Weekend PC download deals: Payday 2 free weekend and more

Who's in the mood for a little heisting? Steam is offering up perennial favorite Payday 2 as part of its big sale for the weekend, not only offering it and its GOTY Edition for 75 percent off, but also offering a free weekend. Tales from the Borderlands also appears to be on sale all over the place if you're looking for a different kind of heisting story. Get it before the finale hits in a few months. All that, plus The Witcher 3 is half-off at Green Man Gaming. Check out the full list of deals below.

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

Amazon

• Risen 3: Titan Lord [Steam] - $5.99 (88% off)
• Sid Meier's Civilization V: Complete Edition [Steam] - $12.50 (75% off)
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete Edition [Steam] - $6.00 (80% off)

Bundle Stars

Pay $4.99 for theHunter: Primal, A Story About My Uncle, Godus, Overture, Sudeki, Of Guards And Thieves, Lemma, The Silent Age, Hero of the Kingdom II, and The Sun and Moon. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $16.99 for four copies of Gauntlet and its DLC pack. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $3.99 for Magicka and its DLC packs. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $19.99 for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its DLC packs. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $2.49 for Abducted, Burgers, NeXus: One Core, Spirit of War, Sparkle 2, Crow, Immune, Squarelands, Hands On Deck, and Alpha Runner. These activate on Steam.

Or pay $2.99 for 100% Orange Juice, ManaCollect, Midnight's Blessing, CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid Deluxe~, Train of Afterlife, Cubicle Quest, Alpha Kimori: Great Doubt Episode 1, Final Dusk, WAKFU + Novice Pack. These activate on Steam.

• RPG Maker VX Ace [Steam] - $8.39 (88% off)
• RPG Maker: Luna Engine [Steam] - $4.49 (85% off)

Direct2Drive

• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [Steam] - $6.79 (66% off)
• Titan Quest Gold Edition [Steam] - $7.48 (75% off)
• Other games in Direct2Drive's Nordic Games sale can be found here.

GamersGate

• Project CARS [Steam] - $29.99 (40% off)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ All You Can Eat Edition [Steam] - $3.75 (75% off)
• GRID Autosport [Steam] - $12.50 (75% off)
• Other games in GamersGate's Bandai Namco sale, including Star Trek and Ridge Racer games, can be found here.
• Tales from the Borderlands - $16.74 (33% off)
• Painkiller Complete Pack [Steam] - $16.00 (80% off) (Individual Painkiller games also on sale here.)

GameStop

• Diablo III - $19.99 (50% off)
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - $29.99 (33% off)

Get Games

• Far Cry 4 [UPlay] - $44.99 (50% off) (Other Far Cry games also on sale here.)
• Dirt 3 Complete Edition [Steam] - $19.49 (35% off) (Other Dirt and Grid games on sale here.

GOG.com

• Tales from the Borderlands - $16.69 (33% off)
• Baldur's Gate - $1.99 (80% off)
• Baldur's Gate 2 Complete - $1.99 (80% off)
• Other games in GOG.com's Hasbro D&D Classics sale, including Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights, can be found here.

Green Man Gaming

Use the code GRAB20-PEROFF-NOWGMG to get 20% off your purchase. Some exclusions apply.

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [GOG.com] - $29.99 (50% off)
• Tales from the Borderlands - $16.74 (40% off)
• Green Man Gaming's Indie Summer Sale is underway, in which the best indie games are on sale for 24 hours only. New deals each day. Check out the full list of today's sales here.

Humble Bundle

Pay what you want for Crimsonland, Neverending Nightmares, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians, and Fotonica. Pay more than the average $2.91 to get TinyKeep, Crowntakers, Monster Loves You, and more games to be named. All games work on Steam and Steam keys are available with a $1 minimum.

Or pay what you want for Heroes of Might & Magic II Gold Edition, Heroes of Might & Magic IV Complete Edition, Might & Magic 6-pack, Might & Magic Heroes Online Angel Starter Pack, and a Might & Magic Heroes VII Beta Key. Pay more than the average $8.68 to get Heroes of Might & Magic V (w/Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East DLC), Might & Magic VI Gold Edition, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (w/I Am the Boss DLC), and Heroes of Might & Magic. Pay $10 or more to also get Might & Magic X Legacy (w/The Falcon & The Unicorn DLC), Heroes of Might & Magic 3 HD Edition, Might & Magic Heroes VI Shades of Darkness, and Might & Magic Duel of Champions Starter Pack. There are Steam, UPlay, and DRM-free games scattered all about, so check the full listing.

• Tales from the Borderlands [Steam] - $16.74 (33% off)

Origin

• Zuma's Revenge - Free!

UPlay

• Ultra Street Fighter IV - $17.99 (40% off)
• Strider - $7.49 (50% off)
• Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition - $29.99 (40% off)
• DMC: Devil May Cry - $24.99 (50% off)
• Remember Me - $10.20 (66% off)
• Other games in UPlay's Capcom sale can be found here.

Steam

As well as regular discounts, Steam has a couple of additional weekend deals.

• Payday 2 - $4.99 (75% off) (FREE WEEKEND until 8/24 at 1PM PT)
• Payday 2 GOTY Edition - $12.49 (75% off)
• Zombie Army Trilogy - $15.29 (66% off)
• Kerbal Space Program - $26.79 (33% off)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - $7.49 (50% off)
• Operation Flashpoint: Red River Complete - $3.99 (75% off)
• Double Dragon Neon - $1.99 (80% off)

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?