Black Friday is here, and Steam has launched its Autumn Sale. This is the best time of the year to pick up PC games, including new releases seeing their first discounts and old classics at record-low prices.
We scoured the Steam sales available this Friday and compared these discounts to price history on SteamDB, a third-party database that tracks Steam games, to bring you the best PC game deals this Black Friday.
The Steam Autumn Sale ends at 10 a.m. November 28 Pacific Time.
Cyberpunk 2077 & Phantom Liberty Bundle
Price: $55.18 (39 percent off)
Metacritic: 86 (Cyberpunk 2077) and 89 (Phantom Liberty)
Cyberpunk 2077 follows the player character, named V, through Night City, a technological dystopia. The engaging story includes Keanu Reeves's vocal performance as Johnny Silverhand, a punk rocker with a cybernetic arm. The expansion Phantom Liberty, released earlier this year to critical success, features Idris Elba as the secret agent Solomon Reed in a spy thriller inspired plot.
The base game, Cyberpunk 2077, is also available at $29.99, an all-time low price. That includes the game's free 2.0 update that developer CD Projekt Red launched in September, overhauling many core systems and addressing fan complaints from its 2020 release.
Hogwarts Legacy
Price: $35.99 (40 percent off)
Metacritic: 83
Hogwarts Legacy met fans' high expectations when it was released earlier this year. The game follows the player character through the Wizarding World 100 years before the Harry Potter books. It captures the Hogwarts student experience wonderfully and has great action gameplay featuring spells from the books and movies.
The game launched on PC in February, so it's surprising to see a 40 percent off sale already. This is an excellent opportunity for Harry Potter fans who have been waiting for a discount.
Starfield
Price: $55.99 (20 percent off)
Metacritic: 86
Starfield was released in September after eight years of development. It's a little surprising to see the game on sale so soon, but that's great news for fans who were skeptical of the game's $70 launch price.
Starfield lets you create your own character in a way familiar to anyone who's played other Bethesda titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4. Then it sets players loose in an open-world galaxy, full of planets to explore.
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Price: $35.99 (Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered) and $29.99 (Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales)
Metacritic: 87 (Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered) and 88 (Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launched on the PlayStation 5 last month to critical acclaim. Sony hasn't yet announced their plans to bring the game to PC, but now is the perfect time to catch up on the series with Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Both games follow their respective Spider-Men through gripping storylines with engaging action gameplay. Both are great choices if you want to feel like Spider-Man.
Personal 5 Royal
Price: $35.99 (40 percent off)
Metacritic: 95
Persona 5 Royal follows the Phantom Thieves, a group of high school students who travel to alternate worlds and command personas to fight demons. It also includes plenty of social gameplay elements standard to Japanese role-playing games.
The game is famous for its 10-hour tutorial that slowly introduces new mechanics. But every moment is worth the wait.
Anno 1800
Price: $14.99 (75 percent off)
Metacritic: 81
Need something to satisfy your inner urban planner while you wait for a sale on Cities Skylines 2? Anno 1800 is a city-builder set in the 1800s. You take charge of an up-and-coming city at the dawn of the industrial age.
Anno 1800 has over 20 DLC and add-on packs. The base game doesn't include those, but they are also on sale this Black Friday.
Disco Elysium: Final Cut
Price: $9.99 (75 percent off)
Metacritic: 97
Disco Elysium came out of nowhere in 2019 and earned several awards, including Best Debut Game from the BAFTA Game Awards. The developer used their success to release a free update (the Final Cut) in 2021, which included voice acting for every line in the game.
Disco Elysium features incredible writing, storytelling and characters. It follows an amnesiac detective through a murder mystery in a politically charged city.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
Price: $15.99 (60 percent off)
Metacritic: 88
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 andTony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 were classics on the PlayStation 1 and other gaming consoles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Now they're back, fully remastered with modern graphics.
This bundle is perfect for games who want to revisit their younger days. And the remasters prove that the core gameplay of performing skateboarding tricks with button combos can stand the test of time.
Star Wars: Squadrons
Price: $1.99 (95 percent off)
Metacritic: 79
Star Wars: Squadrons captures the space battle experience from the Star Wars films. It includes controller and VR support, for gamers who truly want to feel like starfighter pilots. If you have any interest in space combat or Star Wars, it's hard to say no to the game at this incredibly low price.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Enhanced Edition
Price: $11.99 (70 percent off)
Metacritic: 83
Baldur's Gate 3 hasn't gone on sale since its release in August. However, Owlcat Games's Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, another role-playing game inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, is on sale for an all-time low price.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous uses the Pathfinder role-playing system, based off an earlier edition of Dungeons and Dragons. It follows the player character and a group of companions as they battle demons and fight to close a portal connecting their world and the demonic Abyss. If you enjoy epic high fantasy stories, this is the game for you.
Is There a Black Friday Sale on the Steam Deck?
The Steam Autumn Sale does not include any deals on the Steam Deck, Valve's handheld PC gaming system.
In a 2021 interview with IGN, Valve president Gabe Newell said that the Steam Deck's pricing was "secondary and painful," compared to performance and gaming experience. So it's unlikely we'll see any deals on the Steam Deck.
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