Official Group for Steamworks Development Support

Announcing Early 2024 Steam Sales and Fests

Sure, 2023 ain't over yet...but 2024 isn't that far away, and we wanted to share the official Steam events planned for the first few months of next year so you can choose in which events you'd like to participate and plan your promotional activities accordingly.

In addition to a quick refresher on Steam events, the events schedule for the first quarter of 2024 is below—including links to documentation with additional details and eligibility criteria—and you can register and start entering discounts now. For seasonal sales and themed sale events, simply visit your Discount Management page in Steamworks, where you can see upcoming events and which of your games are eligible for each. For Steam Next Fest, visit the registration URL in the event-specific documentation linked below.

Not ready to register? Not to worry: we’ll send registration invitation emails to the developers of eligible titles about two months prior to each themed sale event and five months prior to each Steam Next Fest.

Four times a year, we run Steam-wide seasonal sale events. These events are open to all released games to participate with a discount.

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.

For more information, please see the Steam Themed Sale Events documentation.

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.

For more information, please see the Steam Next Fest documentation.

• Capitalism and Economy Fest: January 8 - 15
  
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Fest: January 22 - 29
  
• Next Fest: February 5 - 12
  
• Remote Play Together: February 12 - 19
  
• Dinos vs. Robots Fest: February 26 - March 4
  
• Spring Sale: March 14 - 21 (major seasonal sale)
  
• Deckbuilders Fest: March 25 - April 1

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.