These days, paying sticker price for games on Steam only makes sense in very specific cases. Most of the time, you’re better off waiting until a Steam Sale event hits—if you care about saving money, anyway.
But when is the next Steam Sale? How many of them are there each year? Here’s everything you need to know before you check out.
How many Steam Sales are there per year?
There are usually four major Steam Sales every year, with one taking place in each quarter: a Spring Sale in spring, a Summer Sale in summer, an Autumn Sale in fall, and a Winter Sale in winter.
Those dates are usually fixed well ahead of time and they generally happen around the same time every year. But in between those dates, you’ll also see numerous smaller Steam Sales—and there can be up to 25 Steam Sales in a single year, so it’s easy to lose track.
The next major Steam Sale is…
As of this writing, the next big Steam Sale will take place in fall 2024 and you can expect numerous discounts and offers from a wide range of companies across thousands of games.
The official date of the Steam Autumn Sale is November 27, 2024 (which will run until December 4, 2024) before being followed shortly afterwards by the Steam Winter Sale on December 19, 2024 (which will run until January 2, 2025).
All Steam Sales up to July 2025
In addition to the major Steam sales, there are regular sales events for special genres or games from indie developers. These sales can be equally huge and are definitely worth checking out.
Here are all the confirmed dates for all upcoming Steam Sale events from now until July of next year, with major sales and Steam Next Fest events highlighted in bold for your convenience:
- Tower Defense Fest (Jul. 29 to Aug. 5, 2024)
- Fighting Games Fest (Aug. 5 to Aug. 12, 2024)
- Rhythm Fest (Aug. 19 to Aug. 26, 2024)
- Space Exploration Fest (Sep. 2 to Sep. 9, 2024)
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest (Sep. 16 to Sep. 23, 2024)
- Turn-Based RPG Fest (Sep. 30 to Oct. 7, 2024)
- Steam Next Fest: October Edition (Oct. 14 to Oct. 21, 2024)
- Scream Fest (Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, 2024)
- Cooking Fest (Nov. 11 to Nov. 18, 2024)
- Steam Autumn Sale (Nov. 27 to Dec. 4, 2024)
- Steam Winter Sale (Dec. 19 to Jan. 2, 2025)
- Real-Time Strategy Fest (Jan. 20 to Jan. 27, 2025)
- Idler Fest (Feb. 3 to Feb. 10, 2025)
- Couch Co-Op Fest (Feb. 10 to Feb. 17, 2025)
- Steam Next Fest: February Edition (Feb. 24 to Mar. 3, 2025)
- Visual Novel Fest (Mar. 3 to Mar. 10, 2025)
- Steam Spring Sale (Mar. 13 to Mar. 20, 2025)
- City Builder & Colony Sim Fest (Mar. 24 to Mar. 31, 2025)
- Sokoban Fest (Apr. 21 to Apr. 28, 2025)
- Wargames Fest (Apr. 28 to May 5, 2025)
- Creature Collector Fest (May 12 to May 19, 2025)
- Zombies vs. Vampires Fest (May 26 to Jun. 2, 2025)
- Steam Next Fest: June Edition (Jun. 9 to Jun. 16, 2025)
- Fishing Fest (Jun. 16 to Jun. 23, 2025)
- Steam Summer Sale (Jun. 26 to Jul. 10, 2025)
Steam Next Fest is an event where indie developers show off their upcoming games, with many offering free demo versions for testing. It’s a great opportunity to discover new titles you might love.
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This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
Author: Laura Pippig, Staff Writer, PC-WELT
Laura is an enthusiastic gamer as well as a movie and TV fan. After studying communication science, she went straight into a job at PCMagazin and Connect Living. Since then, she has been writing about everything to do with PCs and technology topics, and has been a permanent editor at our German sister site PC-WELT since May 2024.