{
  "id": 11228800,
  "title": "How to Get a Great Deal During the Steam Sales and Beyond",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/how-to-get-a-great-deal-during-the-steam-sales-and-beyond",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/how-to-get-a-great-deal-during-the-steam-sales-and-beyond"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "While PC gaming may involve an initial hardware cost, software can be very affordable, particularly with the assistance of Steam Hype. Unlike Sony and Nintendo, who charge upwards of £70 for new games, PC gamers can often secure titles for under £45 even at launch, with significant discounts during sales periods.\n\nTo maximize savings, it's advisable to maintain a comprehensive wishlist on Steam. By adding games that catch your interest, you'll receive notifications when they go on sale. The Steam Wishlist page also allows for filtering by categories such as genre and discount size. Moreover, utilizing bargain-tracking sites like IsThereAnyDeal can help identify substantial savings compared to Steam. This platform cross-references prices across various retailers, ensuring you purchase from reputable sites and not key resellers. By linking your Steam Wishlist to IsThereAnyDeal, you'll be promptly informed about discounted games across all these platforms.\n\nExploring bundle-focused retailers such as Fanatical, Humble, Green Man Gaming, and Digiphile can yield additional savings. These platforms often offer extensive game bundles on Steam, with discounts so significant that purchasing a single game can result in acquiring several others at a reduced price. Additionally, the Humble Choice subscription service, run by IGN, provides up to a 20% discount on the store, which can further reduce the cost of AAA titles before their release. It's also beneficial to keep an eye out for free games, which are periodically offered by the Epic Games Store. IsThereAnyDeal tracks these offers, and spending a few minutes each week adding these freebies to your account can result in substantial savings over time. Some notable freebies include Death Stranding: Director's Cut, A Plague Tale: Innocence, and the entire Batman Arkham Trilogy.\n\nLastly, organizing your game library is crucial, especially as you acquire more titles through sales and freebies. A Windows user might find Playnite particularly useful, as it's a free, open-source application that tracks games across multiple storefronts and streamlines installation and launch processes. For Linux users, the Heroic Games Launcher serves a similar purpose. By effectively managing your library, you can easily keep track of your acquisitions and maintain a well-curated collection of games.",
  "summary": "While that initial hardware cost of PC gaming can sting a bit, once you’re in the games and software can be very cheap, especially with a little help from Steam Hype . While Sony and Nintendo might want you paying upwards of £70 for a new game, there’s seldom a reason to, with a little savvy shopping, pay more than £45 on PC, even at launch! Plus, the discounts can get huge during sales season.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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