Steam price tracker: see a game's price history and get an alert when it drops

How to track Steam prices

A Steam price tracker records what a game has cost on Steam and tells you when the price drops. Steam's own wishlist alerts cover discounts of 20% or more. For a price you choose, use IsThereAnyDeal's waitlist (its list of games you want deal alerts for) or a page monitor; for the price history, use SteamDB. The main tools, as of October 2026:

Most people need only Steam's wishlist and IsThereAnyDeal: the wishlist for big discounts, and IsThereAnyDeal's waitlist for a specific price or a cheaper store. SteamDB records what a game has cost before.

Does Steam notify you when a game goes on sale?

Steam notifies you only about games on your wishlist, and only when the discount is 20% or more; it never alerts at a price you choose. Valve's documentation sets these rules for wishlist sale alerts:

• The discount has to be 20% or more and last over 8 hours.
• It has to apply at least to the lowest-priced package for the game.
• You get at most one alert per game every two weeks.
• Alerts arrive by email, which must be verified, or as a push notification in the Steam mobile app.

Following a game is different from wishlisting it: following puts the game's news and events in your activity feed and Steam News Hub, not sale alerts. For an alert at your own price, use IsThereAnyDeal's waitlist or a page monitor.

How to see a game's Steam price history

Steam does not show a game's price history, apart from a 30-day lowest price in some EU countries, so use SteamDB or IsThereAnyDeal instead:

1. 1Open the game on SteamDB (steamdb.info) and go to its prices tab. SteamDB keeps the price history and the lowest recorded price for each game, in every currency.
2. 2For prices at other stores, open the game on IsThereAnyDeal, which keeps historical lows for each of the 35 authorized stores it covers.
3. 3To see SteamDB's or IsThereAnyDeal's prices while browsing Steam, install the SteamDB extension, which shows the lowest recorded price on game pages, or Augmented Steam, which shows the current best price and historical low from authorized stores.

In June 2023, SteamDB reported that Steam had begun showing the lowest price of the previous 30 days in some EU countries; the EU's Omnibus Directive requires that figure whenever a price reduction is announced. On 11 October 2026, Steam's US store pages still showed no 30-day low in their HTML when Website Change Tracker checked them.

In April 2026, Tom's Hardware reported code in Steam pointing to a 30-day price history for everyone; Valve had not confirmed it at the time.

steamdb.info and steamdb.com are different sites: steamdb.com is Steam Dashboard, an independent project whose price records start on 2 July 2026.

When is the next Steam sale?

As of October 2026, the next Steam seasonal sale is the Winter Sale, 17 December 2026 to 4 January 2027, on Valve's published calendar. Themed festivals run before it, starting with Cooking Fest on 12 October. Steam runs four seasonal sales a year, and the Autumn Sale 2026 ran from 1 to 8 October. Valve's dates through July 2027:

As of October 2026, Valve had not announced the Autumn Sale 2027 dates. Valve lists more themed festivals between January and June 2027 on its upcoming events page, and adds new ones as they are scheduled.

How often can a Steam game go on sale?

Outside Steam's four seasonal sales, a game can go on sale at most about once a month. Valve's discounting rules allow a discount of 1 to 14 days, then require a 30-day wait; seasonal sales are exempt. The main rules:

• A discount must be between 10% and 95%, and run for 1 to 14 days.
• After a discount ends, a game must wait 30 days before the next one.
• Apart from a launch discount, a game cannot be discounted for 30 days after release or after a price increase.
• Launch discounts cannot exceed 40%.
• Seasonal sales are exempt from the 30-day wait between discounts, so a game can join the Winter Sale soon after another discount.
• Daily Deals rotate every day at 10am Pacific, and Weeklong Deals start every Monday at 10am Pacific and run for 7 days.

If a game's last discount ended a week ago, it cannot go on sale again for about three weeks, unless a seasonal sale starts first.

How to set a Steam price alert at your own price

Steam has no alert at a price you choose, but a page monitor can watch a game's Steam store page and email you when the price drops below your number. Steam store pages include the price in their HTML, which is what Website Change Tracker's checker reads.

When Website Change Tracker checked on 11 October 2026, Elden Ring's page showed $59.99, Stardew Valley's $14.99 and Hades' $24.99, and pages for mature-rated games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 came through with their prices too.

1. 1Open the game's page on the Steam store and copy its address.
2. 2Create an account and add it as a page to monitor.
3. 3Write the rule as the price you would pay, such as 'tell me when the standard edition is under $30'. The page also lists the price of each edition and each DLC (downloadable content), so name the edition in the rule. A plain-English rule sends the alert when the price crosses your number and holds back other changes, such as new reviews.
4. 4Check daily on Basic ($5 a month). Valve's rules set a one-day minimum for a discount, so a daily check will usually land inside one; check hourly on Starter to hear sooner.

Website Change Tracker sees the US store's prices, so this suits buyers who pay in US dollars. It cannot read SteamDB or gg.deals, which refused the request, and IsThereAnyDeal draws its prices by script. A check that fails sends no alert; the page shows the error in your dashboard instead. For other shops, see how to track price changes on any website, and for event tickets, the ticket price tracker guide.

Website Change Tracker plans for Steam price alerts

Each Steam game you watch is one page on your plan. Basic ($5 a month) covers 5 games checked daily by email; Starter ($30) covers 50 checked hourly, with Slack and webhooks; Pro ($150) covers 250 every 5 minutes. Plain-English price rules come with every plan.

Billed yearly, Basic is $4 a month, Starter $24 and Pro $120. If you only track games, Steam's wishlist and IsThereAnyDeal may be all you need; Website Change Tracker suits people who want a Steam price tracker with their own price rule, next to everything else they monitor. See pricing for every plan.