The Simfest: Hobby Edition Event on Steam, Run by Steam, Begins Now

Hundreds of simulation games are on sale until April 4.

Simfest: Hobby Edition logo. [Credit: Steam; Cropped by Matthew McCarthy]

Edit: The Sim Fest: Hobby Edition event started at 1:03 p.m. EDT. Additionally, at the time of writing, the event was spelled Simfest: Hobby Edition. The correct spelling was added in the article, but cannot be corrected in the headline unfortunately.

Steam is celebrating over hundreds of games that simulate a job/hobby starting today. The event includes demos, livestreams from developers, and sales until April 4 at 1 p.m. EDT.

The event includes games that include every or most of the attributes listed below:

1. First-person view of a hobby/job

2. Gameplay that's intense/specific and correct to the actions of a hobby/job

3. Material/Equipment/Machinery reproduced digitally

4. Gameplay elements to enhance job/hobby replication

5. Gameplay at a slower pace to replicate hobby/job consummately

6. A game setting with more focus on non-fictional activities, portraying the job/hobby as non-fictional even if the job/hobby is fictional

A screenshot of "PowerWash Simulator." [Credit: The "PowerWash Simulator" Steam Store page]

The Sim Fest: Hobby Edition does not include sports games as, according to the Steam Documentation page on Sim Fest: Hobby Edition, "we'll cover those titles in a separate event later in the year."

There will also be "12 hours" of livestream content featuring games such as "House Flipper," "Cooking Simulator," and more.

Promotional image for the "House Flipper" stream on Lunar New Year's news and the Pets DLC. [Credit: Steam & Empyrean]

Livestreams start Friday, April 1.

The last event like this on Steam was the February 2022 Steam Next Fest, which will also be returning in June 2022.