Valve rolls out SteamOS for more devices, offering a fresh alternative to Windows
SteamOS 3.7.0 preview includes "beginnings of support for non-Steam Deck handhelds"
Steam survey sees a shake-up as a new top graphics card is revealed
It was a weird month
What just happened? There's a new top graphics card on the Steam survey. After seeing a comparatively huge 4% increase in users, the RTX 4060 has replaced the RTX 3060 as the most popular GPU among participants of Valve's survey. There was also an unexpected 5% jump in the number of people using Intel CPUs, which points to February being another one of those months where the results were anomalous.
Monster Hunter Wilds cracks Steam's all-time top 10 within hours of launch
Over 1.3 million concurrent players contributed to beating Dota 2's peak record
In brief: Monster Hunter, a franchise that once struggled to spread beyond its core Japanese audience on the PSP, is now Capcom's most successful IP. Latest release Monster Hunter Wilds has broken records on Steam and for the company as a whole within 24 hours of launch. Its peak player count almost quadruples the franchise's previous mainline entry.
Steam faces backlash for promoting excessive AI-created games
Generic AI slop and "Balenciaga" faces are ruining the PC platform's Next Fest, some say
Activision admits to using AI assets in Call of Duty following Steam policy change
It was pretty obvious
Among Us is going 3D with a new release, no VR headset required
It will also be cross-compatible with Among Us VR
Hackers used free Steam game to steal passwords, Valve warns affected users
Users who downloaded PirateFi should check their systems and change passwords
Japan's sex game developers blocked from receiving Steam payments by banks
Hent-ied up in red tape
Steam update brings game recording fixes, improved game updates
Valve just released a new Steam client which fixes a laundry list of bugs including game recording issues in Linux and macOS. Improvements in dropdown menus, game updates, and library asset loading times, enhancing the overall user experience.
Someone just traded a hat in Team Fortress 2 for a record-breaking $40,000
More than doubling the prior record after just one year
SteamOS is coming to third-party handhelds, starting with the Lenovo Legion Go S
Lenovo's handheld running SteamOS could cost $100 less than the Windows variant
A record-breaking year for Steam: nearly 19,000 games released in 2024, but most went unnoticed
Can we have too many games?
Valve makes more money per employee than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix combined
A small but mighty team of 400
The big picture: Valve is one of the most important and influential companies in the PC gaming market. It's also one of the most unique due to its private nature and unusually small workforce relative to its impact and competitors. A recent analysis of data uncovered through an ongoing lawsuit against the company highlights how Valve starkly contrasts with the world's biggest tech giants.
Steam's Best of the Year highlights the top-selling and most-played games of 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard struggled to make an impact in 2024
A whopping 37% of Steam users' playtime in 2024 was spent on titles released eight or more years ago
This year's releases are a much smaller slice of the pie
Lenovo could unveil the first third-party SteamOS device at CES
Microsoft will also be in attendance
Valve may be ready to revive Steam Machines with Project "Fremont"
Internal code leaks indicate Valve has plenty of new hardware planned
Two more AMD graphics cards join the Steam survey, as Team Red achieves record CPU share
Elsewhere, the RTX 4060 mobile is close to becoming the most popular GPU
Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status
Valve could end up paying a lot of people a lot of money
No Man's Sky hits "Very Positive" Steam rating, 8 years after disastrous launch
Better late than never
How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey
Things were very different back in 2003
Steam mandates timely season pass content releases, refunds for undelivered content
Valve reserves the right to remove a season pass for missing deadlines
Steam Link app update adds AV1 codec, HDR support, and more for enhanced streaming
Broader Android compatibility and better streaming options