Black Friday Steam sale alternatives: Even cheaper PC gaming deals

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We've already rounded up the best deals in the 2024 Steam Autumn sale, but Steam isn't the only place slicing game prices down to ridiculously low numbers right now. Many a game store is running a Black Friday sale on Steam codes, meaning you can still get a code to add a game to your Steam library while spending even less than the asking price on Steam itself. This kind of competitive deal shopping is what Black Friday's all about.

None of the competing PC game stores can hold a candle to Steam for volume or name recognition, so most of them have to find other ways to stand out. Bundles, flash sales, a focus on classic games, maybe more competitive regional pricing; whatever the technique, you can save a good bit by shopping around.

Or just by reading this article, since we've already done the shopping around for you. Here are the best Black Friday game Steam key deals we've found at legitimate stores (don't worry, there's no sketchy too-good-to-be-true aftermarket stuff here). Keep in mind a few of the deals won't actually be for games you can activate on Steam; GOG, for instance, has its own launcher, but also offers games that are completely DRM-free, so you don't even need a launcher to play them. And while the prices are listed in USD, most or all of these deals should be available in other regions, too, at comparable discounts.

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Here are the Steam sale alternatives to check over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend:

  • Fanatical - Flash sales change every 24 hours, while franchise bundles offer deeeeep discounts
  • Humble Store - In addition to its great bundles, Humble breaks deals down into nice $5 / $10 / $20 categories
  • Green Man Gaming - Get mystery freebies and extra discounts when you buy from the Black Friday sale
  • GOG - Likely the best prices on CD Projekt games, and nicely curated classics for dirt cheap

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The best Black Friday Steam sale alternative game deals

Atlus's Metaphor: ReFantazio
Atlus's Metaphor: ReFantazio: was $69.99 now $45.49 at Fanatical

This is the lowest price I've seen Metaphor: ReFantazio, and probably the cheapest it'll be until 2025. Quite possibly the best RPG of the year at 35% off just a couple months after launch.

Konami's Silent Hill 2
Konami's Silent Hill 2: was $69.99 now $41.99 at Fanatical

The shockingly good Silent Hill 2 remake is already 40% off? That's so much more unease-for-your-buck. The scare values are through the roof!

Also $41.99 at GMG.

Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2
Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2: was $69.99 now $33.59 at Fanatical

This is 9% cheaper than Dragon's Dogma 2 is going for in the Steam sale, and a whopping 1% cheaper than it is on GMG. A nice price indeed for an immense action RPG released in 2024.

OI's Oddworld Complete Collection
6 games
OI's Oddworld Complete Collection: was $84.92 now $1 at Fanatical

The Oddworld games are a sale mainstay, but I've never seen them this cheap before. This is all of them, including the fantastic Stranger's Wrath and the most recent entry, 2022's Soulstorm, for a buck. Ludicrous!

Capcom's Street Fighter 6
Capcom's Street Fighter 6: was $84.99 now $35.69 at Fanatical

This Deluxe Edition is the version of Street Fighter 6 to get: while a bit pricier than the base game, it includes the year one character pass with DLC fighters so you won't be missing out on the goodies already released. It's a very, very good fighting game.

Moon Studio's No Rest for the Wicked
Moon Studio's No Rest for the Wicked: was $39.99 now $27.83 at Green Man Gaming

This action RPG is still in early access, but we quite liked what we played of it earlier this year, thanks to its weighty combat that puts it more in soulslike than Diablo territory. Still, there's loot to be got and some survival elements that give it a bit of a different flavor to anything with similar ingredients.

Atlus's Persona 5 Royal
Atlus's Persona 5 Royal: was $59.99 now $20.99 at Fanatical

At 65% off, I'd say you're paying, like, 20 cents per hour of RPG entertainment here? Assuming you only play Persona 5 Royal once, that is. This is a big, big RPG, and the finest game Atlus had made up until this year's Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Disney's Classics Bundle
17 games
Disney's Classics Bundle: was $224 now $10 at Humble Bundle

This Humble collection is chock full of classics: multiple Monkey Island point-and-click adventures, both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic RPGs, and the great Empire at War RTS and Republic Commando FPS. You probably own some of these already, but at least $10 will net you the rest, and you can send the proceeds the way of your chosen charity.

Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2: was $59.99 now $17.23 at Green Man Gaming

There's so much life in Rockstar's open world simulation of the Old West. Truly a masterpiece, as long as you're okay with Rockstar's pretty on-rails mission design and some very detailed (meaning lengthy) animations for every button you press.

Irrational's SWAT 4
Irrational's SWAT 4: was $9.99 now $4.99 at GOG.COM INT

The grandfather of the modern tactical shooter, still well-worth playing today. SWAT 4 was unavailable for a number of years before eventually making its way onto GOG.

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Wes Fenlon
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Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.

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