The Steam Summer Sale is Up!

Get your wallets out. Valve's annual Steam Summer Sale is here, and with it comes a deluge of ridiculous sales on excellent games.

But the wilderness of wonderful discounts can be tough to navigate. Don't worry: we're here to help. The staff of Kotaku has put together a list of 10 games you should totally buy.
Our recommendations are based on both game quality and relative discount. Please keep in mind that due to the nature of the sale, many of these prices will fluctuate over the next few days. Check out the timer on each Steam listing to see how much longer each sale will last.

Here they are:

Portal 2 [$5] - Not only is Valve's first-person puzzler both brilliant and hilarious, it will legitimately make you feel smarter as you play. For $5!

Rayman Origins [$15] - A colorful, bouncy platformer that relives the good old days of golden age platforming.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution [$7.50] - Ridiculously great price for the third Deus Ex, a game that is a sheer joy to experience (at least until its ending sequence, which is kind of a drag). This sale only lasts a few more hours.

Sega Genesis Classic Pack 5 [$4.50] - There are tons of great gems packed into this Genesis collection. Beyond Oasis and Wonder Boy in Monster World are well worth your time. And Phantasy Star IV is worth just $4.50 on its own. (Pack 4 is also a great deal!)

SpaceChem [$2.50] - An indie puzzle game based on chemistry that Stephen says is much more fun than it sounds.

Civilization V [$15] - Fantastic price for a strategy game that will keep you up until 5am every night for the rest of your life.

Terraria [$2.50] - Minecraft meets Metroid in this top-notch indie hit.

The Walking Dead [$18.74] - Kirk and Tina are nuts over this episodic adventure game. Only two out of five episodes are out so far, but with this package, you'll get them all as they're released.

Crusader Kings II [$10] - One of Luke's favorite strategy games and, when modded, the best Game of Thrones video game out there.

Legend of Grimrock [$6] - An addictive first-person dungeon crawler reminiscent of old-school games like Stonekeep.

- Kotaku.

Grabbed Portal 2 already been waiting on that sale. Wondering if I should grab Civ5 next or Terraria next.

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*looks at pc*


you piece of !! cant even run runescape

im with you man. Ive been thinking about building a PC for a year now, but just havent gotten around to it.

Im ready. Im wait till L4D goes on sale and cop it for my cuz.

Between Steam and Amazon...they are k!lling my pockets...

Can't believe the community voted SR3 for the sale. I wanted Witcher 2 on sale. !! even B:AC would of been great SR3 just went on sale not too long ago.

hope Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum goes on sale

couldn't pass up portal 2 for that price

i see a little discount for arma 2 CO

:( i need a new pc

Dammit I need a new PC [pic]

just bought a new laptop for 12 today....my godness downloaded a nba 2k12 ultimate roster mod


!!ing unbelievable

You're wasting your new PC on NBA 2k12? [pic]

9.99 for 2k12 Should I?

Already got saints row the third which was one of the games on my wish list. I really only looking for 3 other games but I keeping my eye out on the daily deals, community choice and flash sales.

They may have it cheaper if it ends up a daily deal so most of the time I wait to see will it turn to a daily deal and if not than buy it on the last day. Not saying you have wait since it only 10 bucks. A little warning, you can't play with friends on the PC version, you have to play a random person and it not many people online for PC. We also have server issues like the console versions. I would mainly get it for offline play if you get it.

Got Saints Row 3 with Every DLC and Skin $25

I got back to the future [pic]

I wanted the witcher 2 not saints rows 3 !! [pic]


Well I know I will have spent so much by the end of this

Best part is this !! changes every god damn week [pic] imma stock up on back up games to play for the rest of the year.

!! changes about every day bro [pic]

I want that Anno 2070. Anyone try that !! out?

Just saw that they are letting people vote for !! that they want to go on sale.....[pic][pic][pic][pic] valve is the !!!