Valve just made it a lot harder to overpay for shooters. Steam Bullet Fest 2026 is live now through June 15 at 10 AM Pacific, bundling 2,759 games under the umbrella of "bullet heaven" and "bullet hell", including the newly introduced Bullet Heaven tag that arrived on the platform in May.
The sale is a direct response to the genre explosion triggered by Vampire Survivors. Kotaku notes the Bullet Heaven tag finally gives a name to the auto-shooter subgenre that's spawned hundreds of imitators and innovators.
Steam Fest now groups games as varied as Returnal and the indie hit Megabonk under one roof, with discounts across the board. For budget-conscious buyers, the deals run deep. Resident Evil 2 remake is available at its lowest price ever, $7.99.
Monster Hunter Rise is 80% off at the same $7.99. Metro Exodus sits at $4.49, and the entire Metro franchise bundle is under $10.
Mafia Definitive Edition ($5.99), Serious Sam 4 ($7.99), and the roguelike Megabonk ($6.99) round out the sub-$10 highlights. The timing matters.
Steam overhauled its points system in January 2026, removing the controversial "Clown" reward and blocking users from earning points through provocative comments. The Bullet Fest sale is Valve's first major thematic event since those changes, leaning into curation rather than community drama.
Enter the Gungeon is discounted by 80%, a reminder that Dodge Roll's bullet hell dungeon crawler, now more than a decade old, remains a genre benchmark. Arms of God, a high-fidelity bullet heaven entry with a Doom-inspired metal soundtrack, entered Early Access on June 8 and is already drawing attention.
Steam's library now exceeds 34,000 games with over 132 million monthly active users as of 2021. Sales like Bullet Fest serve a dual purpose: moving inventory and training users to wait for events rather than paying full price. With discounts hitting 80% on titles like Monster Hunter Rise and Enter the Gungeon, that strategy is hard to argue with.
