Steam Sales (2025)
Valve has announced 5 major seasonal sales and 21 minor sales for 2025. Explore all planned sale events for the year.
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Major Seasonal Sales
Valve runs four major sale events each year aligned with the seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter sales). These are major sale events where every game on the Steam Store is eligible for a discount depending on what the developers and publishers decide to do. Typically, these sales will last 1-2 weeks.
Steam Winter Sale 2025 Sale
- Starts: 12/18/2025
- Ends: 1/5/2026
- (Starts In ~249 Days)
Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Sale
- Starts: 9/29/2025
- Ends: 10/6/2025
- (Starts In ~169 Days)
Steam Summer Sale 2025 Sale
- Starts: 6/26/2025
- Ends: 7/10/2025
- (Starts In ~74 Days)
Steam Spring Sale 2025 Sale

- Started: 3/13/2025
- Ended: 3/20/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2025 Sale

- Started: 1/26/2025
- Ended: 2/9/2025
- (Lasted 14 Days)
Minor Steam Sale Events
Valve runs several minor sale events between large seasonal sales throughout the year. These sales are usually focused around a specific theme (like a genre or game type) and last 1 week. In 2025, Valve has announced 21 of these sales.
Sports Fest
- Starts: 12/8/2025
- Ends: 12/15/2025
- (Starts In ~239 Days)
Animal Fest
- Starts: 11/10/2025
- Ends: 11/17/2025
- (Starts In ~211 Days)
Steam Scream Fest 2025
- Starts: 10/27/2025
- Ends: 11/3/2025
- (Starts In ~197 Days)
Next Fest: October 2025
- Starts: 10/13/2025
- Ends: 10/20/2025
- (Starts In ~183 Days)
Political Sim Fest
- Starts: 9/8/2025
- Ends: 9/15/2025
- (Starts In ~148 Days)
Third Person Shooter (TPS) Fest
- Starts: 8/25/2025
- Ends: 9/1/2025
- (Starts In ~134 Days)
4X Fest
- Starts: 8/11/2025
- Ends: 8/18/2025
- (Starts In ~120 Days)
Racing Fest
- Starts: 7/28/2025
- Ends: 8/4/2025
- (Starts In ~106 Days)
Automation Fest
- Starts: 7/14/2025
- Ends: 7/21/2025
- (Starts In ~92 Days)
Fishing Fest
- Starts: 6/16/2025
- Ends: 6/23/2025
- (Starts In ~64 Days)
Next Fest: June 2025
- Starts: 6/9/2025
- Ends: 6/16/2025
- (Starts In ~57 Days)
Zombies vs. Vampires Fest
- Starts: 5/26/2025
- Ends: 6/2/2025
- (Starts In ~43 Days)
Creature Collector Fest
- Starts: 5/12/2025
- Ends: 5/19/2025
- (Starts In ~29 Days)
Wargames Fest
- Starts: 4/28/2025
- Ends: 5/5/2025
- (Starts In ~15 Days)
Sokoban Fest
- Starts: 4/21/2025
- Ends: 4/28/2025
- (Starts In ~8 Days)
City Builder & Colony Sim Fest

- Started: 3/24/2025
- Ended: 3/31/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Visual Novel Fest

- Started: 3/3/2025
- Ended: 3/10/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Next Fest: February 2025

- Started: 2/24/2025
- Ended: 3/3/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Couch Co-Op Fest

- Started: 2/10/2025
- Ended: 2/17/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Idler Fest

- Started: 2/3/2025
- Ended: 2/10/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Real-Time Strategy Fest

- Started: 1/20/2025
- Ended: 1/27/2025
- (Lasted 7 Days)
Additional Sales by Year
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