I accidentally spent $300 on games during Steam

Valve has opened the floodgates on this year’s Steam Summer Sale, unleashing thousands of gaming deals onto the unsuspecting bank accounts of gamers worldwide. Including mine, after I accidentally purchased roughly $300 worth of games after testing my luck during our live coverage of the platform’s recent service issues.

Yes, we’re all guilty of the occasional impulse buy, but if you were to cast your eyes across the vast expanse of my Steam game library, then you’d assume I was less prone to caving to the occasional guilty pleasure, and more inclined to commit war crimes against my wallet.

On the plus side, I now have a fresh new bundle of games to enjoy. Though, countering that, I am left wondering where I’ll find the time to play them, and how I’m going to make rent. Still, I regret mostly nothing, and I’m here to share some of the games I’d recommend you could ‘accidentally’ buy also, with many available for under $10.

Top picks from Steam’s Summer Sale

You don’t have to be as careless with your cash as I was during Steam’s Summer Sale. In fact, you can grab plenty of top titles that offer hours of content for less than $10 or $20.

Let’s take a closer look at some of the better deals available right now through July 10, 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).

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Rael Hornby, potentially influenced by far too many LucasArts titles at an early age, once thought he’d grow up to be a mighty pirate. However, after several interventions with close friends and family members, you’re now much more likely to see his name attached to the bylines of tech articles. While not maintaining a double life as an aspiring writer by day and indie game dev by night, you’ll find him sat in a corner somewhere muttering to himself about microtransactions or hunting down promising indie games on Twitter.