Steam's 2023 Spring Sale may be coming to an end soon, but there's some time left to take advantage of the discounts it provides to get more than a handful of games you'd probably have to save more money on.
Action-adventure games may be a dime-a-dozen considering the current trends are in single-player games, but these games stand out from the rest.
Here are some of the action-adventure games that you won't regret buying during this year's Steam Spring Sale.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - $11.99 (70% Off)
One of the best action-adventure games of all time, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the culmination of CD Projekt Red's efforts to bring Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series to life in a video game format. and a love letter to both the fans of the source material and the video game series.
The game is so good that the game was widely considered the game that defined the 2010s as its success made it the envy of many a video game developer, such as Ubisoft and its attempt to emulate The Witcher 3's success with Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
If The Witcher 3's accolades aren't convincing you to play the game, then buy and play it for yourself to see for yourself. You won't regret it.
Red Dead Redemption 2 - $19.79 (67% Off)
Red Dead Redemption 2 may have been released in the late 2010s, but it's still being talked about in the early 2020s for a good reason: its gameplay, story, and characters are immersive and engaging that there will be times you don't want the game to end for fear of what is fated to happen to the characters you will get attached to by the game's epilogue.
The game is a prequel to Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption, which it released in 2010. It shows what life is like as a member of the infamous Van Der Lind Gang and the events that set its collapse in motion, setting the stage for the events of the first game.
It also expanded many of the mechanics of the first game, allowing fans of the original game and newcomers to thoroughly enjoy the game either a prequel or a standalone game.
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Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition - 16.49 (67% Off)
Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the masterpieces Sony released for the PlayStation 4 in 2017, and it shows. Graphically, it's one of the most beautiful of its time, while its setting of a post-apocalyptic America a thousand years into the future is surreal to process.
The game tells the story of Aloy, an outsider of the Nora Tribe dreaming of finding her own mother, whose identity is shrouded in mystery. In her quest to do so, she will encounter the dark history that made the world into what it is in her time and the sacrifices made to ensure humanity lives on despite the machine plague it unleashed.
We weren't kidding about the surreal experience the game provides. It has machine-like animals in a world where humanity regressed to living in huts, wooden houses, and among tribes similar to those living in the Stone Age.
If you're interested in playing to play Horizon: Forbidden West, then buying this game is a must.
It Takes Two - $19.99 (50% Off)
It Takes Two is an action-adventure platform video game heralded not only as the best co-op game for couples, but also the best game 2021 has to offer. It is based on enriching a couple's relationship through solving puzzles (which can get emotional sometimes) and overcoming obstacles as a couple through teamwork.
The game has you and your partner take the role of a married couple on the brink of a divorce, which may set up discussions that could culminate in discussions that could either fix or enrich your relationship.
If you want a game to play with your partner or spouse in your downtime while having fun together, this is an action-adventure game you'll want to have.
Subnautica - $9.89 (67% Off)
Subnautica may not look like an action-adventure game initially, but deep inside the thalassophobic depths of its seemingly peaceful shallows are the roots of an action-adventure game.
The game is a survival action-adventure game that follows the journey of Ryley Robinson as he tries to escape Planet 4546B to return home after crashlanding on the planet.
During Ryley's stay here, he has to slowly gather the materials he needs to prolong his life and make his stay comfortable to solve the mystery that prevents anyone from entering or leaving the planet.
The action-adventure part of the game is collecting the materials you need while dodging all the hostile leviathan-class organisms living in the biome Ryley crashlanded in.
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