The best Prime Day competitor deals

Some of the best Amazon Prime Day deals aren’t happening at Amazon. That’s right, other retailers are taking Prime time very seriously, knocking down prices to match Amazon’s deals on video games, board games, movies, toys, and more.

In the event that you’ve personally boycotted shopping at Amazon, or just want to see what the likes of Best Buy, Walmart, Newegg, Target, and other stores are doing to compete, we’ve found the best anti-Prime Day deals out there. We’ll be adding and subtracting deals depending on pricing and availability as Prime Day goes on.

Best Buy

• If you don’t already have a Nintendo Switch, buying one at its regular $299.99 price will net you a free $25 Best Buy gift card. For My Best Buy Total members (Best Buy’s $179.99 per year membership), you’ll get a $50 gift card with purchase.
• My Best Buy Total or Plus members can get $30 off the Xbox Series X console bundle that includes Diablo 4. Normally $559.99, it’s $529.99.
• My Best Buy Total and Best Buy Plus members can save 15% on gaming gift cards.
• My Best Buy Total and Best Buy Plus members can buy two Nintendo Switch games, and get a third game for free.
• The excellent Steelseries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless headset is currently discounted to $320.99 at Best Buy (was $349.99).
• The Seagate 1 TB Xbox Series X expansion card is $139.99, just like Amazon’s deal.
• Yoshi’s Crafted World for the Nintendo Switch is currently available at Best Buy for $39.99 (was $59.99).
• Lego 2K Drive is available at Best Buy for $49.99 (was $59.99).
• LG’s 42-inch C2 OLED TV is $799.99 (was $999.99).
• The 13.4-inch Asus ROG Flow gaming laptop with an AMD Ryzen 9 processor, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD is $849.99 (was $1,599.99). This model can be connected to Asus’ XG Mobile external GPU for more power.
• The Meta Quest 2 with 128 GB of storage is $299.99 and comes with a $50 gift card.

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GameStop

• GameStop will throw in a free game when you purchase another eligible title of equal or greater value. This sale includes games like Elden Ring, New Pokemon Snap, Psychonauts 2, and No Man’s Sky, just to name a few.
• Metroid Dread is currently available at GameStop for $39 (was $59.99).
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus is available for $39 ($59.99).
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is available for $24.99 (was $29.99).
• The angsty and stylish JRPG, Persona 5 Royal, is currently discounted to $29.99 at GameStop (was $59.99).
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch is $39 (was $59.99)
• Super Mario Odyssey for the Switch is $39 (was $59.99)
• Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 is on sale for $25 at GameStop (was $39.99).

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Newegg

• Newegg has discounted the massive 43-inch Asus ROG Strix 4K gaming monitor to $699.99 (was $899.99), you can even knock an additional $50 off with the mail-in rebate.
• The Xbox Series X console bundle that includes Diablo 4 is $519.99, which is $40 off the usual cost. That’s like getting the game for $20.
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is on sale at Newegg for $29.99, and Steam for $33.49 (was $49.99).
• The Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection for PC bundles Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy into a single bundle. Right now, you can grab a Steam code at Newegg for $26.99 (was $49.99).
• Just in case you haven’t already played it on PlayStation, you can pick up a Steam code for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition at Newegg for just $14.99 (was $49.99).
• Steam codes for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide are currently available at Newegg for $24.99 or Steam for $27.99 (was $39.99).

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Target

• Target Circle members can get $5 off select board games and puzzles when you spend $30.
• Target Circle members can save 20% on Game Pass Ultimate, letting you pick up a three-month subscription for $35.99 (was $44.99).
• The Dead Space remake is available at Target for $34.99 (was $69.99).
• The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor are on sale for $54.99 for Target Circle members.
• The standard Nintendo Switch with 32 GB of storage is $299.99, but comes with a $25 Target gift card with purchase.
• Target Circle Members can save 50% on the Sony Inzone lineup of gaming headsets for PC and PlayStation 5. The Inzone H7 is discounted to $114.99 (was $230), and the Inzone H3 is on sale for $49.99 (was $100).
• The HyperX Cloud II Wireless gaming headset is also 50% off for Target Circle members, discounting the $119.99 headset to $59.99.
• An assortment of manga is 20% off at Target, including Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Spy X Family, and more.
• You can save 20% on movies at Target through July 15, including recent launches like The Super Mario Bros. Movie, John Wick Chapter 4, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
• Have a Barbie fan at home? Target Circle members can save 20% on a huge range of Barbie toys.
• The Mega Construx Pokémon sets are each 25% off at Target by way of a free Circle membership.

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Walmart

• The 65-inch TCL 5-Series QLED TV is usually $528, but is currently $398.
• The slightly larger, 75-inch Vizio MQ6 Series QLED is also discounted, knocking $200 off the usual $898 price tag.
• Normally $668, you can currently pick up the 65-inch LG 80 series UHD TV for $498.

Looking for more deals? Check out all of Polygon’s favorite Prime Day 2023 deals right here.