Look, I should probably be finishing some of my backlog, but with discounts this deep across every major platform, what’s a few more download queues between friends? I’ve dipped into today’s sales and walked away with a mix of modern bangers, cult classics, and a few unexpected favourites that all punched well above their asking price. Whether you’re Team DualSense, docked on the Switch, or glued to a clicky mechanical keyboard, there’s gold in these discounts.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m marking the 21st birthday of Sid Meier’s Pirates!, an arrr-rated remake of an ’87 classic I smashed repeatedly on PC. Think: a 2.5D, top-down Sea of Thieves, and you’re not far off the mizzenmast as fencing, naval battles, sniffing out treasure, and harnessing winds/avoiding reefs are your bread and butter gameplay. The long-term hook (so to speak) lay in its trading and RPG-lite elements, plus the addiction of building a multi-ship armada and a bad-arse rep. Top game. Would replay.
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Sid Meier’s Pirates! (PC) 2004. Get
– King’s Quest (PS3/4.X360/O) 2015. Get
– N++ (PS4) 2015. Get
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
On Switch, Skyrim is dirt cheap and still weirdly impressive. Fun fact: there’s a hidden Easter egg where you can find a Notched Pickaxe in reference to Minecraft creator Markus Persson. Meanwhile, The Witcher 3 Comp. Ed. still holds its own as one of the greatest fantasy RPGs ever made. Its Switch port shouldn’t run as well as it does, but somehow it does.
Sonic Frontiers (-53%) – A$47Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! (-14%) – A$69Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (-34%) – A$46.30The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (-67%) – A$26.30The Witcher 3 Comp. Ed. (-75%) – A$19.98
Expiring Recent Deals
FC 26 NS2 (-19%) – A$89NBA 2K25 (-74%) – A$23Sonic Colours: Ult. (-35%) – A$39Little Nightmares II (-90%) – A$3.90Pikmin 4 (-15%) – A$68
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Over on Series X, Mass Effect Leg. Ed. is so discounted you’d be daft to pass it up. Shepard’s saga is still the high watermark for branching narrative RPGs. Also, Alan Wake 2 may be Remedy’s best work to date. The sheer Lynchian weirdness of the live-action interludes still lives rent-free in my brain.
PGA Tour 2K25 (-43%) – A$68Alan Wake 2 (-60%) – A$36.30Death Stranding Dir. Cut (-60%) – A$21.90Mass Effect Leg. Ed. (-90%) – A$9.90MotoGP 23 (-45%) – A$30.40
Xbox One
Deep space dogfights and dusty cowboy revenge tales headline the Xbox One cuts. If you’re still running last gen, these are well worth the controller drift.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (-74%) – A$23Borderlands: The Handsome Col. (-57%) – A$29.80Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (-65%) – A$34.50
Expiring Recent Deals
Resident Evil 4 (-49%) – A$30.40RoboCop Murphy Ed. (-90%) – A$10.40Starfield Constellation Ed. (-46%) – A$269Cyberpunk 2077 (-65%) – A$31.40Sonic Frontiers (-70%) – A$29.90Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (-85%) – A$4.60Spyro Reignited Trilogy (-65%) – A$24.40Ni No Kuni: WotWW (-60%) – A$27.90
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
On PS5, WRC delivers ridiculously good rally handling and may be the best Codemasters package in years. Crisis Core Reunion is also a standout, with its revamped visuals and combat doing proper justice to Zack’s underrated journey.
Silent Hill F (-16%) – A$109PGA Tour 2K25 (-43%) – A$68Horizon Forbidden West (-35%) – A$80.90Crisis Core FFVII Reunion (-25%) – A$63.50EA Sports WRC (-63%) – A$28
PS4
Square Enix tactics and top-tier indies for a steal. Red Dead still rocks on PS4 too, if you’re chasing outlaw immersion on a budget.
Sea of Stars (-32%) – A$36Tactics Ogre: Reborn (-46%) – A$37.70Red Dead Redemption 2 (-74%) – A$23
Expiring Recent Deals
PS5 Slim Disc Console (-16%) – A$699PS5 Slim Digital (-23%) – A$574Death Stranding 2 (-21%) – A$99Stranger of Paradise FF Origin (-62%) – A$38.10Mafia: The Old Country (-12%) – A$79Gris (-80%) – A$3.50Hogwarts Legacy (-75%) – A$24.90Metaphor: ReFantazio (-40%) – A$68.90
PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Jul 1 with this subscription
Diablo 4 (PS5/PS4)The King of Fighers XV (PS5/PS4)Jusant (PS5)
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Purchase Cheap for PC
And on PC, Dead Space Rem. is peak horror sci-fi. It nails the remake brief without feeling like a nostalgia cash-in. Also, Palworld remains one of the most chaotic survival-crafting time sinks I’ve played all year. Pikachu with a glock? Sure, why not. I’ll play that for a few hundred more hours.
Palworld (-25%) – A$32.90Fanatical Killer Bndl. w/ Robocop (-95%) – A$8.30Barro GT (-100%) – A$0Legion TD 2 (-100%) – A$0Dead Space Rem. (-80%) – A$17.90Red Dead Redemption (-40%) – A$41.90
Expiring Recent Deals
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (-60%) – A$23.90Deep Rock Galactic Del. (-70%) – A$22.60Triangle Strategy (-60%) – A$31.90Sniper Elite 1-5 Bndl. (-$349) – A$21.50Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Gold (-35%) – A$77.90
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Legit LEGO Deals
Licensed bricks and blocky bananas abound. This week’s LEGO stash has Minecraft critters, One Piece nostalgia, and Peely in minifig form. Yes, really.
One Piece Pirate Ship (NEW) – A$199.99Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug (-27%) – A$22.50Minecraft TNT Jungle House (-22%) – A$39Minecraft Armadillo Mine (-22%) – A$39
Expiring Recent Deals
Game Boy – A$99.90Minecraft Pillager Outpost (-24%) – A$99Fortnite Durrr Burger (-23%) – A$69Minecraft Warden Encounter (-27%) – A$22
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
