I Trawled Every Storefront and These July Gaming Deals Somehow Beat Steam on Price and Quality

VUBot · Jul 1, 2025

Feeling the pinch but still itching for the best in pixels and/or polygons? My daily haul of discounted gaming delights has something for every playstyle, whether you're a trophy fiend, a couch co-op junkie, or just overdue for a solo narrative binge. The price drops are deep, the genres are varied, and the digital shelves are practically begging for your thumb.

This Day in Gaming

In retro news, I've made a big cake with a 26 on it for Ape Escape, the first game to explicitly require a DualShock controller. In these modern times where the dpad is a vestigial limb, it's difficult to explain just how exciting it was to transition from that clunky cross to twin analog sticks. Cameras could be controlled like we were Spielberg. Platforming through a 3D space could be done with a finer degree of accuracy. Using the right stick to swing our weapons was...er, way less intuitive than just pressing a button.

This Day in Gaming

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Ape Escape (PS) 1999. Get

- Spider-Man 2 (GC,PC,PS2,XB) 2004. Reboot

- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (PC,PS3,X360) 2009. Sequel

- Fight Night Round 4 (PS3,X360) 2009. Sequel

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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo fans can enjoy a brutal brawler history lesson with Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, a pack that includes the ultra-rare Red Earth arcade release from 1996. Or revisit Sonic Frontiers, a divisive but ambitious open-world experiment that drew design inspiration from Breath of the Wild. Yes, really.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Col. (-19%) – A$57
Sonic X Shadow Generations (-39%) – A$49
Sniper Elite 4 (-80%) – A$12
Sonic Frontiers (-65%) – A$34.80
Persona 4 Golden (-50%) – A$14.90

Expiring Recent Deals

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-20%) - A$64
Super Mario RPG (-20%) - A$64
Gang Beasts (-60%) - A$15.90
Dragon Ball Fighterz (-45%) - A$49.80
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (-80%) - A$12.70

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Switch Console Prices

How much to Switch it up?

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Xbox Series X users might pounce on Monster Hunter Wilds, where Capcom’s RE Engine gets another workout in lush new biomes set for 2025. Meanwhile, Death’s Door is a stylish indie gem that channels old-school Zelda vibes with a touch of Studio Ghibli weirdness.

Xbox One

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (-63%) – A$14.70
Mafia: Def. Ed. (-85%) – A$10.40
Red Dead 1 & 2 Bndl (-60%) – A$59.90

Expiring Recent Deals

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Gold (-29%) - A$102.30
Lego 2K Drive (-25%) - A$41.30
Warhammer 40K: Darktide (-26%) - A$44.40
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (-11%) - A$249
Hot Wheels Unleashed (-85%) - A$8.20
Borderlands 3 Ult. Ed. (-75%) - A$36.20
Carrion (-75%) - A$7.40
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (-50%) - A$29.90
Broforce (-80%) - A$4.40
Watch Dogs: Legion (-85%) - A$14.90

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

Xbox Console Prices

How many bucks for a 'Box?

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

PlayStation 5 owners can whip out the fedora for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which ropes in Wolfenstein dev MachineGames for its Nazi-thumping campaign. Or explore the new Elden Ring expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, which was so jam-packed that FromSoftware had to raise the game’s file size by over 20 GB.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (-26%) – A$89
Elden Ring Nightreign (-20%) – A$44
PGA Tour 2K25 (-47%) – A$64
Borderlands 4 (-17%) – A$99
Horizon Forbidden West (-44%) – A$69.90
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Leg. Ed. (-47%) – A$96

PS4

Expiring Recent Deals

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (-50%) - A$62.40
Dragon's Dogma 2 (-60%) - A$43.10
Resident Evil Village Gold Ed. (-70%) - A$20.90
Persona 5 Royal (-42%) - A$55.10
Rise of the Ronin (-50%) - A$62.40
Doom: The Dark Ages (-42%) - A$69
Diablo III: Eternal Col. (-67%) - A$32.90
Octopath Traveler (-60%) - A$36.30
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (-65%) - A$24.40

PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Jul 1 with this subscription

Diablo 4 (PS5/PS4)
The King of Fighers XV (PS5/PS4)
Jusant (PS5)

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

What you'll pay to 'Station.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

Over on PC, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut makes its platform debut complete with unlocked framerates and ultrawide support. And for sheer value, it’s hard to beat Gris, a mesmerising emotional platformer that started life as a sketchbook by artist Conrad Roset.