Steam desktop UI and in-game overlay receive major changes
New notepad and pin functions drastically expand in-game overlay functionality
Valve restricted almost 2,500 Steam accounts for liking a review
Valve later admitted that the bans were a mistake
Facepalm: It's easy to understand why Valve would ban a Steam game review, but banning users who simply liked it seems excessive, especially when the post didn't really violate any rules. Yet that's what happened to 2,439 people who voted a negative review as helpful.
Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is coming to Steam
Dolphin is free to download
Steam Deck's first birthday gets you a 10% discount during Steam's Spring Sale
The Steam Deck is receiving its first-ever discount. The 64GB base model is down to $359, while 256GB and 512GB versions are $476 and $584, respectively. The Steam Spring Sale runs from today until March 23.
Two more RTX 4000-series cards enter the Steam survey
But Ampere is making the most gains
Valve reveals dates for all 2023 Steam sales and Next Fest
Next up is the Spring sale, running from March 16 to March 23
Steam now allows peer-to-peer game transfers over LAN
New feature saves time and internet bandwidth for those with Steam on multiple devices
Counter-Strike: GO breaks its Steam concurrent-player record 11 years after launch
But it doesn't hold the platform's record
Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming Moments in Years
While the launch of the Steam Deck was the opposite of pompous, Valve's gaming handheld has kept gaining momentum. One year later, let's take a look at the impact it's had on the PC gaming market.
Nvidia RTX 4090 becomes first Lovelace card to break into the Steam survey
Performance worth the price?
Creator of $2,000 Steam game says don't buy it if you can't afford it
Do you want to widen your perception in the areas of psychology and philosophy?
Popular seven-year-old Steam game gets price increase due to inflation
It's never taken part in a Steam sale
A hot potato: Imagine a game that came out seven years ago, has never taken part in a Steam sale, and is now getting a price increase. One might imagine such a scenario causing universal outcry among fans, but not when said game is Factorio.
The Last of Us Part I sales skyrocket as PC launch draws near
Releasing just in time for the season finale
Steam breaks its own record with 10 million concurrent in-game users and 33 million active this past weekend
More people are logging in and playing games
December Steam Survey: the Nvidia RTX 3060 leads Ampere's rise
Intel and Windows 11 also did well
Steam's new year-in-review feature shows your most-played titles of 2022
See how your gaming habits compare to others
The Steam Winter sale is now live, check out these top deals
The Steam Awards voting is also open
Tesla is rolling out Steam integration to its Model S and Model X vehicles
Play Cyberpunk 2077 on your EV's infotainment system
A new graphics card tops the Steam survey for the first time since 2018
And it's not the RTX 2060
What just happened? The latest Steam survey has arrived with a big change: a graphics card has knocked the GTX 1060 off the top spot for the first time since January 2018. November was also an excellent period for AMD CPUs, which reversed a months-long trend of declines to grab an almost 4% user share back from Intel.
Portal for RTX arrives as a free DLC on December 8
Ray tracing comes to Portal next month
In brief: A remaster of Valve's 2007 puzzle-platform game Portal is nearly complete. Nvidia has announced that Portal with RTX will drop as a free DLC for all Portal owners on December 8. It's available to wish list now over on Steam if you want to set a reminder for yourself.
Half-Life Alyx mod Levitation adds hours of must-play content to the VR staple
A free campaign mod for Valve's seminal VR experience