Blink and you’ll surely miss out on a phenomenal Steam sale event. Fortunately, you’re bound to see green numbers representing a discounted price for the game you’d like to purchase sooner rather than later, even if you don’t see it on sale at the moment.
Plus, thanks to SteamDB price tracking history charts, you can decide for yourself whether a discounted price is as low as you’d hoped for it to be, or if you’d like to wait and see if it will eventually drop to a lower price that’s previously been recorded for it, with the presumption being that it may one day drop to that record-low price again. Nonetheless, seasonal Steam sale events are always around the corner, and it rarely ever feels as if there’s that big of a lull or gulf between them.
September is typically when the leaves get crunchier, and Spirit Halloweens begin sprouting like incessant weeds, and, by October 1, fall festivities have fully flourished. For anyone who enjoys video games, however, the air getting chillier is a sign that Steam is back with its annual Autumn Sale event. The good news is you still have a few days to take advantage of an event that is pricing many beloved games under $5.
The Outlast Trials
On sale for $3.99 USD from $39.99 USD (-90%), The Outlast Trials takes the core ethos of Red Barrels’ Outlast franchise and molds it into a multiplayer survival-horror game. How frightening the game is for you may be wholly dependent on if you play by yourself, as well as the vibe of the lobbies you queue into, but it’s a stunning evolution of the Outlast games’ bone-chilling formula nonetheless, and may define what the future of the series looks like from here on out.
The Outlast Trials is Resident Evil Outbreak-esque in that you must complete tasks/puzzles in order to progress and complete missions, and it being so heavily discounted as part of the Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is a godsend because it deserves as many second winds and as enormous a playerbase as possible in order to guarantee that it doesn’t collect cobwebs on a shelf anytime soon. The Outlast Trials is perfect for the spooky season and consistently being updated with new content and active support, so there’s literally no better time to try it out for yourself with it being so cheap on Steam.
Monster Hunter Rise
On sale for $3.99 USD from $39.99 USD (-90%), Monster Hunter Rise launched as a Nintendo Switch exclusive and migrated to PC less than a year later. On Steam, Monster Hunter Rise gained new wings and is a highly competent installment in Capcom’s iconic monster-hunting franchise, with some fans having expressed that they prefer it to Monster Hunter Wilds.
Enough time has passed now that fans who only bought and played Monster Hunter Rise on Switch may consider playing it on Steam, especially if they’re in the camp of franchise enthusiasts who do think it’s better than Monster Hunter Wilds. Either way, if players care to collect a catalog of modern Monster Hunter games on PC, this’ll be the biggest no-brainer of a purchase.
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
On sale for $2.99 USD from $29.99 USD (-90%), Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a gorgeous side-scrolling Metroidvania game, and the sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest. Unfortunately for Ori fans, it seems as if Moon may be putting all of its eggs into the basket of its new game, No Rest for the Wicked, and it’s unclear if we’ll ever see a third entry in the spectacular Ori franchise.
Of course, players can revisit the Ori games whenever they want, and a price as low as this for Ori and the Will of the Wisps is as terrific an incentive as any to do so. Moreover, if you are a Hollow Knight fan who was disappointed to find that there was too much friction baked into Hollow Knight: Silksong’s difficulty, Ori and the Will of the Wisps is like a blissful promenade through a dew-kissed meadow in comparison, though it’ll also scratch that Hollow Knight itch with intense boss fights and nerve-wracking chase sequences.
On sale for $3.99 USD from $39.99 USD (-90%), The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition requires no introduction, nor would anyone be surprised to see it at such a low price during one of Steam’s biggest seasonal sale events. The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 certainly isn’t the first opportunity you’ve had to nab The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition on sale, and it won’t be the last.
That said, this discount is consistent with the lowest-ever recorded price on Steam for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Anyone who hasn’t played it yet—or has maybe played it and owns it on virtually every other platform it’s available on besides Steam—would be foolish not to grab it at this price if they have even a fleeting interest in The Elder Scrolls 6 and how the success story that is The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim could influence it.
Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Won’t Be Here Forever
But that’s not all. Other games featured in the Steam Autumn Sale 2026 with discounts that either drop them by 90% or a whopping 95% include:
- Construction Simulator
- Death’s Door
- Far Cry 6
- Jagged Alliance 3
- Kingdom Two Crowns
- Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
- PlateUp!
- Solasta: Crown of the Magister
- Steep
- The Ascent
- The Talos Principle 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
While not as remarkable a discount as those mentioned, plenty more games in the Steam Autumn Sale 2026 are worth window-shopping for. The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 boasts a hearty helping of games from across a diverse spectrum of genres and popularity, and perhaps one that might not have caught your attention or stirred your curiosity will appeal to you a little more now at a lower price.
However, if any of these games do interest you, it wouldn’t be wise to sit on your hands for much longer. The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 ends this Thursday, on October 8, 2026, at 10 AM PT, meaning there are only a couple more days to capitalize on some of the greatest deals of the season.
There’s an argument to be made that the Steam Autumn Sale pales in comparison to Steam’s Summer or Winter Sales due to the fact that it only runs for one week, whereas the Summer and Winter Sales run for two. Still, all that ensures is that the Autumn Sale is one to be more cognizant of, and the discounted games it boasts this year are proof of how special and fortuitous these Steam sale events can be.
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Valve
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September 12, 2003
Developed by Valve and released in 2003, Steam is a popular video game distribution service originally used by the company to provide updates for Valve games. In 2005, Steam expanded to distribute third-party titles. Steam users can not only browse games for purchase, but they can also post reviews and upload self-made content.
