Steam has 22 themed fests in 2026

January 23, 2026

Valve will be hosting a whopping 22 themed Fests this year, but this won’t stop the Next Fests, either, these are totally different. Meanwhile, there’s also the seasonal sales, which will also continue as normal, which basically means we’ve got 29 Steam promotions that will come with discounts this year.

As confirmed by Steam on social media through a personable video, we can probably expect Fests themed around detectives, board games, typing, and tower defense, and more.

We have 22 themed Fests coming in 2026, and challenged ourselves* to find a fun way to show the variety of games we'll be celebrating on Steam throughout the year.

*"ourselves" = one of us, who may or may not have earned herself a permanent ban from doing videos. pic.twitter.com/9jqmfylR0Q
— Steam (@Steam) January 21, 2026

Frankly, this looks like a solid year to be a Steam user as well as a developer, as these Fests are pretty powerful for developers of any size and in terms of gamers, well, we can get good deals, too.

Steam hasn’t directly said when any of these 22 themed Fests will start, but we do have the February Next Fest to look forward to.

Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger Editor-in-Chief

Gabe has been a gamer since he was young, playing games like Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Guitar Hero, and whatever looked cool on GameFly. Ever since 2018, he's been infatuated with the inner workings of the gaming and entertainment industries, covering a wide range of topics from video games to TV and film. Starting as a contributor for PSX Extreme, he's worked his way up to its Managing Editor. Using what's he learned over the years, he founded Smash Jump to remind everyone to smash jump.