For PC gamers, it is typically worth waiting until a Steam sale comes to get the best deals.

A few times a year you’ll be able to get games at a discount price, so patience is literally the key to success if getting cheap games is your objective.

Upcoming Steam Sale Dates

Steam sales are an anticipated event occur four times a year – there’s Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter sales.

Many gamers wait until the Summer sale, which will be its biggest discount for the year. Here are the upcoming 2023 Steam sale dates – we’ll update this quarterly as time goes by.

Steam Autumn Sale: November 24 to November 29, 2022
Steam Winter Sale: December 22, 2022 to January 5, 2023
Steam Spring Sale: March 16 to March 23, 2023
Steam Summer Sale: TBC

How much are Steam sale discounts?

The discounted price you get on Steam games during this time can vary dramatically.

Typically, larger more well known games will be discounted between 30 and 50% in price.

However, you’ll sometimes find games that are sold with up to 90% off their original price. So, it’s usually worth checking out.

Are there any other Steam sales?

There are occasionally some other Steam sale dates but they occur pretty randomly.

For example there was the Steam Golden week sale that occur in May 2021, which was a big discount on Japanese games. However, this wasn’t repeated the next year.

Steam also used to run a lunar sale, however this seems to have been stopped also with Steam favouring the four quarterly sales each year.

Start Using Your Steam Wishlist

Even some Steam veterans don’t use their Steam wishlist, and this is the easiest way to take advantage of Steam sales.

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All you need to do is add games to your Steam wishlist throughout the month instead of buying them immediately. Then, during sales you can head to your wishlist and buy.

Some users report that they save several hundreds of pounds each year by following this one tip. So, get using your wishlist ASAP.

Conclusion

Steam sales are an amazing chance to get your favourite games at fraction of the original price, and Steam offers many discounts across the board during the Steam sale periods. So, make sure to tell your friends about the next Steam sale.

Unless there’s a new game out that you simply must have, it’s usually worth the wait as you can get heavy discounts during this time.