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The Steam Programming Fest is now live on Steam through September 14 at 10 AM PT. These next four days will allow you to pretend to be a 1337 h4x0r. Dust off those Cheeto bags, crack open a cold one (Mtn. Dew), and prepare to code as you've never coded before (because you probably haven't).

Taking a look at some of the "Popular Discounted" titles participating in the sale, we can see some real hidden gems. I don't know. Maybe...

Can you survive... this new Steam Fest?

This week opens with a new Steam Fest from Valve. The Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest includes deals on, well, games that focus on survival. These are the games where you forage, hunt, craft, and just try to survive in all sorts of exotic locations such as out at sea, in space, and even your own backyard.

Touching grass has never been more frightening for a gamer.

Looking at some of the most popular games currently...

We don't kink-shame here.

Valve just kicked off their newest Steam Fest at 10 AM PT today. The latest is the Steam Pins and Pegs Fest, and it's a Fest focused entirely on getting pegged.

I don't actually know because I haven't looked up the material for this Fest. Surely that's what this Fest is about, right? What else could they possibly mean? ...

Life’s a game, and we’re all just players. The question is, what’s your strategy?

Valve shared word that the Steam Cyberpunk Fest is set to run from August 3 to August 10, beginning and ending at 10 AM PT on those dates.

In case it wasn't obvious, the Steam Cyberpunk Fest will include plenty of deals and offers, maybe even some demos and developer streams, for all sorts of games where low-lifes and high-tech are the norm.

As per usual, Valve put together...

This Fest seems a little sus.

The corpse of the Steam Summer Sale isn't even room temperature yet and Valve is already flying into my inbox to announce the next Steam Fest. The audacity of them.

The Steam Social Deduction Fest will kick off on July 13 and run until July 16. This Fest offers a whopping three days where you will find, buy, and maybe even play games where the goal is to "sniff out imposters, determine friends from foes, and tame your paranoia as best...

Pew pew.

Valve shared word that the Steam Bullet Fest will run from June 8 through June 15 at 10 AM PT. This Fest will be focused on games where there are a lot of bullets flying, perhaps even whizzing, around the screen at almost all times.

The week will include sales on bullet hell style games. You'll either be dodging the bullets or making them. Either way, there's going to be a ton of them.

Valve shared a trailer for the Steam Bullet Fest, which you...

I may have read it as "Star Ocean" more than once.

Valve says that their Steam Ocean Fest is live now through to May 25 at 10 AM PT. This gives everyone who has ever had the sea call to them a chance to satiate those urges.

The Steam Ocean Fest takes you over the water, under the water, and may even make you thirsty for a tall glass of ice water. Some of the top games on sale during this Fest include the original Subnautica, the first AAAA game Skull and Bones,...

There's a hidden Waldo on this page. Can you find him?

The Hidden Object Fest is now live on Steam. The Hidden Object Fest is live from now through to April 13 at 10 AM PT. This means you have the better part of a week to get discounts and demos for games that have objects hidden for you to discover. ...

Make this house into a home.

Valve just shared word that there is a new Fest this week available right now on Steam. The Steam House & Home Fest is live from now (March 30, 2026) through to April 6 at 10 AM PT.

The Steam House & Home includes numerous discounts and demos on all sorts of games related to houses and homes. Valve shares that the games included in this Fest will let you spruce up a home, build a new one, get others to do your bidding, wash and clean...

Protect your bases at all costs.

A new Fest has kicked off on Steam today and it's all about the Tower Defense genre. The aptly named Steam Tower Defense Fest is live from now through to March 16 at 10 AM PT. You can find big discounts on games that include some Tower Defense elements and games that are fully dedicated to the genre.

Interestingly, I saw word yesterday that Defense Grid 2 had new downloadable content released. Defense Grid 2 came out on September 23,...

I dunno, maybe listen to Old Town Road to get in the mood or something.

A new Steam Fest begins on February 19. This one? It's all about horses.

The Steam Horse Fest gallops to the starting line on February 19 at 10 AM PT. This Fest will be all about games involving horses and all "horse-adjacent games." The Steam Horse Fest will run until February 23 at 10 AM PT. This means there will five days of sales on games with horses, with donkeys, with unicorns, and...

Because sometimes working together just doesn't cut it anymore.

The Steam Typing Fest is still very much alive and well (until the 9th) but that hasn't stopped the folks at Valve from letting us know about the next Steam Fest: Steam PvP Fest.

The Steam PvP Fest will begin literally the same minute that the Steam Typing Fest comes to an end. From February 9 at 10 AM PT until February 16 at 10 AM PT, you will be able to score big savings, big demos, big bragging rights...

I sense Mavis Beacon had a hand in this one.

Valve just announced another upcoming Steam Fest. This one is for the typists out there. Those who write a lot and just cannot get enough of it so they keep on writing on and on until they write a way-to-long sentence that nobody in their right mind would ever actually type out.

The Steam Typing Fest will begin on February 5th at 10 AM PT. Running until February 9th at 10 AM PT, Steam users will be able to get discounts, demos,...

Elementary, my dear Watson.

A new Steam Fest begins on January 12th. From the 12th through to January 19th at 10 AM PT, the Steam Detective Fest will be live. This Fest will offer up discounts, demos, and developer streams for all things that involve mysteries, puzzles, and the search for clues.

Valve once again put together a trailer for this, giving you a glimpse at some of the titles that will probably be on sale for the Steam Detective Fest. You can start putting...

This Fest is sure to be a slam dunk.

From Monday, December 8th through to Monday, December 15th Valve will host a Steam Sports Fest. This Fest will serve up all sorts of deals on sports games. You've got your football (both kinds!), basketball, tennis, hockey, golf, boxing, and so on.

This Steam Sports Fest will also include some non-traditional sports titles. Did you know that there are sports games where you just manage a team and you don't actually play the sport...