Shit is indeed about to get real, but separate from all that Valve has kicked off the first Steam sale of 2025 in the form of the , a week-long extravaganza of deals, demos, and free stuff in the Steam Points Shop, all of it geared at—you guessed it—real-time strategy games.
It's not all RTS games, to be clear. If grand strategy is your thing, is 90% off ($5/£4/€5) and is half price [[link]] ($25/£21/€25). If you enjoy misery and don't especially care for children, is down to $35/£30/€35—that's 22% off the regular price—or you can do some medieval city building with , 30% for the duration of the RTS Fest ($28/£24.49/€28). There's 4X games ( at 75% off is a good choice), tower defense, at least one —if there's some kind of strategy connection, then it's probably in this
sale.
Naturally, there's plenty see in the way of conventional RTS games too:
- - $10/£8/€p (80% off)
- - $4.49/£4/€4.49 (85% off)
- - $20/£15/€20 – (50% off)
- - $3.49/£2.69/€3.19 (90% off)
- - $5/£3/€4.59 (also 90% off, might as well get 'em all)
- - $4/£3.59/€4 (80% off)
- - $30/£24/€27.49 (50% off)
If you want to get in on the big sale action but aren't sure where to start, take a dive into our list of the . And if all you're really after is some free stuff, head over to the and claim a couple avatar frames and a nice "RTS Tank" animated avatar.
Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest is live now and runs until 10 am PT/1 pm ET on January 27.