Last Year's Best RPG Just Got a Massive Discount on Steam
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Last year, publisher Sega and developer Atlus gave the world one of the best turn-based RPGs in recent history — Metaphor: ReFantazio. Now, the award-winning gameis discounted to its lowest price ever, along with a host of other Sega and Atlus games.
Sega has revealed its slate of Steam Summer Sale discounts, and among them are discounts for most of Atlus' games. Metaphor: ReFantazio, of course, is the big draw card here, with a massive 40% discount on Steam worldwide, bringing it down to just $41.99. The game's Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition – which comes with eight additional DLC costume sets that are normally paid when bought separately – also got a 40% discount, bringing it down to $59.99.
Villain Louis Guiabern sitting atop a throne in a cutscene from Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Villain Louis Guiabern sitting atop a throne in a cutscene from Metaphor: ReFantazio.
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RGG Studio's Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – another turn-based RPG from Sega that won plenty of awards last year – is also seeing a deep discount, with all editions of the game receiving a 60% discount. That's in addition to the latest game in the series, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, which is 30% off for the first time.
Here's the full list of highlighted Sega games getting discounts on Steam during the Summer Sale:
Alien Isolation – 75% off
Football Manager 2024 – 75% off
Hatsune Miku MegaMix+ – 60% off
Yakuza: Like a Dragon – 50% off
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – 65% off
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – 60% off
Like a Dragon: Ishin – 75% off
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – 30% off
Lost Judgment – 70% off
Metaphor: ReFantazio – 40% off
Persona 3 Reload – 55% off
Persona 4 Golden – 50% off
Persona 5 Royal – 60% off
Persona 5 Strikers – 70% off
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – 50% off
Sonic Frontiers – 70% off
Sonic Superstars – 65% off
Sonic x Shadow Generations – 40% off
Total War: Rome 2 Emperor Edition – 75% off
Total War: Three Kingdoms – 75% off
Total War: Warhammer 2 – 75% off
Total War: Warhammer 3 – 66% off
Total War: Warhammer – 75% off
Two Point Campus – 75% off
Two Point Hospital – 75% off
Two Point Museum – 20% off
Virtua Fighter 5: REVO – 30% off
You can pick up all of these games and more on the Sega Steam Summer Sale page, or visit the Steam frontpage to see all the games available during the sale. Steam's Summer Sale lasts until July 10, 2025.
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