem as in other games from this studio, for part of players.
Players unfamilier with various odd symbols known from console games will have a lot of issues to control game properly. Myself had to choose totaly different option many times during game just cause I had no idea what that silly symbol actualy means and what game wants from me now while game time run fast with no mercy. Which breaks experience all the time.

No idea why they did this. This problem wasnt in their first game of this genre, Fahrenheit and i really loved that, but Beyonf or Heavy Rain? Only consolists can fully enjoy them.

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These are my kinds of lists. Thank you for starting this!

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Picked up Van Helsing in the sale, wanted an ARPG cause I miss diablo and I could never really get into POE. Saw Grim Dawn mentioned a ton but can't afford that so it's for another day.
So far, really enjoying Van Helsing though!! Seems to be currently $1.49

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I enjoyed Van Helsing as well (i played the Final Cut version).
I do recommend Grim Dawn if you can ever afford it

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It's most certainly on the list of games to eventually get haha!

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+1 and +1

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Great topic, thanks for all the recommendations, gonna get some of these.

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Two of the games I'm planning to buy this sale are under $2
Alan Wake Collector's Edition
Prodigal

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Oh cool, thank you! This is even better!

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Nice selection. :) But Barrier X is cheaper on Gamesplanet - 85% off.

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Thought I would check my cart (throw a bunch of games in there at start of sale, then do some research and whittle them down), and sure enough I had a few cheapies in there!

My region is USA. Unsure about these prices in other regions.

Flashout 3 looks like a great Wipeout-style game. $1.99
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761870/FLASHOUT_3/

Manahex is a weird one. It's a CCG, but all cards are given to you upon purchase (so no collecting, just playing). It's somewhat similar to Spirit Wars and Sorcery TCG, if you're familiar with either of those. $1.19
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2774650/Manahex/

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Flashout looks really nice.
There are two other games in the series; the first one is free:

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Mega Mosaic - $1.99
Isoland - $0.99 / several others in the series are under $2
Mr Pumpkin - $0.99
Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city - $1.49
Tales - $0.59
One Way Heroics - $1.08
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics - $0.99

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