Three games with combined Steam review counts above 335,000 are on sale at the same time this week — and they all have different expiration dates. The order matters: Slay the Spire ends August 7, The Witcher 3 ends August 10, and Prey's weekend deal runs through August 13. Here's what each is worth at these prices.
- ▶Sources: DualShockers — Witcher 3 sale coverage (July 28, 2026) · Steam store — Prey · Steambase.io — Slay the Spire price history
All prices listed are USD on the US Steam storefront. Prices vary by region — check your local Steam store before purchasing.
Sale Overview
| Game | Discount | Sale Price | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slay the Spire | -75% | $6.24 | August 7 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 80%+ | ~$7.99 or lower | August 10 |
| Prey (base) | -80% | $5.99 | August 13 |
| Prey Digital Deluxe | -80% | $7.99 | August 13 |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — A Benchmark RPG at Sub-$8
CD PROJEKT RED's "A Night to Remember" cinematic. 17.8 million views on YouTube since 2015.
CD PROJEKT RED's open-world RPG needs little introduction in 2026. Released in May 2015, it has accumulated 237,284 Steam reviews at 96% positive ("Overwhelmingly Positive") and sold over 65 million copies. Recent reviews — from players picking it up in the past 30 days — sit at 94% positive across 4,884 ratings, which is notable for an eleven-year-old game.
DualShockers reported on July 28 that the discount is 80% off ($7.99 from $39.99), with an August 10 deadline. The current Steam store page title as of today reads "Save 90% on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," suggesting the deal may have deepened since that report. Check the Steam listing for the current exact price before purchasing.
Edition Comparison
| Edition | Standard Price | What's Included |
|---|---|---|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | $39.99 | Full base game, free DLC |
| GOTY / Complete Edition | $49.99 | Base + Hearts of Stone + Blood and Wine |
Blood and Wine, the second expansion, is widely described by critics as a standalone-quality addition with 40+ hours of content. If you haven't played it and are buying in for the first time, the Complete Edition's sale price is worth checking alongside the base game discount.
Why This Holds Up in 2026
The game's staying power isn't just nostalgia. The open-world design still serves as a reference point: side quests with genuine narrative weight, a world that reacts to player choices, and writing that avoids the genre's tendency toward filler. The 2022 next-gen update on PC brought ray tracing support, improved textures, and integration with the Netflix series costumes — free to all existing owners at the time.
HowLongtoBeat puts completionist runtime at 170+ hours. At any price near $8 or below, that's under five cents per hour.
Official launch trailer via GameSpot — 3.8 million views.
Slay the Spire — Ends First, August 7
Mega Crit's official launch trailer. Slay the Spire is credited with establishing the modern roguelike deckbuilder format.
Mega Crit's Slay the Spire is down 75% to $6.24 from its standard $24.99. Steam review count: 76,442 at 97% positive ("Overwhelmingly Positive"). Recent-month reviews: 94% positive across 1,393 ratings.
The August 7 deadline is the soonest of the three. According to Steambase.io price history, $6.24 is at or near the game's historical lowest price on Steam, appearing roughly once or twice per month during active sale periods. Whether the next window comes in September or later is uncertain.
Slay the Spire is broadly credited with defining the modern roguelike deckbuilder formula that influenced Balatro, Monster Train, Inscryption, and dozens of subsequent releases. Four playable characters, each with distinct card pools, plus an unlockable fourth character and daily challenges. Single-player only, with no live-service mechanics or additional purchases.
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Mega Crit |
| Genre | Roguelike deckbuilder |
| Release | January 23, 2019 |
| Steam reviews | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 76,442) |
| Sale price | $6.24 (75% off) |
| Deadline | August 7, 2026 |
Prey (2017) — Arkane's Underplayed Immersive Sim
Bethesda Softworks official launch trailer for Prey (2017).
Arkane Studios — the studio behind the Dishonored series — released Prey in May 2017. It earned strong critical reception at launch but underperformed commercially, and has since built a consistent fanbase through word of mouth. Steam reviews: 22,108 at 91% positive ("Very Positive"). Recent-month score: 90% positive from 221 ratings.
The premise: aboard Talos I, a moon-orbiting space station in an alternate 2032, you wake up as Morgan Yu amid an alien outbreak. The game is an immersive sim — it rewards experimentation, environmental navigation, and creative use of abilities over scripted combat sequences.
Current discount: 80% off as a Steam Weekend Deal, expiring August 13.
Prey Edition Breakdown
| Edition | Standard Price | Sale Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prey | $29.99 | $5.99 | Full base game |
| Prey Digital Deluxe | $39.99 | $7.99 | Base + Typhon Hunter (inc. VR) + Mooncrash DLC |
Mooncrash is a roguelike survival mode set separately from the main campaign — a structurally different way to play. The $2 gap between base and Deluxe makes the upgrade easy to justify if there's any interest in the DLC.
For players coming from Prey, the Dishonored series (Dishonored, Dishonored 2, Death of the Outsider) shares the same immersive sim DNA and is worth looking at if not yet played.
What to Buy and When
If you can only act once this week, the decision breaks down by timing and preference:
| Priority | Recommendation | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Act by Aug 7 | Slay the Spire ($6.24) | Earliest deadline; at or near historical low |
| Act by Aug 10 | Witcher 3 (80%+) | Best total content value; 170+ hours |
| Act by Aug 13 | Prey Digital Deluxe ($7.99) | Most flexibility — last deadline |
| Skip this week | — | If you own all three, nothing else at equivalent value in this batch |
None of these prices depend on a larger seasonal sale — these are standalone promotions running independently. The Witcher 3 discount reportedly tied to the base game's standard promotion cycle rather than a named Steam event, based on available reporting.
Context: Gaming Costs in August 2026
These three deals arrive against a backdrop of rising hardware costs. A recent IGN analysis noted that Nvidia and AMD have both raised GPU prices in recent weeks as AI companies continue to consume a disproportionate share of memory chip production. In that environment, catalog sales on well-regarded PC games represent one of the few places where price movement goes in the other direction. At $5.99 to $7.99, Prey, Witcher 3, and Slay the Spire sit below the cost of most current console new releases by a significant margin.
GamePeak Summary
Three separate deadlines. Three games with 90%+ Steam approval ratings and combined review counts above 335,000. The highest urgency is Slay the Spire on August 7 — that deadline arrives before the other two even get close. The Witcher 3 is the highest total-value option if you haven't played it; the discount appears to have reached 90% on the Steam store page as of today, potentially making it the deepest discount on a 65-million-copy seller in recent memory. Prey Digital Deluxe at $7.99 is the easiest recommendation for anyone who values immersive sim design and hasn't gotten to Arkane's space station.
Verify your regional storefront price before purchasing — regional pricing varies, and the USD figures above may not reflect what you'll see.