End of August means it’s time to shine a light on some Steam bargains that feel a bit too good to ignore. We’re not just talking big percentage cuts here; most of these RPGs, Roguelites, and Strategy Games now cost less than a takeaway pizza, and they’re the sort of titles that make a wishlist groan with pride.
The hunting ground is, of course, Steam. I’ve trawled through my own Wishlist to pick out the ones that feel especially worth shouting about, the sort of “why on earth don’t you own this yet?” deals.
So, ready your wallet and clear a little space in your digital shelf, it’s time to slip a few more games into the backlog.
Cris Tales
- Developer: Dreams Uncorporated / SYCK
- Release Date: July 20, 2021
- Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Switch
- Steam Page
- Discount: 90% off – $3.99 (from $39.99)
Cris Tales is a love letter to classic JRPGs with a clever twist: the ability to view past, present, and future at the same time. This mechanic influences both exploration and combat, where shifting enemies across timelines can change the outcome of battles.
With its hand-drawn art style and heartfelt story, it’s one of the most striking RPGs of the past years, and at this price, it’s hard to pass up.
Rise Eterna War
- Developer: Makee, Beast Games S. A.
- Release Date: August 22, 2024
- Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One/Series, PS4/PS5
- Steam Page
- Discount: 90% off – $0.46 (from ~$4.59)
Rise Eterna War offers a tower defense spinoff to SRPG Rise Eterna that serves as a prequel too. You step into the boots of Arthbane, a haunted general leading a desperate campaign to recapture his homeland of Ars Rare.
The game blends real-time strategy with deck-building and resource management across 40+ missions, offering a fresh, genre-crossing approach.
Recruit up to 16 units and rally 11 legendary heroes, manage supplies at the Chuckwagon, and upgrade your forces in the heat of battle, all wrapped in a brooding, emotionally driven narrative.
Desta: The Memories Between
- Developer: ustwo games
- Release Date: April 27, 2023
- Platforms: PC, Switch, Mobile
- Steam Page
- Discount: 80% off – $5.99 (from $29.99)
From the team behind Monument Valley, Desta mixes tactics with dodgeball-inspired battles in a dreamlike setting.
The game blends roguelite progression with personal storytelling, as Desta reconnects with loved ones and confronts unresolved feelings through surreal matches. It’s colorful, emotional, and mechanically different from most turn-based games, making it stand out in this sale.
Mutant Meltdown
- Developer: GoldenGod Games
- Release Date: September 9, 2022
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 80% off – $1.99 (from $9.99)
Mutant Meltdown is a fast-paced, turn-based survival RPG with roguelite elements set in a post-nuclear-apocalypse world. You manage a band of survivors, directing them to scavenge essential supplies, like weapons, food, medicine, and scrap, while building and upgrading a base to withstand mutant attacks.
Gameplay features include individual survivor task assignments (like scavenging or construction), crafting, vehicle repair and upgrades, radiation-resistant gear with unpredictable perks, and emergent encounters that keep every run dynamic and tense.
With its isometric perspective, colorful comic-book visuals, and blend of survival, strategy, and RPG mechanics, it’s a compelling pick, especially at this deep discount.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner
- Developer: Black March Studios
- Release Date: September 5, 2023
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 75% off — $7.49 (from $19.99)
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner is a tactical RPG inspired by classics like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre.
Set in the war-torn kingdom of Wendalle, the game puts you in charge of a cast of characters navigating political intrigue and bloody battles.
It features a flexible job system, letting you switch classes and carry over abilities, mounted combat with horses and dragons, and a dynamic difficulty system that adjusts to your performance.
Shortest Trip to Earth
- Developer: Interactive Fate
- Release Date: August 15, 2019
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 75% off — $6.24 (from $24.99)
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelite spaceship simulator that blends real-time tactical combat with deep ship and crew management. You journey through a sprawling, procedurally generated universe, navigating dangerous encounters, rescuing survivors, and making hard choices that shape your path forward.
Equip and customize your vessel with modules, weapons, drones, and even a cat companion, while guiding your crew through high-pressure tactical battles and events.
The game pours both strategic complexity and narrative flavor into every run, and at this price, it’s a fantastic opportunity for fans of FTL-style adventures with more depth.
Tyrant’s Blessing
- Developer: Mercury Game Studio
- Release Date: August 8, 2022
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 75% off — $4.99 (from $19.99)
Tyrant’s Blessing drops you into a dark and dystopian realm, where a powerful overlord known as the Tyrant has conquered the land, and effectively killed its population.
The survivors are undead thralls, and only a handful of living warriors remain to challenge the tyranny. It’s a tactical, turn-based RPG that emphasizes clever positioning, environmental tactics, and strategic planning over brute force.
Each day, you choose whether to launch an assault, rescue innocent survivors, or gather resources. Heroes are limited and precious, many won’t survive the long, brutal fight against the undead hordes, and every decision can shift the balance between hope and despair.
Legion Tale
- Developer: Maulidan Games
- Release Date: September 20, 2017
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 75% off – $1.24 (from $4.99)
Legion Tale is a pixel-art, story-driven tactical RPG set in the war-torn continent of Agia. You lead Alan, a young commander of a small legion, in a desperate effort to overthrow the Dark Lord and unravel the secrets behind the endless conflict.
The game features a Tactical Combo Battle System, where timing your attacks correctly triggers powerful combos, and an Affinity Triangle (Strength > Wisdom > Agility > Strength) to add strategic depth to the outcomes.
Spanning 30 chapters with hand-drawn backgrounds and unique objectives, such as eliminating targets, surviving waves, or escaping battlegrounds, this title offers a classic, linear RPG experience rich in nostalgia and challenge, now available at a very affordable price.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
- Developer: Artefacts Studio
- Release Date: May 23, 2024
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
- Steam Page
- Discount: 60% off – $7.99 (from $19.99)
Set during the Hundred Years’ War, Crown Wars: The Black Prince blends historical conflict with dark fantasy and occult intrigue.
You take command of a noble barony, recruiting and upgrading soldiers, outposts, and resources to push back the spread of a sinister cult that manipulates the war from the shadows.
The gameplay weaves tactical turn-based battles with a strategic campaign map, where squad composition, terrain use, and positioning make all the difference.
You’ll juggle multiple objectives, manage time-sensitive missions, and customize units with skills and gear for varied playthroughs. If you’re drawn to historical tactical RPGs steeped in medieval atmosphere and layered with management systems, this one delivers a compelling, and now affordable, experience.
The Last Spell
- Developer: Ishtar Games
- Release Date: March 9, 2023
- Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5
- Steam Page
- Discount: 60% off – $8.00 (from $20.00)
The Last Spell is a gritty tactical RPG blended with roguelite elements. By day, you fortify your city, rebuilding defenses, crafting weapons, and preparing your heroes. By night, you face relentless hordes of monsters in tense turn-based battles where every action point matters.
Positioning, area-of-effect skills, buffs, and resource management make combat feel strategic and pressurized.
As a run progresses, you unlock new perks and bonuses that shape future attempts, with adjustable difficulty levels to keep the challenge fresh.
It’s a standout for anyone drawn to tactical survival experiences, and at this sale price, it’s an excellent pick.
LunarLux
- Developer: CosmicNobab Games
- Release Date: September 25, 2023
- Platforms: PC, Switch, iOS & Android
- Steam Page
- Discount: 60% off – $8.00 (from $20.00)
LunarLux is an anime-inspired pixel-art action-adventure RPG steeped in sci-fi charm. Set in the year 30XX, you play as Bella, a fearless Lunar Warrior, joined by her robotic sidekick Tetra.
Together, you journey across the moon as humanity faces extinction from an oncoming antimatter comet. The game blends a hybrid combat system that merges action timing with turn-based, empowering you to combine Active and Support skills into powerful Lux Combos when your meter fills.
Exploration is rich and playful, with jet suits, hidden easter eggs, interactive environments, and quirky moments like petting space dogs or hacking retro-style mini-games via Tetra.
It’s a heartfelt, lovingly-crafted RPG that channels GBA-era nostalgia with clever mechanics and emotional storytelling, now available at a great price.
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
- Developer: Iron Tower Studio
- Release Date: November 9, 2023
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $18.99 (from $37.99)
Board the Starfarer, a generation ship sent to Proxima Centauri centuries ago, now a sprawling microcosm of humanity in decay.
Colony Ship casts you as a high-stakes negotiator navigating a fractured civilization shaped by mutiny, faction conflict, and long-forgotten authority. With a deep, isometric, party-based turn-based RPG system, the game emphasizes character development, strategic combat, branching quests, and tough moral choices.
Every dialogue decision can shift alliances, unearth conspiracies, or tip the political balance, a true blend of gritty CRPG mechanics and immersive storytelling, now at a steep discount.
Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero
- Developer: Kraken Studios
- Release Date: July 1, 2024
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $12.49 (from $24.99)
Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero merges grand strategy with tactical dungeon crawling on a hex-based board-game–style map. You rule a realm threatened by the looming curse of the fallen god Draeul, tasking heroes to lead expeditions into cursed dungeons in search of runes capable of averting the apocalypse.
Build and manage your kingdom’s economy, raise armies led by custom heroes, negotiate alliances, and explore or conquer with strategic finesse.
The included scenario editor and level tools let you create or customize maps, units, and campaigns, offering nearly endless replayability. A clever hybrid of empire-building and RPG adventure, this game brings sandbox freedom and narrative hooks together in a rich strategy blend.
Front Mission 2: Remake
- Developer: Storm Trident
- Release Date: April 30, 2024
- Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $17.49 (from $34.99)
The long-awaited remake of Front Mission 2 brings the classic mecha tactical RPG to modern platforms.
With upgraded visuals, enhanced mechanics, and quality-of-life improvements, it preserves the political intrigue and heavy mech customization that made the original a cult favorite. A great pick for both returning fans and newcomers curious about the series.
Cassette Beasts
- Developer: Bytten Studio
- Release Date: April 26, 2023
- Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $9.99 (from $19.99)
Cassette Beasts is a quirky and charming open-world RPG where inhabitants of the mysterious New Wirral island use cassette tapes to transform into wild creatures for battle.
Battle mechanics are turn-based and deep, featuring a fusion system that lets you combine any two monster forms into a powerful hybrid.
The game blends creature collection with exploration, environmental puzzles, and rich narrative elements.
You’ll form bonds with your companions to unlock fusion bonuses, navigate a colorful pixel-art world, and test your monster combinations against endless challenges in modes like The Gauntlet. Plus, you can tag in a friend for co-op adventures or trade monster tapes online.
Sin Slayers: Reign of the 8th
- Developer: Goonswarm Games
- Release Date: November 25, 2024
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $8.37 (from $16.75)
Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th is a challenging Roguelite RPG with dark fantasy overtones. Set in a world where sin has unleashed twisted horrors, you lead a party of cursed adventurers across shifting regions and moral crossroads.
The game uses a unique Sinometer, where indulging in sinful actions yields power and reward, but at the cost of attracting increasingly terrifying foes and inching closer to the wrath of the Sin Lord.
Each run tests your strategy, your ethical boundaries, and your party’s endurance as you attempt to atone for sins or be consumed by them in turn-based combat. It delivers tense, atmospheric gameplay with a twisted narrative edge, now more accessible thanks to its August sale price.
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
- Developer: DOMO Studio & Softstar Entertainment
- Release Date: July 25, 2023
- Platforms: PC, Switch
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $6.89 (from €13.79~$13.79, approximate USD equivalent based on regional pricing)
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains is a beautifully crafted turn-based RPG that bridges Eastern and Western mythologies within a sweeping historical fantasy setting.
You assume the role of Septem, a Frankish knight journeying from Venice across the Middle East toward the Tang Dynasty. Your path unfolds across iconic locations like Damascus and Chang’an, bringing together European, Arabic, and Chinese influences in architecture, lore, and attire.
The unique Spirit Fusion Pot mechanic enriches combat, allowing you to capture enemies or items and forge new allies or gear using either Eastern or Western altars, yielding different results.
The game’s ink-painting-inspired art style, with lush hand-painted backgrounds and character portraits, gives it a distinct and immersive aesthetic. Lengthy yet focused, it weaves historical events and mythology into its narrative, offering a culturally rich RPG experience now marked down for its compelling depth.
Ruin Raiders
- Developer: OverPowered Team
- Release Date: October 14, 2021
- Platforms: PC, Switch
- Steam Page
- Discount: 50% off – $9.99 (from $19.99)
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelite that sends you on a one-way mission into the ancient, ever-shifting depths of a ruined civilization.
You manage a squad of customizable raiders, navigating procedurally generated floors filled with enemies, traps, and hidden treasures. Between dives, you can upgrade your base, craft new gear, and unlock fresh raider classes and abilities, all aimed at surviving deeper challenges.
The combat requires careful deployment of weapons, grenades, and tactics, while the random layouts and loot keep each run unpredictable.
Vendir: Plague of Lies
- Developer: Early Morning Studio
- Release Date: May 30, 2024
- Platforms: PC, iOS, Android
- Steam Page
- Discount: 45% off – $9.00 (from $19.99)
Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classically styled, party-based turn-based RPG set in a land steeped in history and political decay. You traverse a richly crafted world filled with oppressive decrees, levy-heavy kingdoms, and whispered revolts.
With deep character customization across multiple classes, like Mage, Necromancer, Thief, and Warrior, every recruit you make brings unique dialogue, backstory, and mechanics to your battles.
The game emphasizes choice and consequence, offering branching narratives shaped by how you engage with NPCs and manage your party’s fate.
Subterrain: Mines of Titan
- Developer: Pixellore
- Release Date: March 12, 2024
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
- Discount: 40% off – approximately $11.00 USD (from $18.49)
Subterrain: Mines of Titan drops you into the claustrophobic depths of a doomed mining camp on Saturn’s moon. Awakening from stasis, you’re the sole survivor of a lost colony.
Your task: rebuild defenses, assign tasks like scavenging or crafting, and survive the creeping horrors lurking underground.
As time passes, dwindling oxygen, hunger, and energy threaten to unravel your efforts. Combat is turn-based in traditional roguelike style, pitting you against mutated threats with limited tools and manpower. With base management, resource scarcity, and a creeping sense of dread, it’s a gritty and atmospheric survival RPG, and at this sale price, it’s a compelling risk worth taking.
Here are some of my suggestions. Keep in mind that prices might be slightly different since I’m looking at European rates, but I did my best to list them in dollars. Just a small note to keep in mind, but it doesn’t really change the core of it. Let me know what you think, and see you next time. Ciao
