Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022: When it ends and what to buy first

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The Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022 is now live, with one week of savings (and free stickers) for savvy shoppers.

The sale went live at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST / 6 pm GMT today, January 27, and is set to run until the same time on Thursday, February 3. Until then, you'll be able to find discounts on hundreds of games across all number of genres, from just-released games to classics perfect for filling holes in your Steam library.

While Valve hasn't made any kooky minigames for this year's event (or if it has, we haven't spotted them yet), you can head over to the Steam Points Shop to claim a daily free chat sticker. Each one features a cute cartoon tiger doing cute cartoon tiger things, and if they're anything like the Lunar2020SurprisedRat sticker, they're sure to get a lot of play in our chats for years to come.

Ultimately, of course, it's all about those game discounts. Here's an even dozen of the best ones we found to get you started.

Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022 best deals

It's going to be a busy month for Valve, as the company has also confirmed Steam Deck shipments will start on February 28. 

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and now I'm a staff writer here at GamesRadar.

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