Valve has confirmed the schedule for several upcoming Steam sales

After previously confirming Steam's sales calendar for the remainder of this year, Valve has now released information about planned promotions for early 2024.

These include the first major seasonal sale of the next year as well as sale events (Fests) targeting specific game categories.

STEAM SALES & FESTS SCHEDULE

• SHMUP Fest: September 25 – October 2
• Next Fest: October 9 – 16
• Return of Steam Scream Fest (Halloween): October 26 – November 2
• Autumn Sale: November 21 – 28 (major seasonal sale)
• Winter Sale: December 21 – January 4, 2024 (major seasonal sale)
• Capitalism and Economy Fest: January 8 – 15, 2024
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Fest: January 22 – 29, 2024
• Next Fest: February 5 – 12, 2024
• Remote Play Together: February 12 – 19, 2024
• Dinos vs. Robots Fest: February 26 – March 4, 2024
• Spring Sale: March 14 – 21, 2024 (major seasonal sale)
• Deckbuilders Fest: March 25 – April 1, 2024

Valve has also announced the dates for a new digital event called Steam Next Fest. These triannual multi-day promotions provide players with access to hundreds of PC game demos.

On Thursday, Lars Wingefors, CEO of Embracer Group, expressed his opinion about a new scheme that allows developers to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their games exclusive to the Epic Games Store for six months. He believes that this creates healthy competition for Steam and motivates the platform to deliver the best user experience. Wingefors also emphasized that developers often pay significant fees to platforms, which can exceed their game development expenses.