Valve opens Steam Next Fest on 19 October at 10:00 PDT, a week of free demos and developer livestreams that closes 26 October at the same…

Steam Next Fest closes on 26 October at 10:00 PDT, 17:00 UTC, and Valve's Steamworks pages explain how demos are ordered and what happens to them afterwards.

By Make Tech Easier Editorial · Oct 22, 2026