(Prices may change during the day)

Space Pirates and Zombies

http://store.steampowered.com/app/107200/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 1.74 (9% higher)

EU: € 2.24 (17% higher)

Homefront

http://store.steampowered.com/app/55100/

US: $ 7.49

UK: £ 7.49 (56% higher)

EU: € 4.99 (13% lower)

Machinarium

http://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 1.86 (17% higher)

EU: € 2.11 (10% higher)

Revenge of the Titans

http://store.steampowered.com/app/93200/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 1.74 (9% higher)

EU: € 2.49 (30% higher)

Dungeon Defenders

http://store.steampowered.com/app/65800/

US: $ 3.74

UK: £ 2.49 (4% higher)

EU: € 2.99 (4% higher)

Section 8®: Prejudice™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/97100/

US: $ 3.74

UK: £ 2.49 (4% higher)

EU: € 3.24 (13.37% higher, true story.)

Dead Space

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/DeadSpace

US: $ 4.99

UK: £ 3.74 (17% higher)

EU: € 3.74 (2% lower)

Dead Space™ 2

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/DeadSpace

US: $ 4.99

UK: £ 4.99 (56% higher!)

EU: € 7.49 (96% higher!!!)

Hearts of Iron III

http://store.steampowered.com/app/25890/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 1.99 (25% higher)

EU: € 2.49 (30% higher)

Hearts of Iron 3 Collection

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/HeartsOfIron

US: $7.49

UK: £6.24

EU: €7.49

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35130/

US: $ 3.74

UK: £ 2.49 (4% higher)

EU: € 3.74 (30% higher)

Tomb Raider: Legend

http://store.steampowered.com/app/7000/

US: $ 3.74

UK: £ 1.99 (16% higher)

EU: € 2.49 (12% higher)

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8000/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 2.49 (56% higher)

EU: € 2.49 (30% higher)

Tomb Raider: Underworld

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8140/

US: $ 4.99

UK: £ 2.49 (21% lower)

EU: € 3.74 (2% lower)

Assassin’s Creed Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/Holiday2011_AssassinsCreed

US: $59.99

UK: £34.99

EU: €59,99 (30% higher)

Assassin’s Creed Revelations

http://store.steampowered.com/app/201870/

US: $ 37.49

UK: £ 22.49 (6% lower)

EU: € 37.49 (30% higher)

Assassin’s Creed™: Director’s Cut Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/15100/

US: $ 4.99

UK: £ 2.49 (21% lower)

EU: € 4.99 (30% higher)

Assassin’s Creed 2 Deluxe Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33230/

US: $ 4.99

UK: £ 3.74 (17% higher)

EU: € 7.49 (96% higher!!)

Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood

http://store.steampowered.com/app/48190/

US: $ 13.59

UK: £ 10.19 (17% higher)

EU: € 16.99 (63% higher)

Two Worlds Epic Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/1930/

US: $ 6.79

UK: £ 4.75 (9% higher)

EU: € 6.79 (30% higher)

Two Worlds II

http://store.steampowered.com/app/7520/

US: $ 13.59

UK: £ 8.49 (2% lower)

EU: € 13.59 (30% higher)

Two Worlds II Castle Defense

http://store.steampowered.com/app/7530/

US: $ 4.07

UK: £ 2.71 (4% higher)

EU: € 3.39 (8% higher)

Two Worlds II – Pirates of the Flying Fortress

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200440/

US: $ 10.19

UK: £ 8.49 (30% higher)

EU: € 10.19 (30% higher)

Serious Sam 3: BFE

http://store.steampowered.com/app/41070/

US: $ 19.99

UK: £ 14.99 (17% higher)

EU: € 19.99 (30% higher)

Solar 2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/97000/

US: $2.49

UK: £1.74 (9% higher)

EU: €2.24 (17% higher)

Call of Duty®: Black Ops

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42700/

US: $29.99

UK: £19.99 (4% higher)

EU: €29.99 (30% higher)

Terraria

http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/

US: $2.49

UK: £1.49 (6% lower)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Cities in Motion

http://store.steampowered.com/app/73010/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Sequence

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200910/

US: $1.24

UK: £0.99 (25% higher)

EU: €0.99 (4% higher)

Stronghold 3

http://store.steampowered.com/app/47400/

US: $33.49

UK: £20.09 (6% lower)

EU: €33.49 (30% higher)

F.E.A.R. Collection

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/12357/

US: $24.99

UK: £19.99 (25% higher)

EU: €24.99 (30% higher)

Gothic Complete Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/12075/

US: $12.49

UK: £9.99 (25% higher)

EU: €12.49 (30% higher)

Disciples III – Resurrection

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200670/

US: $7.49

UK: £7.49 (56% higher)

EU: €7.49 (30% higher)

Disciples III – Renaissance Steam Special Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33670/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Dawn of War® – Platinum Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/447/

US: $10.19

UK: £3.39 (47% lower)

EU: €3.39 (56% lower)

Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® – Soulstorm

http://store.steampowered.com/app/9450/

US: $6.79

UK: £3.39 (21% lower)

EU: €2.37 (54% lower)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Complete Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7432/

US: $20.39

UK: £16.99 (30% higher)

EU: €13.58 (12% lower)

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33320/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™ Digital Deluxe Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/901478/

US: $7.49

UK: NOT AVAILABLE (100% fail)

EU: €7.49 (30% higher)

Prince of Persia®

http://store.steampowered.com/app/19980/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €3.74 (2% lower)

Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time

http://store.steampowered.com/app/13600/

US: $2.49

UK: £2.24 (40% higher)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/13500/

US: $2.49

UK: £2.24 (40% higher)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/13530/

US: $2.49

UK: £2.24 (40% higher)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Star Wars Republic Commando™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/6000/

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

http://store.steampowered.com/app/32370/

each

US: $2.49

UK: £1.74 (9% higher)

EU: €2.24 (17% higher)

Star Wars Battlefront® II

http://store.steampowered.com/app/6060/

US: $2.49

UK: £1.61 (1% higher)

EU: €2.24 (17% higher)

Star Wars® Empire at War™: Gold Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/app/32470/

Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/

each

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.74 (24% higher)

ps.: Sodding packs! I hope, nobody wants the comparison for every fucking Gothic/Jedi Knight/Dawn of War II Title separately. If so, just look it up on SteamPrices.com!

Rock of Ages

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/

US: $2.49

UK: £1.47 (9% higher)

EU: €1.99 (4% higher)

Bastion

http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/

US: $5.09

UK: £3.89 (20% higher)

EU: €4.75 (21% higher)

Bulletstorm™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/99810/

US: $4.99

UK: £7.49 (135% higher!!)

EU: €12.49 (226% higher!!!)

Test Drive Unlimited 2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/9930/

US: $6.79

UK: £5.09 (17% higher)

EU: €6.79 (30% higher)

Red Faction Guerrilla

http://store.steampowered.com/app/20500/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €2.49 (34% lower)

Red Faction®: Armageddon™

http://store.steampowered.com/app/55110/

US: $7.49

UK: £3.74 (21% lower)

EU: €7.49 (30% higher)

Worms Complete Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/12391/

US: $19.99

UK: £14.99

EU: €17.49

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

http://store.steampowered.com/app/91200/

US: $2.49

UK: £2.24 (41% higher)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Far Cry®

http://store.steampowered.com/app/13520/

US: $2.49

UK: £1.24 (22% lower)

EU: €2.49 (30% higher)

Far Cry® 2: Fortune’s Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/19900/

US: $4.99

UK: £2.49 (21% lower)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Beat Hazard Complete

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8500/

US: $3.24

UK: £2.11

EU: €2.49

A Game of Thrones – Genesis

http://store.steampowered.com/app/58550/

US: $19.99

UK: £14.99 (17% higher)

EU: €19.99 (30% higher)

Sonic Generations

http://store.steampowered.com/app/71340/

US: $10.19

UK: £6.79 (4% higher)

EU: €10.19 (30% higher)

King’s Bounty: Platinum Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6121/

US: $ 8.74

UK: £ 7.49 (34% higher)

EU: € 7.49 (11% higher)

Nuclear Dawn

http://store.steampowered.com/app/17710/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.49 (17% higher)

WARNING DON’T BUY NOW:

Nuclear Dawn is going to be on IndieRoyale.com bundle!

Official confirmation here!

X Superbox

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6330/

US: $9.99

UK: £9.99 (56% higher)

EU: €9.99 (30% higher)

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35140/

US: $4.99

UK: £2.49 (22% lower)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/

US: $7.49

UK: £4.99 (4% Higher)

EU: €7.49 (30% higher)

Overlord Complete Pack

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2464/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.99 (30% higher)

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3

http://store.steampowered.com/app/115300/

US: $44.99

UK: £29.99 (4% higher)

EU: €44.99 (30% higher)

Killing Floor

http://store.steampowered.com/app/1250/

US: $4.99

UK: £3.74 (17% higher)

EU: €4.49 (17% higher)

Alice: Madness Returns

http://store.steampowered.com/app/19680/

US: $7.49

UK: £7.49 (56% higher)

EU: €12.49 (117% higher)

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

http://store.steampowered.com/app/15320/

US: $3.39

UK: £3.39 (56% higher)

EU: €3.39 (30% higher)

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

US Storepage:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/63950/

US: $16.99

UK/EU Storepage:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/63970/

UK: £10.19 (6% lower)

EU: €16.99 (30% higher)

Football Manager 2012

http://store.steampowered.com/app/71270/

US: $26.79

UK: £20.09 (17% higher)

EU: €33.49 (63% higher)

DUNGEONS – Steam Special Edition

http://store.steampowered.com/app/57650/

US: $10.19

UK: £6.79 (4% higher)

EU: €10.19 (30% higher)

Dungeons – The Dark Lord

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200550/

US: $10.19

UK: £9.99 (53% higher)

EU: €10.19 (30% higher)

Atom Zombie Smasher

http://store.steampowered.com/app/55040/

US: $ 2.49

UK: £ 1.49 (6% lower)

EU: € 2.49 (30% higher)

Not that we didn’t contact IGN a year ago about this…but oh well. Anyway, here’s the post:

“I noticed something when cooking up the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition Steam pre-order posts – why is there a discrepency in EA’s regional pricing?

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition: $49.99 / €49.99 / £34.99
Real World: $50 = €35 / $50 = £31 / €50 = £43

Dragon Age Origins – Awakening: $39.99 / €29.99 / £19.99
Real World: $40 = €28 / $40 = £24 / €30 = £26

Ignoring EA’s laughable exchange rates, why is Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition $49.99/€49.99, and Dragon Age Origins – Awakening $39.99/€29.99? Following EA’s own logic, DAOA should be $39.99/€39.99. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer the lower price, but why is it only applied to DAOA and not BFBC2LE?

The cynic inside me says because they’ve already got Dragon Age players hooked and so it’s a sure bet they’ll buy the expansion, whereas BFBC2LE buyers might not like what they see, and may not necessarily buy the inevitable expansion or DLC.

Think I’m crazy? Take a look at Dragon Age: Origins’ Steam pricing – $49.99 / €49.99 / £29.99!

Also note that the UK equivalent price jumped £5 on BFBC2LE, compared to DAO. Exchange rates have shifted since Dragon Age’s release, but not sufficiently so to justify a £5 increase.

In conclusion, EA’s regional Steam pricing is a huge con, stiffing mainland Europeans considerably. Having lived among the natives for seven years I suggest using Play.com, if you don’t mind a delivery taking up to two weeks, or Amazon UK if you don’t mind paying a few quid extra for their cheapest delivery option, which typically gets a game to your doorstep a few days after release, if not on the day of release.

In the interest of fairness I should point out that other publishers use rip-off exchange rates on Steam, but only EA has introduced these new discrepancies.”

Source

updated on 22th January: added GoG

It’s unbelievable how quickly time goes by, time to next weekend deals. Again. Okay, here we go again :)

GamersGate shoots first with Sid Meier. Every Sid Meier’s games are off by 50%. So if you ever played Pirates! back on 90’s, get Sid Meier’s Pirates!, it is same thing, only with nicer graphics with some addons :)

Steam is offering Company of Heroes franchise with 75% discount.

Impulse has 20 items on sale!

GamesPlanet has Winter Sale still running.

Good Old Games woke up and is offering Cyan Inc. games with 25% discount.

PS. The list will be updated when new offers will pop up.

GamersGate

GamersGate is having Sid Meier Week!

Civilization IV Complete Edition - 50%
Civilization IV Colonization - 50%
Civilization IV - 50%
Sid Meier’s Railroads! - 50%
Civilization III Complete - 50%
Sid Meier’s Pirates! - 50%
CivCity Rome - 50%

Steam

Steam offers Company of Heroes series with 75% discount. So if you are into WWII RTS, then it is for you :)

Company of Heroes

US: $19.99 $4.99 (~3.55€)
UK: £9.99 £2.49 (19% lower)
EU: 9,99€ 2,49€ (30% lower) !!!!

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

US: $19.99 $4.99 (~3.55€)
UK: £9.99 £2.49 (19% lower)
EU: 19,99€ 4,99€ (40% higher)

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

US: $29.99 $7.49 (~5.33€)
UK: £9.99 £2.49 (46% lower)
EU Tier1: 34,99€ 8,74€ (64% higher)

Company of Heroes: Gold

US: $7.49
UK: £3.74 (19% lower)
EU: 3,74€ (30% lower) !!!

Complete pack

US: $12.49 (~8.88€)
UK: £7.49 (3% lower)
EU: 11,49€ (29% higher)

Impulse is offering 20 items this time! Check them out here. Worth to mention: King’s Bounty Gold Edition, Tropico 3, Sins of a Solar Empire, Dawn of Magic 2, Sword of the Stars Ultimate, Ceville, etc

GamesPlanet

GamesPlanet still has their Winter Sale going on, so check it out.

King’s Bounty: The legend – 30% off: £24,99 £17,49
Borderlands – -£5: £34,99 £29,99
Football Manager 2010 – 25% off: £39,99 £29,99
Buccaneer – 30% off: £14,95 £10,45
Trine – 50% off: £14,99 £7,49
Civilization 4 Complete – –50% £39.99 £19.99

If you’re an adventure games fan you probably already own at least two copies of each Myst game – after all it was the best selling PC game for a decade! But if you were waiting for an even better deal than grabbing Myst: Masterpiece edition, Riven: the Sequel to Myst and The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition for $5.99 each, then GoG is offering 25% off of all three games. Check the promopage here.

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NB! Up to 20% higher than US price is still almost fair price, because US price doesn’t contain VAT.

NOTE: STEAM UNPOWERED IS NOT CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH CDKEY STORES OR DIGITAL STORES, WE ARE JUST PROVIDING THE BEST STEAM ALTERNATIVES FOUND ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU THINK WE ARE ADVERTISING OUR OWN BUSINESS GO DIE IN HELL AND LEAVE THIS GROUP/WEBSITE.

Previously only differing the price between US Dollar, Euro and British Pound, they now topped it by even discriminating between the European countries.

So we not only have the well known unfair price difference between Dollar, Euro and Pound:

US L4D2 Pre-Purchase: $44.99

EU L4D2 Pre-Purchase: 44,99€

UK L4D2 Pre-Purchase: £26.99

but also differences between european contries:

Germany, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and a lot of others pay the high, unfair price of 44,99€ (L4D2)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/?cc=de (or /?cc= fr, nl, dk, fi, se..)

while countries like: Poland, Norway, Italy, Spain, Lithuania and a few other – for incomprehensible reasons -, pay a much cheaper price of 34,19€, which is only slightly more than the UK price in Euro!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/?cc=pl

Thats a price difference of 10€ or even 20€ less when buying a bundle of four L4D2 copies.

Workarounds:

1.) Gifting cheap games to friends in an expensive, foreign region is thankfully still possible, eventhough it probably won’t be for long, judging from recent developements.

So have a good foreign friend who lives in a cheap priced region gift you L4D2, after sending him the money via PayPal or likewise.

2.) If you can live without the “exclusive baseball bat” weapon that comes with Steam Pre-Purchases: Don’t support the Steam Regime at all and Pre-Order L4D2 on Amazon.co.uk for the cheapest of all prices: £26.99 (29,26€)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-Arts-Left-Dead-DVD/dp/B002BSH9J4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1254503223&sr=8-2

German users should be aware that L4D2, like 1, will be censored again, when buying from their region.

Buy the game at Amazon.co.uk or have a foreign friend gift it to you, for uncensored Zombie Slaughter.

Thanks for all the guys who noticed it (I really have no time to check the Steam store right now). As the news title says, some EA Games are priced really reasonable on Steam comparing to what they were in the beginning (30%-140% more!). See all EA Games on Steam here.

Read more about it here (all EA titles listed on Steam with proper price comparison, thanks to Rhoning The Wizard for the effort)!

And of course thanks to EA for this great decision.

Steam Unpowered does not recommend buying this game on Steam – be sure to get it in your retail store or in other digital game stores.

US: $49.99

UK: £29.99 (1% lower)

EU: 49,99€ (42% higher)

Looks like a good deal doesn’t it? Think again:

US: $49.99 $24.99
UK: £29.99 £14.99 (1% lower)
EU: 49,99€ 24,99€ (41% higher)

Even if we consider value added tax (VAT) it’s still one of the biggest rip offs for European customers.

And as usual, Steam Unpowered team understands that this is probably a good deal for most European folks (probably those from Tier #1) but we do not recommend buying this game on Steam under any circumstances if you live in central or eastern Europe, unless you’re a big fan of the game or can’t live without it do it ;).

It might look like a good deal – considering that in many European countries this is the retail price, but think again and look in other stores around the net like Play.com or Direct2Drive for example – it’s around 34€…but this is without any deal.

So shouldn’t we actually pay for this title around 15€ on the Steam deal instead of the retail price? It’s up for you to decide.

I personally won’t pick up this one even though it’s tempting…

PS
You can look for this game on our Steam Alternatives list and get it a lot cheaper – on G2Play it’s 16€, although you buy from them at your own risk.

PS2
You should also watch out for those deals.

10 game examples here

So, of the ten selected games, the average Steam price is 29.89 GBP and the average retail price is 19.68 GBP, meaning that in this sample, Steam is 52% more expensive than buying retail. Put another way, buying all ten of these games from Steam would cost 298.90 GBP, and buying them all from retail would cost 196.79 GBP. Also, for new releases, sometimes Steam is the quickest way to get your game, and sometimes retail is.

Now, this is a far from scientific study, but it’s certainly somewhat damning of Steam. How I (and I suspect a large proportion of it’s customers) use Steam is as a portal through which I get some great special offers from, but there are obviously people buying new releases at these high prices.

Apart from anything, purely from a consumer standpoint, it is crazy that it costs less to get some data, print it on a disc, put in in packaging, ship it to a retailer and let them ship it to you that it costs to make the same data available for download. Bear in mind that it is impossible to sell, or otherwise transfer the license of Steam versions games, and the retail version seems like a far better deal for gamers.

Which is a shame – I certainly would prefer to use DD more than retail, it is more convenient for me, and it is better for the environment, but I am not willing to compromise on value to do so.

Source: savygamer.co.uk