The Steam Winter Sale 2025 is right around the corner, giving you a solid two and a half week window to grab the best possible deals across different games.
This event is a part of Steam’s major seasonal sales, coming right after the Black Friday Sale that ended last Dec. 1, and precedes smaller promotions like the Sports Fest from Dec. 8 to 15. All sales start precisely at the same time, as Valve doesn’t mess around with timing.
Valve officially confirmed the seasonal sale dates back in February 2025, and it is one of Steam’s longest sales of the year. Here’s everything you need to know about the Steam Winter Sale 2025, including its activation dates, along with a countdown for easy tracking.
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Steam Winter Sale 2025 start and end dates
The Steam Winter Sale 2025 starts on Dec. 18, 2025, at 10am PT and ends on Jan. 5, 2026, at the same time.
Here’s when the sale starts for different major time zones:
- Los Angeles, USA (West Coast US): Dec. 18, 2025, 10am PT (Thursday)
- Chicago, US (Central US): Dec. 18, 2025, 12pm CT (Thursday)
- New York, US (East Coast US): Dec. 18, 2025, 1pm ET (Thursday)
- Quebec, Canada: Dec. 18, 2025, 1pm EDT (Thursday)
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Dec. 18, 2025, 3pm BRT (Thursday)
- London, England: Dec. 18, 2025, 6pm GMT (Thursday)
- Berlin, Germany: Dec. 18, 2025, 7pm CEST (Thursday)
- Cape Town, South Africa: Dec. 18, 2025, 8pm SAST (Thursday)
- New Delhi, India: Dec. 18, 2025, 11:30pm IST (Thursday)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Dec. 19, 2025, 2am MYT (Friday)
- Tokyo, Japan: Dec. 19, 2025, 3am JST (Friday)
- Sydney, Australia: Dec. 19, 2025, 5am AEDT (Friday)
Steam Winter Sale 2025 countdown
Steam Winter Sale 2025 is starting soon, and here’s a countdown so you know when it exactly launches:
This is the final major sale of Steam for 2025, and you can expect to get great discounts across every genre.
Just remember, like every year, the first hour of the sale could be a bit slow as traffic will be a lot higher. More players will try to log in and check the deals, so I would recommend getting into Steam an hour later.
Some deals also don’t appear instantly and can take a couple of hours to show up. So, be patient and keep an eye on your Wishlist to check the deals on games you want the most. No doubt this will be the best time to purchase AAA games at discounted prices, but also keep an eye on the underrated indies: they are absolutely worth the money.
In the meantime, do check the full list of nominees and categories at the Steam Awards 2025.
