Steam Holiday sale begins today

Valve's annual Steam Holiday Sale went live not too long ago, bringing discounts to more than 2,000 games on PC — with new deals arriving each day. As always, there will be Daily Deals that change ever 24 hours, Flash Sales (every 8 hours), and "Community Choice" voting.

Today's Daily Deals Include:

This year Valve is also introducing Snow Globe Trading Cards. After collecting all 10 special cards you can turn it in for the Snow Globe badge and an in-game item from a top Free to Play games. These items are both tradable and marketable. You'll also get a holiday emoticon and profile background. Crafting the foil Snow Globe badge will earn you 5 randomly chosen in-game items.

There are five ways to get Snow Globe cards:

  • Craft a game badge
  • Make a purchase (1 card for every $10 spent)
  • Vote for the Community's Choice Flash sale (1 card for every 3rd time you vote)
  • Trade for them
  • Buy them from the Community Market