Steam will hold its Black Friday sales Nov. 26-30
Valve's calendar starts the discounts Thursday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. Pacific, with no separate festival: they will run through the store's discounts hub.
Steam's Black Friday sales start Thursday, Nov. 26, and end Monday, Nov. 30. Valve's events calendar for developers sets the window from 10 a.m. Pacific on Nov. 26 to 10 a.m. Pacific on Nov. 30.
That is noon in Mexico City at both ends, since the city no longer observes daylight saving time. The discounts begin a day before U.S. Black Friday, which falls on Friday, Nov. 27.
There will be no curated festival. Valve will use its Discounts & Events page as a general storefront, not split by genre, with its own theme, artwork and extra promotion on the store while the sales last. Each studio decides whether to discount its games and by how much.
That is the detail that matters most to shoppers. A Valve seasonal sale usually brings discounts that studios are bound to honor. This time the calendar says the usual discount cooldown applies and that these sales are not exempt from it, as seasonal sales are. A game that was marked down recently may sit out or come with a smaller cut.
One more event sits on the calendar before then: Auto-Battler RPG Fest 2026, dated Nov. 16 and Nov. 23.
PC players can start building their wishlists now. Steam notifies users by email and in the store when a game on that list drops in price.
