Valve has revealed the full schedule of Steam sales and festivals in 2025. The company has prepared 25 major events for gamers that will last about six months in total.
The first part of the sale list was announced last year, and now the schedule for the rest of the year has been revealed. Valve has announced that this fall sale will take place at «different times compared to previous fall sales». The first two sales have already ended, and the third one will end in a few days.
This year, Valve has prepared four large traditional seasonal sales for those who want to buy more games at a cheaper price. Special connoisseurs can expect a festival of visual novels, fishing, and racing (maybe you will be lucky enough to snatch a trucker simulator). Two or three sales will be held every month, where players will be able to check out demos, participate in developer broadcasts, and discuss upcoming releases on Steam.
Steam sales and festivals in 2025
- Real-time strategy fest: January 20-27 (event ended)
- Idler Fest: February 3-10 (event over)
- Couch Co-Op Fest: February 10-17
- Steam Next Fest – February 2025 Edition: February 24 — March 3
- Visual Novel Fes: March 3-10
- Steam spring sale 2025: March 13-20
- City Builder & Colony Sim Fest: March 24-31
- Sokoban Fest
puzzles in which the player pushes boxes or containers: April 21-28 - Wargames Fest: April 28 — May 5
- Creature Collector Fest: May 12-19
- Zombies vs. Vampires Fest: May 26 — June 2
- Steam Next Fest – June 2025 Edition: June 9-16
- Fishing Fest: June 16-23
- Steam summer sale 2025: June 26 — July 10
- Automation Fest: July 14-21
- Racing Fest: July 28 — August 4
- 4X Fest: August 11-18
- Third Person Shooter (TPS) Fest: August 25 — September 1
- Political Sim Fest: September 8-15
- Steam Fall Sale 2025: September 29 — October 6 (sale dates differ from previous fall sales)
- Steam Next Fest – October 2025 Edition: October 13-20
- Steam Scream 4spooky and Halloween theme: October 27 – November 3
- Animal Fest: November 10-17
- Sports Fest: December 8-15
- Steam winter sale 2025: December 18, 2025 — January 5, 2026
Valve provided the schedule for the second half of 2025 in advance so that developers could prepare and fans of different categories of games could prepare their wallets. Among the interesting facts at Next Fest 2020, the number of daily additions to the wish list increased by 421%, and sales from «converted» wishlists increased by 292%. The total number of sales was overestimated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the online service realized the trend and began to rely more on Steam sales and festivals.
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Source: Steam Community
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