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Steam Halloween sale will scare your wallet straight

75 per cent off The Darkness 2, Amnesia, Alice: Madness Returns and Dead Space 2.

Steam is ringing in the holiday season with a Halloween sale. As with most Steam specials, it's pretty insane with several good titles over half off.

Highlights include 75 per cent off The Darkness 2, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Alice: Madness Returns and Dead Space 2.

Here's a more comprehensive list, but for the full sale head on over to Steam.

  • Left 4 Dead 2 - £3.74 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • The Darkness 2 - £9.99 /$12.49 (75 per cent off).
  • Alice: Madness Returns - £3.74 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent - £3.24 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • BioShock 2 - £3.49 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • Limbo - £1.74 / $2.49 (75 per cent off).
  • Atom Zombie Smasher - £1.49 / $2.49 (75 per cent off).
  • Dead Space 2 - £3.74 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • FEAR 3 - £3.24 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - £1.74 / $2.49 (75 per cent off).
  • Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper - £2.99 / $4.99 (75 per cent off).
  • They Bleed Pixels - £2.37 / $3.39 (66 per cent off).
  • Costume Quest - £5.74 / $7.49 (50 per cent off).
  • Dead Island - £9.99 / $9.99 (50 per cent off).
  • Alan Wake's American Nightmare - £5.99 / $7.49 (50 per cent off).
  • Hell Yeah - £4.99 / $7.49 (50 per cent off).