The Prime Day problem: too many listings, not enough real cuts
Here is the honest truth about prime day video game deals: the sale is not the hard part. The hard part is that a thousand listings all shout the same percentage badge at you, and half of them are cutting a price that was already inflated last week. You end up scrolling, second-guessing, and buying nothing.
So I did the scrolling for you. Below are 16 games I would actually put money on right now, ranked and grouped by what you want out of a night in front of the screen. Every price is a real, current keyshop figure from our price database, not a wishlist number. Where a store lists a discount, that is the discount on the current buyable price, not a promise of an all-time low.
Prices verified from our live price database on August 9, 2026.
The deals at a glance
| Game | Best for | Price | Discount | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraria | Endless 2D sandbox | EUR1.8 | none listed | PC, Mac, Linux |
| PAYDAY 2 | Cheapest co-op heists | EUR0.59 | none listed | PC, Linux |
| Among Us | Group night with friends | EUR0.99 | none listed | PC |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Best value single-player | EUR3.93 | 87% off | PC, PlayStation, Xbox |
| Garry's Mod | Sandbox toybox | EUR4.19 | 19% off | PC, Mac, Linux |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | Dinosaur survival | EUR5.99 | none listed | PC, Mac |
| Stardew Valley | Cozy farming sim | EUR6.22 | 19% off | PC, PlayStation, Xbox |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | Four-player zombie runs | EUR6.23 | 19% off | PC, Xbox |
| HELLDIVERS 2 | Loud squad shooter | EUR6.65 | none listed | PC |
| Dead by Daylight | Asymmetric horror | EUR6.96 | 65% off | PC |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | Chill driving sim | EUR9.23 | 54% off | PC, Mac, Linux |
| Rust | Hardcore survival | EUR10.78 | 12% off | PC, Mac |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | Cinematic open world | EUR11.42 | none listed | PC |
| Phasmophobia | Co-op ghost hunting | EUR12.28 | none listed | PC |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | Sci-fi RPG city | EUR14.48 | none listed | PC, Mac |
Top picks worth your money
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, EUR3.93
This is the one I would buy first. A Metacritic 93 open-world RPG for EUR3.93 at Eneba (listed at 87% off) is the rare case where the price and the quality are both hard to argue with. It runs on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, so it fits almost any setup. If you have somehow never played it, start here and do not overthink it.
Quick pitch: for the player who wants one huge story to disappear into for a hundred hours, with side quests that are better than most games' main plots.
PAYDAY 2, EUR0.59
Under a euro for a co-op heist shooter that still fills lobbies is silly in the best way. PAYDAY 2 sits at EUR0.59 at Kinguin, keyshop, on PC and Linux, with a Metacritic of 79. It is loud, grindy, and best with three friends who own microphones. At this price it is basically an impulse click.
HELLDIVERS 2, EUR6.65
HELLDIVERS 2 is the squad shooter people would not shut up about, and EUR6.65 at Eneba (keyshop, PC) is a genuinely good number for it. The Steam rating sits at 75% from over 1.1 million reviews, which tells you it is divisive but massively played. Buy it if you have a regular squad; solo it is a harder sell.
Stardew Valley, EUR6.22
The comfort pick. Stardew Valley at EUR6.22 (19% off at G2A, keyshop) is a Metacritic 89 farming-and-life sim that eats evenings whole. It plays on PC, PlayStation and Xbox and is the game I recommend most often to people who say they "do not really game."
By what you actually want to play
Big single-player worlds
If you want to vanish into one enormous game, you are spoiled here. The Witcher 3 at EUR3.93 leads, but Red Dead Redemption 2 at EUR11.42 (Kinguin, keyshop, Metacritic 93) is the slower, prettier alternative for people who like their open worlds cinematic. Cyberpunk 2077 at EUR14.48 (Eneba, keyshop, Metacritic 86) is the priciest thing on this list, but it is a full modern RPG city and now runs the way it always should have.
Couch-free co-op and chaos
For group nights over voice chat rather than a shared sofa: Left 4 Dead 2 at EUR6.23 (19% off at G2A) is still a near-perfect four-player run, sitting at a 98% Steam rating across a million-plus reviews. Garry's Mod at EUR4.19 (19% off, Metacritic 93) is less a game and more a sandbox toybox that groups make their own fun in. And Among Us at EUR0.99 (Kinguin, keyshop, Metacritic 85) is the cheapest way to make five friends distrust each other.
Cozy and sim
Beyond Stardew, Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the standout wind-down game at EUR9.23 (54% off at Eneba, Metacritic 79, 97% Steam rating). It is exactly what it says: haul cargo across Europe, listen to a podcast, relax. Terraria at EUR1.8 (Kinguin, keyshop, 97% Steam rating) is the endless 2D sandbox that keeps giving you reasons to dig one more block.
Horror night
Two very different scares. Phasmophobia at EUR12.28 (G2A, keyshop, 94% Steam rating) is co-op ghost hunting that is genuinely tense with friends, though note it is still Early Access. Dead by Daylight at EUR6.96 (65% off at Eneba, Metacritic 71) is the asymmetric one killer versus four survivors format if you want something more competitive.
Survival sandboxes
For the players who like a game that fights back: Rust at EUR10.78 (12% off at G2A, keyshop) is the hardcore, sometimes brutal one, with an 87% Steam rating from over 1.3 million reviews. ARK: Survival Evolved at EUR5.99 (Kinguin, keyshop, Metacritic 70) is the cheaper, dinosaur-flavored entry point. Both reward a group and a lot of patience.
Bottom line
Most of the noise around Prime Day is just badges. The picks above are the ones where the number and the game both hold up. If you buy one thing, make it The Witcher 3 at EUR3.93; the ceiling on quality-per-euro does not get much higher than that. If you are stacking a cart of cheap wins instead, PAYDAY 2, Among Us and Terraria will cost you less than a single new release combined.
Alex, Scout Team