Steam Autumn Sale 2025: Guide to Discounts and Best Games
The Steam Autumn Sale is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to expand your library at incredibly low prices. The sale runs from September 29 to October 6, 2025 – slightly earlier than usual, but with the same massive discounts of up to 95%. In this article, we’ll cover how to identify great deals, whether you should sell skins to fund your Steam wallet, and share curated lists of top games across key categories with current discounts.
How to Buy Smart?
The sale is a great opportunity to save money, but how do you know if a potential deal is truly worth it? The SIH extension analyzes sales and shows whether a game has reached its historical low price or if it’s an average discount and you should wait for better offers.
How to Buy Games More Profitably
- Wishlist and notifications: Add games to your wishlist, and Steam will notify you about discounts so you won’t miss the chance to buy your desired game.
- Regional nuances: Prices vary by country, and you can compare them using our extension. However, use this feature for informational purposes only – don’t look for ways to change your region just to save a few bucks.
- Steam refunds: Within 14 days and less than 2 hours of gameplay – freely test new releases as if in a trial period, and if needed, request a refund.
- Cross-platform: Compare prices on other platforms, such as Epic Games.
- New releases vs classics: Fresh releases rarely go below 20% off, but many hits can get discounts up to 90%. If you’re not in a hurry, choose an older release and wait for higher discounts on current new games.
Should You Sell Skins?
SIH is an excellent tool for quickly selling a few skins and comparing better offers across different resources. However, if you didn’t prepare in advance for the sale, the marketplace is your fastest and most effective way to top up your balance.
But is it worth doing this after discounts start? Probably not, because too many users decide to do the same thing, and the skin market reacts with a serious price drop.
Therefore, it’s better to use this opportunity to actually build up your inventory instead. If you still have no better option to top up your balance, we recommend carefully monitoring the price change chart when selling.
Best Games by Category Overview
AAA Games
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – 75% off. An epic western from Rockstar with an incredibly detailed open world of the Wild West, where you live life in the late 19th century, hunting, robbing, and building relationships. A 100+ hour story with a focus on narrative and realism makes it one of the best single-player games of the generation.
- GTA V – 50% off. An open-world classic. Both the story and the incredibly popular online mode are excellent, which over time has gained high value and even defined a lifestyle for many players.
- Forza Horizon 5 – 50% off. An open racing paradise with stunning graphics, dynamic weather, and hundreds of cars. A must-buy for fans of realistic simulators, with co-op and various events for 100+ hours.
- Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultimate Edition) – 53% off. A futuristic RPG in Night City with a non-linear story. After updates and the release of the Phantom Liberty DLC, it became a true masterpiece with deep lore and customization.
- Detroit: Become Human – 70% off. An interactive drama in futuristic Detroit 2038, where you control three androids whose decisions shape a story about freedom and humanity. Cinematic graphics and an emotional soundtrack create deep storytelling for 20-30 hours for fans of narrative adventures.
- Assassin’s Creed Bundle — 74% off. A mega-bundle of 16 franchise games, from the pirate seas of Black Flag to the Viking raids of Valhalla, with epic open worlds, stealth, and historical lore. 1000+ hours of content.
Strategy Games
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – 40% off. A strategy game in a medieval world where you build an army, conquer castles, and lead dynasties. Real-time tactical battles combine with RPG elements for epic campaigns.
- Total War: Warhammer III — 75% off. Epic tactical battles in the Warhammer fantasy universe with factions, monsters, and magic. DLC bundles add new armies and storylines.
- Civilization VI – 90% off. Build a civilization from the Stone Age to space, balancing diplomacy, science, and wars! Considering the not-so-great release of Civilization VII, start your acquaintance with the game from the previous version at a fantastic discount.
- Crusader Kings III – 70% off. Medieval dynastic intrigue with RPG choices, where you weave conspiracies, marry, and lead crusades. Deep life simulation immersion for lovers of narrative strategy.
- Age of Wonders 4 – 50% off. A fantasy strategy from Triumph Studios where you create a faction, explore procedural worlds, conduct tactical battles, and weave diplomacy with magic; with tomes of spells, empire customization, and mods for endless replayability for 50+ hours.
Shooters
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – 50% off. A co-op shooter with orcs and space marines in a dark sci-fi atmosphere; a fresh 2024 release with top graphics and horror action. Brutal battles and a campaign for Warhammer fans.
- DOOM Anthology – 72% off. A comprehensive bundle of six key franchise games spanning three decades.
RPG
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Complete Edition) – 80% off. GOAT RPG: monster hunting, romance, and moral dilemmas in a huge world. The definitive edition with DLC for 200+ hours. A masterpiece from CD Projekt.
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – 25% off. An RPG from Larian Studios in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, where a non-linear story, deep tactical combat system, and 4-player co-op allow you to create unique stories with character customization. 100+ hours of epic quests, charismatic companions, and moral choices for fans of role-playing games and fantasy.
- Persona 5 Royal – 65% off. An enhanced JRPG from Atlus about the Phantom Thieves group stealing corrupted hearts in Tokyo, with daily school life, tactical battles against Palaces, and a branching story. 100+ hours of content with a gorgeous soundtrack.
Horror
- Resident Evil 4 – 50% off. A remake of the cult survival horror from Capcom, where Leon Kennedy fights zombies and cultists in a village while rescuing the president’s daughter. Modern graphics, reimagined story, and intense action gameplay for 15-20 hours.
- The Outlast Trials – 70% off. A cooperative survival horror from Red Barrels where you and your friends undergo brutal “therapies” in the Murkoff laboratory, avoiding monsters, solving puzzles, and using gadgets to survive.
- Dead Space (Remake) – 80% off. A fully reworked sci-fi survival horror from EA Motive, where engineer Isaac Clarke dismembers necromorphs aboard the doomed ship Ishimura. A 12-15 hour story with tense atmospheric horror for fans of isolation and gore.
Indie Games
- Slime Rancher 2 – 35% off. A cozy farm simulator from Monomi Park where you explore a vibrant island, breed new slime species, build a ranch, and uncover ancient secrets. Relaxing gameplay with adventure elements for 30+ hours for fans of cute and creative indie games.
- Police Stories – 80% off. A tactical top-down shooter from HypeTrain Digital inspired by SWAT 4, where you play as a police officer making split-second decisions in raids, rescuing hostages, and neutralizing threats without the “shoot first” option. Co-op and single-player campaign for 10-15 hours.
We’ve only scratched the surface – right now on Steam you can buy thousands of different games at great prices! Happy shopping, may your library flourish, and may SIH make your Steam experience more comfortable and enjoyable.
Author: Alex
Alex is an author and esports observer with more than seven years of experience. He specializes in analyzing new releases in the world of computer games, gaming services, and in-game economies. Alex shares practical experience and an expert perspective on the development of gaming, helping readers understand complex mechanics and stay up to date with the latest news.
