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Weekend PC Download Deals for Mar. 13: Steam Tower Defense Fest 2026

The Steam Tower Defense Fest has returned.
Ozzie Mejia
Ozzie Mejia
Valve
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After a year off, the Steam Tower Defense Fest is back. Find the best games that test out your sense of strategy and your proficiency at defending your base. All your base does not, in fact, have to belong to anybody. Many of the tower defense games featured this year come from the indie gaming space, so give those a look. Elsewhere, Steam is also celebrating the best from Square Enix, Electronic Arts, and Devolver Digital, which means deals on games like Octopath Traveler 0, BALL x PIT, and the lowest price to date on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Elsewhere, I don't typically feature pre-orders here, but Green Man Gaming has tested that with an early discount on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2. This deal will only be available for a few days, so go check that out. Plus, Fanatical has a good discount on Cairn, GOG.com has a reduced price on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and there are some strong packages from Humble Bundle.

Blizzard

Xbox Game Pass users are eligible for additional discounts on select titles.

Epic Games Store

Fanatical

Gamebillet

GamesPlanet

GOG.com

Green Man Gaming

Use the coupon code MAR15 to save 15% off the regular retail price of any PC game. Exclusions apply.

Pay $12 or more to get Lynked: Banner of the Spark, Moving Out 2, PlateUp!, Cat Quest 2, Manic Mechanics, and Filthy Animals: Heist Simulator. These activate on Steam.

Humble Bundle

Subscribe to Humble Choice for $14.99 each month. For the month of March, you'll receive Tempest Rising, Chants of Sennaar, Sworn, Etrian Odyssey III HD, Bread & Fred, Zero Hour, Smalland: Survive the Wilds, and Hard West 2. DRMs vary. Humble Choice members also save extra on most purchases from the Humble Store.

Pay $6 or more to get Aeterna Noctis, Rabi-Ribi, and F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch. Pay $9 or more to also receive Ultros Deluxe Edition and Lost Ruins. Pay $12 or more to also receive Kingdom Shell, The Devil Within: Satgat, Primal Planet, and Gestalt: Steam & Cinder. These activate on Steam.

$Pay $7 or more to get Bogos Blinted, Party Club, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Clone Drone in the Danger Zone, and Retail Company Simulator. Pay $12 or more to also receive Rungore, Fish Stick Protocol, Phantom Squad, and Shotgun Farmers (w/Supporter Pack DLC). These activate on Steam.

Pay $10 or more to get Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition, Dishonored 2, and Far Cry Primal. Pay $18 or more to also receive Tetris Forever, Horizon Chase 2, Mafia Trilogy, and Pentiment. DRMs vary. Keys must be redeemed prior to expiration date.

Pay $10 or more to get Penumbra Collectors Pack, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Amnesia Rebirth. Pay $15 or more to also receive SOMA and Amnesia: The Bunker. These activate on Steam. Keys must be redeemed prior to expiration date.

Pay $5 or more to get Mythforce, Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition, and Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition. Pay $7 or more to also receive Baldur's Gate Deluxe Edition, Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition and Pathfinder: Kingmaker Enhanced Plus Edition. Pay $10 or more to also receive Neverwinter Nights Complete Adventures and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Pay $15 or more to also receive Pathfinder: Kingmaker Season Pass, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Season Pass, and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Season Pass 2. Pay $23 or more to also receive Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader. These activate on Steam. Keys must be redeemed prior to expiration date.

Pay $10 or more to get Q-UP, Voidwrought, Here Comes Niko, Yars Rising, Super Glitter Rush, An Airport For Aliens Run By Dogs, and Yoku's Island Express. These activate on Steam. Keys must be redeemed prior to expiration date.

Pay $7 or more to get Immortal Redneck, Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion, and Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath Vengeance of the Slayer. Pay $12 or more to also receive Fida Puti Samurai and Killing Time Resurrected. Pay $20 or more to also receive Metal Eden and SULFUR. These activate on Steam.

Pay $16 or more to get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, Thirsty Suitors, Content Warning, Falcon Age, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, Teenage Blob, Semblance, and What Comes After. These activate on Steam. Keys must be redeemed prior to expiration date.

Pay $20 or more to get Mega Man x DIVE Offline, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1, and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2. Pay $30 or more to also receive Mega Man 11 and Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection. Pay $40 or more to also receive Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2. Pay $50 or more to also receive Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection. These activate on Steam.

Pay $9 or more to get Super Magbot, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, Astrodogs, and Super Indie Karts. Pay $19 or more to also receive Corn Kidz 64, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind. These activate on Steam.

Pay $6 or more to get Shady Part of Me and Curse of the Dead Gods. Pay $18 or more to also receive A Plague Tale: Innocence and Evil West. Pay $25 or more to also receive Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand and A Plague Tale: Requiem. These activate on Steam.

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Steam

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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