Valve has now revealed most of their upcoming big Steam Sales and Steam Fests, here's all the details. They're giving out all the dates, to enable developers to get in early on planning a year of promotional activities. Nice that it's public, as it gives us normal people the ability to build up our wallets ready to unload them on Valve for some new goodies.
Here's all the dates:
- 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)
As per the announcement.
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These, and all the non-Steam events, Warhammer stuff, publisher weekends, country days and all.
Our wallet were never, and will never be, ready.
Our wallet were never, and will never be, ready.
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I'd like it more if Steam would come up with more bugfixes. The Steam client is buggy more and more. While things like Proton are of course very nice, I feel like the 30% they take are sadly no longer appropriate.
The newest bug: Steam doesn't remember the order of your downloads. You want this game be update before the others? Nope. Every time you start Steam, or even just play a game that stops downloads, the order is reset.
The newest bug: Steam doesn't remember the order of your downloads. You want this game be update before the others? Nope. Every time you start Steam, or even just play a game that stops downloads, the order is reset.
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You want this game be update before the others? Nope.You can set a game to update before others by Game Settings (gear icon) -> Updates -> Update before other games
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You can set a game to update before others by Game Settings (gear icon) -> Updates -> Update before other games
I meant the area where you can drag and drop updates in an order, like a playlist.
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Why is the Autumn Sale so near to the Winter Sale (only 1 month apart)?
In my opinion the Autumn Sale would be better situated in September - maybe it could swap places with the SHMUP Fest?
Just my two cents.
Last edited by benstor214 on 23 February 2023 at 3:16 pm UTC
In my opinion the Autumn Sale would be better situated in September - maybe it could swap places with the SHMUP Fest?
Just my two cents.
Last edited by benstor214 on 23 February 2023 at 3:16 pm UTC
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SHMUP Fest: September 25 - October 2This gets my hopes up for a Touhou official game discount finally... but there probably won't be any discount because ZUN is not into them. Oh well.
Visual Novel fest is going to be major wallet drain for me though.
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I'm not seeing any Platformer Fest. But, hey, maybe by the time the Strategy Fest comes along, Super Bomberman R 2 will be out and I can say "Hey you guys, Super Bomberman R 2 is in the Steam Strategy Fest!" and I can drag some more people along for the ride.
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Why is the Autumn Sale so near to the Winter Sale (only 1 month apart)?
In my opinion the Autumn Sale would be better situated in September - maybe it could swap places with the SHMUP Fest?
Just my two cents.
Autumn Sale is Black Friday -> Winter is right around Christmas when everyone had gift cards to spend. I think they call them Autumn and Winter as a neutral way to appeal to their non-North American customer base. =)
Last edited by grace_art on 24 February 2023 at 5:21 am UTC
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