In recent years, Valve has essentially stopped trying to keep Steam Sale details secret and the company is much more open about its schedule. On the Steam developer site, Valve has now revealed the schedule for all upcoming sales and ‘Steam Fests' for 2023. 

The schedule includes Steam Fests, which are genre-themed events on Steam, often involving sales, new game demos and developer live streams. In addition, the key seasonal sales are also revealed here.

Here is the full schedule, as revealed by u/Barbaricliberal:

• Mystery Fest: February 20 – 27
• Puzzle Fest: April 24 – May 1
• Spring Sale: March 16 – 23 (major seasonal sale)
• Sports Fest: May 15 – 22
• Next Fest: June 19 – 26
• Summer Sale: June 29 – July 13 (major seasonal sale)
• Stealth Fest: July 24 – 31
• Visual Novel Fest: August 7 – 14
• Strategy Fest: August 28 – September 4
• SHMUP Fest: September 25 – October 2
• Next Fest: October 9 – 16
• Return of Steam Scream Fest (Halloween): October 26 – November 2 (additional details to come)
• Autumn Sale: November 21 – 28 (major seasonal sale)
• Winter Sale: December 21 – January 4, 2024 (major seasonal sale)

Knowing these dates, you may be able to plan your game purchases out a bit. With so many titles coming out each month, and the prices of new games increasing, you'll now be able to have a rough idea as to when you might be able to pick up certain titles a bit cheaper if you skip them at launch.

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KitGuru Says: While Steam sales used to be a bit more exciting with their rotating Flash sales, the sales have become much more standardised in recent years. 

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