Holiday season is here, if you are looking for some great game to gift to your casual competitive gamer friends, here I have a list of great games for them! All the games below feature a global and local friend’s leaderboard. So you want to dominate the chart, here are some great games you can spend your time doing so.

Personally, I love collecting my games on Steam, therefore I listed some great games with great deal on Steam. For Steam holiday discount, keep an eye on the Daily Deal featured everyday, and Winter and Summer discount every year. Most of the games get 50-75% discounts at that time. You will get to save some serious bucks and keep yourself or your friends happy.

For every title below, click on the title name to go to the Steam Store page.

Audiosurf

This game might be old, but it has infinite replayability. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determine by the song you choose. You earn points for clustering together blocks of the same color on the highway, and compete with others on the internet for the high score on your favorite songs.
Each song has their own leaderboard, so you can either dominate the chart for all Pop song, or your own collection of songs!

Defense Grid: The Awakening

This is the most enjoyable and beautiful tower defense I’ve ever played. This game still constantly come out with DLC map pack to keep you entertained. Different game modes and maps with a leaderboard associated with each map, and a great competitive community playing the game, are you tower defense lovers out there up for the challenge?

Flight Control HD

Yea, like flight control game? I’ve got you cover as well! As you know, flight control game can be never-ending. All you had to do is break your own high score and secure your top score in the global leaderboard and ranking. 9 maps with all difference difficulties and play style, can keep you busy for a very long while!

HOARD

In this game, you play as a bad ass dragon, you burn castles, scare villages, and steal all their gold and gems! Oh you kidnap princesses too! Haha. What you compete against is thieves that steal your gold, other dragons and other players in multiplayer or the leaderboard chart! Fun casual game, you should give it a try to buy for your friends so that you all can have some fun multiplayer!

EDGE

Retro-styled puzzle platform game which has many levels and great music in the game! This game is cheap and fun. Oh not to forget the Steam leaderboard, so see how far up you can climb on the leaderboard.

Dwarfs!?

‘Dwarfs!?’ offers an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulties and game modes to play around in! As the new overseer for your underground Dwarf base, your job is to manage the small colony and make it as rich as possible, before they meet their inevitable doom! Digg that cave and watch out for water and lava!

BIT.TRIP RUNNER

BIT.TRIP RUNNER is the fastest, most exhilarating music/rhythm-platformer that you can possibly find! Race across the Moon, kicking down crystal walls and sliding under chomping moon-slugs! Bound through the Robotic Mines and face off against the MinerMech! Dash through the Big City on a quest to find friends and defeat the final boss together! And after every game, you will find yourself yelling “just one more time” to beat your own high score or the leaderboard score!

Hope I’ve got something for everyone you casual competitive gamers out there. Happy holiday and happy gaming!