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Steam swaps demo season for Halloween temptation

October's Steam Next Fest wrapped on 26 October, with Steam's Halloween sale scheduled to start the same day.

Jubliz news desk · 31 October 2026

Skyline Tower office building in downtown Bellevue beside a Microsoft tower — Skyline Tower, home of Valve's headquarters, in Bellevue, Washington, 2015. File photo. Image: SounderBruce from Seattle, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

October's Steam Next Fest ran until 26 October, finishing at 10am Pacific Time, according to Gamereactor, and Steam's Halloween sale was scheduled to begin the same day. It was Valve's third Next Fest of the year.

That means the browsing mood shifts from sampling unreleased demos to weighing up discounted scares. Check individual listings before buying: sale participation and discounts vary from game to game, and a spooky banner is not automatically a bargain. Players who wishlisted demos during the festival may also want to keep an eye on those store pages.