The Steam Winter Sale Is Happening Now

Grab your wallets, gamers, and prepare to consume ramen until the New year, considering the Steam Wintertime Auction is on.

Valve on Thursday kicked off the annual sale, which runs at present through Jan iv at 1 p.m. ET, offer upward to ninety percent off Steam hardware, and a lot more. The Steam Controller earned a "expert" rating in PCMag'south review while the Steam Link media streamer, which lets you play any Steam game installed on your PC on your HDTV over your Wi-Fi network, nabbed "excellent" marks.

Today's featured deals include 75 per centum off the massively multiplayer space take a chance title Aristocracy Dangerous, bringing it down to just $7.49; 90 per centum off puzzle-platformer Portal 2 (now just $one.99); and one-half off the offset-person shooter Prey (now $19.99). You'll too find big savings today on Tekken seven, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Vi Siege, Vanquish, Styx: Shards of Darkness, the Dungeons franchise, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Space, but to proper noun a few.

While you're over there emptying your wallet, yous'll besides have the opportunity to vote for The Steam Awards. Voting kicked off today with the "Choices Matter" award.

"Games are about bureau, and this laurels is for the game that has it in spades," Valve explained. "Maybe information technology'south because there are 31 ways yous tin can alienation into a villains lair. Perhaps there are dozens of potential partners for you to build a romantic future with. Or maybe you find yourself constantly saying 'Where oh where should I plant those turnips'? In all iii scenarios in that location is a common bond: the choice was always yours."

Finalists for today's laurels, which were nominated by the customs during the Steam Autumn sale, include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Dishonored 2, Divinity: Original Sin Ii, The Walking Expressionless: A New Frontier, and Life Is Foreign: Before the Storm.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart dwelling house products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, force preparation machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, merely to proper name a few.