Steam Fests and sales
Every Steam event on one timeline: Next Fest, seasonal sales and themed fests. Upcoming ones come with the deadlines a developer has to meet, past ones with how they went.
Steam Scream V
Ended Nov 2, 18:00 UTC · 3,301 games signed upNext deadlineNext Fest Winter 2027: Registration closes Jan 10, 2027The fest runs Feb 22 – Mar 1. Final demo and page: Feb 8.
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Next Fest, seasonal sales and themed fests. Pick an event to see its dates, deadlines and what overlaps it.OctNovDecJan 2027FebMarAprMayJunJulToday
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Themed fests
Dates in UTC. ○ — registration closes, ◆ — final demo and page. Striped — already over.
Themed festReal-Time Strategy FestMon, May 10, 2027 – Mon, May 17, 2027 · 8 days · starts in 187 days
Coming up
The next eight events. Dates from Steamworks.- Nov 16 – Nov 23Auto-Battler RPG FestThemed festin 12 days
- Dec 17 – Jan 4Winter SaleSeasonal salein 43 days
- Jan 14 – Jan 18Desktop Companion FestThemed festin 71 days
- Jan 25 – Feb 1Shop Keeper FestThemed festin 82 days
- Feb 4 – Feb 8Sheep FestThemed festin 92 days
- Feb 8 – Feb 15Couch Co-Op FestThemed festin 96 days
- Feb 22 – Mar 1Next Fest Winter 2027Next FestRegistration closes Jan 10 · Final demo and page Feb 8in 110 days
- Mar 8 – Mar 15Rhythm FestThemed festin 124 days
Next Fest editions
Players: the most people playing a demo at once during the fest, measured from Autumn 2026. #10 and #100: what those places had. Out in 90 days: games released within 90 days after the fest.| Autumn 2026Oct 19 – Oct 26 | 7,317 | 6,507 | 4,513 | 310 | 34 | 39,811 Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim | by Jan 24 |
| Summer 2026Jun 15 – Jun 22 | 4,399 | — | — | — | — | — | 2,031 · 46% |
| Winter 2026Feb 23 – Mar 2 | 3,524 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,567 · 44% |
| Autumn 2025Oct 13 – Oct 20 | 2,940 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,241 · 42% |
Last seasonal sale: Autumn Sale 2026
Oct 1 – Oct 8. Every discounted game on Steam during the sale, not only the featured ones.Discounted90,241games and DLC
Median discount51%
75% off or more19,435
Reached Top Sellers 100108of the discounted
About the data
Dates and events come from Steamworks’ list of upcoming events and from Steam’s own event pages.
Demo player counts are measured from Next Fest Autumn 2026 (October) onward. For earlier editions we know the lineup and which games came out afterwards, but not how many people played the demos.
Themed fests: the lineup is every game Steam lists as signed up, collected from October 2026. What the fest gave its games is measured from players per day and stays on the fest’s page after it ends.