Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama

Do you like strategy games? Then you'll love this weekend's sales at digital distributors, covering series including Anno, Men of War, Company of Heroes, and Civilization. Don't like strategy games? Then enjoy the millions of lovely indie games on sale. There's other stuff too, of course.

Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

GameFly

• Civilization V - $7.49 (75% off)

• Commander: Conquest of Americas Collection - $9.99 (75% off)

• Europa Universalis III Chronicles - $7.49 (75% off)

• Hearts of Iron III Collection - $7.49 (75% off)

• King Arthur Collection - $7.49 (75% off)

• Mount & Blade Collection - $9.99 (65% off)

• Pride of Nations Collection - $3.75 (75% off)

• Sword & Stars Complete Collection - $4.99 (75% off)

Mount & Blade: Warband

Amazon

• Alan Wake (Steam) - $14.99 (50% off)

• Alan Wake Collector's Bundle (Steam) - $17.49 (50% off)

• Alice: Madness Returns + Mirror's Edge - $9.99 (80% off)

• Burnout Paradise - $4.99 (75% off)

• Burnout Paradise + Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit + NFS: Shift + Shift 2 Unleashed - $14.99 (81% off)

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Steam) - $9.99 (50% off)

• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Steam) - $29.99 (25% off)

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Steam) - $39.99 (33% off)

• Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga - $5.99 (85% off)

• Gray Matter - $4.99 (75% off)

• Jagged Alliance: Back in Action - $23.99 (40% off)

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - $29.99 (50% off)

• Metro 2033 (Steam) - $4.99 (75% off)

• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $4.99 (75% off)

• Need for Speed: Shift - $4.99 (75% off)

• Need for Speed: The Run - $15.99 (60% off)

• Nuclear Dawn (Steam) - $6.24 (75% off)

• Payday: The Heist (Steam) - $4.99 (75% off)

• Payday: The Heist four-pack (Steam) - $14.99 (75% off)

• Saints Row: The Third (Steam) - $16.49 (67% off)

• Shift 2 Unleashed - $4.99 (75% off)

• Sim City 4 Deluxe - $4.99 (75% off)

• The Sims 3 Deluxe - $16.99 (66% off)

• The Sims 3: Showtime - $19.99 (50% off)

• The Sims 3: Showtime Katy Perry Collector's Edition - $29.99 (40% off)

• Tropico 4 - $9.99 (75% off)

• Wargame: European Escalation (Steam) - $23.99 (40% off)

• Wings of Prey CE - $5.24 (75% off)

Payday: The Heist

Because We May

A bunch of fine indies are holding a sale to celebrate platforms which allow them to change prices as they please. I've listed the bulk of these sales under Steam, but here are a few gems only available as direct downloads. There are Mac, iOS and Android games on sale too.

• Dino Run SE - $1.00 (66% off)

• Dino Run SE + Space Rubbish - $2.50 (50% off)

• Explodemon! - $3.99 (60% off)

• Fotonica - $0.99 (80% off)

• Squid Yes, Not So Octopus: CE + SYNSO: Squid Harder SE + War Twat - $0.99

• Swift*Stitch - $3.50 (50% off)

Swift*Stitch

Bundle in a Box

Pay what you want, above a minimum price, for a bundle of adventure games 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, Ben There, Dan That!, Gemini Rue, The Sea Will Claim Everything and Time Gentlemen, Please!

Gemini Rue

GamersGate

• Civilization V (Steam) - $7.49 (75% off)

• Company of Heroes - $3.99 (80% off)

• Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - $1.99 (80% off)

• Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - $3.99 (80% off)

• Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts - $5.99 (80% off)

• Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts + Tales of Valor - $8.99 (80% off)

• Defenders of Ardania (Steam) - $11.24 (25% off)

• Defenders of Ardania Collection (Steam) - $11.24 (25% off)

• Flatout - $2.99 (50% off)

• Flatout 2 - $4.98 (50% off)

• King Arthur II - $19.98 (50% off)

• Metro 2033 (Steam) - $4.99 (75% off)

• MX vs. ATV Reflex (Steam) - $5.99 (70% off)

• Post Apocalyptic Mayhem (Steam) - $4.98 (50% off)

• Rogue Trooper - $2.00 (75% off)

Company of Heroes

Get Games

• Anno 1404 Gold - $6.25 (75% off)

• Anno 2070 - $19.99 (50% off)

• Anno 2070 Deluxe - $27.49 (50% off)

• Anno 2070 - Eden Project DLC - $3.99 (50% off)

• Anno 2070 - Financial Crisis DLC - $3.99 (50% off)

• Anno 2070 - Nordamak Conflict DLC - $2.49 (50% off)

• Battlestations: Midway + Pacific - $10.99 (66% off)

• Civilization V (Steam) - $7.49 (75% off)

• Civilization V GotY (Steam) - $12.49 (75% off)

• Empire: Total War (Steam) - $4.99 (75% off)

• Empire: Total War DLC bundle (Steam) - $6.60 (60% off)

• Empire: Total War Gold (Steam) - $7.49 (75% off)

• Men of War: Vietnam - $7.49 (75% off)

• Men of War: Vietnam SE - $9.99 (75% off)

• Thief 1 + 2 + Deadly Shadows - $13.99 (58% off)

Anno 2070

GOG

• Commandos + expansion - $2.99 (50% off)

• Commandos 2 + 3 - $4.99 (50% off)

• Constructor - $2.99 (50% off)

• Constructor: Street Wars - $2.99 (50% off)

• Guilty Gear X2 #Reload - $2.99 (50% off)

• Imperial Glory - $2.99 (50% off)

• Litil Divil - $2.99 (50% off)

• Normality - $2.99 (50% off)

• Praetorians - $2.99 (50% off)

• Realms of the Haunting - $2.99 (50% off)

• Slipstream 5000 - $2.99 (50% off)

• Soulbringer - $2.99 (50% off)

Constructor

Green Man Gaming

Be aware that the voucher code can only be used once.

• A Game of Thrones - $28.76 (28% off) with the code GREEN-SUMME-RDEAL

• Darksiders II pre-order (Steam) - $39.96 (20% off) with the code GREEN-SUMME-RDEAL

• Disciples II Gold - Free!

• Sleeping Dogs pre-order (Steam) - $36.00 (28% off) with the code GREEN-SUMME-RDEAL

• The Secret World pre-order - $40.00 (20% off) with the code GREEN-SUMME-RDEAL

The Secret World

Impulse

• Battlefield 2 Complete - $4.99 (75% off)

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - $5.99 (70% off)

• Battlefield 3 - $29.99 (50% off)

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - $4.99 (75% off)

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising - $4.99 (75% off)

• Command & Conquer 4 - $4.99 (75% off)

• Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter - $4.99 (50% off)

• Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter 2 - $4.99 (50% off)

• H.A.W.X. - $4.99 (50% off)

• Medal of Honor - $5.99 (70% off)

• Men of War - $7.49 (50% off)

• Men of War: Assault Squad - $14.99 (50% off)

• Men of War: Condemned Heroes - $14.99 (50% off)

• Men of War: Red Tide - $9.99 (50% off)

• Men of War bundle - $27.49 (75% off)

• Silent Hunter 5 Gold - $12.49 (50% off)

Battlefield 3

Origin

Origin's offering 50% off everything. No, not just the small sample listed there, all of the things, on all of the platforms.

Mass Effect 3

Steam

As well as being on sale, both Red Orchestra 2's multiplayer and Civ V are free to play on Steam this weekend.

• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome -

• And Yet It Moves - $2.49 (75% off)

• Anomaly: Warzone Earth - $3.99 (60% off)

• Avadon: The Black Fortress - $4.99 (50% off)

• BIT.TRIP BEAT - $3.99 (60% off)

• BIT.TRIP RUNNER - $3.99 (60% off)

• Braid - $2.49 (75% off)

• Capsized - $3.99 (60% off)

• Cave Story - $5.00 (50% off)

• Civilization V - $7.49 (75% off)

• Civilization V Game of the Year - $12.49 (75% off)

• Cogs - $3.99 (60% off)

• Costume Quest - $7.49 (50% off)

• Cthulhu Saves the World + Breath of Death VII - $1.49 (50% off)

• Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble - $4.99 (50% off)

• Darwinia - $3.99 (60% off)

• DeathSpank: The Baconing - $2.99 (80% off)

• DEFCON - $3.99 (60% off)

• Dejobaan Complete Pack - $8.00 (60% off)

• Double Fine Bundle - $14.99 (50% off)

• Dungeon Defenders - $7.49 (50% off)

• Dungeons of Dredmor - $2.49 (50% off)

• Edge - $3.20 (60% off)

• Eets - $2.99 (70% off)

• Eufloria - $4.99 (66% off)

• EVE Online - $6.80 (66% off)

• Fieldrunners - $2.99 (40% off)

• Frozen Synapse (two copies) - $12.49 (50% off)

• Frozen Synapse (two copies) + soundtrack - $14.99 (50% off)

• Gish - $2.99 (70% off)

• Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony - $4.99 (50% off)

• Jamestown Deluxe Pack - $7.49 (50% off)

• Jolly Rover - $3.49 (30% off)

• Lucid - $2.49 (50% off)

• Lugaru HD - $3.99 (60% off)

• Metal Drift - $2.99 (70% off)

• Multiwinia - $3.99 (60% off)

• NightSky - $2.99 (70% off)

• NyxQuest - $2.99 (70% off)

• Osmos - $2.99 (70% off)

• Penny Arcade Episode 1 - $1.99 (75% off)

• Penny Arcade Episode 2 - $1.99 (75% off)

• Psychonauts - $4.99 (50% off)

• Q.U.B.E. - $7.49 (50% off)

• Really Big Sky - $2.50 (75% off)

• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - $9.99 (75% off)

• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Digital Deluxe Edition - $12.49 (75% off)

• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Deluxe upgrade - $2.50 (75% off)

• Rochard - $4.99 (50% off)

• Scoregasm - $2.99 (70% off)

• Serious Sam: The Random Encounter - $0.99 (80% off)

• Snuggle Truck - $2.99 (40% off)

• Stacking - $7.49 (50% off)

• Super Meat Boy - $4.99 (66% off)

• Swords & Soldiers - $4.99 (50% off)

• The Binding of Isaac - $1.99 (60% off)

• Toki Tori - $1.99 (60% off)

• Uplink - $3.99 (60% off)

• Vessel - $9.99 (33% off)

• Waveform - $4.89 (30% off)

• World of Goo - $2.99 (70% off)

• Zombie Driver - $1.99 (80% off)

Red Orchestra 2