Best PC Game Deals on Steam This Week — June 15 (Bullet Fest Ended · Next Fest LIVE · Summer Sale in 10 Days)

Steam Bullet Fest ended this morning at 10am PDT. The historical lows on Cuphead, Vampire Survivors, Megabonk, and Spell Brigade are now gone — prices have returned to MSRP across the board. What launched simultaneously this morning is Steam Next Fest (June 15 to June 22), Valve's three-times-a-year week of free demos for upcoming PC games. Following that, the Steam Summer Sale opens June 25 at 10am PDT through July 9 — ten days from today. This week is the transition: no flagship Steam-wide sale is currently running, but the runway to the biggest sale of the year is short. Here's the honest strategy.

The Calendar — Why This Week Is Different

Bullet Fest closed this morning (June 15 at 10am PDT). All Bullet Fest discounts ended at the same time. If you didn't grab Cuphead at $11.99, Vampire Survivors at $3.74, Megabonk at $6.99, or Spell Brigade at $6.51 during the past week, those specific prices are gone. They may or may not return during Summer Sale ten days from now — the historical lows for those games will be discussed below as Summer Sale targets, not as currently buyable deals.

Steam Next Fest is LIVE right now (June 15 at 10am PDT through June 22 at 10am PDT). Hundreds of free demos for upcoming PC games. Not a sale. The point of Next Fest is discovery — try a demo, decide if you want the full release, add to Wishlist, then buy during Summer Sale at a discount. The February 2026 Next Fest hit 3,500+ playable demos per GameDiscover.co — June 2026 is expected to be similar scale.

Steam Summer Sale launches June 25 at 10am PDT through July 9 (15 days of discounts). The flagship Valve sale of the year. The store front page gets the full thematic redesign, thousands of titles drop to seasonal lows, and "Complete Your Collection" bundles get pro-rated based on what you already own. The bottom line for this week: there's no urgency to buy anything right now, but there IS urgency to demo and wishlist before June 25.

The Steam Next Fest Strategy — How to Use the Demo Week

The optimal sequence is try → wishlist → buy at lowest historical low during Summer Sale. Most readers searching "best PC game deals Steam this week" assume they need to spend money right now. Next Fest reverses that — the value play this week is downloading demos for free, deciding which games hold attention, then waiting ten days to buy the survivors at Summer Sale prices.

How to navigate Next Fest efficiently: The official event page at store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest has filters by genre, by livestream schedule, and by developer Q&A. Game marketing researcher Chris Zukowski documented in 2024-2025 data that demos from titles with 2,000+ pre-existing wishlists get the most algorithmic lift — those are the demos most likely to appear on your discovery queue. Smaller indie demos require active filter-browsing to find.

What to filter for: If you have a specific genre interest, set the filter and prioritize the top 3-5 demos in that category. If you're genre-flexible, sort by "Most Played" mid-week (typically June 18-19) to see which demos have built actual word-of-mouth during the event. Demos remain playable for the full week — there's no urgency to play every demo on day one.

What Bullet Fest Locked In — The Historical Lows to Watch for Summer Sale

Six games hit historical or genuine all-time-low Steam prices during Bullet Fest. Those prices are gone today, but they establish the floor for what Summer Sale needs to match or beat. Watch these prices on June 25 — if Summer Sale matches the Bullet Fest floor, lock in. If it beats the Bullet Fest floor, even better. If it falls short, you missed the window and Halloween 2026 horror sale becomes the next target.

Cuphead historical low: $11.99 during Bullet Fest — Studio MDHR's typical Steam Summer Sale floor is closer to $4.99 with the standard 75 percent discount, but the Bullet Fest pricing tested a different floor that may not repeat. Watch closely on June 25 — if Cuphead drops below $11.99, that's Summer Sale beating Bullet Fest.

Vampire Survivors historical floor: $3.74. The 25 percent discount on Bullet Fest matched the typical seasonal floor. Summer Sale is expected to land at the same $3.74 or possibly $3.49-$3.74 range. The DLCs that ran alongside should follow the same pattern.

Megabonk all-time low: $6.99. The 30 percent discount during Bullet Fest was the lowest recorded Steam price for the 2025 release. Summer Sale typically respects publisher-imposed floors for active top-sellers — $6.99 may hold as the floor, but watch for any $5.99 surprise.

Spell Brigade historical low: $6.51. The 49 percent discount on a 2-month-old release was unusual for the title. Summer Sale will likely tighten back to 25-30 percent off (around $9.99). If you missed Bullet Fest, the Spell Brigade window may not reopen during Summer Sale.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor floor: $8.44. The 35 percent discount was solid but not the genre's deepest floor. Summer Sale is expected to deepen this — DRG's franchise pattern is back-to-back sale events at progressively lower prices. Wait for June 25 if you missed Bullet Fest.

Crow Country sustained low: $9.99 (-50%). The retro-survival-horror surprise of 2024 has been at $9.99 since the Memorial Day Weeklong Sale and ran through Bullet Fest at the same price. Summer Sale will likely match $9.99 or go to $7.99. Either way, the deal is still alive on Steam right now at Weeklong pricing.

Non-Bullet-Fest Picks Still on Sale This Week

A few games kept their Weeklong Sale pricing through the Bullet Fest end and remain at historical lows on Steam right now:

Crow Country at $9.99 (-50%) on Steam — historical low, sustained through the transition week. Summer Sale won't go below $9.99 based on the pricing pattern of similar retro-survival-horror titles. If you missed Crow Country during Bullet Fest framing, this is still the same deal.

Resident Evil 4 Remake around 75% off (~$10) on Steam — Capcom's universally-acclaimed remake at its typical seasonal floor. Summer Sale rarely beats 75 percent on Capcom titles. Indifferent timing between this week and June 25.

CODE VEIN at 90% off (~$5.99) on Steam — the anime-soulslike from Bandai Namco at its all-time low discount tier. This 90 percent floor IS the historical low — Summer Sale rarely beats it on Bandai Namco RPGs. Worth grabbing now if you're on the fence; the same price will likely reappear June 25 but might not.

Hollow Knight: Silksong — NOT DISCOUNTED, will NOT discount during Summer Sale either. Team Cherry's published-this-year sequel follows the same pricing pattern Hollow Knight had — full release MSRP for the first 2+ years. Listed here because it remains the most-asked deal question and the answer doesn't change: full price or skip. Summer Sale won't help.

The Honest Transition-Week Strategy

Buy this week on Steam if: Crow Country ($9.99), CODE VEIN ($5.99), or RE4 Remake (~$10) are on your list. These are at historical lows on Steam right now and Summer Sale may not beat them. The Weeklong Sale pricing carries into the transition week.

Demo, don't buy this week: Steam Next Fest is the time to download free demos. The smart move is using these 7 days to build a Summer Sale wishlist based on what you actually like — not what trailers and review videos told you to like. Demos eliminate buyer's remorse during the rush of Summer Sale.

Wait until June 25 for: Cuphead, Vampire Survivors, Megabonk, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and the rest of the Bullet Fest historical-lows list. Summer Sale will match or beat most of those prices. The exception is Spell Brigade — if you wanted that, the Bullet Fest window was probably the only deep discount window for 2026.

The Summer Sale prep checklist for the next 10 days:

• Download 5-10 Next Fest demos in genres you actually play (not just genres you wishlist)
• Set a budget cap for Summer Sale before June 25 — discounts trigger impulse buys
• Wishlist every game you've ever wanted with no filter — Summer Sale wishlist alerts will surface the historical lows automatically
• Note which Bullet Fest historical lows you missed — June 25 is your retry window
• Check "Complete Your Collection" bundles on series you already started — these get pro-rated on June 25 and are often cheaper than buying the missing DLC singly

The Bottom Line

This week is the calm before the storm. Bullet Fest closed at 10am PDT this morning and its historical lows on Cuphead, Vampire Survivors, Megabonk, and Spell Brigade are gone. Steam Next Fest is LIVE through June 22 — use it to demo and wishlist, not to buy. The Steam Summer Sale launches June 25 at 10am PDT through July 9 — ten days from today — and that's the buying moment for most readers.

The only buys worth making this week: Crow Country at $9.99 (historical low sustained), CODE VEIN at 90 percent off (~$5.99), and RE4 Remake at 75 percent off (if you're impatient). Everything else can wait ten days.

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