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The year is wrapping up, and this means stores are providing sales to help gamers splash the cash on a host of excellent video games for Christmas. The Steam Winter Sale 2024 start time countdown is nearly over, and it’s something players will want to take advantage of as the confirmed games list so far includes some major GOTY winners.
While 2024 has been a very good year of releases, 2025 is poised to be even better before the knowledge of any delays. The GTA 6 release date is still pegged for 2025, although it won’t launch day one on PC, and there’s also upcoming releases for Borderlands 4, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Yes, next year should be another phenomenal 12-months of video game releases, but, before the new year arrives, you will want to take advantage of the Steam Winter Sale 2024. The start time countdown is nearly over, and some exceptional games are known to be included.
Steam Winter Sale 2024 start date
The start date for the Steam Winter Sale 2024 is December 19th. This has been confirmed on the store’s official X account.
Valve’s promotion is no doubt fantastic, but PC players should also keep an eye on the Epic Games store. Starting today, too, the Epic Games store is giving away a free game every day until January 2nd as per dealabs.
When does the Steam Winter Sale 2024?
The start time for the Steam Winter Sale 2024 is 10AM PT/1PM ET/6PM GMT on December 19th. The store discounts will only last until January 2nd, so you will only have a couple of weeks to splurge on the sale.
While Valve’s holiday discounts start today, we have to wait until December 31st for the Steam Award winners to be announced.
Steam Winter Sale 2024 start time US
- 10AM PT on Thursday, December 19th
- 1PM ET on Thursday, December 19th
Steam Winter Sale 2024 start time UK
- 6PM GMT on Thursday, December 19th
Countdown
Below is a countdown to when the store discounts will launch:
Confirmed games list
Below is the confirmed list of included games so far:
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Castle Crashers
- Carx Street
- Core Keeper
- Final Fantasy 16
- Helldivers 2
- The Last of Us Part 1 Remastered
- Manor Lords
- Metal Slug Tactics
- Planet Coaster 2
- TCG Card Shop Simulator
- Sonic x Shadow Generations
We don’t know the price slashes for the above games as of writing, but they were spotted in the trailer from Valve. Looking at the above list there’s some exceptional games included.
Baldur’s Gate 3 won GOTY at The Game Awards 2023, meanwhile, Helldivers 2 won multiplayer game of the year at TGA 2024. The Last of Us Part 1 Remastered is also a beautiful visual overhaul of the 2013 game-of-the-year winner, and Final Fantasy 16 is arguably the best Final Fantasy installment after FF9, not including the FF7 Remake and Rebirth.
When is the next Steam sale?
Below are Valve’s next set of events confirmed up until July 2025:
- Winter Sale 2024 – Dec 19th – Jan 2nd
- Real-Time Strategy Fest – Jan 20th – 27th
- Idler Fest – Feb 3rd – 10th
- Couch Co-Op Fest – Feb 10th – 17th
- Next Fest February 2025 – Feb 24th – Mar 3rd
- Visual Novel Fest – Mar 3rd – 10th
- Spring Sale 2025 – Mar 13th – 20th
- City Builder and Colony Sim Fest – Mar 24th – 31st
- Sokoban Fest – Apr 21st – 28th
- Wargames Fest – Apr 28th – May 5th
- Creature Collector Fest – May 12th – 19th
- Zombies vs Vampires Fest – May 26th – June 2nd
- Next Fest June 2025 – Jun 9th – 16th
- Fishing Fest – Jun 16th – 23rd
- Summer Sale 2025 – Jun 26th – Jul 10th
In other gaming news, Helldivers 2 CEO admits Arrowhead “missed the mark” with Killzone crossover prices.
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