Eight of the best games from the Steam Summer Sale 2018

WIRED picks out the best choices of PC games from the enormous choice available in Steam's Summer sale 2018.

If you want to keep out of the sun for a bit this summer, pick up some cheap games on Steam to play while you do. The Summer Sale has arrived once again, with big price drops everywhere for the next two weeks, and this year, a new gimmick in the form of browser game Saliens, which gives you the chance to win games and Steam trading cards. Just make sure you get what you want before the end of the sale: July 5, at 6PM. In the meantime, these are WIRED's pick of the Steam sale deals. Prey On board a space station orbiting the moon, you play as Mogan Yu, a test subject now left alone with a host of violent alien invaders. Fortunately for you, you’ve got some strange new powers to help you survive. With plenty of options with how to proceed, you can play in the way that you want. It's current 50 per cent off at £9.99.
As a mix of a god and a civil engineer, grow a tiny town into the perfect metropolis, pouring hours into solving traffic jams, allocating neighbourhoods and sculpting your new site for expansion. If you fancy adding more ingredients into the simulation, check out the many expansion packs also on sale.