Just when you think that you can count on Steam to do something relatively normal with their sales, they’ve come up with a slightly ridiculous name and a new format for their fall sale. This year’s fall Steam sale is the Steam Exploration Sale. The big change is that the sale doesn’t have Flash Sales or Community Picks but they still have daily deals. It might just be a first day of the sale thing but there are two-day deals and one-day deals. I’d hazard that the two-day deals will roll to below the recommendations bar dividing the one and two-day deals.

A lot of the usual suspects are on sale today like CS:GO, Dead Island, Don’t Starve, and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. However, there are a couple of newer games on sale that you might be interested in. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a game I’ve heard good things about. The Long Dark and The Evil Within are newer and on for good discounts. Conversely, Watch Dogs, Civ: Beyond Earth and Lords of the Fallen are on sale but I’d hazard that they’ll get cheaper if you hold out a bit longer.

Two-Day Deals:

• Civilization: Beyond Earth – $34.99 (30% off)
• Civilization V: Complete Edition – $12.49 (75% off) [estimated USD]
• Company of Heroes 2 – $9.99 (75% off)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – $7.49 (50% off)
• Don’t Starve – $3.74 (75% off)
• The Evil Within – $20.39 (66% off)
• Goat Simulator – $4.99 (50% off)
• The Long Dark – $9.99 (50% off)
• Lords of the Fallen – $29.99 (40% off)
• Watch Dogs – $29.99 (50% off)

One-Day Deals:

• Age of Mythology: Extended Edition – $7.49 (75% off)
• Battleblock Theater – $1.49 (90% off)
• Crypt of the Necrodancer – $8.99 (40% off)
• Dead Island – $4.99 (75% off)
• Dead Island Riptide – $4.99 (75% off)
• FTL: Faster than Light – $2.99 (70% off)
• Injustice: Gods Among Us – $4.99 (75% off)
• Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion – $9.99 (75% off)
• The Stanley Parable – $4.49 (70% off)
• Vanishing of Ethan Carter – $11.99 (40% off)
• Wargame: Red Dragon – $9.99 (75% off)
• The Wolf Among Us – $8.49 (66% off)

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