2023 Official Steam Sales and Fests Schedule
Registration and discounting now open for most 2023 Official Steam Sales and Fests
In an effort to give you a jump on planning out your year of promotional activities, we're excited to announce the dates for 2023's official Steam sales and fests. The schedule is below—including links to documentation with additional details and eligibility criteria—and you can register and start entering discounts now for most events. Simply visit your
Sale Approvals page in Steamworks, where you can see the upcoming events and which of your games are eligible for each.
Major Seasonal Sales
Four times a year, we run Steam-wide seasonal sale events. These events are open to all released games to participate with a discount.
Themed Sale Events (Fests)
Each of these fests is built around shining a spotlight on a particular category of games with corresponding eligibility criteria for each. These events prioritize discounted games, but also have space for free games, upcoming releases, and games with demos.
If you’re not ready to register now, don’t worry; we’ll send out reminder emails to the developers of eligible titles about 8 weeks prior to each event.
For more information, please see the
Steam Themed Sale Events documentation.
Next Fest
Running three times a year, Steam Next Fest is a multi-day celebration where fans can try out demos, chat with developers, watch livestreams, and learn about upcoming games on Steam. For developers, Steam Next Fest is an opportunity to get early feedback from players and build an audience for a future launch on Steam.
The February 2023 edition of Steam Next Fest is underway now, with the next two announced and open for registration as part of this master schedule announcement. For more information, please see the
Steam Next Fest documentation.
We'll also send out registration reminder emails to folks with "Coming Soon" titles on Steam that haven't previously appeared in a Steam Next Fest.
Steam Sales & Fests Schedule for 2023
- Mystery Fest: February 20 - 27
- Spring Sale: March 16 - 23 (major seasonal sale)
- Puzzle Fest: April 24 - May 1
- Sports Fest: May 15 - 22
- Next Fest: June 19 - 26
- Summer Sale: June 29 - July 13 (major seasonal sale)
- Stealth Fest: July 24 - 31
- Visual Novel Fest: August 7 - 14
- Strategy Fest: August 28 - September 4
- SHMUP Fest: September 25 - October 2
- Next Fest: October 9 - 16
- Return of Steam Scream Fest (Halloween): October 26 - November 2 (additional details to come)
- Autumn Sale: November 21 - 28 (major seasonal sale)
- Winter Sale: December 21 - January 4, 2024 (major seasonal sale)
The list of scheduled events is also available on the
Upcoming Steam Events documentation page.
For more details on discounting, please see the
Discounting documentation.
Please note that while we don't anticipate any changes to this schedule or the included events, we reserve the right to make adjustments as needed.
Contact us here if you have questions regarding events like these.
