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It’s not usually that you simply see video games as numerous as Mortal Kombat, Back 4 Blood, Cult of the Lamb, and Outer Wilds gathered collectively below one massive thematic tent, however Steam’s annual Halloween sale manages to get it accomplished with deep reductions of tons of of spooky, surprising, foolish, and scary video games.
Even if standard videogame thrills and chills aren’t your bag, there’s loads right here to dig into. Halloween is not actually meant to be horrifying, in spite of everything: The diverse horror trappings are primarily the “pumpkin” in pumpkin spice, which is to say that we affiliate it with the season, however there’s not really any of it in there.
With that in thoughts, listed here are a couple of choices from Steam Scream 3D, because the sale is formally recognized, that will not have you ever screaming and leaping out of your chair. (Probably.)
And for those who do occur to be within the temper for some conventional frights, you will get the entire Frictional Collection—that is all of the Amnesia video games, SOMA, and the Penumbra Collectors Pack—for 82% off, The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep is right down to $23/£20/€20 (that is 33% off), Alien Isolation is $10/£9/€10 (75% off), and Subnautica, which is not actually a horror sport till it very a lot is, is half worth, making it a particularly reasonable $15/£12.49/£15.
May I additionally recommend, since this handed my method not too long ago, the demo for Dead Letter Dept, a typing sport during which you pursue a really uninteresting, dead-end job whereas bizarre stuff retains occurring round you. I have not performed the demo sufficient to render any kind of significant judgment however there is a sure Stories Untold vibe to it straight off the highest that I dig, and I’m wanting to get again to it.
Steam’s 2024 Halloween sale is reside now and runs till November 4.
