Gaming can be an expensive hobby, especially nowadays, when some games can cost up to $70, such as the recently released Last Of Us Part I. Thankfully, the medium has been around long enough for some bright-minded individuals to circumvent prices and come up with an intuitive way for gamers to get the best deals.
Video games can go on sale seemingly randomly, though there are some general times when gamers can expect a deal, such as holidays. But other than that, it's more or less up to luck. That said, there are a few video game aggregators that offer mostly cheaper prices than the brand site with frequent sales. Some sites will even notify interested buyers when their most anticipated game goes on sale.
GG.Deals
Most video game aggregator sites tend to miss a feature or two that would make the user's search easier, GG.Deals is not one of those sites. Paired with numerous features for tracking a game's sale history and availability, GG.deals is the one-stop shop for gamers looking to make the best out of their limited funds.
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The site filters not only through official sites for the best prices but numerous key shops, as well. This means that so long as a deal exists for a game, the site should be able to find it. The site even notifies interested buyers when the game they're looking for is a part of a subscription service, such as Xbox Game Pass.
Slickdeals
Slickdeals offers deals on more than just video games. Practically any necessity can be bought using the site, even accessories for a console or the console itself. Everything found on the site is even sold for a better deal than what it was originally priced at.
The site can even be used to obtain some of the greatest and most timeless movies for next to nothing. Unlike other aggregators, Slickdeals offers discounts from retail sellers such as GameStop and Target. With its wide range of availability, finding a video game at a decreased price is as simple as a few clicks in the search bar. To receive notifications when interesting games are on sale, all a user has to do is hit the follow button.
PSPrices
Despite its name, PSPrices does not only offer deals for PlayStation products. Instead, the site offers an array of different video games for sale belonging to every console and the Apple app store. PSPrices even allows the ability for users to search for games from different regions, which sometimes makes the price lower due to currency differences.
This site can guarantee that the user is receiving the best deals for the games they're interested in. Thanks to the "Cheaper than ever" page, finding the cheapest deal for the right device is easy. The page will always display the lowest discounted price, and it also shows deals for some retailers depending on availability.
IsThereAnyDeal
IsThereAnyDeal is often considered the one-stop shop for video game deals. This site has an extensive history and is one of the oldest aggregator sites for video games. Because of this though, it is a little outdated in terms of UI. But thanks to its long history, it is also a site where a video game can be purchased from anywhere, creating a wide range of deals and discounts.
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Despite being slightly old-fashioned, IsThereAnyDeal is easy to get familiar with. In no time, a user can easily and swiftly locate a game and use the subsequent data to come to a decision. Along with finding the best discount prices for a game, the site even sometimes provides codes for an even lower discount. As a bonus, the site provides a link to the wiki of the game, just in case.
Deku Deals
The Nintendo Switch is quite notorious in the gaming community for being a device that lacks discounts or sales for even games that came out years ago. As such, it is unexpected for a game on the device to go on sale and even more unexpected as to when such an event will happen. Thankfully, Deku Deals is here to notify users of all the up-to-date sales on the eShop and other retailers.
With Deku Deals, it is even possible to get some of the best Nintendo Switch games for a much lower price than usual. Along with that, the site notifies users of when a deal will end. If a user finds a certain game interesting, they can click on it and read up on how long the game is, how many people can play, and the download size.
DLCompare
DLCompare is the perfect site for users looking for the absolute cheapest way to play a video game. That is, of course, considering whether they have the required hardware. For example, a game on the PlayStation may be cheaper than on PC but the Xbox version could be cheaper than the PlayStation version. DLCompare exists just to find out exactly that.
PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC, DLCompare takes the up-to-date data from all of these platforms and displays the best value a user can buy. The site even, on occasion, provides users with codes for even further discounts. This way gamers can enjoy the best first-person shooters for a cheap price.
Fanatical
Not many video game aggregator sites offer bundles or a collection of games sold for a cheaper price than it would be for each standalone game, but Fanatical happens to be one of the few sites that do. Fanatical is perfect for users looking to keep track of their favorite games and their discounts, and even VR games are no exception.
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Fanatical has many options to sort through their extensive category of discounted games, whether it be by device or operating system, or even by publisher or franchise. The site even has a flash deal where a positively received game is put on a massive discount and left there until the timer runs out or the bar underneath it indicates that the maximum number of purchases for the discount has been met.
CheapShark
CheapShark is unique in that it is a video game aggregator site that even displays discounts from other video game aggregator sites. Aside from that, the site possesses two useful features that put it in a league of its own: the "cheapest ever" and "price notification" feature. CheapShark is quite simplistic in its UI, but good, nonetheless.
The cheapest ever feature displays a video game's lowest price and when the sale occurred. Price notifications allow the user to set a price point whereupon the site notifies the user the moment it drops below the point. One more vital feature of CheapShark is its deal rating feature, a feature that displays a rating to the side of a game that determines how good of a value the deal has.
GOG.com
Compared to other video game aggregator sites, GOG.com caters to an audience of gamers that are looking for classic games or games on the lower end of popularity. But that isn't to say it doesn't feature newer critically acclaimed releases, such as Inscryption or Cyberpunk 2077. On this site, users can even play classic '90s games using modern hardware, such as the PCs of today.
Most of the games on GOG.com are sold at an extremely discounted price. A few that were once critically acclaimed and fondly remembered are even sold for as little as $5.99. Many titles on the site features are DMR-free, meaning should a user's system fail and then need to move to a new PC, reinstalling games they already purchased is practically without any hassle.
Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle is often considered the most reliable and trustworthy video game aggregator site. Games, books, software, Humble Bundle sells it all, and at a discounted price too. The best part is that no matter what someone buys, a portion of their purchase (or all of it) can be directed toward a charity automatically. Becoming a member of the site gives the user free games of the month.
Humble Bundle's main strength derives from their bundle promotion, as the bundles they often offer feature a wide variety of games catered to a specific genre. The site even offers alternatives for VR gaming as well, a platform that is regularly neglected by aggregator sites. Having operated since 2010, Humble Bundle has over 12,000 titles to share, with regular discounts.
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