Steam Spring Sale 2025 is live now - here's some great budget games for Steam Deck / Linux

Valve have launched the first of their planned four major seasonal sales for 2025, with the Steam Spring Sale launched featuring plenty of big discounts and demos.

They also have a fresh trailer to mark the event featuring a bunch of different games:

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For this event Valve have also put up a Deep Discounts section again, so you can look to find some of the biggest discounts they have during the sale. No sale on Steam Deck hardware though, that's more likely later on in the year.

Going over the list I've managed to pick out a number of different games I think are worth grabbing. All of them suitable for those of you on a budget and I've stuck to those that are Steam Deck Verified only, to ensure no matter what they should work great on both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux as a whole.

Under £15

• HITMAN World of Assassination Part One - 70% off
• Resident Evil Village - 60% off.
• Dead by Daylight - 60% off.
• Tomb Raider I-III Remastered - 60% off
• DREDGE - 50% off.
• Subnautica - 50% off.
• Teardown - 50% off.
• Cult of the Lamb - 50% off.
• Escape Simulator (Native Linux) - 50% off
• Outer Wilds - 40% off.
• ULTRAKILL - 30% off.
• Project Zomboid (Native Linux) - 45% off.
• Balatro - 15% off.

Under £5

• Styx: Master of Shadows - 90% off.
• Mad Max - 85% off.
• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - 84% off.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - 80% off.
• Batman: Arkham Knight - 80% off.
• GRIS - 80% off.
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - 80% off.
• Death's Door - 75% off.
• Little Nightmares - 75% off

Native Linux

For this next set here's extra some top picks for readers who specifically go for games that have a Native Linux version. All under £15 as well. All should also work on Steam Deck being rated at least Playable or higher!

• Kingdom Two Crowns - 75% off
• CARRION - 70% off.
• WHAT THE GOLF? - 66% off.
• Streets of Rage 4 - 60% off.
• Into the Breach - 60% off.
• Valheim - 50% off.
• Cassette Beasts - 45% off.
• Selaco - 30% off.
• Core Keeper - 25% off.
• Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut - 25% off (check out our recent interview!).

I'm also going to give an a little honourable mention to one of the best co-op games ever with Deep Rock Galactic at 67% off but it's only rated Steam Deck Playable (but works perfectly on Desktop Linux).

See the full sale on the Steam store.