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What Should You Buy in The Steam Holiday Sale? 2014 Edition - Encore Day 1

We take you through a few of the deals in the last Steam sale of the year.

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Article by Mike Williams Reviews Editor, USgamer
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Valve has launched the Steam Holiday Sale today, running from December 18 to January 2 (at 10 am PST).

Like the Steam Exploration Sale, we're operating in a tiered manner here: there are Featured Deals, which will last for 48 hours from posting and there are Daily Deals, which pop up every 12 hours. As the featured deals change, we'll update the page here. Here's some of the games you should think about picking up for this sale, in descending order of discount. Remember, if this is exactly like the Steam Exploration Sale, there will be no encore day at the end. Pick the games up when they're cheap!

Kickass Santa art from Pixiv user Matataku. This is a thing the user does on the regular.

Geralt hunts demons and deals.

Featured Deals

With the sale winding down, we've entered the encore period of the Steam sale. These final two days have all of the best discounts returning for a repeat performance. The sales should all last 48 hours.

E-Commerce still exists in the far pigeon future.

Daily Deals

The final Daily Deal stragglers bring up the rear.

Time to investigate all these discounts.

Cheap Stocking Stuffers

This last category includes titles that aren't Featured or Daily Deals, but they're really great prices on some titles that probably won't see additional discounts. These discounts are good for the entire sale, so you may be better off waiting.

Big Saving Bundles

As we make our final push, there a number of great bundles for people looking to get into certain franchises. Bioshock, Saints Row, and Far Cry franchises are going for cheap!

  • BioShock Triple Pack (Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Bioshock Infinite) - $10.19 (83 percent off)
  • Max Payne Complete (Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne 3, Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass) - $10.99 (80 percent off)
  • Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack (Saints Row 2, Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV: Game of the Century Edition, Tons of Saints Row IV DLC) - $13.74 (75 percent off)
  • Far Cry Franchise Pack (Far Cry, Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon) - $9.99 (75 percent off)
  • F.E.A.R. Collection (F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, F.E.A.R. 3, All DLC) - $13.74 (75 percent off)
  • Valve Complete Pack (Every Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress title) - $24.99 (75 percent off)
  • Total War Master Collection (Medieval II: Total War, Rome: Total War, Empire: Total War, Napoleon: Total War, Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai, Total War Battles: Sshogun, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition) - $29.99 (75 percent off)
  • Frozenbyte Collection (Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor, Trine 2: Complete Story, Trine Enchanted Edition) - $5.24 (85 percent off)
  • BIT.TRIP Collection (BIT.TRIP BEAT, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, BIT.TRIP CORE, BIT.TRIP VOID, BIT.TRIP FATE, BIT.TRIP FLUX, BIT.TRIP Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, and Soundtracks) - $4.99 (90 percent off)
  • Serious Sam Complete Pack (Serious Sam 2, Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam Double D XXL, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam: The Random Encounter) - $19.99 (80 percent off)
  • Spiderweb Software Complete Pack (Avadon 2: The Corruption, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avernum 4, Avernum 5, Avernum 6, Avernum: Escape From the Pit, Geneforge 1, Geneforge 2, Geneforge 3, Geneforge 4: Rebellion, Geneforge 5: Overthrow, Nethergate: Resurrection) - $7.99 (80 percent off)

Hopefully, this will make it easier for you fine USgamers to empty your wallet and make Gabe Newell's wallet even larger. Buy a few of these titles, forget to install them, and realize your folly when the next Steam sale rolls around. That's what I'm doing.

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