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.
Next 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.SepOctNovDecJan 2027FebMarAprMayJunToday
Next Fest
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Themed fests
Dates in UTC. ○ — registration closes, ◆ — final demo and page. Striped — already over.
Seasonal saleWinter SaleThu, Dec 17, 2026 – Mon, Jan 4, 2027 · 19 days · starts in 52 days
Coming up
The next eight events. Dates from Steamworks.- Oct 19 – Oct 26Next Fest Autumn 2026Next Festended
- Oct 26 – Nov 2Steam Scream VThemed festlive now
- Nov 16 – Nov 23Auto-Battler RPG FestThemed festin 21 days
- Dec 17 – Jan 4Winter SaleSeasonal salein 52 days
- Jan 14 – Jan 18Desktop Companion FestThemed festin 80 days
- Jan 25 – Feb 1Shop Keeper FestThemed festin 91 days
- Feb 4 – Feb 8Sheep FestThemed festin 101 days
- Feb 8 – Feb 15Couch Co-Op FestThemed festin 105 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.| Edition | Games | With players | #10 had | #100 had | 1,000+ | Record | Out in 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 are on the timeline with their dates; who took part and what it gave them is not collected yet.