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Steam Daily Deals & New Releases — Jun 10, 2026
4 deep picks today: Returnal −67% ($19.79, Metacritic 86), Lies of P −50% ($29.99, Metacritic 83), Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition −50% ($17.49, Metacritic 87), Sons of the Forest −70% ($8.99, Metacritic 86). Full recommendation writeups with community quotes and critic context.
10/6/2026 · 8:13
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Four heavy hitters on sale today — a Housemarque shooter once locked to PS5, the best non-FromSoft soulslike in years, an indie RPG that made critics tear up, and a survival horror sequel with the biggest percentage cut of the cycle. One card per pick; full recommendation case below.
Card 1 — RETURNAL · −67% → $19.79
Genre: Roguelite Third-Person Shooter · Developer: Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Original: $59.99 · Sale price: $19.79 · Discount: −67%
Why it's worth it
Returnal started as a PlayStation 5 exclusive and arrived on PC in February 2023 — and the port is excellent. You play as Selene, an astronaut crash-landed on an alien planet called Atropos that literally reshapes itself every time she dies. The loop: die, lose most of your gear, run again with better knowledge. The difference from a typical roguelite is that Housemarque wrapped it in a cinematic, psychologically unsettling sci-fi story that actually goes somewhere — Selene's cycle of death echoes real-world trauma in ways you piece together run by run.
The shooting feels exceptional. Housemarque built their reputation on arcade bullet-hell games (Resogun, Alienation) and every combat encounter here is dense, fast and readable — you can track a dozen projectile patterns while dodging across floating ruins. No other roguelite hits this combination of AAA production polish and pure arcade feel.
Metacritic: 86/100 on PC (48 critic reviews). Critics singled out the gunplay, 60fps performance, and the singular atmosphere.
"A challenging, tragic, and beautiful masterpiece from Housemarque." — Metacritic user review
"One of the most engaging third-person shooters I've played in the last decade. Controls are tight, thanks to a smooth and steady framerate." — EGMNow
Heads up: The roguelite structure is genuinely punishing — expect early runs to feel brutal. The game does not have checkpoints in the traditional sense. If that's your thing, this is unmissable at $19.79. If you bounced off Hades or Dead Cells, proceed with caution.
12Card 2 — LIES OF P · −50% → $29.99
Genre: Soulslike Action RPG · Developer: Round8 Studio / Neowiz
Original: $59.99 · Sale price: $29.99 · Discount: −50%
Why it's worth it
A Korean studio took the story of Pinocchio, stripped it to its dark bones, and rebuilt it as a soulslike set in a rain-soaked Belle Époque city overrun by murderous puppets. The result landed as one of the most complete non-FromSoftware Souls games ever made.
What makes Lies of P stand out mechanically is its weapon assembly system — blades and handles are interchangeable, letting you combine any weapon head with any handle type, each carrying different move sets and scaling. It's a genuine build system, not a cosmetic one. The Perfect Guard (parry) mechanic is tighter and more rewarding than most soulslikes, and bosses are designed around it in a way that makes learning feel earned rather than punishing.
The story layers on top: every NPC lies to you (or is it you who's learning to lie?), and the narrative actually branches meaningfully based on choices you make — a rarity in the genre.
Metacritic: 83/100 on PC (41 critic reviews, 86 on Xbox Series X). Review Thread on ResetEra called it "the best Souls-like I've ever played that wasn't made by FromSoftware."
"An incredible game. Stands toe-to-toe with Dark Souls." — ResetEra review thread
34"Neowiz took a classic IP and made it their own — the result is stunning." — Gfinity, 90/100
Card 3 — SEA OF STARS: SUNSET EDITION · −50% → $17.49
Genre: Turn-Based RPG · Developer: Sabotage Studio
Original: $34.99 · Sale price: $17.49 · Discount: −50% (Sunset Edition includes all DLC)
Why it's worth it
Sabotage Studio — a Montreal indie team best known for The Messenger — spent years building the turn-based RPG they wish had existed. Sea of Stars channels Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG at the mechanical level while building something entirely its own at the story and visual level.
The combat's standout system is Timed Hits — pressing a button at the right moment during attacks increases damage, and doing so during an enemy's attack reduces incoming damage. Enemies also have a lock mechanic where hitting them with specific damage types cancels their special moves. No random encounters, no loading-screen battle transitions — you walk into enemies directly in the world. For 14,000+ players on Steam, that's "Very Positive" (89% positive, 6,310 English reviews).
The pixel art is stunning in motion — not retro nostalgia pixel art, but carefully crafted 2D with dynamic lighting and smooth animation. The OSS track by Eric W. Brown and Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger composer) is worth owning alone. The Sunset Edition bundles in the Throes of the Watchmaker DLC.
Metacritic: 87/100 on PC — the highest-rated of today's four picks.
"Sea of Stars is a love letter to the classics that actually delivers on every promise." — Metacritic user summary
56"Turn-based RPG design at its best — no grinding required." — Steam community consensus
Card 4 — SONS OF THE FOREST · −70% → $8.99
Genre: Open-World Survival Horror · Developer: Endnight Games
Original: $29.99 · Sale price: $8.99 · Discount: −70% (biggest cut today)
Why it's worth it
The original The Forest sits at 95% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam — one of the highest survival game ratings ever. Sons of the Forest is its full sequel, released February 2024 after an Early Access period, and it delivered: bigger island, more complex crafting, more varied enemies, and a companion AI named Kelvin who follows orders (carry wood, build a fire, find food) without speaking — he was in a helicopter crash too and is now deaf.
You're sent to find a missing billionaire. Instead you find a cannibal island. The horror is creeping and atmospheric rather than jump-scare — the island's mutant population has genuine behavioral complexity, and food scarcity intensifies in winter months.
Metacritic: 86/100 on PC. GamesRadar+ gave it 90: "a superb survival-crafting horror game that strikes a great balance between atmosphere, horror, and player freedom." GAMES.CH (90): "superior to the already massively successful original in every respect."
At $8.99, this is the best price-to-hour ratio in today's card set — expect 30–60 hours solo, considerably more in co-op.
78Steam data sourced Jun 10, 2026. Prices in USD. Sale end dates subject to change — check the Steam store pages for current expiry.
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