When is the Steam Winter Sale? — Find game discounts to play on Steam Deck, gaming PC, or ROG Ally
The Steam Winter Sale is the perfect time to get PC games for yourself or your loved ones.
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UPDATE: Dec 21, 2023— The Steam Winter Sale is currently live and runs from Dec. 21, 2023 through Jan. 4, 2024. Check out our round-up of thebest Steam Winter Sale game deals.
What you need to know
Valve hosts a number ofSteam Sale Events throughout the yearand one of the most important ones, the Steam Winter Sale (also referred to by some as the Steam Christmas Sale), will be starting soon. To be specific, the Steam Winter Salestarts Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 and runs through Thursday, Jan 4, 2024.
As luck would have it, Valve is also currently selling itsSteam Deck, Steam Deck Dock, and brand new Steam Deck OLEDgaming handheldsat discounts this holiday season, making them great gifts for your loved ones (or for yourself).
Remember that if you select “Purchase as gift” during the Steam checkout process you can easily give a discounted Steam game to a loved one. Plus, you can determine when the intended recipient receives it in their Steam Library (on Dec. 25 at 9 a.m., for example).
Of course, the Winter Steam Sale is also important for anyone who owns this year’s new Windows gaming handhelds like theASUS ROG Ally(which iscurrently on sale for a super low price at Best Buy) or the brand newLegion Go. You can easily play Steam games from these devices.
Steam Deck |Starting at $349 at Steam
It’s been over a year since Valve launched the Steam Deck handheld and in that time it’s grown to be many Steam users' go-to gaming system. We love this handheld as you can see from ourSteam Deck review. Right now it’s on sale with the best deal ever as part of the Steam Winter Sale.
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Steam Deck OLED |Starting at $549 at Steam
Valve’s latest iteration of the Steam Deck features a gorgeous OLED display that makes imagery come through more vibrantly and crisply than the base Steam Deck. You can get the 512GB version for $549 or the 1TB version for $649 during the current discount period.
Steam Deck Dock|was $89.99now $79.00 at Steam
Play your Steam Deck on a monitor or TV with this official Steam Deck Dock. It features an HDMI 2.0 port, a DisplayPort 1.4, a Gigabit Ethernet port, three USB-A 3.1 ports, and the USB-C cable for plugging into your gaming handheld.
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The Steam Winter Sale is, no joke, one of my favorite times of the year. Thanks to all of the discounts on some of thebest PC games, I often grab discounted games as gifts for my family and friends or take advantage of lower prices to grab games I haven’t played yet. Plus, since the Winter Steam Sale continues after the winter holidays, it’s easy to grab the games I wanted but didn’t get as presents. Thanks to the fact that I now have a Steam Deck, Legion Go, and ROG Ally, my ability to play on the go is a whole lot more convenient.
We’ll have to wait and see exactly what game discounts the Steam Winter Sale has in store for us. But if you’re looking for some of the best games to buy this year, I cannot recommendBaldur’s Gate 3enough. Considering how well it sold this year and thatit won Game of the Year at the Game Awards, I fully expect it to go on sale. But regardless of whether it gets a discount at the Steam Winter Sale or not, you really should play it. In my opinion, Larian Studios made an absolute masterpiece with its tactical turn-based RPG that plays much like a sandbox game when it comes to making decisions and problem-solving. Plus, it’s impressive how the choices you make go on to affect other parts of the game without shoehorning you into any specific decisions.
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Aside from BG3, I hope there are deals onCyberpunk 2077and its new CyberPunk 2077: Phantom LibertyDLC, which provides awesome content surrounding actor Idris Elba’s character Solomon Reed. Not to mention, CD Projekt Red has done a lot of work on the base game since it launched to get rid of bugs and turn it into a masterpiece.
There’s alsoAlan Wake II, which is a trippy and extremely artistic title. The best way to describe it is by saying it will take you through a beautiful psychosis. I don’t want to spoil anything more about it, so I won’t say more. Just be aware thatAlan Wake II does have some hefty PC system requirements.
When is the Steam Winter Sale 2023?
This year’s two-week Steam Winter Sale runs from Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 through Thursday, Jan 4, 2024. You can find hundreds of games selling at lower prices. Additionally, the Steam Deck, Steam Deck OLED, and Steam Deck Dock are also currently discounted.
Self-professed gaming geek, Rebecca Spear, is one of Windows Central’s editors and reviewers with a focus on gaming handhelds, PC gaming, and laptops. When she isn’t checking out the latest games on Xbox Game Pass, PC, ROG Ally, or Steam Deck; she can be found digital drawing with a Wacom tablet. She’s written thousands of articles with everything from editorials, reviews, previews, features, previews, and hardware reviews over the last few years. If you need information about anything gaming-related, her articles can help you out. She also loves testing game accessories and any new tech on the market. You can follow her@rrspearon X (formerly Twitter).
