It is that time again! Valve launched the Steam Winter Sale 2023 and The Steam Awards are also open for voting for your favourite titles now too.
Look, you know the drill by now, there's no need for some big long introduction right? You'll say you won't be buying any more, because you've already got 401 games you've yet to finish. Let's skip over the lies, you'll end up buying something else, just like I will already have — I finally caved and got NieR:Automata at 60% off (highest Steam discount so far).
Some quick picks:
Dead by Daylight - 65% off - 
Deck Verified / ProtonDB Silver
Cyberpunk 2077 - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
God of War - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition - 50% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Platinum
Inscryption - 50% off - 
Deck Playable / Native Linux
Valheim - 40% off - Deck Verified / Native Linux
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered - 40% off - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Cassette Beasts - 25% off - Deck Verified / Native Linux
Baldur's Gate 3 - 10% off, first ever sale - Deck Verified / ProtonDB Gold
Looking over the Steam Awards, I'm genuinely surprised to see that the "Most Innovative Gameplay Award" category…has Starfield in the runnings. Now, I'm not one to jump on games but — most innovative, Starfield, really? What crazy gamers thought it should be there? Anyway, voting in each category unlocks various special Steam Chat Stickers for you.
Check out the sale on Steam and the Steam Awards here.
The Steam Winter Sale 2023 runs until January 4th, 6PM UTC. What will you be picking up?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
redneckdrow Dec 21, 2023
I also picked up another copy of Mass Effect Legendary Edition for $5.99. (I already own the originals on console.) That is a fantastic deal, if you can put up with Origin/EA launcher shenanigans (*cough* which you can get around *cough*).
I also picked up Crystal Project, which had been languishing in my wishlist for years. There's only so many JRPGs one can play at once, after all.
StoneColdSpider Dec 21, 2023
Bleh. Oh well.
Schattenspiegel Dec 21, 2023
Must have been a sad year for gaming considering the finalists... .
Should I have overloocked a hidden gem in one of the categorys one may graciously accept my humble apology for my ignorance.
Quoting: redneckdrowMass Effect Legendary Edition
Picked it up as well. I never played the series and have managed to exist this long knowing nothing about the plot. I'm intending to stream/dock it from the Deck onto the TV and play with my partner in the evenings starting next year (I hope)
ElectricPrism Dec 22, 2023
QuoteThe Steam Awards voting
Totally expect Baldurs Gate 3 to win yet another game of the year award.
QuoteSteam Winter Sale 2023 is live
Excited sigh, I hope I find more Steam Deck PvP stuff to play. Golf with Friends was pretty fun, but I thirst for more LAN games to play in the living room on Decks.
That said, there are a few things that I'll be picking up.
Brotato (Steam, £2.99)
Gimmick! Special Edition (Steam, £7.79)
Gravity Circuit (Fanatical, £8.85)
I noticed that a few of the higher-priced games that I'm waiting for bigger discounts on were all cheaper at Fanatical this time around, so I'll be keeping a closer eye on that going forward.
StoneColdSpider Dec 22, 2023
Quoting: PenglingI wasn't especially enthused about voting in The Steam Awards - only one of my nominees got through (Pizza Tower, for Best OST)Yeah its like the Video Game Awards all over again........ Maybe the Doritos Pope is actually more in tune with the average modern gamer that we think he is.......
Quoting: Penglingso seeing mis-nominations such as the one for Most Innovative Gameplay rankles quite a bit.Hey..... Whats wrong with Contraband Police????.......
I bought some future Dick Trickle material.......
WRC Generations
Thanks to Xpander for his youtube video showing it works.......
WRC4
WRC5
And for something a bit different I picked up
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