Forty-four thousand and forty-eight games are currently listed on Steam for under five dollars. That is not a typo, and it is not the result of Valve doing something unusual — it is simply what a Steam sale looks like when you filter by price on SteamDB. The 2026 Steam Autumn Sale went live on 1 October and runs until 8 October, and it is the third major Valve sale event of the year.
What Is Actually Discounted
The 44,048 sub-five-dollar figure includes everything from decades-old indie titles to more recent releases, all discounted to five dollars or below. Not all of them are worth your time. Valve’s Steam sale platform lets publishers set whatever discount they choose, which means the quality spectrum is enormous.
For more targeted shopping, SteamDB’s sales filter lets you narrow by genre, feature tags, release date, minimum user rating, and review count. Filtering for titles with 500+ reviews and an 85%+ positive rating, all under five dollars, cuts the field considerably and tends to surface genuine hidden gems rather than shovelware.
The bigger deals in this year’s Autumn Sale include some significant reductions on recent and classic titles: Far Cry 6 is down to from its usual — a 90% discount — while Street Fighter 6 is (normally ), Rez Infinite is .49 (normally ), and Tactical Breach Wizards sits at , down from . Tempest Rising, the acclaimed RTS, is half price at . On the indie end, Gunpoint is available for .49.
Sale end time: The Steam Autumn Sale closes at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on 8 October 2026. Steam prices vary by region — check the Steam store directly for local currency pricing.
Death Stranding 2 and New Releases
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is in the sale at , down from — a 20% reduction for one of 2026’s most talked-about releases. It is a modest discount, but for a game that only recently launched it represents one of the first meaningful reductions on the title. If the steep asking price put you off at launch, this is likely the entry point for the next several months.
The Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is another notable inclusion at from its usual . The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy — the tactical RPG from the creators of Danganronpa — is listed at from . Both represent solid value for players who missed them at full price.
Stickers and Points Shop
As with past major Valve sales, the 2026 Autumn Sale includes cosmetic collectibles alongside the discounts. Steam stickers are available to earn by browsing the sale’s featured recommendations — the standard three-sticker earn from viewing the sale front page and scrolling through Valve’s picks. New items have also landed in the Steam Points Shop, which uses points earned through purchases to unlock cosmetics, profile decorations, and game-specific items.
Neither the stickers nor the Points Shop additions cost real money in themselves, but they give habitual sale browsers a reason to spend time on the front page — which, conveniently for Valve, is where the featured deals live. Whether that feels manipulative or pleasingly gamified probably depends on how much you enjoy sticker collecting.
It is also worth checking your existing wishlist during a sale. Steam notifies you when wishlisted games go on sale, but the notification system is not always timely. Visiting your wishlist directly during the first few hours of a new sale is a better habit — anything with a wishlist discount that has not sent a notification is easy to miss otherwise.
How to Navigate 44,000 Deals
The practical advice for Steam sales has not changed much in a decade. SteamDB’s sales page (steamdb.info) remains the most efficient navigation tool — its filtering system is far more granular than the Steam store’s own interface and lets you cross-reference discount percentage, price, genre, and review score simultaneously. Wishlist prices are tracked too, so if you have been holding out on something specific, check there first.
The sale runs until 8 October. After that, the next major Steam event is typically the Winter Sale in late December — so if there is something you have been sitting on, the next seven days are the window.
