Update: As expected, Steam has now begun rolling out its massive holiday sale, with daily and week-long discounts of up to 80% through Sunday, January 3, 2010, including massive savings on entire company catalogs. The highlights are below.
Original: With Christmas just a few days off, 'tis the season for digital retailers to start rolling out, or at least tease, their major year-end sales on PC offerings. For example, Good Old Games is offering "up to 40% off nearly every game in its catalogue."
Torchlight and Trine
Some mighty fine deals are underway, including half-off Runic's awesome action-RPG Torchlight--making it $9.99, the perfect chance to test the Steam version's newly added Cloud integration and server-side save game storage--and 60% off Trine, bringing Frozenbyte's wizard-centric puzzle-platformer down to just $7.99.
- Steam
- Mirror's Edge - $4.99 (75% Off)
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - $19.99 (50% Off)
- Grand Theft Auto IV - $7.49 (75% Off)
- Defense Grid: The Awakening - $2.49 (75% Off)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - $1.99 (80% Off)
- AudioSurf - $2.50 (75% Off)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - $33.40 (33% Off)
- Braid - $2.49 (75% Off)
- Champions Online - $10.19 (66% Off)
- Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition - $6.69 (33% Off)
- Ghostbusters - $6.79 (66% Off)
- Indigo Prophecy - $3.39 (66% Off)
- Killing Floor - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Machinarium - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Metal Drift - $6.24 (50% Off)
- The Secret of Monkey Island SE - $4.99 (50% Off)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - $4.99 (50% Off)
- Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack - $2.49 (50% Off)
- Titan Quest Gold - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Torchlight - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Trine - $7.99 (60% Off)
- The Witcher: Director's Cut - $13.59 (66% Off)
- World in Conflict: Complete - $9.99 (Valued at $39.98)
- World of Goo - $4.99 (75% Off)
- 1C Games - Up to 50% Off
- 2K Games - 33% Off
- Atari Games - 66% Off
- Bethesda Games - 50% Off
- Eidos Games - Up to 50% Off
- Indie Games - Up to 80% Off
- JoWood / Dreamcatcher Games - 50% Off
- Kalypso Games - 50% Off
- THQ Games - 25-50% Off
- Novalogic Games - 50% Off
- Strategy First Games - 50-80% Off
- Rebellion Games - 80% Off
- Ubisoft Games - 50% Off
- Aspyr Complete Pack - $44.99 (Valued at $187.40)
- Eidos Collector's Pack - $49.99 (Valued at $262.44)
- id Super Pack - $34.99 (Valued at $194.79)
- LucasArts Adventure Pack - $2.49 (75% Off)
- Square Enix Complete Pack - $49.99 (Valued at $90.96)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Telltale Everything Pack - $49.99 (Valued at $191.69)
- Unreal Deal Pack - $13.59 (Valued at $69.95)
- Until Thursday, December 24
- Other Notable Savings Through January 3 (Highlights)
- Packs, Bundles and Discounts Through January 3 (Highlights)
- Champions Online - $14.95 (50% Off)
- Torchlight - $9.95 (50% Off)
- Assassin's Creed - $14.99 (25% Off)
- All Meridian 4 Games / Bundles (44 in All) - 60% Off
- And Yet It Moves - $7.50 (25% Off)
- Droplitz - $4.99 (50% Off)
- Trine - $9.99 (50% Off)
- EVE Online - $9.95 (50% Off)
- Fallen Earth - $24.99 (50% Off)
- Tropico 3 - $29.99 (25% Off)
- Tex Murphy 1 + 2 - Free and / or
- "alternative gift" for Tex Murphy 1 + 2 owners
- Cannon Strike - $9.95 (50% Off)
- Eufloria - $9.95 (50% Off)
- Zombilution - $4.95 (29% Off)
- Osmos - $4.99 (50% Off)
- World of Goo - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Mahjong Wisdom - $4.99 (50% Off)
- Shadowrun - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Viva Pinata - $9.99 (50% Off)
- Where's Waldo: The Fantastic Journey - $7.49 (50% Off)
Direct2Drive
- Until December 23 at 1 PM EST
Impulse
- Through Tuesday, December 22
- Christmas Sale (December 20 - 26)
Good Old Games
- Until December 24
- Through January 3, 2010
GamersGate
- "Daily Deal" (December 22)
- "Special Offer"
- Until December 31
Games For Windows Live: Games on Demand
- Launch Sale (January 4)
