I remember the days when my wallet was mostly safe, with a Steam Sale only occurring a few times per year. Now it feels like there’s at least a sale per month. I guess any opportunity to save money is a good thing, but it’s getting hard not to add more games to my ever-growing unplayed Steam library.
Today begins the Steam SHMUP Fest, a festival that specifically focuses on the shoot ’em up genre. As part of the fest, some landmark titles in the genre are heavily discounted as well as a few newly released titles. Also, several games in the genre have dropped playable demos as part of the festival. For those interested in free digital stuff, Steam users can claim a free reward each day for logging in. I’m not sure if the rewards are static or random. I got a sticker. The event is live now and will end on October 2 at 1 p.m. ET.
Steam SHMUP Fest deals
I’ve put together some of the discounted titles that stuck out to me. If you want to see the full list, visit the SHMUP Fest Steam page.
- Enter the Gungeon — $4.49 (70% off)
- The Ascent — $4.49 (70% off)
- Brotato — $3.99 (20% off)
- 20 Minutes Till Dawn — $3.99 (20% off)
- Soulstone Survivors — $7.49 (25% off)
- Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef — $13.39 (33% off)
- Time Wasters — $3.99 (20% off)
- Crafty Survivors — $3.39 (15% off)
- Nova Drift — $7.19 (60% off)
- Spellbook Demonslayers — $3.99 (20% off)
- Brigador: Up-Armored Edition — $8.99 (64% off)
- FURI — $7.99 (60% off)
- Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok — $3.99 (20% off)
- Sky Force Reloaded — $4.99 (50% off)
- Tiny Rogues— $4.79 (20% off)
There’s also a ton of new demos. Here are a few that stand out to me:
- Castle of Alchemists
- Spell Disk
- NeverAwake
- Rogue Genesia
- Doomsday Hunters
- Dead Estate
- Choo Choo Survivor
- Deadlink
You can view all the available demos here.
