The Steam Christmas sale will come hot on its heels, starting on December 22nd at 10 am and ending on January 4th at 10am. Some newer and hot games will come to Steam at lower price. Besides, we tested and find a China VPN will give even cheaper price for Steam items.
Steam Christmas Sales
Top games will still be highlighted on Steam's front page for 24 - 48 hour spans, but those that are highlighted will stay at their most competitive discount, before and after its featured. Just as important as what's on the front page are the games with huge discounts on holiday: talking in the realm of 70%, 80%, even 90% off. You can go through for hours and find plenty of games at knock-down prices. Below is the first round of Steam sales for the holiday sales - Exploration Sales.
Darkest Dungeon: $16.53
Ori and the Blind Forest: $16.53
Life is Strange Complete Season $16.53
Cities: Skylines: $20.67
Fallout, Fallout, lots of Fallout — except Fallout 4
The Talos Principle: $16.53
ARK: Survival Evolved: $24.80
RUSH: $0.68
Antichamber: $2.74
Shadow Warrior (2013): $5.50
The Evil Within: $16.53
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: $2.05
Surgeon Simulator 2013: $2.74
Hard Reset: $3.09
Grim Fandango Remastered: $3.74
Jade Empire Special Edition: $5.16
Change your country IP to get lower prices
Besides the holiday discount for Steam games, we can also get cheaper price via using a VPN. Take the new game Rainbow Six Siege for example, by switching my IP address via VPN service, I checked the price set for different regions on Steam, and find I can get a lower price - ￥248($38.39). Compare to the price $59.99 (get with an American IP), it saves about $21. Player who ever buy games on Origin with VPN must be familiar to this method.
How to buy region-locked games on Steam
But some games are region-locked, such as a new item - LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII. Final Fantasy games are region-locked and run-time locked, meaning you'll have to be in the country of purchase to play them. It's unavailable in China, so you are unable to lower its price through a China VPN. What's more, if it's blocked in your region, you need to change your IP to unblock it. If you want to buy a VPN, don't miss the Xmas VPN discount.
It's the shopping time of year again and retailers have already prepared best deals to us now. Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer opportunities to players for big price cuts. Check the below list to find which do you need. Don't miss!
Origin gives sales up to 75% off
Check picks from Origin's Black Friday sales. Over at Origin store, hundreds of PC games and DLC packs are on sale at up to 75% off. The deals are set to run from now through November 30th, at 9pm Pacific. For the most part, Origin has discounts on EA games, but surprisingly there are a few Steam titles in the mix like Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution. The best deals in the sale are a few new historic lows on select Origin titles.
Steam Exploration Sale
Steam, the world's largest online gaming platform, also give special offers to players. Steam Exploration Sale starts now through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with discounts on thousands of games and software. Offers end Tuesday December 1 at 10AM Pacific unless otherwise listed. It offers instant access to more than 1,800 game titles and connects 35 million active users to each other -and to the games they want.
VPN special offer
FlyVPN gives VPN special offer during Black Friday & Cyber Monday shopping season. All the customers will get the special offer from November 27 to November 30. Subscribers will be gifted 2 months when buy 6 months service, and will be gifted 5 months when buy 12 months subscription.
Amazon gift cards for Playstation Plus/Xbox Live
PlayStation Plus ($49.99 per year) gets them access to online multiplayer, free games every month, online game saving, discounts, and video streaming options. Xbox Live Gold ($59.99 per year) does pretty much the exact same. You can get 3-month or 12-month gift cards for both PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold on Amazon.
10% off on PlayStation Network Store
PlayStation Store is offering a store-wide coupon for the shopping season. Enter code FH24P5BDR6 at checkout to receive a 10% discount. The discount is limited to one-time use, but can be combined with all other sales and offers throughout their promotion windows.
