Steam Summer Sale is expected late June - plan your wishlist now! FTW

[NeutrinoX54]

Based on historical Steam sale dates the Summer Sale is expected to run from approximately June 26 to July 10, 2026. Valve has not officially confirmed the dates but the pattern has been consistent for years. The sale typically runs for two weeks and covers tens of thousands of games across all genres and platforms.

Smart approach to the Steam Summer Sale: add everything you are interested in to your wishlist now so you get price alert notifications when the sale starts. Check the historical price on SteamDB or IsThereAnyDeal before buying - many games on 'sale' at 20% off have previously been 75% off. Wait for the final few days to buy anything that looks like a bundle - the configuration sometimes improves as the sale progresses.

GTA 6 will obviously not be in the sale. Neither will anything major released in the last six months.

[DarkMatter23]

SteamDB historical prices is the single most important tool for Steam sales. The number of games 'on sale' at 30% off that have previously been 70% off is significant. Never buy without checking the history

[Sequence48]

My wishlist currently has about 40 games on it that I have been waiting for a good sale price on. The Summer Sale will probably move about 8 of them to my library. The other 32 will still be there at Christmas

[Danny_21]

The Overwhelmingly Positive filter on Steam during a sale is the move. Sort by user reviews, filter to Overwhelmingly Positive, set your price range, and work through the list. That alone will surface more genuinely good games than any curated list

[GhostRider]

Good sale picks to watch for based on the current state of the market: Elden Ring DLC if you have not grabbed it, the complete edition of Disco Elysium which goes very low periodically, anything from the Yakuza series which has excellent sale prices

[MiguelCardozo]

The psychological trap of the Steam sale is buying things you will never play because the price is low. A game at 90% off that you install and never open cost you the 10% you paid for it. Your backlog is already too long

[ProperJobs50]

Humble Bundle and GOG run their own summer sales at roughly the same time as Steam. GOG is particularly worth checking because the DRM-free aspect makes the purchase genuinely yours in a way that Steam licenses technically are not

[Cobalt Pilgrim]

Unless it has GTA VI I'm not buying