Amazon Prime Day Video Game Deals 2023: The Best Games to Buy on Prime Day 2

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Video games can be a pretty expensive hobby, especially if you want to keep up with the latest hits. Taking advantage of big sales like Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days on October 10-11 eases the ache on your wallet with competitive discounts on some of the biggest games of the last few years. Whether you’re looking for games on PS5, Xbox Series X, or the trusty Nintendo Switch, we've gathered some of the best deals on video games that are already live ahead of the sale next month.

The Best Prime Big Deal Days Video Game Discounts

• Street Fighter 6 Deluxe Edition
  

• Bayonetta 3

• Forza Horizon 5

• Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

• Persona 5 Royal

What To Consider When Looking At Video Game Deals

As a whole, video game deals are pretty straightforward. During events like Prime Day and Prime Big Deal Days, you can generally find better-than-average discounts on well-known games, ranging from new releases that just hit stores a month ago to AAA games from the past few years. It's also a great time to pick up gear for your setup, including accessories, TVs, and monitors.

Still, there are a few things worth making sure of before you buy, especially if you’re shopping for gifts and don’t buy games regularly. You should always make sure you’re buying the game for the correct console, as some of these games are exclusive to one or the other—you can’t buy Zelda for your Xbox, unfortunately.

Also, keep in mind that the standard price for a premium game is now $70, up from $60 on older consoles. That said, you may find that the standard prices for games can fluctuate a bit from title to title, and that may affect how you judge whether a deal is worth buying.

Street Fighter 6 Deluxe Edition

The biggest name in fighting games is back! Street Fighter 6 changes the game with new modes, characters, and a "basic" control scheme to help new players compete with the veterans and pros. Making up for those nagging launch issues with SF5, Street Fighter 6 features a single-player World Tour mode, where you create a character and train them to fight against the series’ heavy hitters.

Of course, all fighting games come down to multiplayer and how it feels to take down your friends or online foes: The starting 18-character roster features classic fighters like Ryu, Chun-Li, and Blanka, as well as newcomers like ninja Kimberly and MMA fighter Luke.

With the deluxe edition, you’ll also get the first four DLC characters, including returning SF5 character Rashid, who’s already available. (Not to mention some extra cosmetics and in-game currency.) Grab your fight stick and in the mix. If you start training now, you might be ready for Evo next year.

Bayonetta 3 - Nintendo Switch

One of the wildest action game series you’ll ever play, Bayonetta puts you in the pistol-equipped high-heels of a gun-toting witch who beats up all manner of otherworldly creatures with a bit of sass and a lot of style. Capping the trilogy, Bayonetta 3 triples down on flashy, larger-than-life action setpieces and highly technical beat-em-up combat that gives you precise control and a large library of moves to learn. If you love a challenge, Bayonetta’s scoring system will push you to play levels over and over for a higher rank.

Final Fantasy XVI

The latest epic in the beloved, long-running RPG franchise, Final Fantasy 16 reimagines hits new highs with nuanced storytelling and refined action-packed combat. In a medieval fantasy world on the brink of ruin, you follow Clive Rosfield, a young lord-turned-freedom-fighter on a mission that will pit him against powerful warriors that can transform into towering monsters. With a complex story, impressive art, and the smoothest, fastest combat in a Final Fantasy game yet, FF16 is our favorite entry in the series in the last 20 years.

Elden Ring

Imposing, intimidating, and wrist-snappingly difficult at times, Elden Ring is exactly what it says on the tin. Famed Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki set out to translate the pinpoint action of his previous games into an open-world setting, and the result is possibly the most intriguing world in the history of the medium.

Featuring hundreds of bosses to fight and dungeons to plumb, this is one game that will last you a long time—unless you snort it all up in a month, like some of us did. But don’t let the game’s reputation for frustration fool you, because Elden Ring gives even new players plenty of tools to succeed. You just have to learn how to use them yourself.

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Forza Horizon 5

The name Forza might be synonymous with hardcore racing sims like Gran Turismo, but Forza Horizon 5 feels more like a racing vacation. With hundreds of vehicles to try and a vast, open world to explore, the Forza Horizon series arguably has more in common with free-wheeling arcade racers like OutRun and Burnout Paradise than its precise racing sims like Forza Motorsport.

Whether it’s off-roading, trying to beat your buddy’s best time, or simply flat-out racing against a variety of opponents, Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico has enough events to keep your hands on the wheel for a long time. Just make sure your hard drive has enough space. That huge, lush world takes up a ton of space on your Xbox’s hard drive.

Forza Horizon 5 is also available as a digital code, which will unlock the game on Xbox consoles or Windows PCs.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

You probably didn’t ever expect to see Mario and Peach blasting bad guys with guns in a strategy RPG, but that’s exactly what the Mario + Rabbids series is all about. With cover-based tactical gameplay, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope is a great onramp for new players who want to learn the ins and outs of strategy games, which can often be complex and hard to learn.

The sequel to 2017’s Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Sparks of Hope features more missions, more weapons, and more bizarre Mushroom Kingdom crossovers than you could possibly expect. Strategy games often get overlooked by mainstream players who don’t know the genre, but I’d argue this is one of the Switch’s hidden gems, and definitely worth picking up now that it’s on sale.

Persona 5 Royal

The acclaimed RPG series Persona has never been more popular, and with good reason: Persona 5 Royal is simply one of the best RPGs ever made. Navigate all the complexities of modern Japanese high school by day, while leading the secret life as a “Phantom Thief” who literally steals the hearts of evil adults by night.

Persona 5 Royal demands you consider and carefully manage how you use your time. In addition to studying and diving into alternate-universe dungeons, you have the ability to meet and connect with a wide array of characters, from classmates and teachers to local neighborhood fixtures.

Their influence all have an impact on your missions: Will you try to become friends with the frosty doctor that provides you with meds for cheap, or study to strengthen your bonds with your friends and allies? With a unique format and subtle, nuanced storytelling, Persona 5 Royal feels modern and classic at the same time.

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Undoubtedly the most critically-acclaimed video game of 2023, this long awaited sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild combines the sandbox approach of its predecessor with the raw creativity of Minecraft.

Tears of the Kingdom gives you the freedom to build your own bizarre solutions to problems, from airships to giant robots that will blow the poor Moblins apart with howitzers. You can explore a transformed Hyrule that challenges players to build their own tools to succeed in a hostile world.

Some fans may not love the return of weapon durability as a mechanic, but overall, this latest Zelda is an absolute must-buy for almost anyone who cares about video games.

Metroid Prime Remastered

Nintendo GameCube heads already know that Metroid Prime is one of the best games of all time. If you missed back in 2002, this is the perfect opportunity to see why so many players remember the game so fondly.

Shifting Metroid’s iconic side-scrolling perspective to first-person, Prime has a unique feel that sets it apart from other platformers and shooters.

The remastered edition, which brings the game to the Switch, features improved visuals and feels modern, even after 21 years. It’s a well-paced adventure with plenty of atmosphere to soak in and action to enjoy, and it’s a classic for a reason. And if you need even more Metroid, get a dose of the classic platforming experience from Metroid Dread, which is also on sale for Prime Day.