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Shit is certainly about to get actual, however separate from all that Valve has kicked off the primary Steam sale of 2025 within the type of the Actual-Time Technique Fest, a week-long extravaganza of offers, demos, and free stuff within the Steam Factors Store, all of it geared at—you guessed it—real-time technique video games.
It isn’t all RTS video games, to be clear. If grand technique is your factor, Europa Universalis 4 is 90% off ($5/£4/€5) and Victoria 3 is half worth ($25/£21/€25). For those who get pleasure from distress and do not particularly care for youngsters, Frostpunk 2 is right down to $35/£30/€35—that is 22% off the common worth—or you are able to do some medieval metropolis constructing with Manor Lords, 30% at some stage in the RTS Fest ($28/£24.49/€28). There’s 4X video games (Stellaris at 75% off is an effective selection), tower protection, no less than one typing sport—if there’s some form of technique connection, then it is most likely on this sale.
Naturally, there’s a lot see in the way in which of typical RTS video games too:
If you wish to get in on the large sale motion however aren’t positive the place to start out, take a dive into our checklist of the most effective technique video games on PC. And if all you are actually after is a few free stuff, head over to the Steam Factors Store and declare a pair avatar frames and a pleasant “RTS Tank” animated avatar.
Steam’s Actual-Time Technique Fest is dwell now and runs till 10 am PT/1 pm ET on January 27.