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The Steam Summer Sale 2026 has gone live today, 25 June, running through to 9 July 2026. As with previous years, all discounts are active for the full two-week duration rather than rotating daily, so there is no mechanical advantage to buying on day one over day thirteen beyond the risk of missing out on anything with limited regional key stock.
The sale arrives at a particularly interesting moment for PC gaming. Several major releases from earlier this year, including Gothic 1 Remake, Resident Evil Requiem, and Crimson Desert, are eligible for their first significant discounts, and the catalogue of games from 2024 and 2025 includes a substantial amount of content that launched at full price and will now be accessible to players who held off.
Average discounts sit around 45 per cent across participating titles, with the most common tiers landing at 50, 57, and 75 per cent off, and deeper cuts of up to 90 per cent on older catalogue titles. Valve does not release official figures for participating game counts ahead of time, but recent Summer Sales have featured upwards of 4,000 discounted titles.
The sale is also something of a quiet prelude to a major few months for PC gaming. Halo: Campaign Evolved lands on 28 July with early access from 23 July, followed by The Blood of Dawnwalker on 3 September and Gears of War E-Day on 6 October, with Grand Theft Auto 6 arriving on consoles on 19 November with no confirmed PC date as yet.
For anyone looking to fill the gaps between those releases, the Summer Sale is the obvious place to start. The Steam Summer Sale 2026 is live now at store.steampowered.com.
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