Is the 2013 Steam Holiday Sale over? Well, yes and no. A lot of the deals seem to have expired. However, Valve has brought back some popular deals for a special 24-hour Encore Special. So 24 games are on discount until 1:00 PM EST tomorrow. I wish Valve was a lot more clear with how their sales work.

Still, there are some fantastic deals today that you should check out just in case you were looking for some more games or can’t wait for the next big sale. Whenever that is.

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It’s the final 23 hours of the Steam Holiday Sale. All signs point to the sale ending at 1:00 PM EST tomorrow so be sure to clear those must-buy items off your wish by then. I’d like to say there’s more to today’s daily deals but the sale seems to go out with a whimper rather a bang.

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Let’s start with a very important FYI: Steam is now advertising the sale as ending at 1:00 PM EST on January 2nd. That means we’re 47 hours from completion. The Steam news page and various store pages of games not on a daily/flash sale indicate a January 2nd ending rather than the January 3rd that’s plastered all over the graphics. Don’t buy everything yet but be ready to move up your buying  timetable by 24 hours.

Franchises are the order of the day in today’s Daily Deals. Company of Heroes, Grid, Scribblenauts, XCOM and Half-Life are all on sale for the next 47 hours. Unlike some of the other daily deals, all games in those franchises are on sale which makes for a nice way to end your 2013.

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We’re down to the fourth to last set of Daily Deals in this year’s Steam Holiday Sale. It’s not quite time to start buying everything on your wishlist but you should be paying close attention so you don’t miss a chance to save money.

Some pretty big games are available for daily deals today. The like of GTA4, Injustice and the Metro franchise are available for cheap on daily deals right now. If you’re looking for a scare, Alan Wake and Outlast are right up your alley. You can pick up that pair for less than $10.

No wonder why I spend so much during these sales. I keep thinking what great deals these sales are and just keep spending until it’s too late. Damn you, Steam!

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Another day, another set of new Steam deals. Today, you can get a big discount on the Mass Effect franchise by picking up the first two parts for $10. Sadly, I can’t track down an ME3 or trilogy deal anyway. And while Fallout: New Vegas is on sale for a daily deal, there’s no discount on Fallout 3 at all.

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We’ve hit the final stretch of the Steam Holiday Sale. Today is the final Saturday of this year’s edition of the sale seeing as it end at 1:00 PM EST next Friday. Don’t say that I haven’t warned you but I’ll probably give you a 48-hour warning on Wednesday.

Anyway, my indie game of the year, Gunpoint, is on sale for 66% off and I say that’s a must-buy even if it has inexplicably been left of every year-end list but mine. If triple-As are more your speed, Saints Row IV made a bunch of best of 2013 lists and is on sale for the next 48 hours.

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If you’re looking for some triple-A games to fill out your collection, today is a good day for you to check out the Steam Holiday Sale. Hitman: Absolution and Portal 2 are your best bets today. If you’re willing to overspend compared to what you will likely have to pay in six months during the Summer Sale, there’s also Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Still, there’s other good games worth picking up. Don’t Starve and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon are both available for $5.09 and both are worth it.

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Just because the Yanks don’t have Boxing Day sales (or Boxing Day whatsoever) doesn’t mean that they aren’t getting sales today. That’s why Steam is here with more sales for you to spend your gifted money/Steam cards.

Just an FYI, the free copy of Left 4 Dead 2 is still available as of writing but it was only advertised as being available until 1:00 EST today. That offer appears to have been silently extended because of yesterday’s epic Steam outage. Jump on that fast because it could just be an error that hasn’t been caught yet.

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