| Event Dates | Theme | Registration | Eligibility & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 13 July 16 | Social Deduction Fest | Registration details | Event has ended. |
| July 20 July 27 | Train Fest | Registration details | Event has ended. |
| Aug 3 Aug 10 | Cyberpunk Fest | Registration details | Games in cyberpunk settings: neon, advanced tech, and other sci-fi elements. More info. |
| Aug 17 Aug 20 | Pins & Pegs Fest | Registration details | Games involving pins (pinball, bowling) and pegs (pachinko, bagatelle). More info. |
| Aug 31 Sep 7 | PvE Survival Crafting Fest | Registration details | Games that include survival, crafting, and a primary gameplay loop centered on PvE. More info. |
| Sep 10 Sep 14 | Programming Fest | Registration details | Games that are about programming or programming challenges like logic puzzles. More info. |
| Sep 14 Sep 21 | Party-Based RPG Fest | Registration details | Games that include multiple playable characters in one party in an RPG format.More info. |
| Oct 12 Oct 19 | Cooking Fest | Registration details | Games about cooking, feeding people, and everything in between. More info. |
| Oct 26 Nov 2 | Steam Scream V | Registration details | Games that fall into the horror category, and explicitly Halloween-centric games. More info. |
| Nov 16 Nov 23 | Auto-Battler RPG Fest | Registration details | Games where the battles play themselves out – but you have to upgrade your units to win. More info. |
| Event Dates | Theme | Registration | Eligibility & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14 Jan 18 | Desktop Companion Fest | Registration details | Games that sit on your desktop and keep you company while you do other things. More info. |
| Jan 25 Feb 1 | Shop Keeper Fest | Registration details | Games about managing a store. More info. |
| Feb 4 Feb 8 | Sheep Fest | Registration details | Games about sheep, goats, or other animals in the Caprinae subfamily (so yes, tahrs and ibexes are welcome too). More info. |
| Feb 8 Feb 15 | Couch Co-Op Fest | Registration details | Games you can play together on the same device (games must support local co-op). More info. |
| Mar 8 Mar 15 | Rhythm Fest | Registration details | Games that are about rewarding players who can hit notes / arrows / bullets / etc. in time to the beat. More info. |
| Mar 29 Apr 5 | Dinos vs. Robots Fest | Registration details | Games featuring dinosaurs, robots, or both. Or robot dinosaurs! More info. |
| Apr 12 Apr 19 | Racing Fest | Registration details | Games about going fast. Like, really, really fast. Faster than other people, faster than the computer, faster than the you of yesterday. More info. |
| Apr 22 Apr 26 | Witch Fest | Registration details | Games that are witchy! More info. |
| Apr 26 May 3 | Fighting Fest | Registration details | Games that are Fighting Games—not just games about fighting, but specifically like the ones that the FGC play. More info. |
| May 10 May 17 | Real-Time Strategy Fest | Registration details | Games that are played in real-time and involve high levels of strategic play, including build / research planning, anticipating enemy movements, and resource management. More info. |
| May 31 Jun 3 | Mountaineering Fest | Registration details | Games about climbing mountains. More info. |
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