GOLDEN Week is a Japanese national holiday and to celebrate a number of popular Japanese series have gone on sale.
The sale goes across multiple platforms with offers on the Nintendo eShop, Steam and the PlayStation and Microsoft Stores.
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We’ve rounded up the best games on every platform, and there are big discounts no matter where you play.
Here are all the best savings from the Golden Week Sales.
Steam: Golden Week Sale
Steam’s sale ends on Monday, May 8, 2023 so there is still some time to grab yourself a bargain.
Recent releases such as Like A Dragon: Ishin! and Live A Live are already on sale with big savings.
Popular older games are also available for up to 80% off.
Here are some recently released and popular games with special offers that we recommend.
- Live A Live – £31.99 from £39.99 20% off
- Like A Dragon: Ishin! – £41.24 from £54.99 25% off
- Dragon Quest 9 – £19.49 from £29.99 35% off
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade – £39.89 from £69.99 43% off
- Nier: Automata – £14.99 from £29.99 50% off
- Chrono Trigger – £5.99 from £11.99 50% off
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon – £13.74 from £54.99 75% off
PlayStation: Golden Week Sale
PlayStation’s Golden Week Sale will last a little bit longer than Steam’s, and ends on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Plenty of the same games are on sale, but there are a whole host of others to enjoy as well.
The Resident Evil series has a huge number of games on offer up to 75% off, as well as recent releases like Project Zero.
Here are some of the games we recommend that are on offer on the PlayStation Store.
- Project Zero: Maiden of the Black Water – £24.74 from £32.99 20% off
- Persona 5 Royal – £32.49 from £49.99 35% off
- Monster Hunter Rise – £16.39 from £32.99 50% off
- Bloodborne – £14.99 from £29.99 50% off
- Resident Evil 7 – £6.39 from £15.99 60% off
- Resident Evil 2 Remake – £8.74 from £34.99 75% off
Xbox: Golden Week Sale
This is another sale that ends on Monday, May 8, 2023 and offers many of the games mentioned already at the same discount.
However, there are many games at an even steeper discount, with some up to 85% off.
For Xbox, The Devil May Cry and Kingdom Hearts series stand out here, alongside newer games such as AI: The Somnium Files.
Here’s the games we recommend from the Microsoft Store.
- AI: The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative – £29.99 from £49.99 40% off
- Danganronpa V3 – £13.49 from £24.99 50% off
- Kingdom Hearts 3 – £27.49 from £54.99 50% off
- Devil May Cry HD Collection – £12.27 from £37.19 67% off
- Tales of Vesperia – £5.24 from £34.99 85% off
- Dragonball FighterZ – £7.49 from £49.99 85% off
Nintendo: Golden Week Sale
Nintendo doesn’t have a specific Golden Day Sale in the UK, but it is running a Spring and Super Mario Sale.
These you will have to grab quickly as they end on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
While Nintendo isn’t known for its massive sales, there are some decent savings to be had on extremely popular games
- Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker – £24.49 from £34.99 30% off
- Super Mario Odyssey – £33.29 from £49.99 33% off
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – £33.29 from £49.99 33% off
- Harvestella – £24.99 from £49.99 50% off
- Okami HD – £7.99 from £15.99 50% off
- Don’t Starve Together – £1.34 from £13.49 90% off
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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