With the Tower Defense Festival, Steam is putting an entire genre in focus: from classic wave defense games to action-survival mixes, you can try out new titles as demos, follow developer live streams and secure numerous games for less.
Current Steam discounts and promotions 2025/26
- 9.3. until March 16, 2026 Steam Festival of Tower Defense Games
- Next event: March 19th until 3/26/26 Steam Spring Sale 2026
Steam sales and promotions 2026
Put reminder dates for the upcoming big Steam sales in your calendars:
- 30.3. until April 6, 2026 Steam Festival of Household Games
- 9.3. until April 13, 2026 Steam Festival of Hidden Object Games
- 4.5. until May 11, 2026 Steam Festival of Deck Building Games
- 18.5. until May 25, 2026 Steam Festival of Marine Games
Source: steamdb.info and steamcommunity.com
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Past Steam sales 2017-2026
Based on previous Steam sale dates, you can roughly predict when a new Steam sale will come. Here is the history so far as of 2017:
Date | Steam sale |
2026 | |
23.2. until March 2, 2026 | |
19.2. until February 23, 2026 | Steam Horse Games Festival |
9.2. until February 16, 2026 | |
February 5, 2026 to February 9, 2026 | Steam Keyboard Picture Games Festival |
26.1. until February 2, 2026 | Steam Board Games Festival |
12.01. until 01/19/26 | Steam Festival of Detective Games |
18.12. until 5.1.26 | Steam Winter Sale |
2025 | |
8.12. until 12/15/25 | Steam Festival of Sports Games |
10.11. until 11/17/25 | Steam Festival of Animal Games |
10/27 until 03.11.25 | Steam Scream Festival 4 |
10/13 until 10/20/25 | Steam games preview in October |
09/29 until 10/6/25 | Steam Fall Sale |
08.09. until 09/15/25 | Steam Festival of Political Simulations |
08/25 until 09/01/25 | Steam Festival of Third-Person Shooters |
11.08. until 08/18/25 | 4X Feast |
07/28 until 08/04/25 | Racing Fest |
14.07. until 07/21/25 | Automation Fest |
June 26th until 10.07.25 | Summer sale |
16.06. until 06/23/25 | Fishing festival |
09.06. until June 16, 2025 | Next Fest – June 2025 |
26.05. until 06/02/25 | Zombies vs. Vampires Fest |
12.05. until 05/19/25 | Creature Collector Fest |
April 28th until 05.05.25 | Wargames Festival |
April 21st until 04/28/25 | Sokoban festival |
03/24 until 03/31/25 | City Builder & Colony Sim Fest |
13.03. until 03/20/25 | Spring Sale |
03.03. until 03/10/25 | Visual Novel Fest |
02/24 until 03.03.25 | Next Fest |
10.02. until 02/17/25 | Couch Co-Op Fest |
02/03 until 02/10/25 | Idler Festival |
01/20 until 01/27/25 | Real-Time Strategy Fest |
2024 | |
12/19/24 to 01/02/25 | Winter Sale |
11/28/24 to 12/4/24 | Autumn promotion (autumn sale) |
11/11/24 to 11/18/24 | Cooking Fest (Festival of Cooking Games) |
10/28/24 to 11/4/24 | Halloween Sale (Steam Scream Festival) |
09/30/24 to 10/07/24 | Turn-Based Strategy Fest |
09/16/24 to 09/23/24 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles Fest |
09/02/24 to 09/09/24 | Space Exploration Fest |
07/29/24 to 08/05/24 | Tower Defense Fest |
06/27/24 to 07/11/24 | Summer sale 2024 |
05/27/24 to 06/03/24 | Open World Survival Crafting Fest |
05/13/24 to 05/20/24 | Endless Replayability Fest |
04/29/24 to 05/06/24 | Farming festival |
04/15/24 to 04/22/24 | FPS Fest |
03/25/24 to 04/01/24 | Deckbuilders Fest |
03/14/24 to 03/21/24 | Spring Sale 2024 |
02/26/24 to 03/04/24 | Dinosaurs vs. Robots Festival |
01/22/24 to 01/29/24 | Pirates vs. Ninja Fest |
01/08/24 to 01/15/24 | Capitalism and Economic Festival |
2023 | |
12/21/23 to 01/04/24 | Winter Sale 2023 |
11/21/23 to 11/28/23 | Fall Sale 2023 |
06/29/23 to 07/13/23 | Summer sale 2023 |
03/16/23 to 03/23/23 | Spring Sale 2023 |
2022 | |
11/22/22 to 11/29/22 | Fall Sale 2022 |
10/25/22 to 11/01/22 | Halloween Sale 2022 |
08/01/22. until 8/8/22 | Steam survival games |
07/18/22. until 07/25/22 | Steam VR Fest 2022 |
06/23/22. until 07/07/22 | Summer sale |
03/14/22. until 03/21/22 | JRPG sale |
01/27/22. until 02/03/22 | Lunar New Year Sale 2022 |
2021 | |
12/22/21. until 05.01.22 | Winter Sale 2021 |
11/24/21. until 12/01/21 | Autumn Sale |
10/28/21. until 01.11.21 | Halloween sale 2021 |
06/24/21. until 07/08/21 | Summer Sale 2021 |
02/11/21. until 02/15/21 | Lunar New Year Sale 2021 |
2020 | |
12/22/20 to 01/05/21 | Winter Sale 2020 |
11/22/20 to 12/01/20 | Fall Sale 2020 |
10/30/20 to 11/2/20 | Halloween sale 2020 |
07/11/20 to 07/22/20 | Summer Getaway Sale 2020 |
2019 | |
12/19/19 to 01/02/20 | Winter Sale 2019 |
11/26/19 to 12/3/19 | Fall Sale 2019 |
10/28/19 to 11/01/19 | Halloween sale 2019 |
06/25/19 to 07/09/19 | Grand Prix summer promotion 2019 |
2018 | |
12/20/18 to 01/03/19 | Winter Sale 2018 |
11/22/18 to 11/27/18 | Autumn Sale 2018 |
10/29/18 to 11/01/18 | Halloween sale 2018 |
06/21/18 to 07/05/18 | Summer Sale 2018 |
2017 | |
12/21/17 to 01/04/18 | Winter Sale 2017 |
11/22/17 to 11/28/17 | Autumn Sale 2017 |
10/26/17 to 11/01/17 | Halloween sale 2017 |
06/22/17 to 07/05/17 | Summer Sale 2017 |
No matter whether it’s a big Steam sale or a special event: If you check in regularly, you’ll almost always find a good deal. Have your wish list ready and get the deal when your favorites are reduced.