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bossmode on 12/07/2013 - 03:00 store.steampowered.com (3957 clicks)
Last edited 22/07/2013 - 20:03 by 1 other user

This will be a consistently updated thread regarding the Summer Sale over on Steam. Be sure to check in every now and then to see what's new and on sale.
For those who are new to the whole concept of holiday sales over on Steam, here's a quick flowchart for reference.
This list should be the comprehensive catalogue for the Summer sale. Please use it as a reference for the duration if I've missed something noteworthy for purchase.

Game Type of Sale Price Saving Expiry
RAGE Community's Choice $7.49 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Retro City Rampage Flash Sale $2.99 -80% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Total War: SHOGUN 2 Flash Sale $9.99 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition Flash Sale $8.99 -70% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Endless Space - Emperor Edition Flash Sale $10.19 -66% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Daily Deal $6.24 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Sid Meier's Civilization V Daily Deal $17.49 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
The Walking Dead Daily Deal $6.24 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Tomb Raider Daily Deal $17.49 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Torchlight II Daily Deal $4.99 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Borderlands II Daily Deal $16.99 -66% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Dishonored Daily Deal $15.29 -66% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Bioshock Infinite Daily Deal $39.99 -50% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Kerbal Space Program Daily Deal $13.79 -40% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition Daily Deal $29.99 -40% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Natural Selection 2 Daily Deal $6.24 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Omerta City of Gangsters Daily Deal $9.99 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Saints Row: The Third Daily Deal $4.99 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Daily Deal $9.99 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Worms Revolution Daily Deal $3.74 -75% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Daily Deal $5.09 -66% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Daily Deal $3.39 -66% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
StarForge Daily Deal $9.99 -50% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Assassin's Creed 3 Standard Edition Daily Deal $23.97 -40% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Prison Architect Standard Daily Deal $19.79 -34% 23/07/13, 3:00AM AEST
Notable Sales
Game Price Expiry
Civilization V: Gold Edition 75% Off $22.49 22/07/13, 3:00AM
Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package 75% Off $7.49 23/07/13, 3:00AM
Total War: SHOGUN 2 Collection 75% Off $16.24 23/07/13, 3:00AM
Worms Collection 75% Off $22.49 23/07/13, 3:00AM
Counter-Strike Complete 75% Off $7.49 23/07/13, 3:00AM
Assassin's Creed Series 75% Off $2.98 - $4.48 23/07/13, 3:00AM
Endless Space Gold 66% Off $11.89 23/07/13, 3:00AM
The Big List of Community Tips
User Tip
bossmode List of Developer, DLC and Franchise Bundles active during Summer Sale
Steam Summer Sale 2013: Deepest Discounts
Scaredearimasu Reddit's discussion on Day 11 sale
spiritek Purchase Steam Wallet funds from EBGames as funds are in USD, giving you an extra 10% due to the conversion rate
Infinite Monkee Reddit's FAQ on Steam Sales
mediumsliced Lifehacker's Tips on Steam Sales

This deal was first discussed on the forums by user Scaregdearimasu. If you haven't familiarised yourself with that particular section of OzBargain, I'd urge you to do so. Sometimes, deals crop up there, too.

13/07/13 - 7:06PM: I'm going to stop being so punctual about updating this thread. Steam prices have been shifting within the first 5-10 minutes of the 8-hour Flash Sales. Expect a 15-20 minute delay from now on.
19/07/2013 - 11:07AM: A few posts back, I mentioned punctuality and how it's better that I wait 15-20 before updating this post. Here's proof that Steam shifts their prices during the first 5-10 minutes.
22/07/2013 - 11:14AM: It would appear that Arma II: Combined Operations works out to be cheaper than purchasing the standalone product, Arma II. As this was the case, I have opted to update the deal with Combined Operations, a saving of $0.21.
23/07/2013 - 7:58PM: Barring no surprises from Steam's end, this will be my final update for this post. It's been a very enriching experience for me as responsibility over these updates required consistent dedication: To be able to post in a timely and efficient manner. I hope that I've served the community well these past ten days, and that I will continue to do so in the forthcoming weeks leading up to the Winter Sale. Happy Summer Sale.

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  • BlazinPast on 12/07/2013 - 03:07

    Nice, awesome job

      • raziel on 12/07/2013 - 17:39
        +2

        The problem with companies that price match is that they are deferring taking any initiative and not lowering the price themselves. Subsequently, if we go for a price-match, the company that actually did take the initiative suffers. What do other ozbargainers think about this dilemma?

        • Rodgort on 12/07/2013 - 18:13
          +13

          They don't care. They just want to save a buck.

        • Harold Halfprice on 12/07/2013 - 23:30
          +1

          In this case, I agree with you.
          But pricematching doesnt always benefit the pricematcher and hurt the original company. Good example of this is getwinesdirect who frequently have deals with prices that are extremely low and likely below cost, and pricematching at dans or first choice actually hurts them

  • tebbybabes on 12/07/2013 - 03:09

    And the servers are down again. At least on that's what it looks like on my end.

    • frewer on 12/07/2013 - 03:13

      nope, it's running.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 03:15
    +4

    RIP credit card

  • kheob on 12/07/2013 - 03:17

    Skyrim DLC is 50% off. Any other sites or is this the cheapest I can get it?

  • belzecue on 12/07/2013 - 03:17

    LOL, the STEAM CART service is D.O.A. Even when you get a game page up, you can't add it.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 03:39

      Error Code: -101

      Unable to connect to server. Server may be offline or you may not be connected to the internet.

      I think the server may be struggling

  • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 03:18

    Dang beat me to it Heres a pic of the sales items at least on the frontpage
    http://i.imgur.com/21n8zSf.jpg

  • Cyb3rGlitch on 12/07/2013 - 03:19

    You're missing GRID2 from your Flash Sales list. I'm sure I've seen it cheaper elsewhere though.

  • Agret on 12/07/2013 - 03:39

    3:07AM Cards are for sale!

    No they're not, it is just indicating which games have card support

    Grid 2 & DLC is on the flash sale, I wanted to buy a DLC but the store kept timing out and I can't checkout my cart. Oh well, guess Valve has saved me $3.50 =)

  • Lukian on 12/07/2013 - 03:41
    +1

    Toki Tori (1) is available over at humble bundle weekly FYI - https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

    • bossmode on 12/07/2013 - 03:42

      Which you should grab soon if you're wanting to purchase Toki Tori 2, as the deal comes with 2 x 10% vouchers for that game.

  • MagicTsukai on 12/07/2013 - 03:50

    will CS:GO ever be 75% off?

    • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 03:57
      +1

      hmm it's a pretty new game but it's also got a pretty low price to begin with being down to 5.00~ already.
      Hard to say on that one. that being said if it does go 75% it'll only go down to 3.74 so the question is is the game worth 1.26~ extra to you?

    • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 07:30
      +2

      CS Complete is 75% Off. $7.50 is a bargain.

      • grab_ur_freebies on 12/07/2013 - 09:22

        Agreed! Got one.

        W/O the 75% off its $55 for all 4 games.

      • MagicTsukai on 13/07/2013 - 03:43

        the thing is I already bought the CS pack for source some time before CS:go came out >.<
        not sure if buying GO for 5$ is worth it.

        I'm sort of hoping if it goes down to 75% i'll consider buying it

  • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 04:11
    +1

    The Awesome Day 1 sale collection of info with multiple country pricing is up on reddit now!
    http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1i39qc/steam_summ…

  • Thelastdoctor on 12/07/2013 - 04:14

    Wow even though it's not going to run out of stock, server is already overloaded

    • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 04:37

      yep fddos
      friendly denial of service does that

      • Forfiet on 12/07/2013 - 05:22

        anonymous is on a buying spree????

    • Flyingmoo on 12/07/2013 - 10:02

      Kotaku ran an article about http://steamdb.info/calculator/ last night too and it went viral, which isn't helping, people buying stuff and people calculating are overloading the servers

  • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 04:51

    Trine 1 and 2 on special!

  • aerona on 12/07/2013 - 05:58

    Left 4 dead has been $5 pre sales, Looks like CS:GO the complete will be my only purchase, apparently theres more users residing in ZERO and SOURCE still.

    • sd4f on 13/07/2013 - 09:47

      That's because CS:GO isn't that good. It doesn't really offer anything new except for shinier graphics, but they tinkered with movement and firearm accuracy enough to make the gameplay worse than the previous CS games. The gun games are fun.

  • Caped Baldy on 12/07/2013 - 06:46
    +3

    dont you guys sleep

    Mod: Removed foul language

    • googolplex on 12/07/2013 - 07:12

      They're hardcore gamers

    • jackthefrost on 12/07/2013 - 07:22
      +3

      professional ozbargainers

    • aerona on 12/07/2013 - 08:12
      -2

      We do, but its called telepathic communication though our dreams.

  • spiritek on 12/07/2013 - 07:00
    +13

    Also go to EB games buy a steam card in AUD, funds are in USD, pay for games with that.

    With the aussie $ where it is this effectively gives you an extra 10% discount (or more depending on the price of the game and how much your CC company charge for currency conversion)

    • Rupture on 12/07/2013 - 08:50

      This ^

    • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 09:40
      +2

      Anywhere I can by Steam cards from other than EB? Really don't want to support those lot.
      I think I read JB hifi as well was an option but I think I also saw this http://i.imgur.com/vxgDjl4.jpg
      not sure if applies to us or them (USA) and in what denomination do they come in.

      That's pretty funny they do this wonder why they still haven't migrated to a AUD store yet.

      • spiritek on 12/07/2013 - 09:52

        Yeah not sure, only seen at EB, they only print off a receipt like prepaid mobile phone vouchers so in theory they could sell from lots of places

        • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 16:08

          Yep it's EB only unfortunately in 20$ and 50$ options.

    • johnno07 on 13/07/2013 - 13:06

      Thank you, Spiritek! Bought a $50 voucher this morning which equates to $55.20 AUD. Great deal :D

    • lou knee on 13/07/2013 - 16:55

      I'm a little wary of keeping money on my steam account after someone took over my account a bit over a year ago. Someone in Eastern Europe was playing under my account for a couple of months (only games I had at the time were from the Orange Box too).

      • Ace on 14/07/2013 - 04:35

        Enable Steam Guard

        • lou knee on 16/07/2013 - 12:07

          I have :)

  • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 07:29

    Bought Counter Strike Complete (US$7.49) 75% off

  • firstpost bekind on 12/07/2013 - 07:31
    +1

    I hope css goes on sale 75%

    • Mentoscoin on 12/07/2013 - 07:40

      Your best deal is the complete pack for $7.50. It's the best value buy out of all the cs games.

      • firstpost bekind on 12/07/2013 - 07:57

        Yea I saw it soon after thanks. Thats a good deal for the whole pack

      • hellobigfeet on 12/07/2013 - 14:28

        do you reckon the pack will be back down to 7.50 again :( or will it remain at 15 dollars?

        • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 18:05

          Wait for last day of the sale.

  • Infinite Monkee on 12/07/2013 - 07:42
    +1

    "Pro tip" for avid bargain hunters out there, there is a great FAQ on the Steam sales here: http://goo.gl/r0R5j

    If you want it here is an RSS feed of gamedeals straight to your inbox, just add this:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/steamdeals/new/.rss?sort=new

    …MY BODY IS READY

  • feisca on 12/07/2013 - 08:08
    +2

    While on the subject of pro-tips, check out Lifehacker's tips. http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-the-steam-summ…

  • mrgeckoz on 12/07/2013 - 08:26

    Know this is about yo come but just bought CS:GO two days ago. Lol.

    • PainToad on 15/07/2013 - 09:06
      +1

      Knew*
      Was*
      To*

  • rain on 12/07/2013 - 08:51

    steam store is down

  • Rupture on 12/07/2013 - 08:53
    +1

    Sorry

    The Steam Store is experiencing some heavy load right now. Please try again later.

    Sick of getting this message every time I browse to a new page in the store.

  • sin069 on 12/07/2013 - 09:06
    +9

    To EVERYONE

    Buy a steam card in JB hi-fi/Ebgames etc. Today's conversion rate is $.9169US to $1AU. So if you're buying a $5US game, you'll be charged $5.45AU!!

    Steam cards are valued at US dollars but you pay the exact amount i.e. Steam card valued at $50US is $50AU rrp. Basically, they sell cards on parity in value. In other words, if you are buying $50US worth of games, you'll be saving $5AU if you use a steam voucher card

    • annarchon on 12/07/2013 - 09:10
      +2

      Also remember the ING wave and save for 2-5% off at JB. Not sure if EB terminals has the paywave or not.

    • lancedefrance on 12/07/2013 - 12:57

      Thanks, just purchased $50 card, do you know if it expires if I dont use the full amount? how long is it valid for?

  • rain on 12/07/2013 - 09:25
    +3

    Bioshock infinite is $29.99 in US store (AU store $39.99 US,both 50% off) and probably some of the other games
    so use a US VPN (not entirely sure if this works)
    Australia still getting ripped off as usual

    • annarchon on 12/07/2013 - 09:28
      +4

      Or just buy from Amazon and use the 15% off coupon to get it down to around 25 bucks.

      • moolah on 12/07/2013 - 11:54
        +1

        Just for reference:
        Amazon 15% off coupon - gooncave
        *Requires US address in account settings (use a random one from http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/)

      • hutsy on 12/07/2013 - 11:55

        What this guy said.

        For those of you not familiar with the offer, Amazon are price matching everything on Steam and giving an extra 15% off with the promo code "GOONCAVE".

  • Noobist45 on 12/07/2013 - 09:57
    +8

    Standard procedure so far - Everything has been purchased cheaper somewhere else 6-12 months ago. Steam is highly overrated in terms of it's sales and yet people fall for it every time.
    Please Check your prices people.

  • tabz on 12/07/2013 - 10:20

    Left 4 Dead 2 is still the low violence version :(

    If anyone has access to and happens to get the 4-pack of the non "low violence" version, I'd be happy to buy one off you.

    • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 10:54
      +1

      Try /r/SteamGameSwap and /r/GameTrade make sure to ask to a USA Version or just the High violence edition.
      /r/Steamgameswap is for swapping steam inventory games only for first time users but /r/gameswap has no rules comparatively (swap for cash bitcoins ect.)

      • tabz on 13/07/2013 - 08:17

        Thankyou! Managed to get someone to gift it to me.

        • Scaregdearimasu on 13/07/2013 - 08:21

          no problem had to do that too a while ago still baffles me why they haven't done a re-release of the new one yet here.

    • Ace on 14/07/2013 - 04:39

      I have a couple of extra L4D2 gore versions if anyone is interested in buying

      • zeropoint on 14/07/2013 - 10:18

        How much you selling them for?

  • grab_ur_freebies on 12/07/2013 - 10:21
    +2

    Sonic Hits Collection $15:

    http://store.steampowered.com/sub/26498/

    Incl's 'SaAR-Transformed'. Worth it just for 'Generations'.

    NB: "SUMMER SALE! Offer ends 23 July". Maybe wait until 22nd before buying as it might get cheaper?

  • Forgot69 on 12/07/2013 - 10:32
    +1

    Yo Mods! Shall we pin this sucker to the front page?

    • Moderatorneil on 12/07/2013 - 10:37

      It's already on the front page.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 10:38
    +3

    Taking the risk on Skyrim DLC becoming cheaper

    • cartman on 12/07/2013 - 11:34
      +1

      I had Dragonborn in my cart but Steam kept failing when trying to pay. Now it's only 30% off so I'm back to waiting or looking elsewhere…

      • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 11:41
        +1

        Apparently the flash price sales will be back on the final day of the sale so you can try again then.

  • shaned on 12/07/2013 - 10:53

    just picked up cs: go

    whats the address for the Ozbargain Cs:GO server ? lol

    perhaps a new clan ? [OZB]

    =) =) =)

    • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2013 - 11:06

      Add me (beakeroo) I'll play for sure.

      • fickre on 12/07/2013 - 11:25

        I'm in .. :)

        • shaned on 12/07/2013 - 15:15

          I'm "Jagermeister" ill be on it tonight. Avatar is of a bottle of Jagermeister. Im at work atm cant add. PM me saying ozbargain so i have half an idea who you are.

  • Windows7forever on 12/07/2013 - 10:59
    +2

    Gabe Newell gonna get bigger & richer after this sale. Must buy all of the games and support his expanding business girth.

    • Scaregdearimasu on 12/07/2013 - 11:12
      +3

      NOOO every time someone on the internet makes fun of his size he delays Halflife 3!! Stop it!!

  • ps3_andy on 12/07/2013 - 11:09
    +3

    seems the flash sale has ended early :( CS:GO back up to $10.04 USD

    • dreadpiratedan on 12/07/2013 - 11:35
      +1

      The sale started at about 3am, and it is now over 8 hours later so seems they finished at normal time.

      It might pop up again though so just hold off till the final day to buy it either on an encore sale or whatever the standard discount is.

      • Ventak on 12/07/2013 - 12:20

        Isn't the encore sale only for the normal deals?

        • _Bruce_ on 12/07/2013 - 14:57

          Probably but flash sales rotate around anyway.

  • ltwo on 12/07/2013 - 11:37
    +1

    Is Cities:XL Platinum worth it at $7.50?

    • brocky2006 on 12/07/2013 - 12:31

      not really, the game still has a memory leak and lags badly if playing for long periods

  • Deezsavings on 12/07/2013 - 12:22

    Finally! Been waiting for Torchlight 2 to go back on sale after missing the last $6.79 sale.

    • lancedefrance on 12/07/2013 - 12:55

      its showing as 9.99, never seen it go down to 6.79. Is that on Steam? or through another site?

      • Deezsavings on 15/07/2013 - 18:16

        It was on steam from what I remember. About 1.5 months ago?

    • sniper on 15/07/2013 - 11:10

      http://store.steampowered.com/app/200710/

      $4.99 for next few hours.

      • Deezsavings on 15/07/2013 - 18:18

        Saw it just then. Argh! Bought it for $9.99 the other day too. Oh well at $9.99 it's still a steal. At $4.99 it's an absolute bargain!

      • Punkboy on 15/07/2013 - 18:30

        Also four pack for $15….

  • lou knee on 12/07/2013 - 13:03

    Missed out on buying Skyrim as I had an exam to go to this morning. Now I'm on holidays and have some time to play it but I have to wait until it's on sale again now :(

    • bossmode on 15/07/2013 - 19:46

      I read somewhere that the "cards" actually represent a Daily Deal sale, in which this case, is true for the Kerbal Space Program. If this is correct, then that means that tomorrow's daily deal, which is happening at 3:00AM 15/07/13, Reus should be next. Not sure if Skyrim has already gone through, wasn't paying attention back then, but regardless it should come back if not as a Daily Deal but on the final day of the sale. You'll know that it's coming up when it crops up behind the card of the day.

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