Black Friday game deals 2026
Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday 27 November 2026, 38 days from today. GOG, the Epic Games Store, the other official stores and the keyshops usually run sales that week. Steam has no storewide sale between its Autumn Sale (1–8 October) and its Winter Sale (17 December), so Steam prices that week move only where a publisher discounts its own games. This page tracks the best-known games at half price or less across every store we compare — today, and through the sale itself.
Reviewed 20 October 2026 · prices update live
Popular games at half price right now
Not waiting for November: the most-played games that are at least 50% off today across Steam, GOG, Epic and the major keyshops, most popular first. (4,434 games at half price or less)
-78%Terraria
GAMIVO
-70%Cyberpunk 2077
GAMIVO
-64%Dead by Daylight
-75%Red Dead Redemption 2
-50%PAYDAY 2
GAMIVO
-80%Don't Starve Together
-74%Monster Hunter: World
-67%Project Zomboid
GAMIVO
-75%Fallout 4
Microsoft Store
-55%Hollow Knight: Silksong
-60%No Man's Sky
Eneba
-78%7 Days to Die
GAMIVO
-50%Bloons TD 6
Epic Game Store
-75%Subnautica
GAMIVO
-70%Deep Rock Galactic
-92%Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
-75%The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
GOG
-90%Hogwarts Legacy
-60%Battlefield™ 6
GAMIVO
-71%Hearts of Iron IV
Eneba
-72%Risk of Rain 2
-56%Ready or Not
-75%Undertale
Steam
-90%Battlefield™ 2042
What our price data says before you buy
From our own price studies, measured across the stores this page compares.
Keyshops were cheaper than the official store on 85 of 105 popular PC games, by a median 56%.
Keyshops vs official stores →The 100 most popular paid games cost $899 at their cheapest tracked price, against $1,709 at official prices (US).
PC Game Price Index, Q3 2026 →Of 1,509 key-shop discounts we checked, 5.2% struck through a "regular" price over 1.5× the official one. Most were honest.
Fake discounts on game key sites →Black Friday deals by store
Every current discount at each official store, and the games at the lowest price we have ever tracked.
How to tell a real Black Friday price
Check the all-time low, not the discount badge
A "-75%" badge is measured against the list price, which tells you nothing about whether this is a good price. Every game page here shows the lowest price we have ever recorded for it, which is the number that actually answers the question.
The official store is not always the sale price
Key resellers routinely sit below the Steam sale price on the same game, and Black Friday is when that gap is widest. It is also when it is worth reading who the seller is — a marketplace listing is sold by a stranger, not the publisher.
Most games go lower later
Black Friday is a big sale, not the biggest for every title. Steam runs a Winter Sale weeks afterwards, and an individual publisher sale can beat both. If a game is not at its all-time low, waiting usually costs nothing.
Watch the region on the key
Steeply discounted keys are sometimes locked to a region your account is not in, which makes them unusable rather than cheap. The store guides below say which stores this comes up with.
Questions people ask
When is Black Friday 2026?
Friday 27 November 2026. Cyber Monday follows on Monday 30 November. Most game stores start discounting a few days before the Friday itself and run through the weekend.
Is there a Steam sale on Black Friday 2026?
Not a storewide one. Valve's 2026 calendar puts the Autumn Sale on 1 to 8 October and the Winter Sale on 17 December 2026 to 4 January 2027, with no seasonal sale in between. Publishers can still discount their own games on Steam that week, and keyshops sell Steam keys below Steam's own price on most popular games.
When is the Steam Autumn Sale 2026?
It already ran, from 1 to 8 October 2026, according to the sale calendar Valve publishes for developers. The Autumn Sale used to run over the Black Friday week; since 2025 it has run at the start of October instead, so Black Friday now falls between the Autumn Sale and the Winter Sale (17 December 2026 to 4 January 2027).
Are keyshops cheaper than Steam on Black Friday?
Usually, on popular games. In our study of 105 popular PC games, keyshops beat the official store on 80% of them, by a median 56%. The gap is smallest on brand-new releases, and a key is only a bargain if it is not locked to another region and the seller offers buyer protection; the store guides below say what each store covers.
Are Black Friday game deals actually cheaper?
Often, but not always the cheapest of the year. The way to tell is the all-time low: every game page here records the lowest price we have seen across every store we track, so you can see whether a Black Friday price is a record or a repeat.
Should I buy now or wait for Black Friday?
If the game is already at or near its all-time low, buying now costs you nothing. If it is not, waiting is usually free — Black Friday and the Winter Sale that follows it are the two deepest sales of the year.
Before you buy from a keyshop
Black Friday is when the price gap between the official stores and the key resellers is widest, and also when it matters most to know who you are buying from. Each of these is what that store actually is, and what to check.