Steam Summer Sale 2026 went live on 25 June and runs through 9 July, giving PC players a two-week window to buy discounted games at. Valve says all discounts stay active for the full sale period, so the prices now available will not rotate out day by day.
The sale covers thousands of PC games, with average discounts around 45 per cent across participating titles. The deepest cuts can reach 90 per cent on older catalogue titles, while the most common tiers sit at 50, 57 and 75 per cent off.
Valve and Steam
Valve does not release official figures for participating game counts ahead of time. Recent Summer Sales have featured upwards of 4,000 discounted titles, but that comparison does not give a current total for Steam Summer Sale 2026. For buyers, the practical point is the same: the catalogue is large enough that price checks will take more than a quick glance, especially when the discounts hold for the full two weeks.
Gothic 1 Remake and Resident Evil Requiem
The sale also gives a first significant discount to several major releases from earlier this year, including Gothic 1 Remake, Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert. Valve's catalogue from 2024 and 2025 includes a substantial amount of content that launched at full price, so this window is where many players will see the first meaningful drop on newer games rather than older back-catalogue titles.
Grand Theft Auto 6
That timing comes before later releases including Halo: Campaign Evolved, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Gears of War E-Day and Grand Theft Auto 6. Halo: Campaign Evolved has early access on 23 July and lands on 28 July, The Blood of Dawnwalker arrives on 3 September, Gears of War E-Day arrives on 6 October, and Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives on consoles on 19 November with no confirmed PC date as yet. For anyone planning a backlog buy, the sale now gives a fixed deadline: 9 July.
