Everyone knows about Steam's huge seasonal sales, but the little sales don't quite get as much love. It's easy to see why; while the quarterly ones tend to take a giant discount hammer to the entire store, the smaller ones focus on a specific niche with some modest money off. Still, despite them not being as excited as the "big sales," they're still worth mulling over at the very least.
This time, we're diving into the Tiny Teams sale. As the name suggests, this sale is a celebration of games created by really small dev teams that still made a massive impact. Some of the included games had a dev team size of a single person! So, let's check it out, plus some personal picks from yours truly.
The Steam Tiny Teams 2025 sale is underway
You can check out the sale over on the Steam Tiny Teams 2025 page. This sale is brought to us by Yogscast Games and serves as a good reminder that you don't need a studio with hundreds of developers and worth billions of dollars to make a game that's worth playing.
Your best bet is to get stuck in with the Tiny Teams page and see what jumps out at you. Also, be sure to double-check your wishlist and see if any of the titles got a discount during the sale. And if you have some decision paralysis, here are my top picks:
- Stardew Valley (98% positive reviews, 30% off): I'm pretty positive that anyone who loves cozy farming games has already snagged this title, but if you haven't tried this lovely, slow-paced game (or you just want an excuse to play it on your Steam Deck), Stardew Valley is now 30% off.
- Mouthwashing (95% positive reviews, 30% off): One of 2024's biggest sleeper hits, Mouthwashing is a horror game based on a stranded courier spaceship, where all the crew has to survive on is its surplus of mouthwash. Things get really wild in this game, so expect some twists and turns along the way. We named it one of the best games that can be beaten in under three hours.
- Content Warning (94% positive reviews, 30% off): Content Warning is a co-op game about making viral videos. You play as delvers from a happy, whimsical world as they make dives in a dark, terrifying world armed only with a camera and their wits. Use the camera to record monsters and teammates to draw in the views, and always remember: recording your teammate being torn apart by a monster with an egg beater for a head is more productive than saving them.
If none of the sales catch your eye, be sure to check out the demos section for some free samples. Personally, I'm going to try the Pool of Madness demo, which describes itself as "Lovecraftian roguelite pool." Well, that's me sold.