The Steam winter sale is almost upon us and a large number of games are expected to receive discounts – we have the first of them here, as well as the start time to save

The Steam Autumn Sale started less than a month ago, but it’s already time to do it all again.

The Winter Sale often offers more discounts than the Fall Sale and offers games that were released in the same calendar year at a discount, such as Game of the Year winner Baldur’s Gate 3 in 2023.

So load your Steam wishlist and make sure your card information is up to date. This will give you a notification when an item you are interested in goes on sale. This way you can save yourself the wait and start buying (and playing) sooner.

Oh, and while you’re here, don’t forget that Epic Games also gives out free games every week, and a second one is coming today!

The Steam Winter Sale 2024 starts here today.

Steam Winter Sale start time

The Steam Winter Sale starts on December 19th, less than a month after the Autumn Sale, and following previous offers, it starts at 6pm GMT for UK players.

Valve has confirmed that the offers will run until January. So you’re in luck if you get Steam gift cards for Christmas next week.

Discounted games in the Steam Winter Sale

Valve’s sales trailer released last week showed a small glimpse of what we can expect.

Here’s everything we spotted in the trailer:

• Metal Slug Tactics
• Assassin’s Creed: Mirage
• Core Keeper
• Carx Street
• Helldivers 2
• Landlords
• The Last of Us Part 1
• Castle Crasher
• Planet Coaster 2
• TCG Card Shop Simulator
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Sonic x Shadow Generations

In the picture at the end we can also see Remnant II, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Little Kitty Big City, Detroit Become Human, Mafia, Mortal Kombat 1 and much more.

It looks like titles like TCG Shop Simulator are getting their first sales discounts.

However, we’re not sure if we’ll see Steam Deck discounts. Valve’s handheld comes in LCD and OLED variants, and the former appears to be low on stock. So far, only the LCD models have been discounted in Steam sales.

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