We’re down to the final stretch of the Steam Summer Sale 2026, which officially ends on July 9, 2026. That means you only have a few days left to grab some of the best RPGs and strategy games available at steep discounts.
This year I’ve covered Steam’s biggest sales event extensively. You can check out Part 1 and Part 2 of my recommendations for even more great deals, so there’s no shortage of excellent games to choose from.
In this article, you’ll find some of the most influential RPGs of the past several years, games that helped shape the genre and that, in my opinion, are absolute steals at their current sale prices.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $11.24
Before Baldur’s Gate 3 made Larian Studios a household name, Divinity: Original Sin 2 was already one of the genre’s modern landmarks.
It remains a massive, systems-driven RPG featuring player freedom, party interaction, environmental tricks, and highly tactical turn-based combat. The Definitive Edition is still one of the easiest recommendations for players who want a deep fantasy RPG where almost every encounter can be approached in multiple ways.
Wasteland 3
Release Date: August 27, 2020
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 80% off
Actual Price: $7.99
Wasteland 3 is a sharp pick for anyone who wants a party-based RPG with tactical battles, dark humor, and plenty of difficult choices.
Set in a frozen post-apocalyptic Colorado, it mixes squad management, faction politics, branching decisions, and grid-based combat into one of the most accessible entries in the series. At this price, it is also a very strong entry point for players who may have skipped it at launch.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns
Release Date: December 2, 2022
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 85% off
Actual Price: $8.99
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is still one of the most interesting tactical RPGs from a major studio in recent years.
Firaxis built it around turn-based encounters, card-driven abilities, positioning, team synergies, and a surprisingly strong social layer between missions. The Marvel license gives it immediate appeal, but the real reason to play it is the deep combat system.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Release Date: January 25, 2024
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $17.49
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is one of the biggest modern turn-based JRPGs on Steam, and at 75% off it becomes much easier to recommend to anyone who has been waiting.
The game continues the series’ move into party-based combat, complete with jobs, absurd skills, dramatic story beats, side activities, and the kind of tonal whiplash only Like a Dragon can deliver. It is huge, strange, emotional, and packed with content.
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
Release Date: November 16, 2021
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $7.49
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is an easy pick even for players who do not actively follow League of Legends.
Developed by Airship Syndicate, it takes familiar champions into a more traditional turn-based RPG structure, with party composition, lane-based combat timing, exploration, and a strong comic-book visual identity. It is also one of the better ways to experience Riot’s universe through a complete single-player RPG.
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Release Date: October 17, 2019
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 90% off
Actual Price: $4.99
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition is one of the best-value JRPG packages in the sale.
It includes both Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory, offering a long monster-collecting RPG experience with classic turn-based battles, digital-world, and a large roster of Digimon to raise and evolve. For less than five dollars, this is a very easy recommendation for players who enjoy creature collectors with a heavier JRPG structure.
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 80% off
Actual Price: $5.99
South Park: The Stick of Truth is short compared to many games on this list, but it remains one of the most memorable licensed RPGs. Built by Obsidian Entertainment, it plays like a compact turn-based RPG wrapped inside a playable episode of the show, with absurd quests, simple but satisfying battles, and a very faithful presentation. It is not the deepest RPG here, but it is still one of the funniest.
Gloomhaven
Release Date: October 20, 2021
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 72% off
Actual Price: $9.79
Gloomhaven is a digital adaptation of the famous tactical board game, and it remains a strong option for players who enjoy long-form campaigns, careful planning, and punishing combat decisions.
Every dungeon asks players to manage cards, positioning, character abilities, and exhaustion, making it far more demanding than a standard dungeon crawler. It is especially appealing for those who want a tactical RPG that feels closer to a heavy board game than a traditional CRPG.
Darkest Dungeon
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 85% off
Actual Price: $3.74
Darkest Dungeon is still a modern classic of dungeon crawling, built around stress, risk, attrition, and the constant possibility that a good run can collapse in a few terrible decisions.
Its gothic art direction, narrator, class roster, and brutal expedition structure have kept it relevant for years. At under four dollars, it is one of the cheapest ways to pick up a game that helped define an entire subgenre of punishing roguelike RPGs.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $7.49
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a stylish JRPG-inspired adventure from Airship Syndicate, with dungeon crawling, classic turn-based combat, and a presentation based on Joe Madureira’s comic-book work.
It is a good pick for players who want something more traditional than Ruined King but still visually distinctive. The combat is clean, the party roles are easy to understand, and the whole game feels like a compact love letter to classic console RPGs.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $3.74
Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut remains one of the strongest cyberpunk fantasy RPGs on PC.
It combines tactical turn-based encounters with a dense narrative, memorable companions, and a setting where magic, megacorporations, cyberware, and street-level politics all collide. It is also standalone, so players do not need to play Shadowrun Returns first. For this price, it is a very easy recommendation for CRPG fans who missed it.
Hard West 2
Release Date: August 4, 2022
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 80% off
Actual Price: $5.99
Hard West 2 is a supernatural western tactics game with a much more aggressive rhythm than many XCOM-like titles.
Its Bravado system pushes players to chain kills, regain action points, and take bold risks instead of slowly turtling behind cover. The result is a tactical RPG that feels fast, stylish, and violent, with a posse of strange characters chasing a ghost train through a cursed version of the American frontier.
King Arthur: Knight’s Tale
Release Date: April 26, 2022
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 70% off
Actual Price: $13.49
King Arthur: Knight’s Tale is a dark fantasy tactical RPG that reimagines Arthurian legend through a grim, almost XCOM-like structure.
Players manage heroes, injuries, morality choices, Camelot upgrades, and turn-based battles. It is one of the heavier games on this list, but also one of the best picks for players who want a tactical RPG with campaign management and a strong dark-fantasy identity.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Release Date: September 17, 2020
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 85% off
Actual Price: $5.24
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos is a tactical RPG that leans hard into parody, party banter, and old-school fantasy clichés, but underneath the comedy, there is a surprisingly solid turn-based combat system.
Players guide a dysfunctional group of heroes through a massive dungeon, with class-based roles, skill trees, environmental hazards, boss fights, and plenty of absurd encounters along the way.
It is lighter in tone than many tactical RPGs on this list, but the structure is very much built for players who enjoy positioning, party synergy, and dungeon-crawling chaos.
The Banner Saga
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 85% off
Actual Price: $3.74
The Banner Saga is a tactical RPG built around survival, hard choices, and a striking Norse-inspired world.
It is not only about winning battles, but also about keeping a caravan alive, managing morale, and dealing with consequences that can carry into the rest of the trilogy. Its hand-drawn art and melancholy tone still stand out, making it one of the strongest narrative tactics games available at a very low price.
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 88% off
Actual Price: $3.59
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is one of the best discounted picks in the whole list, especially now that the Mechanicus name is back with the second chapter.
It focuses on the Adeptus Mechanicus as they explore Necron tombs, upgrade tech-priests, collect resources, and engage in turn-based tactical battles. It is a great fit for players who want Warhammer flavor, strong atmosphere, and a tactics game that does not feel like a simple XCOM reskin.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters
Release Date: May 5, 2022
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 80% off
Actual Price: $8.99
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is the bigger, louder, more cinematic Warhammer tactics pick here.
It puts players in command of the Grey Knights against a galaxy-spanning plague, with turn-based squad combat, brutal executions, corruption management, and a campaign structure full of escalating pressure. It is a strong choice for players who want an aggressive tactical RPG with a major IP behind it.
BATTLETECH
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 75% off
Actual Price: $9.99
BATTLETECH is still one of the most satisfying mech-based tactical strategy games on PC. Developed by Harebrained Schemes, it lets players manage a mercenary company, repair and customize BattleMechs, hire pilots, and take contracts across a campaign full of political conflict and battlefield risk.
The tactical battles are slow, weighty, and all about armor, heat, positioning, and knowing when to push or withdraw.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 80% off
Actual Price: $9.99
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition is the better choice for players who want the more modern entry in Sega’s tactical series.
It brings back the hybrid BLiTZ combat system, adds a new squad and campaign, and includes the DLC content in one package. Like the first game, it is not a pure grid-based tactics experience, but that is exactly what makes it stand out among so many traditional strategy RPGs.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Steam Summer Sale Discount: 70% off
Actual Price: $10.49
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a tactical adventure that mixes XCOM-style turn-based combat with real-time stealth exploration before battles begin.
That pre-combat layer is what gives it its identity, allowing players to scout, isolate enemies, set ambushes, and start encounters on their own terms. With its post-human world, oddball mutant heroes, and compact structure, it is still one of the most distinctive tactical RPGs from the last several years.
