2024's Steam Winter Sale has officially kicked off, and like previous events, this end-of-year promotion has a ton of discounted games on offer that'll help grow your backlog. We've highlighted our picks for many of the best deals available below; we generally favored games that appeared on our various Best Of 2024 lists.As expected, there are quite a few big discounts here, ranging from recent releases through to several other popular games. Overall, if you're looking to grab a AAA release or a few indies for your PC or Steam Deck, you should be able to save quite a few bucks with this sale. The Steam Winter Sale runs from December 19 through January 2, 2025 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. In case you don't find anything that catches your eye here, a few other sites are also holding sales events.Anyone looking for classic games in particular will want to head to GOG, as you can get some of the best games of yesteryear for as little as $2. Meanwhile, Fanatical also has huge discounts on hundreds of PC games, including hit 2024 games like Helldivers 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2. All orders of $15 or more include either a free game or coupon code.If you'd also like to some help picking out a particular game, you can check out GameSpot's Best of 2024 lists for a few pointers, like the best PC-exclusive games of the year. We also have our running lists of the best PC games and best Steam Deck games to play right now.Disclosure: GameSpot and Fanatical are both owned by Fandom. Animal Well$20 ($25) See at Steam Balatro$13.50 ($15) See at Steam Baldur's Gate 3$48 ($60) See at Steam Children of the Sun$9 ($15) See at Steam Civilization 6$3 ($60) See at Steam Crow Country$15.59 ($20) See at Steam Cyberpunk 2077$27 ($60) See at Steam Dead Space$15 ($60) See at Steam Dragon Age: The Veilguard$39 ($60) See at Steam Dragon's Dogma 2$40 ($70) See at Steam Elden Ring$36 ($60) See at Steam Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (preorder)$49 ($70) See at Steam Final Fantasy 16$37.49 ($40) See at Steam Frostpunk 2$36 ($45) See at Steam Gears Tactics$10 ($30) See at Steam God of War Ragnarok$48 ($60) See at Steam Granblue Fantasy Relink$30 ($60) See at Steam Grand Theft Auto 5$15 ($40) See at Steam Helldivers 2$32 ($40) See at Steam Hitman: World of Assassination$28 ($70) See at Steam I Am Your Beast$14 ($20) See at Steam Kill Knight$10 ($15) See at Steam Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth$35 ($70) See at Steam Lorelei and the Laser Eyes$18.74 ($25) See at Steam Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered$30 ($60) See at Steam Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales$25 ($50) See at Steam Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection$40 ($50) See at Steam Metal Slug Tactics$20 ($25) See at Steam Metaphor ReFantazio$52.49 ($70) See at Steam Minishoot Adventures$11.24 ($15) See at Steam Mortal Kombat 1$20 ($50) See at Steam Neon White$12.49 ($25) See at Steam The Outlast Trials$20 ($40) See at Steam Persona 3 Reload$42 ($70) See at Steam The Plucky Squire$22.49 ($30) See at Steam Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown$20 ($40) See at Steam The Rise of the Golden Idol$18 ($20) See at Steam Resident Evil 4$20 ($40) See at Steam Returnal$30 ($60) See at Steam The Rogue Prince of Persia$15 ($20) See at Steam Silent Hill 2$56 ($70) See at Steam Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut$13.49 ($18) See at Steam Slitterhead$35 ($50) See at Amazon Sonic x Shadows Generations$37.49 ($50) See at Steam Tactical Breach Wizards$16 ($20) See at Steam Tekken 8$35 ($70) See at Amazon Thank Goodness You're Here$14 ($20) See at Steam UFO 50$21.24 ($25) See at Steam V Rising$21 ($35) See at Steam Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$45 ($60) See at Steam