Valve Announces Full Schedule for 2025 Sales and Events

The regular sales and deep discounts have been some of the inseparable parts of the Steam user experience. A big part of this user experience comes from their regular seasonal sales, but also frequent themed events or "fests" as they are usually called, grouping up games in one way or another.

While you can typically guess the expected timeframe, Valve decided to make everything abundantly clear with their recent post, announcing the exact date for the planned future sales.

In the second half of 2025 you can expect the following:

• Automation Fest: July 14 – July 21

• Racing Fest: July 28 – August 4

• 4X Fest: August 11 – August 18

• Third Person Shooter (TPS) Fest: August 25 – September 1

• Political Sim Fest: September 8 – September 15

• 2025 Steam Autumn Sale: September 29 – October 6 (Please note this is a different time frame compared to previous Autumn Sales)

• Steam Next Fest - October 2025 Edition: October 13 – October 20

• Steam Scream 4: October 27 – November 3

• Animal Fest: November 10 – November 17

• Sports Fest: December 8 – December 15

• 2025 Steam Winter Sale: December 18 – January 5

And if you are interesting in something more current, Valve got you covered as well:

• Real-Time Strategy Fest: January 20 – 27 (Completed)

• Idler Fest: February 3 –10 (Completed)

• Couch Co-Op Fest: February 10 –17

• Steam Next Fest - February 2025 Edition: February 24 – March 3

• Visual Novel Fest: March 3 – 10

• 2025 Steam Spring Sale: March 13 – 20

• City Builder & Colony Sim Fest: March 24 – 31

• Sokoban Fest: April 21 – 28

• Wargames Fest: April 28 – May 5

• Creature Collector Fest: May 12 – May 19

• Zombies vs. Vampires Fest: May 26 – June 2

• Steam Next Fest - June 2025 Edition: June 9 – 16

• Fishing Fest: June 16 – 23

• 2025 Steam Summer Sale: June 26 – July 10

Remember to spend responsibly, and clear out your backlog once in a while.