August Steam survey: AMD loses CPU ground to Intel, top GPU changes again
AMD's CPU share falls for the first time since February
Valve's Fremont SteamOS console surfaces with six-core Zen 4 CPU and RX 7600 GPU
A Half-Life 3 launch title would be nice
Highly anticipated: Valve's long-rumored return to the living room is starting to look real. A new Steam Machine – like device, codenamed Fremont, has surfaced on Geekbench, hinting at a serious play for the console space. Powered by a custom AMD APU with six Zen 4 cores and a Radeon RX 7600 GPU, it suggests Valve may not just be experimenting this time, but it may be gearing up to compete head-on with traditional consoles.
Valve pulls GPU monitoring tool from Steam after claiming it's more accurate than Windows Task Manager
The performance monitor overlay was originally introduced in June
Indie studio urges fans to pirate game rather than play Roblox imitation
The core issue is how quickly popular indie games are copied and sold by others with little change
Battlefield 6 beta peaks at 326K players, now Steam's 39th most-played game ever
Dice is working to increase server capacity
July Steam Survey: RTX 5000 surge, new top GPU, 4 in 10 participants using AMD CPUs
Linux use has hit an all-time high, too
What just happened? Here's a clear indication that the supply and pricing problems which have plagued Nvidia's RTX 5000 series are easing: the cards experienced a large uptick in user share in the latest Steam survey. However, there's still no sign of AMD's 9000-series in the main GPU chart, where the RX 7600 XT has only just appeared. Elsewhere, we've got a new most-popular card among participants, and AMD processors have passed a milestone.
Sony ad reveals plan to bring PlayStation titles to Xbox, Nintendo, and PC
The listing named Xbox, Steam, the Epic Games Store, Nintendo, and mobile as part of its multiplatform strategy
Steam beta update rolls out redesigned store, makes game discovery easier
The new system also shows users game genres and themes that match what they play
Steam and AAA games now run on RISC-V thanks to emulator breakthrough
felix86 emulator makes gaming possible on open hardware architecture
Gabe Newell says he works for fun and scuba dives daily in surprise YouTube interview
YouTuber with 19 subscribers scores rare chat with gaming legend
Stardew Valley is now the highest-rated game on Steam
Farming sim maintains near-perfect rating from almost 1 million reviews
Why it matters: As a foundational title in the "cozy game" subgenre, Stardew Valley has remained one of the most successful indie games for much of the past decade. With Steam player counts higher than ever over the past year, Eric Barone's pixel art farming simulator now also holds the highest user rating on the platform.
Analyst reveals why most Steam gamers leave half their libraries unplayed
We're a "bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly"
Steam now generates three times more revenue for Capcom than PlayStation
Capcom's latest financial report shows dramatic shift toward PC
Steam survey's top graphics card changes again as four RTX 5000 GPUs enter chart
A surprising number of people can afford an RTX 5090
New Steam in-game performance overlay breaks down actual FPS and generated frames
The new performance monitor (detailed here) adds detailed metrics that allows gamers to distinguish between generated frames from DLSS or FSR and the actual game frame rate. CPU, GPU, and memory usage are available as well.
The Alters developer forgot to alter its AI text before launch, studio responds after fan backlash
A placeholder asset and subtitle translations contained LLM prompts
Scammers are stealing indie games and selling them on Steam
Steam appears to lack a proper vetting process to prevent this kind of abuse
Steam beta adds new in-game performance metrics overlay, can show DLSS frames
Valve also explains its somewhat unique methodology for measuring frame rate and CPU usage
TL;DR: Steam Client beta participants can now view detailed performance metrics through the in-game overlay. While it doesn't offer as much data as advanced tools like Afterburner, Valve's new frame rate counter can display both real and AI-generated frames when DLSS or FSR frame generation is enabled.
Borderlands 4 recommended specs call for an RTX 3080 and 32GB RAM
Even the minimum specs ask for an 8-core CPU and a GeForce RTX 2070
Steam adds Apple Silicon support and new accessibility filters
Color blindness, text size, control options, and other accessibility filters are now available
Stellar Blade becomes Sony's most successful PC port in under 24 hours
With over 180,000 players, it's doubling Tsushima and God of War numbers
Playnite allows you to unify game libraries from multiple platforms and emulators
Playnite is a free, open-source game library manager and launcher for Windows. It consolidates games from various platforms, such as Steam, Epic, GOG, Origin, Battle.net, and emulators into a single, unified interface.
Steam Next Fest is now live: Here are some of the best demos to try
Some featured games will launch within the next few weeks
Did you know that before developing Steam, Valve approached other companies for help? All said no.
But nobody took on the opportunity...
A Russian military-endorsed "propaganda game" has just landed on Steam
Invade Ukraine and Crimea from the Russian military's perspective