On the 2026 Steam Lunar New Year Sale

The Lunar New Year is now upon us, and so is a minor Steam sale event to accompany it. I want to emphasize that this really is a small, rather niche sale, but there are still some good deals to be had if you keep your eyes peeled. The only reason I know there are respectable deals afoot is because I went looking through this sale’s offerings myself. I’ve found a few games I can recommend between now and the end of the sale at 10 AM Pacific Time on February 26th, 2026. Let’s have a look at what I’ve found!

Not for Broadcast – Discount: 75% – Sale Price: $6.24

Not for Broadcast has had “overwhelmingly positive” reviews on Steam since it left Early Access in 2022, and for good reason. In Not for Broadcast, you live in an alternate-timeline version of 1980s Britain, and your job is to make behind-the-scenes edits to the country’s 6 PM news broadcast on the fly as it airs every evening. Much of what you’ll do is basic – frequently changing camera angles to keep interviews interesting, bleeping out any naughty words, things like that. However, you can also use your job as a means of supporting or opposing the new authoritarian government that was unexpectedly voted into power.

Should you decide to get involved with that in either direction, you’ll have to balance your beliefs and agendas with your desire to keep yourself and your family safe – and, if you play your cards right, perhaps even increasingly wealthy. Not for Broadcast tells a gripping story and has tons of replayability, even without factoring in any of its downloadable content. Speaking of Not for Broadcast’s DLC, though, it’s also on sale, and you can grab it all (plus the soundtrack) in a bundle for $10. If you want to learn more about Not for Broadcast, I’d suggest you check out my review.

Potion Permit – Discount: 65% – Sale Price: $6.99

In Potion Permit, your character is a Chemist employed by the Medical Society located within the capital city of an unspecified territory. As a Chemist, you’re both an alchemist and a doctor: You know how to combine reagents based on their effects and brew them into potions that can treat the sick and wounded. You receive a letter summoning you to the small community of Moonbury Island because the mayor’s daughter has developed an illness that the local witch doctor can’t manage to effectively treat. Once you arrive on Moonbury Island, you learn that you’re in for much more than you bargained for.

Moonbury Island and its inhabitants are still traumatized by an incident that took place several in-game years before your arrival. A fellow Chemist from the same Medical Association that employs you once inadvertently caused a catastrophe that rendered many of Moonbury Island’s native plants extinct, among other unfortunate effects. Thus, the townsfolk automatically distrust you and declare you guilty by association. That’s why – as I discussed in my review – much of Potion Permit’s gameplay focuses on you working to earn the trust and friendship of the townsfolk in addition to providing them with effective medical aid when they need it.

WrestleQuest – Discount: 80% – Sale Price: $5.99

I, for one, never expected to see professional wrestling merged with the concept of fantasy role-playing games. That’s exactly what WrestleQuest is, however, and it serves as a great representative of this unlikely combination. In WrestleQuest, your character sets out to be the best professional wrestler they can be. The issue, at least at first, is that your character doesn’t understand the concept of kayfabe – that is, the idea that professional wrestling is a method of scripted storytelling rather than actual combat sports. You’ll need guidance to help you reconcile that idea with your dreams of achieving professional wrestling glory.

As it turns out, you can get that guidance from several real-world professional wrestlers who agreed (or, in the case of deceased wrestlers, whose estates agreed) to appear in WrestleQuest. These major real-world figures include (but are not limited to) Diamond Dallas Page, Booker T, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, the Legion of Doom (aka “the Road Warriors”), and several more. To quote Sir Isaac Newton, in order to gain the knowledge and skills you need to achieve your dream, you’ll do so by “standing on the shoulders of giants” who may impart their wisdom onto you.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – Discount: 75% – Sale Price: $9.99

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an action RPG that’s considered a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series, specifically Symphony of the Night. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was produced by longtime Castlevania veteran developer Koji Igarashi. Furthermore, Ritual of the Night was directed by fellow Castlevania alum, Shutaro Iida, who recently passed away as of this article’s publication. To paraphrase Second Wind’s Yahtzee Croshaw, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night combines a lot of ideas and gameplay mechanics from what are widely considered to be the best Castlevania titles into one game, albeit in a different setting and time period.

Torchlight – Discount: 80% – Sale Price: $2.99

Speaking of action RPGs, I suppose I’ll round out this list with another one I’ve spent some time playing recently. Torchlight is a Diablo-esque RPG, albeit with fewer options for players to choose from in terms of character classes. There are three character classes in Torchlight, all of which combine several archetypes you’d likely expect in RPGs. Those are as follows: The Destroyer, the stock-standard sword-and-board fighter who can call on his ancestors for aid; the Vanquisher, who combines the common Rogue and Ranger archetypes; and the Alchemist, who casts elemental spells and summons various minions to fight for him.

What Torchlight lacks in terms of character class variety, however, it strives to make up for by giving each class a myriad of different play styles you can tailor to your liking. You’ll also have a pet that can serve as an ally in combat, a beast of burden, and a means of quickly selling anything in your inventory you don’t want or need. My Retro Rewind article on Torchlight can tell you more before you buy it. Even though it’s currently dirt cheap, you might need to play it past Steam’s guaranteed refund period to form a firm opinion on it.