There’s a lot of news about Steam’s traditional discount periods, dates leak, then the official announcement comes in, and we’re used to it. It hasn’t been much different this year, to be honest. Weeks or even months in advance, dates began to be discussed. Valve finally shared the dates; so the dates are finalized.
In fact, Valve has not made a direct announcement on the subject, it is a post made through Steamworks mainly to guide developers and publishers. But since it’s a public list, it’s safe to consider it an official announcement.
The list begins with Steam Next Fest (October 1-7) earlier this month and steam tabletop festival (October 21-25), which ended yesterday, The Steam Halloween Sale, which will start in 2 days, continues with the Steam Fall Sale(25-30 November)which will be held in the last week ofNovember,and the final is with the Steam Winter Sale(22 December 2021-5 January 2022),as in previous years. Again, as we have become accustomed to from previous years, it is noted that there will be Steam Award nominations during the Fall Sale period and votes during the Winter Sale period.
Of course, there will also be campaigns such as publisher discounts, midweek/weekend discounts, but valve has thus clarified the last major discount periods of the year. Let’s see how much it can lighten our wallets this time:)