It's the most wonderful time of the year, and you know what that means: The has begun.
This is the big one—well, one of them, anyway—with deals galore on literally thousands of games, and plenty of Steam [[link]] stuff to pick up including free stickers for browsing your Discovery Queue (nine of them to earn over the course of the sale) and festive avatars, frames, and profile backgrounds in the . The start of the Winter Sale also signals the kickoff of voting in the , the annual celebration of the storefront's best games.
The is also live—it actually opened yesterday—offering everyone a look at all they did over [[link]] the course of the year: The games you played, the achievements you earned, and how you stack up to the rest of the Steam community. It's a fun (and nicely detailed) review of the year in games.
As promised, here's our roundup of the : Big-name highlights include a 40% cut on (the lowest it's ever been), , Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and—one of my favorites of the year—Pacific Drive. There's a lot of good stuff to root through, so be sure to give it a look.
The 2024 Steam Winter Sale is live [[link]] now and runs until 10 am PT/1 pm ET on January 2, 2025.