Steam's Golden Week sale offers deep discounts on Japanese games

To celebrate Golden Week in Japan, Steam is running an aptly titled Golden Week sale. As you'd expect, the sale is almost entirely focused on games developed in Japan, and given the ongoing renaissance of Japanese games on PC, that means there's quite a lot to sift through.

Ranging everything from Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid, through to lesser known series like the Legend of Heroes and Disgaea, some titles have as much as 75 percent cut off the top. I've listed a bunch of games I'd recommend below, but it's worth perusing the full list here. There's some nice surprises.

Nier: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition (25% off)
Disgaea (65% off)
Disgaea 5 Complete (25% off)
Steins;Gate (60% off)
Final Fantasy XV (50% off)
Tekken 7 (50% off)
SoulCalibur VI (66% off)
Dragonball FighterZ (75% off)
Bayonetta (75% off)
Nioh (50% off)
Dark Souls 3 (75% off)

Shaun Prescott
Australian Editor

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.

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