10 games to buy on Steam with your holiday gift card

polygon.com:

So, you received a gift card to Steam during the holidays. If you own a gaming PC or a Steam Deck, that’s like getting the key to the city. There are so many great games on Valve’s PC gaming platform, and you can potentially get a lot for your money (did you know that Steam gift cards can also be used to buy hardware like the Steam Deck OLED?). So how can you possibly decide what to buy?

That’s where this post comes into play, providing you with a couple handfuls of titles that are getting some well-deserved attention on Steam, as well as informing you about the best deals on 2023’s top games happening during the Steam Winter Sale that’ll last through Jan. 4, 2024.

Fun fact: almost all of the games below are included in Polygon’s ranking of the best games of 2023.

If you have a couple of friends who you like to play games with, consider Lethal Company, which costs $9.99 (note: it’s in early access). It’s a survival horror multiplayer game that can cause rapturous screaming and laughter, often at once. You’ll work together to gather scraps and loot from creepy locales, at least for as long as you can until monsters or environmental hazards wreck you in the most unpredictable ways. While the game is terrifying at times, the proximity-based voice chat amps up the humor of losing your pals or barely escaping death. Polygon’s video crew streams Lethal Company on Twitch from time to time, and you can check out a previous stream here.

Whether you play games solo or with a crew, Baldur’s Gate 3 is a must-play game on PC. This RPG is heavily steeped in Dungeons & Dragons in terms of its universe and ruleset. That said, you don’t need to have ever played D&D to quickly get immersed in this title. Each battle is turn-based, and