The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 starts Thursday, October 1 and runs through October 8. Valve's official Steamworks calendar lists both the start and end at 10 a.m. Pacific — 2 p.m. in Brasília when the event opens.
Unlike the roughly two-week Summer and Winter sales, the autumn event is shorter: seven days of storewide discounts. Valve frames it as a seasonal showcase with deals across every store category, not a single genre.
What is confirmed
The date is not a fan-calendar guess. The Steamworks page for the Steam Autumn Sale 2026 lists October 1–8 at 10 a.m. Pacific and provides an asset kit for participating studios.
An official trailer on Steam's YouTube channel highlights titles expected on the storefront, including Dead by Daylight, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Palworld and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Appearance in the video is not the full discount list: percentages only appear when the store refreshes at 10 a.m. PT.
Who can take part
Under Steamworks seasonal-sale rules, a game must have launched at least 30 days before the event starts to join with a discount. For this Autumn Sale, that means a release on September 1, 2026 or earlier. Titles that shipped later in September are out of this round if they miss that cutoff.
The store itself is the entry point. When the clock hits, the Steam homepage switches to the sale showcase.
What follows on the calendar
October on Steam does not end with the Autumn Sale. The events calendar still lists Cooking Fest (October 12–19), an October Next Fest (19–26) and Steam Scream Fest V (October 26–November 2) for horror — useful for anyone waiting on Halloween to fill a library.
The Winter Sale, the year's largest event, is scheduled for December 17, 2026 through January 4, 2027.
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