Steam Holiday Sale 2012 Starts: List Of Discounted Games You Can Download Today

The holidays are officially here: on Thursday Valve officially kicked off its Steam Holiday sale. This means that PC gamers will be getting a significant discount on a variety of Steam titles.

Steam will be offering daily deals, flash sales and catalog discounts through Jan. 5 to ring in the New Year. Although this is an annual tradition for the computer-based gaming platform, Steam’s Holiday sale will be getting a new feature. This year fans will be introduced to a voting system that will allow “gamers to vote on a select game to go on sale” every 12 hours.

In addition, players are now able to add games to their wish lists to receive notifications through Steam Mobile or email when those titles go on sale. Today’s deals include a sale on “Mirror’s Edge” for $4.99, “Scribblenautszz Unlimited” for $19.99 and up to 75 percent discounts on franchise packs for titles such as “Borderlands,” “Prince of Persia” and “Hitman.”

Below is a list of other discounts found on Steam’s website today.

Flash Sales:

“War of the Roses” 50 percent discount, now available for $14.99

“Intrusion 2” 66 percent discount, now available for $3.39

“Operation Flashpoint Red River” 75 percent discount, now available for $13.74

“Natural Selection” 60 percent discount, now available for $9.99

“Batman Arkham City Game of the Year Edition” 75 percent discount (no price listed)

“Fable III” 75 percent discount (no price listed)

Publisher Packs:

Bethesda Collection for $89.99

THQ Collection for $24.99

Ubisoft Collection for $89.99

2K Collection for $89.99

Square Enix eidos Collection for $89.99

Valve Collection for $49.99

Sega Collection for $69.99

Indie Super Mega Pack for $69.99

Players can vote from the following three options to decide which deal Steam will offer next: “Braid” at a 75 percent discount, “The Adventures of Monkey Island Special Edition” at a 75 percent discount, or “Limbo” at a 75 percent discount.

Check back throughout the holiday season to see which other sales will be available.