[STEAM] We've Found The 10 Best Games for $30 or Less in the 2025 Black Friday Sales

[Steam 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

I probably could have held off on writing this until what I like to call "

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

", on Nov. 28. But I've already seen several top offers fall into the shadow realm, never to return. And, I've got a sneaking suspicion that my top ****** Friday picks will soon meet a similar fate.

Don't get me wrong, there's still some brilliant offers up for grabs, with some of 2025’s best games dropping to $30 or less, while plenty of other big

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

releases from the past couple of years are also heavily discounted right now (at least for now).

That's been massively helped by Walmart, which has stocked up on some of the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

going this year. Yet, with retailers like

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and Best Buy still refusing to auto price-match most deals, once Walmart sells out, we likely won't see some of these low, low prices again for a while.

So, writing this article, I am.

You might have already seen my

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, which is still packed with heavy hitters from the last few years, and perfect if you want maximum bang for your buck. Some are so good, they even feature in this article as well. But, I've also tried to keep things as fresh as possible for returning readers.

I've also got you covered if you're looking for a more comprehensive roundup of the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. With that out the way, my advice is to snap up the following games up ASAP, cause once they're gone, they're gone.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

It's the MGS 3 Remake! Or

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, if you fancy actually being able to

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

it. If you also fancy joining the Kappa Delta sorority, the game has dropped to just

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

I was being all silly... but that is kinda fantastic. Releasing just a few months ago, remake or not, $40 off is a mighty fine offer. Only last week, this was down to $50 at Best Buy and I was all like, "$20 off - that's a good deal!" What a fool I was.

Still, extra reductions on top of already good deals? Now that's what ****** Friday is all about. But, fair warning, with deals of this caliber, ****** Friday or not, they usually don't last long, so I'd pick it up while you still can.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Okay fair warning, there's a couple of Sonic games on this list, and you should be happy about it! The blue blur has been having a blinder these past few years, and ***** has continued its hot streak of form with

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. This might actually be the best racer I've played in recent years, and I even enjoy it more than Mario Kart World (sorry, not sorry!).

It's down to $30 for Switch,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, which is an almighty good deal, especially since this hasn't long been out, and was selling for $60-70 only a couple of months back. Not only that, it's another extra reduction deal, as this was $45 only last week in the *****. I may actually be enjoying ****** Friday for once! This is such a good deal, and well worth picking up while stock lasts.

Star Wars Outlaws

Somehow, Star Wars Outlaws returned. Hey, even a

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

can be worth $30! Well, $15 on PS5, $20 on Xbox, and $30 for the Gold Edition on Switch 2.

Listen we all like to dog on this game, but I truely think there's a lot of fun to be had with Outlaws. Sure, it's got a bad rep, but you're actually getting so much genuinely great Star Wars content, it's no joke.

If anything, I really think it's worth a go for anyone who was ever on the fence about buying it for whatever console you're playing it on. I think it's a great pick for anyone on Switch 2, especially since it's dropped further in the sales, down from $60 to $40 last week, and now just $30 at

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. Score!

Sonic X Shadow Generations

Hey it's that other Sonic game I mentioned!

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

featured in my top picks from last year, and it's absolutely worth playing for just

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and Xbox, or

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. It's worth it for just the Shadow Generations levels alone.

I loved every minute with this game, and I even bought it again for my Steam Deck to play on the go. Trust, I may also end up buying it again on my Switch if I'm feeling extra saucy. Play this game! It's brilliant! Yes, I am a Sonic fanboy, and I always will be.

Super Mario Odyssey

When it comes to Switch games, my top pick is still

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

for ****** Friday. It recently ranked fourth on

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and it's down to just 30 bucks. That's an outstanding deal, especially for such a good game, that also includes a free Switch 2 upgrade.

You can find the discount at both Walmart and Target, as it was obviously too hot for

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

to hold on to for long. To be fair,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

quickly lost all their Switch deals once Walmart started rocking the price boat and dropping games an additional $10 all of a sudden.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Okay I've got to do the thing where I admit to not playing games again, even when they're on ***** and very good deals. Echoes of Wisdom looks fun! For $30, I think it seems like an excellent offer for ****** Friday. Since I've never played it, so I'm going to trust in my lovely collegue Tom Marks to rescue my embarassment.

He said this in his incredibly positive

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

on IGN: "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is far more than some second-tier spinoff, combining the expertly crafted dungeons and item progression you’d expect from a 2D Zelda with the wild creativity provided by Tears of the Kingdom."

Assassin's Creed Shadows

Another one of my favorite games of the year,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, is now down to just $30 for both PS5. This has been one of my big comfort games for 2025, and I couldn't recommend it enough for anyone looking for a chill, fun, adventure through Japan.

Go in with no expectations, and I genuinely think you'll be surprised at how much fun this game can really be. The stealth is the best the series has ever had, and the addition of Yasuke is surprisingly excellent, providing a brilliant change of pace for when you're looking to just rip and tear through a castle instead of tip toeing to the objective. At $30, this is more than worth it.

Elden Ring

Hard to believe it has been more than three years since Elden Ring landed on consoles and PC, and somehow it still lived up to every wild expectation I had for it.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, quite deservedly, and it's fast become one of

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

of all time as well. It is more than worth the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

for it in the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. That's a stupidly good deal.

If you'll allow me to momentarily skirt around my $30 or less rule (just like I did with the $20 or less rule, way too many times), I do highly encourage you to check out the full package if you can. Elden Ring's

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Edition is also discounted,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and is well worth it. Still, if $20 is your limit, the base game has

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

worth of content already waiting for you.

Spider-Man 2

Anyone else feel like

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

gets a bit of an undeserved bad rep?

Especially for how much fun it actually is. I'll admit the story is no where near as good as the first, but the gameplay in this one is absolutely outstanding and had be gripped for first playthrough, and then an immediate New Game Plus run.

At

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, this is definitely one of the best deals going right now for PlayStation owners, if you one of the few who haven't gotten around to playing yet.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

It's only fitting that I finished up on yet another Switch game I have never touched, but am assured that it is brilliant, and $30 for it is about as good of a deal that Nintendo will genuniely ever offer for any of its first party games. To back me up, I brought in the assisstance of IGN's Logan Plant, who had this to say in his

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

last year:

"Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an amazingly loyal and visually dazzling remake of a treasured RPG, and the improvements made throughout easily make this the definitive way to experience Mario’s unforgettable quest."

I had this whole speel ready for

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

for $30, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 as it's my strongest contender to go up against what seems like the clear front runner in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

But the deal is gone! See what I mean? Sorry for the deal FOMO, but it really shows how not all of the top offers are going to last through ****** Friday on November 28, let alone until Cyber Monday when most of the sales "officially" end.

Honorable mentions include games like

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, alongside

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

If your budget is more in the $40 range, you should absolutely be picking up 2024's Game of the Year winner,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, after, you guessed it,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

sold out!

Right, that's me actually done now, if you pick up anything good over ****** Friday, or just want to tell me how much of a fool I am, let me know in the comments ASAP. Have a great Thanksgiving, and see you next time.

Follow IGN's ****** Friday Coverage

The

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage:

• Sign up for
  This is the hidden content, please

  • Sign In
  • or
  • Sign Up
• Set IGN as a
  This is the hidden content, please

  • Sign In
  • or
  • Sign Up
• Follow us on social media
  • This is the hidden content, please

    • Sign In
    • or
    • Sign Up
  • This is the hidden content, please

    • Sign In
    • or
    • Sign Up
  • This is the hidden content, please

    • Sign In
    • or
    • Sign Up
  • This is the hidden content, please

    • Sign In
    • or
    • Sign Up

[/url] Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

on

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

/X or

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up