When does the summer sale end? Upcoming sales on Steam this year
In this lifehack you will learn When does Steam sales start?year.
For those in the tank, Steam is the largest online video game store where you can purchase almost any game in electronic form. Like any other business owner, he organizes promotions with discounts on goods. Every day you can buy dozens of games at a reduced price, but several times a year there are really large sales, and we’ll talk about them.
Steam Sale Datesyear
They occur on the most significant international (Western) holidays, such as Christmas. There are only three seasons when they occur (you won't see anything like this in spring). Let's start with the earliest or latest, it depends on how you look.
Winter sale Steam—
The longest promotion of all the year, lasting about half a month. Steam Winter Sale covers two holidays - Western Christmas and New Year. Starts on the eve of the first one. The date varies from year to year, but you should expect it to be around December 20-22, and end on January 3-5.
Steam Summer Sale(schedule)
During the holidays, there is no way to avoid a decline in interest in purchasing games, because worthy products, as a rule, do not appear in the summer, so marketers are trying to attract consumers in this way. It's better for us.
Summer sale inSteam V will approximately begin on June 19-22 and will last about two weeks, until July 1-5 inclusive. If you haven’t had time to buy fresh spring fruits, now is the time!
Steam Autumn Sale(dates)
Autumn sale inSteam divided into two parts, in accordance with the events on halloween sale inSteam and Black Friday. There is a short break between them and each of them lasts about a week, which in total amounts to a standard two weeks, like other major stocks.
Halloween sale on Steam
Starts on All Hallows' Day week, October 26-30, and ends on November 1. Sometimes you only have a couple of days, sometimes a whole week, so be prepared.
Sales on Steam definitely happen in the summer, then there are discounts and you can buy games cheaper. There will be another sale in winter 2017. Other sales happen or are cancelled, there is no approved schedule, which is always the same. Summer and winter have the biggest discounts, but spring and fall for Halloween, not so much.
Well, for as long as I've been using Steam, big sales usually happen seasonally: winter, spring, summer and autumn. Sales can also occur on the eve of a holiday, although games can only be sold on one theme corresponding to the holiday. For example, last year on October 31st (Halloween) the sale was only for scary games.
In addition to sales, you can see a daily discount on this or that game, which may not be included in the sale.
Steam is not a site that gives surprises. Everything is stable and predictable for them. All sales on Steam are seasonal and you can get acquainted with them on this website.
So far we know for sure about the sale at the end of December 2016 and which covers the beginning of 2017, but this is the last sale of 2016. As usual, it will be in 2017 by the end of the year.
Sales on Steam are usually timed to coincide with certain holidays.
By October 31, the famous Halloween holiday, sales of all kinds of horror games are usually held. During the New Year holidays, Steam will also have a sale. If you are such a gamer, then you should join the group and follow all the news.
Valve holds a sale every year on games and other digital products on its Steam store. There will be several such sales in 2017. The very first one will begin before the new year back in 2016, and will continue at the beginning of 2017. The next sale will be in the summer before The International tournament.
Big sales with significant discounts happen twice a year - winter and summer sales. So in 2017, the very first sale will be in early January.
There is also an autumn and spring sale, but the discounts will be smaller.
The first Steam sale of 2017 will smoothly flow from 2016, which will begin on December 20 and last until January 10, 2017. Next, the spring sale starts in March 2017. The exact date will be known soon, schedule Steam sales is under development. If we talk about all sales on Steam, they happen four times a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. You can follow the information on the official Steam website.
Sales on Steam Usually timed to coincide with some holiday.
In winter there will be a sale for the New Year and Christmas, in the summer the sale usually takes place in July.
In the fall, sales coincide with Thanksgiving or Black Friday. There may also be a sale in honor of Halloween.
You can also follow all upcoming sales in the Steam group
To buy the desired toy as profitably as possible, wait for the seasonal sale and constantly monitor discounts.
You can find out which games are currently discounted as follows:
- Open the Steam client;
- Go to the store;
- Click the "Discounts" button under the "Browse categories" heading
- You can sort through the entire list of discounted games to find the best deals.
Seasonal and holiday sales
Discounts on games on Steam happen all the time, but there are also seasonal sales, which are the most exciting event for gamers. Summer and winter seasonal sales are the largest of the year. Smaller sales occur in the fall and spring. The summer sale usually occurs in July, and the winter sale in December-January. The trick to these sales is that the discounts apply to both new and old games.
There are 3 types of discounts on the summer sale:
- general (store-wide discount) - discounts here are the lowest, apply to all games over the past six months;
- daily deals - impressive discounts on games released in the last 2 days (24-48 hours);
- instant (flash sales) - the biggest discounts, reaching up to 90%! Such discounts last no more than 12 hours.
You can find out if there is currently a sale going on at Steam VKontakte group or on the official website. During major sales on home page There is an announcement on the site, and therefore it is very difficult to miss such an event. Game discounts during seasonal sales range from 30 to 90% depending on the specific game. For example, CS:GO at the last winter sale was sold at a 33% discount, while Fallout 4 and Doom (2016) could be bought for a third of the price.
In addition to winter and summer, Steam annually hosts holiday sales, which fall on Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, New Year, etc. For example, on Halloween, horror films are most often sold at a discount.
Steam also has themed sales related to a specific event. They differ from holiday ones in that they may not take place every year, but only once. For example, sometimes the service may start selling indie games or games about space, etc. It is impossible to know the exact date of such an event; you just need to carefully follow the updates on the official website.
There are no global sales for Russian holidays, but some publishers like 1C or Buk may launch discounts on a limited number of games. As a rule, this happens on very important holidays - Victory Day, International Women's Day, etc.
Websites to track Steam sales
1) SlickDeals - allows you to monitor discounts in popular stores, including Steam. Here you can not only find out information about sales, but also notify other users about it. After registering, you will receive notifications about sales by email.
2) CheapAssGamer is a thematic forum where gamers share new information regarding discounts in various services. The downside of this site is that there is no way to filter topic impressions. The site has a Price Tracker function. It shows all the discounts in all gaming stores. Including Steam, Amazon, The Hut and others. But if you are looking for discounts only on Steam, then this resource loses to others, since it specializes more in searching across all game stores.
3) SteamPrices - the service is designed to track sales exclusively on Steam. It is not necessary to register on the site, and to be aware of prices, you can choose to display the cost of games in rubles as the currency.
4) SteamGameSales - this site automatically tracks sales of many services. You can select a region and filter impressions for greater convenience.
- To always be aware of when a discount starts on a particular game, just add it to your wishlist. When the game starts selling at a reduced price, you will receive an email notification about this;
- By participating in seasonal and themed sales, you can get additional bonuses, like a profile badge;
- If you bought a game at full price, and after a day or two it began to be sold at a discount, you can return the money and repurchase the product (if you have played less than 2 hours);
- Do not try to buy a game on sale in order to get a full refund. You will only get back the money you spent;
- The duration of the sale can vary from one day to two to three months;
- The sale may include not only games, but also add-ons, in-game items, etc.
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