An observant gamer can save a lot of money by frequently visiting digital download sites to check for new special offers. You can sometimes save as much as 80% on games with these deals, or even gain a free game for pre-ordering an upcoming title, which can quickly lead to a very healthy gaming collection at surprisingly little cost.
It’s a pain to constantly have to check all of these services for good deals however, so I’ll be doing that for you in this weekly feature! Short descriptions and recommendations are included per game. If the currency used on the site is not in euro (GamersGate and Good Old Games) then I convert the pricing at the current exchange rate.
This week there is a massive summer sale going on over at Steam that lasts until the 4th of July. Nearly half the Steam catalogue is on sale and they also have even better daily deals. Also be sure to check back in on GameDrone every week for a simple overview of all the special offers available on the wide variety of digital download services out there.
Deals of the Week
- The Steam summer sale trumps everything this week.
Steam
There are way too many games on sale to list them all, so I’ll be listing a few of the most interesting deals below.
- 2K Complete Pack – Save 74% until July 4th – 79,99 EUR
Notable games included are BioShock 1 & 2, Borderlands + DLC, Civilization III & IV Complete, Freedom Force series, Pirates, Railroad Tycoon series, Stronghold series and the X-Com franchise. A ridiculously good deal. - King’s Bounty Gold – Save 75% until July 4th – 8,74 EUR
Two excellent fantasy turn-based strategy games at a ridiculously low price. If you enjoy Heroes of Might & Magic-style turn-based strategy, then you’ll love this. - Square Enix Eidos Collector’s Pack on Steam – Save 25% until July 4th – 74,99 EUR
This is easily the most ridiculous deal I’ve ever seen. You save 560 euro versus purchasing these games individually! Some highlights: Batman: Arkham’s Asylum, Battlestations franchise, Deus Ex series, Hitman franchise, Just Cause 1 & 2 + DLC, Supreme Commander 2, Thief: Deadly Shadows and several Tomb Raider games. - Telltale Everything Pack – Save 50% until July 4th - 49,99 EUR
You want this package if you like adventure games. It’s an amazingly good deal with the full seasons of Strong Bad, Tales of Monkey Island and Wallace & Gromit, as well as all three seasons of the new Sam & Max adventure game series. Indeed, that includes The Devil’s Playhouse of which three episodes have been released thus far. For the price of Tales of Monkey Island and a little premium you get every adventure game that Telltale Games has created thus far. - The Witcher: Enhanced Edition: Director’s Cut – Save 66% until July 4th – 5,43 EUR
This is easily the best RPG since Baldur’s Gate 2 and arguably one of the best game of all time. And this enhanced edition brushes away nearly every flaw that the game originally had, making this a no-brainer. You have to play this. - THQ Complete Pack – Save 50% until July 4th – 49,99 EUR
A long list of absolutely awesome games. Company of Heroes series, Dawn of War series, Metro 2033, Red Faction 1 & 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Titan Quest + expansion, etc. Oddly does not include the original Dawn of War and Winter Assault, but does include the later Dark Crusade and Soulstorm expansion packs as well as Dawn of War 2 + Chaos Rising.
Impulse
- Ceville – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
A comical adventure game in which you play a fallen tyrant who has turned to saving his kingdom. - Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage – Save 40% Weekend Deal – 17,99 EUR
A paranormal adventure game inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. - Dawn of Magic 2 – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
A mediocre fantasy hack & slash RPG that’s best avoided. - Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi Bundle – Save 45% Pre-order Deal – 34,42 EUR
The latest title in this series of World War 2-themed grand strategy games. It includes Hearts of Iron 3 and all of its DLC as well as the new Semper Fi expansion pack. - Gothic 2 Gold – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 7,49 EUR
An open world RPG with great gameplay, but sub-par voice acting and graphics. - Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
The stand-alone expansion for Gothic 3. - Gothic 3: Game of the Year Edition – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 7,49 EUR
An open world fantasy RPG that’s mostly known for the buggy state in which it was released rather than the good gameplay it provides. - Grand Ages: Rome – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 9,99 EUR
A city-building real-time strategy game set in the Roman era. There’s a better deal for this over at GamersGate. - Grand Ages: Rome: Reign of Augustus – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
An expansion pack to Grand Ages: Rome. There’s a better deal for this over at GamersGate. - Imperium Romanum Gold Edition – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
A celebrated series of Roman Empire simulation games. This includes the first expansion packs, but all the other expansion packs are also on sale. - Imperium Romanum: Conquest of Britannia – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,49 EUR
- Imperium Romanum: Wilds of Germania – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 2,49 EUR
- King’s Bounty Gold Edition – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 22,49 EUR
Two of the best fantasy turn-based strategy games ever made. There’s a much better deal for this game on Steam. - Outcry – Save 40% Weekend Deal – 9,72 EUR
An adventure game. - Pole Position 2010 – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 14,99 EUR
Take control over your own racing team and manage them to victory. - Qwak – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 8,10 EUR
A 2D platform/puzzle game. - Return to Mysterious Island Bundle – Save 40% Weekend Deal – 23,99 EUR
Two tropical adventure games. The first game doesn’t work in Windows 7! - Road Works Simulator – Save 40% Weekend Deal – 11,99 EUR
Keep the roads in good shape in this simulator game. - Star Assault – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 4,99 EUR
A mediocre space simulation game. - THQ Ultimate Bundle – Save 66% – 104,34 EUR
There’s a much better deal for THQ games over at Steam. An absolutely awesome deal if you don’t own any THQ games. Includes such excellent titles as the Red Faction series, Dawn of War 1 + expansion, Company of Heroes + expansions, Supreme Commander + expansions, Titan Quest + expansion and the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Tropico 3 - Save 50% Weekend Deal – 14,99 EUR
Become the ruler of a remote, tropical, island during the cold war. Be anything from a kind and generous leader to a ruthless tyrant. There’s a better deal for this game on GamersGate. - Tropico 3: Absolute Power – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,99 EUR
Absolute Power is an expansion to Tropico 3 and basically just adds more of everything. It adds a new campaign, new buildings, costumes, faction, etc. There’s a better deal for this game on Steam. - Tropico Reloaded – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,99 EUR
The first two games in the Tropico series of tropical rulership games. There’s a better deal for this game on GamersGate.
GamersGate (UK)
- AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 6,05 EUR
The 4th installment in the AGON adventure game series. - Air Aces Pacific – Save 5% Pre-order Deal - 40,23 EUR
An upcoming arcade flight simulator set in the Pacific theatre of World War 2. - Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Save 10% Pre-order Deal – 14,12 EUR
An upcoming first person survival horror game. - Blood Bowl: Dark Elves Edition – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 18,14 EUR
A mixture of Warhammer and American Football produces a surprisingly fun, but complex, strategy game. It comes in a real-time strategy variant for fast-paced bloody action and a turn-based strategy variant that faithfully recreates the board game. There’s a much better deal for this game on Steam. - Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror - Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,39 EUR
An excellent, older, adventure game. - Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,39 EUR
Generally considered to be inferior to its predecessors, but still an adventure game well worth playing. - Campus – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,82 EUR
A college life simulator. - Ceville – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 12,08 EUR
There’s a better deal for this humoristic adventure game over at Impulse. - Commandos Behind Enemy Lines/Beyond the Call of Duty – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,81 EUR
Command a special forces team that operates deep behind enemy lines during World War 2. These are easily two of the best, and most challenging, games ever made. - Commandos 2: Men of Courage – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,39 EUR
An excellent sequel to the previous Commandos games. - Commandos 3: Destination Berlin – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,39 EUR
Not as good a game as its predecessors, but still a very good top-down squad-based strategy game. - Darkstar One – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 5,44 EUR
A decent space sim that is unfortunately one of the best space simulators we’ve had in the past decade. - Dawn of Magic 2 – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 12,08 EUR
A mediocre fantasy hack & slash RPG that’s best avoided. There’s also a better deal over at Impulse if you’d like to waste your money. - Disciples III: Renaissance – Save 10% Pre-order Deal – 38,11 EUR
In only a few weeks time this new installment in the praised gothic fantasy turn-based strategy series Disciples will arrive. Think Heroes of Might & Magic or King’s Bounty, which are games with similar base gameplay mechanics, but very different atmospheres. - Grand Ages: Rome Gold – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 15,11 EUR
A city-building real-time strategy game set in the Roman era, along with its expansion pack. - Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 9,08 EUR
There’s a better deal for this poor squad based strategy game over at Steam. - Hollywood Pictures 2 – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,83 EUR
Run your own hollywood studio in this mediocre sim. - Imperial Glory – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,99 EUR
A strategy game similar to the Total War series in set-up: turn-based empire management and real-time battles. Set in the early 19th century. - Imperium Romanum Gold – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 10,89 EUR
There’s a better deal for this celebrated Roman empire simulation game over on Impulse. - Kart Racer – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 6,02 EUR
A kart racing game. - King’s Bounty: Gold Edition – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 18,14 EUR
Two of the best fantasy turn-based strategy games ever made. There’s a much better deal for this game on Steam. - Making History II: The War of the World - Save 13% Launch Deal – 31,75 EUR
A newly released grand strategy game set in World War 2. - Officers: World War 2 – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 12,10 EUR
There’s a much better deal for this real-time strategy game on Steam. - Patricians and Merchants Box - Save 50% Weekend Deal - 9,05 EUR
This package includes Patrician 3, a maritime trading simulator set in the 1300s; Darkstar One, a space sim; and The Great Art Race in which you manage coffee and tobacco plantations. - Port Royale 2 – Save 50% Weekend Deal - 5,44 EUR
Create a trading empire in the Caribbean of the 17th century. - Praetorians – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 5,44 EUR
A mediocre real-time strategy game in the Roman era. - Star Assault – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,81 EUR
A mediocre space sim. - THQ Complete Collection – Save 52% – 96,92 EUR
There’s a much better deal for this awesome collection of games on Steam. - Tropico Pack – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 15,11 EUR
A collection that contains Tropico Reloaded (1 and 2) and Tropico 3. Does not include the Absolute Power expansion pack for Tropico 3. - Tropico 3: Absolute Power – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 12,08 EUR
There’s a better deal for this expansion pack for Tropico 3 on Steam. - Truck Racer – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 6,02 EUR
A truck racing game. - Virtua Tennis 2009 – Save 60% Weekend Deal – 7,25 EUR
Play tennis on your PC. - Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War Complete Pack – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 18,14 EUR
Includes Dawn of War and it’s three expansion packs for some excellent real-time strategy gameplay. These easily rank amongst the best games in the genre. - Winter Challenge 2008 – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 4,83 EUR
Compete in a variety of winter sports disciplines. - Ziro – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 2,99 EUR
An unusual 3D puzzle game.
Direct2Drive (EU)
- BioShock – Save 50% – 9,95 EUR
What was supposed to be an underwater paradise has turned into a failing city with roaming monsters that were once humans. A substance called adam allowed them to improve themselves, but eventually drove them mad. So you crashland in the middle of the ocean and set out to save the day, while collecting weapons and Adam-powered abilities. It’s got enjoyable and varied gameplay and a gripping storyline, but suffers a bit from relatively easy encounters and linearity. - BioShock 1 + 2 Bundle - Save 10% – 59,95 EUR
A bundle consisting of BioShock and its solid sequel. Two good games, but this bundle is still woefully overpriced. - Borderlands - Save 40% – 29,95 EUR
Combine the random loot and leveling system of Diablo with the frantic action of co-op Serious Sam and you get the first person shooter that is Borderlands. A huge world, thousands of randomly assembled weapons and four great characters make for a lot of fun. It has a few console touches, such as a poorly developed multiplayer browser, but it’s worth it nonetheless. Interestingly this reduced price is the same as Steam’s default price for Borderlands, so get it on whichever of these platforms you prefer.
Get Games
- Rig ‘N’ Roll – Save 50% – 14,99 EUR
A truck driving game.
Good Old Games
- Syberia Bundle – Save 50% Weekend Deal – 8,12 EUR
Get both of these outstanding adventure game for the price of one!
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