Steam might soon display 30-day price history for game deals
"SteamGPT" customer service chatbot and Steam Controller 2 are also expected soon
AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty
AI workloads are competing with games for the same cloud infrastructure
Facepalm: Multiplayer servers for the real-time strategy game Stormgate will go offline at the end of the month after the infrastructure provider that hosts them was acquired by an AI company and began winding down its gaming services. The shutdown shows how AI infrastructure expansion is now affecting not just PC hardware supply, but also the backend services that many modern games rely on.
Steam could soon show estimated FPS based on crowd-sourced player data
Users could input their hardware to see estimated frame rates before buying
The takeaway: Valve appears to be preparing a new feature that could make one of PC gaming's biggest uncertainties – performance – more transparent. Newly uncovered code in the Steam client suggests players may soon see estimated frame rate data for each game derived from real-world gameplay metrics shared by other users.
Crimson Desert hits 4 million sales despite rocky launch
Mixed reviews and launch controversies failed to slow Pearl Abyss' latest hit
SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine and other non-Valve hardware
HDR, VRR, multi-monitor support, and better discrete GPU performance
Death Stranding 2 leaks early as unencrypted Steam build spreads online
An effort to rebuild civilization Down Under seemingly starts with piracy
Downloaded a malware-infected Steam game? The FBI wants to hear from you
The investigation covers compromised Steam games downloaded between 2024 and 2026
Game devs cash in: Nearly 6,000 Steam games earned over $100,000 last year
Steam also hit a record 42 million peak "concurrent users" this year
Valve details performance targets for Steam Machine and Steam Frame
Steam Machine-verified games must maintain 30fps at 1080p
Steam delivered 100 exabytes of data last year, about 274 petabytes per day
The platform's data traffic has grown roughly 30% each year since 2020
Valve insists Steam Machine launch is still on track for this year
Company updates earlier post to confirm all three new devices will ship in 2026
Capcom's PC sales hit a record 50%, fueled by Steam's global reach
PCs, not consoles, are driving the company's biggest launches
Steam will soon let users add hardware specs and performance data to reviews
Valve might begin collecting performance data on a massive scale
Minecraft clone Allumeria was kicked off Steam after an AI bot filed a copyright claim
An automated copyright system nearly erased an indie game
The Steam Deck is out of stock as the RAM crunch hits gaming hardware
Is Valve choosing to stock up on memory for its upcoming Steam Machine offering?
Valve delays Steam Machine and Steam Frame as memory prices surge
Memory shortages could also lead to higher prices
The big picture: Pricing has been the most critical unanswered question surrounding Valve's upcoming mini-PC and VR headset, the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. Concern has only grown since memory shortages have driven up the prices of numerous devices in recent weeks. With no end to the crisis in sight, Valve has finally admitted that the situation is complicating its roadmap.
Latest Steam survey: RDNA 4 enters GPU chart, Intel CPUs make rare gains
AMD lost CPU share in January
Valve must defend Steam's pricing model in £656 million class-action case
Competition tribunal clears case accusing Steam of inflating game prices through restrictive platform policies
Why $7.99 has become the sweet spot for indie games on Steam
"And we found that eight bucks is still five bucks. It doesn't become ten bucks."
Epic Games Store keeps growing, but third-party game revenue tells another story
Epic gave away games and users came – their wallets didn't
Steam revenue hit a record $1.6 billion in December as Arc Raiders led the way
December was also a good month for Detroit: Become Human
Steam's 2025 best sellers show indie games competing with AAA hits
Silksong, Kingdom Come II, and Schedule I rank highly
The takeaway: Valve has released a preliminary list of Steam's top-selling games of 2025. Although AAA hits and older live-service titles predictably dominate the list, indie games make a strong showing, especially new releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Steam is ending support for 32-bit Windows as it moves fully to 64-bit
Most users should find no difference in the architectural change
Steam Replay 2025 shows the vast majority of users' playtime was spent in older games
Games released eight or more years ago account for 40% of all Steam playtime