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Amazon’s Big Summer Sale has some great deals on video games

By Jon Silman Published October 5, 2021

Amazon is running “The Big Summer Sale Event” through September 7, and it features a multitude of discounts on all types of items. It also offers some great deals for fans of video games.

Some console games are slashed 30% in prices. It’s mostly PlayStation 4 and Xbox One games, but there are a few Switch games included too.

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For fans of Final Fantasy, the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is $30 from $40. The notoriously hard Dark Souls Remastered title is discounted to $18 from $30 for both the PS4 and Xbox One versions.

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, is half off at $25 from $50. The game features all four seasons of the popular game, as well as the 400 Days DLC, and The Walking Dead: Michonne game as well.

For anyone who’s ever wanted to try the Baldur’s Gate franchise on the Switch, now is a good time to snag the game. Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is priced at $30 from $50. It features enhanced editions of Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II, and Siege of Dragonspear. The PS4 version is priced at $24.

Deal seekers can also snag Legendary Fishing for the PS4 for $14 from $30. The game is compatible with Playstation Move to take advantage of motion controls.

Popular RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition is also heavily discounted to $21 from $30 for both the PS4 and Xbox One. Fallout 76: Wastelanders for the PS4 is $10 from $60, and Rage 2 is $10 from $60 for Xbox One.

A number of accessories and peripherals are on sale as well. The Sega Genesis Mini also saw a price drop, to $53 from $80. The mini throwback-console comes with 42 games, two wired controllers, a power cable, USB adapter, and an HDMI cable for your TV.

“The Sega Genesis Mini faithfully recreates Sega’s glory days with excellent hardware design and a large library of great games,” Digital Trends said in a review of the retro system.

For all of those Animal Crossing fans out there, a stainless steel double wall insulated water bottle is on sale for $20. It features characters from the popular game as designs on the bottle. Fans of Halo can get a Halo Master Chief Plush, officially licensed by Microsoft, for only $13 during the sale. It’s 6 inches tall and sits upright on flat surfaces.

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Get one of the best games of the last decade for $2 in Steam’s Summer Sale

Key art for Celeste.

During every Steam Summer Sale, tons of great indie games get massive discounts. For just a couple of dollars, you can pick up some of the best games the video game industry offers. Looking at the Featured Deep Discounts for this year's Steam Summer Sale, one indie game that stands out from the rest of the bunch is Celeste.

Released by Maddy Makes Games in 2018, Celeste is one of the best indie games of the 2010s; it even earned a rare five-star rating from Digital Trends when it launched. I had the pleasure of playing this game ahead of its wide release then, and I was completely taken aback by how it cleverly reinforces its poignant narrative themes through gameplay, which tasks players with mastering the controls and learning the layout of platforming challenges bit by bit to overcome a massive obstacle. If you haven't checked out Celeste yet, it's a steal at just $2, a 90% discount from its typical $20 price tag.

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Prepare for Civilization 7 with this $3 Steam Summer Sale deal

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One of the most exciting announcements for PC gaming fans during Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest live stream this year was for Sid Meier's Civilization VII. It's the next entry in a long-running turn-based strategy game series about building up and thriving as a civilization from scratch. Although Sid Meier's Civilization VII does not come out until next year and doesn't even get a full gameplay reveal until August, this year's Steam Summer Sale provides players the perfect opportunity to catch up on the series.

Navigate to the Featured Deep Discounts section of the Steam Summer Sale and you'll find that Sid Meier's Civilization VI from Firaxis and 2K is available for just $3, a 95% discount from its typical $60 price tag. If you've never played a Civilization game before or want to familiarize yourself with the core tenets of the series ahead of its next entry, this Steam Summer Sale deal provides an optimal opportunity to check it out.

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You can get this fantastic PC game for $3 during the Steam Summer Sale

A city in Frostpunk.

We're in the midst of the Steam Summer Sale this year, and Valve is doing something a bit different this time by creating a Featured Deep Discounts section. It highlights some of the best games discounted by 90% or more. While this narrows things down, you may still have some choice paralysis while deciding among the games included this year. If you're a fan of PC city builders or games that force players to make difficult choices, I'd recommend snatching up Frostpunk for just $3, which is a 90% discount.

Released in 2018, developer 11 bit Studios describes Frostpunk as "the first society survival game." It takes place in a postapocalyptic world, but it's desolate in a different way than most of them. Rather than having the sandy barren wastelands of Mad Max or Fallout, Frostpunk's world has frozen over, and the biggest threat to humanity is generating enough heat to survive and rebuild. It's a game about rebuilding society in this snowy postapocalypse, but that's easier said than done.