The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is now live, and you can get savings of up to 95% off heavy hitters and hidden gems across the Valve store.
October has begun, and with it the Steam Autumn Sale. Valve's periodic fiesta of discounts is just as packed as ever, whether you're looking to catch up on the impressive roster of new releases in 2026, or just hoping to grab some of the best PC games of all time at their lowest price yet. With savings galore across the store, it can be a little overwhelming to pick out what you're going to spend your hard-earned cash on. In order to help rectify that, I've pulled together ten of the top picks across everything included in the latest Steam sale.
Because it's Halloween season, I've placed a little extra weight on games that have some horror-adjacent vibes, although there are still some inclusions in here for the scare-averse. I can also confirm up-top that every single one of the games in today's list is boasting its lowest ever price on Steam. There are no flash deals to worry about this time, but be sure to grab everything you want by Thursday October 8, when the sale ends. Let's get started.
Starting out with a healthy discount on one of 2026's big names, 007 First Light takes everything that IO Interactive learned making the Hitman series and adapts it into a more story-driven, traditional adventure packed with plenty of secret agent panache. The result is something that trades the open-ended nature of the studio's past outings for a more linear tale, but one that Paul praised as "a curated experience that's tight from top to bottom" in our review.
After its first outing in The Forest, developer Endnight Games ramped up the scope and the stakes of its sinister survival game for the sequel. Sons of the Forest drops you onto a remote island filled with dangerous cannibals, mutated terrors, and a small selection of weirdly wonderful potential companion characters. The path you take is yours to choose, with you (and your friends, if you wish) able to build out an impressive base, stock up for the cold season, and battle your way through all manner of miscreants.
Esoteric Ebb is one of 2026's coolest newcomers, and might have slid under your radar. Developer Christoffer Bodegård slams together a D&D tabletop adventure with the deep dialogue systems of Disco Elysium to craft a single-player RPG to remember. Waking up in a morgue, human cleric Ragn Hemlin is tasked with investigating an explosion in a tea shop that threatens to spiral local tensions between the various races of Norvik, just days before a looming election. Joined by goblin accomplice Snell, you'll roll dice against the inner voices of your six stats to resolve conflicts and solve a mystery that society would rather you didn't.
Making a Plague Tale game without the swarming rats that defined its identity was a bold decision by Asobo Studio, yet this prequel set before the events of the past entries manages to recapture the magic nonetheless. It snuck out during a particularly busy release schedule and with some notable performance problems, but now we're just over a month down the line you can get it at a surprisingly deep discount. If you need more convincing, read Lauren's review to learn why it's "absolutely" worth playing.
Mechanicus 2 released earlier this year, and to slightly underwhelming fanfare. That's not to say it's without merit, but Bulwark Studios' first incarnation of its strategy game series is so eye-poppingly cheap here that it's an easy recommendation. If the lack of XCOM 3 or the recent release of Star Wars: Zero Company has you craving more grid-based tactics, Mechanicus is well worth trying. Step into the boots of the technologically savvy Adeptus Mechanicus as you attempt to hold back the awakening of the Necrons, making tough choices to a storming soundtrack. A great entry point to 40k, and a must for existing fans.
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