Just in time for the middle of the week – and therefore May 1st – Steam is once again offering you a series of generous discounts. This time the focus is on role-playing games
As usual, we just wanted to present you with the best midweek Steam offers here. However, this week’s Midweek Madness coincides with Japanese Golden Week, a series of consecutive holidays that many Japanese use for vacation, but also for gaming.
For this reason, numerous JRPGs are currently on offer alongside major Western gaming hits. We present some particularly good deals.
How long does the current sale last?
First things first: The special offers for Midweek Madness and Golden Week are still running until next Monday, May 6, 7:00 p.m.
Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark
Genre: Tactical role-playing game – Release: April 2019 – Price: 4,50 Euro (85 percent off)
The turn-based tactical role-playing game Fell Seal is in the tradition of games such as Final Fantasy Tactics or Fire Emblem. In the role of Arbiter Kyrie, you are tasked with ensuring law and order in the land. You can expect a complex class system with over 30 classes and 300 skills from which you can build your own unique characters.
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
Genre: Action role-playing game – Release: April 2021 – Price: 24 Euro (60 percent off)
Nier Replicant is the prequel to the successful 2017 action role-playing game Nier: Automata. Instead of Android 2B and her ilk, in Replicant you control the eponymous character Nier, who is searching for medicine for his terminally ill sister Yonah on a completely devastated Earth.
During the search, you’ll once again have to contend with lots of machines and gradually discover the truth behind the mysterious rune plague.
You can also get a discount on Nier: Automata.
Persona 5 Royal
(Genre: Role-playing game – Release: October 2022 – Price: 24 Euro (60 percent off)
After the huge success of Persona 5 on the Playstation, the JRPG finally came to home computers in October 2022. You take on the role of protagonist Joker, a newly graduated student at Shujin Academy and leader of the Phantom Thieves
Every day after school, you and Joker’s friends dive into the so-called Metaverse (no, not Mark Zuckerberg’s), where you make the people of Tokyo face their innermost demons.
By the way: The other parts of the Persona series are also heavily discounted right now.
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
(Genre: Action role-playing game – Release: February 2023 – Price: 24 Euro (60 percent off)
This spin-off of the well-known Yakuza series transports you to the historic city of Kyoto in the year 1860. The Japanese capital of the time is in turmoil, as the fall of the samurai is imminent.
As the legendary warrior Sakamoto Ryoma, you have the task of finding your father’s murderer and restoring your honor. Whether you swap the katana for the revolver is up to you
Final Fantasy 10
(Genre: Role-playing game – Release: May 2016 (PC) – Price: 10 Euro (60 percent off)
Final Fantasy 10 is a JRPG classic that every role-playing game fan should have heard of at least once. In the HD version for PC, you take on the role of Blitzball player Tidus, who must travel the world together with the medium Yuna to avert the threat posed by the creature Sin.
Thanks to its superbly told story and the enchanting soundtrack by series regular composer Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy 10 provides unforgettable gaming moments then and now.
By the way: Most of the other FF series installments are also currently on sale.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
Genre: Action RPG – Release: January 2016 – Price: 5 Euro (84 percent off)
Dark Arisen is an enhanced version of Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma, originally released as a console-only title. As the Chosen One, it is your task to protect the world of Gransys from a dragon that has also devoured your heart
On the hunt for the giant winged lizard, you’ll take on a whole range of fantasy monsters in the best hack-and-slay style.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Genre: Action role-playing game – Release: May 2021 – Price: 6 Euro (90 percent off)
To Mass Effect you don’t really have to say much. Because alongside Knights of the Old Republic and Dragon Age: Origins Bioware brought real role-playing heavyweights to the market with this game series in the mid-2000s. In the skin of the legendary Commander Shepard, you must protect the known universe from the alien Reapers
The great thing about this offer: With the Legendary Edition, you get all three parts at once.
Octopath Traveler
(Genre: Role-playing game – Release: June 2019 – Price: 30 Euro (50 percent off)
In Octopath Traveler you explore the lovingly designed world of Orsterra and experience the stories of the eponymous eight travelers. In typical JRPG fashion, Octopath Traveler offers a turn-based combat system, but it is more accessible than in many other genre representatives.
That’s it for our Steam tips for today. There will be more on Friday with the latest weekend tips. In addition to the games presented, there are of course many more role-playing games currently on sale, so feel free to take a look for yourself on Steam.
You are welcome to tell us in the comments which role-playing games you are currently playing. Are you currently back in the wasteland thanks to the Fallout series? Or are you taking an RPG break right now?
