Every year here on GameFromScratch we gather all of the relevant game development related Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and 2020 is no exception. What follows is a list of the best deals we have found for game developers, be it programmers, musicians or artists. It will be updated as additional deals are discovered so be sure to check back. Links below may contain an affiliate code that pays GFS a small commission if you make a purchase.
Software
Applications, Game Engines & Assets
A collection of 700+ Assets 50% off as well as an asset of the day 70% off. Additionally Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise licenses come with a free gift up to $1600 value.
The Unreal Engine marketplace has their Black Friday deal on until January 2nd with hundreds of assets up to 70% off.
Get the 3D Coat 3D modelling and texturing application with a $100 discount and get 3D Coat 2021 individual free from Nov 26th until 30th.
Get 25% off all app subscriptions, Nov 27th only
Apress Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal offers all books for $6.99 each with code CYBER20AP.
All Affinity Products such as Designer and Photo 30% off. Learn more about Affinity Designer here.
Substance Indie subscriptions 32% off.
Save 25% on software, including 3DS Max and Maya Subscriptions. Save up to $4,600 on bundle.
Sales across the spectrum of the indie sound effect creators and a exclusive bonus pack on purchase.
Flat 25% off on all assets.
Up to 70% off 3D models.
Up to 50% off this anime style painting application through cyber monday.
Save up to 60% off Corel products including Painter, Corel Draw and PaintShop Pro.
Get 50% off models store wide.
Get 50% off site wide on models, courses, etc.
FL Studio all plugins edition is 55% off.
Get Modo subscriptions 30% off through Cyber Monday
Get up to 30% off and free shipping on Huion graphic tablets.
Not technically a Black Friday sale, but there are currently 3 bundles running on Humble of interest to game developers between now and Cyber Monday.
- The BIG Royalty Free Music Bundle
- Applied Math & Statistics Book Bundle
- AI Powered Photo Editor with Luminar 4 (Learn More … this one is awesome IMHO!)
- Java Programming Book Bundle
Get 30%+ off on Vegas Pro and Music Maker. Save $549 on Acid Pro 10 Suite + Sound Forge Pro combo.
Books 33.7% off and free shipping with code BLACKFRIDAY20, conditions apply.
Phaser Editor (learn more here) is 50% off all licenses.
Get 40% off personal and premium subscriptions on PluralSight training.
Buy 2 get 50% off and other items 50% off through Cyber Monday.
Use code BLACKFRIDAY to save 30% off on 3D models through Monday.
Smith Micro
Steam Autumn Sale (Store Link)
Steam is also having their annual autumn sale with tons of game development software available at discounted pricing.
- 001 Game Creator — 60% Off (Learn More)
- Aartform Curvy 3D – 50% Off
- Akeytsu Indie — 60% Off (Learn More)
- App Game Kit (Multiple) – 70% Off (Learn More)
- App Game Kit Studio — 60% Off (Learn More)
- articy draft 3 flex license (Learn More)
- Asesprite – 30% Off (Learn More)
- CopperCube 6 Game Engine – 60% Off (Learn More)
- FaceRig – 50% Off
- GameGuru – 70% Off (Learn More)
- GameMaker Studio 2 (Multiple) 20% Off (Learn More)
- Indie Graphics Bundle – 50% Off
- Leadwerks Game Engine – 80% Off
- Marmoset Hexels 3 – 50% Off (Learn More)
- Mindtex 2 – 55% Off
- Pixel Game Maker – 60% Off (Learn More)
- Pro Motion NG – 50% Off
- RPG Maker (Multiple) – 70-80% Off
- S2Engine – 80% Off (Learn More)
- Shoot ‘Em Up Kit – 20% Off
- Silo 2 – 20% Off
- SMILE Game Builder – 80% Off
- Space Galaxy – Graphics Pack – 50% Off
- Spriter Pro – 40% Off
- Substance Designer 2021 Pre-Order — 20% Off
- Substance Painter 2021 Pre-Order — 20% Off
- The Game Creators Collection – 74% Off
- Visual Novel Maker — 70% Off
- Pixel FX Designer — 25% Off (Learn More)
- Crocotile 3D — 10% Off (Learn More)
- Spritestack — 20% Off
All Sound Particles licenses are currently 50% off. You can learn about Sound Particles here.
Save 40-50% off 3D models through Monday.
This one runs until the end of the year, get audio plugins and premium memberships at a 25% discount, with higher discounts the more items you purchase.
Get 20% off GameMaker licenses until December 1st.
Hardware
Computers & Devices
Acer/Asus/MSI — Nothing in North America
Dell has a wide variety of laptops including XPS and Alienware on sale as well as random door crasher deals throughout the day.
HP are running door crasher deals throughout the day, in addition get 10% off PCs with the code 10STACKBFCM21.
Doorcrasher laptop sales up to 70% off, random sales across the site.
Up to $400 off Surface tablets, $500 on Surface Laptops, plus misc other Windows laptops on sale
Again, just a broad sale across a lot of computer hardware and accessories.
Up to 50% off a wide swath of Razer stuff, from keyboards to laptops. Laptop deals seem to kinda suck this year.
Lots of gear, computers etc on sale, free shipping.
Amazon
You Know… It’s Amazon
- Deal of the day on gaming PCs and Laptops (various deals)
- GAOMON 10 x 6.25 Graphics Tablet 21% Off
- Huion KAMVAS Prop 16 Drawing Tablet 20% Off
- Various HUION Tablets up to 30% Off
- XP Pen Tablets Up to 30% Off
- Samsung T7 External SSD 15% Off
- Portable 1080p Type C/HDMI Monitor 32% Off
- LG Laptops Up to 28% off
- Surface Laptop 3 23% Off
- Surface Pro 7 15% Off
- MSI Creator Laptops 14% Off
- ROG Strix G17 Laptop $300 Off
- Razer Blade Stealth 13″ 18% Off
- Razer Blade 15 19% Off
- Acer Nitro 5 15% Off
You can learn more about the above sales in the video below. Leave a comment on the video or the GFS discord if you spot another deal you want to share with your fellow game developers and I will add it to the list.