Steam's PvE Survival Crafting Fest is live — Green Hell is 90% off
Steam's latest themed festival is running right now, and if you've been sitting on a survival or crafting game, this is a good week to pull the trigger. The PvE Survival Crafting Fest 2026 runs until September 7 and puts discounts of up to 90% on some of the genre's most-played titles — no competitive multiplayer, just open-world exploration, base-building, and co-op resource runs.
Valve runs over 22 themed fests in 2026 per Steamworks documentation, and this one lands at a sweet spot for the genre: summer backlogs, no major AAA releases competing for attention, and a fresh wave of players who picked up Game Pass titles looking for a next step.
The discounts
The full catalog is live on Steam, but here are the standouts worth bookmarking:
- The Alters — 50% off - Project Zomboid — 33% off - Green Hell — 90% off - Palworld — 30% off - Terraria — 50% off - Raft — 33% off - Enshrouded — 25% off - Sons of the Forest — 70% off - 7 Days to Die — 45% off - ARK: Survival Evolved — 34% off - DayZ — 50% off - Don't Starve Together — 66% off
Green Hell at 90% off is the headline deal. Creepy Jar's Amazon rainforest survival sim has been a slow-burn fan favourite since 2019, and that price removes basically every barrier to entry. Sons of the Forest at 70% off is the other one to flag — Endnight's follow-up to The Forest has shed its early-access pricing and is now a polished, full release.
The Alters angle
The Alters, from 11 Bit Studios, is the most topical title on the list. The Polish studio dropped a story DLC called Last Variable on July 13, 2026 — about 20 hours of new content — just six weeks before this discount window opened. If you haven't played it yet, the 50% discount makes it a reasonable entry point for the base game ahead of diving into the DLC.
What to know before you buy
All titles in the fest had to be released at least 30 days before August 31 to qualify — so nothing here is a day-one impulse buy dressed up as a deal. Discounts apply on PC and Steam Deck. The fest ends at 10 a.m. Pacific / 6 p.m. BST on September 7.