Quebec Games Celebration Steam sale returns with new showcase

The annual Quebec Games Celebration Steam sale has returned, offering discounts and shining a spotlight on all kinds of titles made in the province.

This year, Montreal-based organizer Indie Asylum will also host a Quebec Games Celebration Showcase featuring world premieres, demos, launch dates and other announcements related to 30 games. The stream will take place on Thursday, February 19 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Indie Asylum’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Meanwhile, the corresponding Steam sale runs from February 16 to 23 and features discounts on more than 300 games, including:

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (co-developed by Quebec City-based Beenox) — $27.49 (regularly $54.99)
• Dead by Daylight: Gold Edition (Montreal’s Behaviour Interactive) — $44.99 (regularly $89.99)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley (Gameloft Montreal) — $36.33 (regularly $51.99)
• Été (Montreal-based Impossible) — $12.99 (regularly $25.99) [actually set in Montreal as well]
• Eternal Strands (Quebec City-based Yellow Brick Games) — $14.99 (regularly $49.99)
• Hell is Us (Montreal-based Rogue Factor) — $53.99 (regularly $89.99)
• Immortals: Fenyx Rising (Ubisoft Quebec) — $10.99 (regularly $54.99)
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal) — $31.18 (regularly $51.97)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal) — $11.69 (regularly $77.99)
• The Outlast Trials (Montreal-based Red Barrels) — $15.59 (regularly $51.99)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Ubisoft Montreal) — $1.99 (regularly $9.99)
• Revenge of the Savage Planet (Montreal’s Raccoon Logic) — $19.99 (regularly $39.99)
• Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition (Montreal’s Thunder Lotus) — $5.84 (regularly $38.99)
• Spirit City: Lo-Fi Sessions (Montreal’s Mooncube Games) — $8.99 (regularly $14.99)

Check out the full Quebec Games Celebration sale on Steam. It should be noted that some games are listed here for the sake of promotion but aren’t discounted, like Two Falls (Montreal’s Unreliable Narrators), Sea of Stars (Quebec City’s Sabotage) and Lunark (Montreal’s Canari Games).

Overall, this is a neat way to celebrate Quebec’s gaming scene, which contributes significantly to the $5.1 billion Canadian gaming industry and is actually one of the top five development hubs in the world.

Image credit: Indie Asylum