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The Steam Summer Sale has arrived. Check which of your favorite Texas game developers have deals

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The Steam logo is displayed on a mobile phone. The digital gaming platform is holding its Steam Summer Sale from June 26 to July 10.

The Steam logo is displayed on a mobile phone. The digital gaming platform is holding its Steam Summer Sale from June 26 to July 10.

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The Steam Summer Sale began on Thursday, kicking off two weeks of discounts on video games across genres.

Gamers will have until July 10 to shop deals on their favorite games on the online gaming platform.

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Here are some of the games by Texas-based studios that are on sale.

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Chronos: Before the Ashes

Chronos: Before the Ashes was developed by Gunfire Games, a studio based in Austin. The game combines RPG mechanics with adventure game elements, and follows a protagonist’s lifelong efforts to save their homeland from evil, according to the game’s Steam page. As of Friday morning, the game was 75% off and cost $7.49.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Battle Chasers: Nightwar, developed by Austin-based studio Airship Syndicate, is on sale for 75% off. This RPG game features turn-based combat and randomly-generated dungeons for players to explore and survive, according to the game’s Steam page. As of Friday, it was on sale for $7.49.

Darksiders

Gunfire Games and Airship Syndicate were separately started by the former founders of Vigil Games, which created the Darksiders franchise, according to a 2012 Game Developer article and both studios' websites. Most of the games in the series are on sale for 80% off, including titles credited to either studio.

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Gunfire Games developed Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition, a remaster of the original Darksiders II created by Vigil Games. The second installment in the series allows the player to play as one of the Four Horsemen, Death, as he tries to clear the name of his brother, according to the Gunfire Games website. As of Friday, it was on sale for $5.99.

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In Darksiders III, also developed by Gunfire Games, gamers play as Fury, another of the Four Horsemen, as she embarks on a journey to hunt down the Seven Deadly Sins on an apocalyptic earth, according to the game’s Steam page. It was on sale for $7.99 as of Friday

Airship Syndicate developed the spinoff prequel game, Darksiders Genesis, which follows Horsemen War and Strife as they track down master demons granted powers by Lucifer, according to the game’s steam page. It was on sale for $5.99 as of Friday.

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Alexia Partouche was a reporting intern for the Houston Chronicle.

She graduated in May 2025 from American University with a degree in journalism and served as co-editor-in-chief of the school's investigative student media outlet, AWOL. Alexia previously interned for the Investigative Reporting Workshop, Agence France-Presse, The Missoulian, Current, Street Sense Media and Houstonia Magazine.

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