Steam's hardware survey just flipped: new top GPU, Windows 11 crashes, Chinese takes the lead
After Valve admitted some reporting errors
New York sues Valve, arguing loot boxes cross the line into gambling
Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and the business of chance
Valve confirms Steam Deck OLED is out of stock due to memory shortages
Surprising absolutely nobody
Steam will soon let users add hardware specs and performance data to reviews
Valve might begin collecting performance data on a massive scale
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
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
AMD CPUs surge to 47% user share as Intel continues to slip in Steam survey
AMD looks set to overtake Intel this year
What just happened? December's Steam survey results have arrived, and what a month it was for AMD's CPUs. Team Red saw an unusually large increase in user share, taking it to within 8% of Intel. Elsewhere, the most popular GPU changed once again.
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
Valve's long-awaited Half-Life 3 could be a Steam Machine launch title in 2026
2026 could be a massive year for gaming
In a nutshell: The long-awaited third installment in the iconic Half-Life series is reportedly nearing completion and fans might not have to wait too much longer to get their hands on it. According to Insider Gaming Weekly podcast co-host Mike Straw, the title is scheduled to arrive in spring 2026 as a Steam Machine launch title.
Nearly half of the 19,000 games released on Steam this year went almost unnoticed
Bottom line: Steam's flood of new releases in 2025 underscores an ongoing tension in PC gaming: a thriving ecosystem that also risks overwhelming its own creators. Data aggregated by SteamDB shows that Valve's digital storefront saw 19,112 games launch over the year. Nearly half of them – 9,327 titles – received fewer than 10 user reviews, suggesting they never reached a meaningful audience. For 2,229 games, the review count never rose above zero.
Steam is running on Windows 7 again, thanks to a fan-made backport
A fully updated (retro) OS is highly recommended
Valve is developing an Android-Linux bridge for Steam called "Lepton"
Steam Frame is likely the main reason behind Lepton
Steam could be headed to phones, tablets, and other Arm hardware
Fex emulation is laying the groundwork to bring Windows x86 games to mobile platforms
November Steam survey: AMD CPUs and Linux hit new records as RTX 5000 series surges
The top GPU has changed, again
Epic's Tim Sweeney says AI labels on Steam are meaningless as generative tools become universal
Sweeney pushes back on AI disclosure rules
Steam holds first-ever Black Friday sale, open through December 1
The autumn sale is gone, and for some reason that's fueling Half-Life 3 speculation (again)
In context: Valve usually holds its autumn sale on Steam around this time of year, but in 2025 the company has instead launched a slightly shorter Black Friday sale, echoing other storefronts. The move has sparked speculation about a minor gap in Steam's event schedule next week. Read on for highlights on various hefty game discounts.
Valve confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, not a console
How much do you think Valve will charge?
Steam is now a billion-dollar side business for PlayStation
Sony's biggest hit on Steam isn't God of War or Spider-Man – it's Helldivers 2
Valve insists the Steam Machine outperforms 70% of gaming PCs despite 8GB GPU
Will RX 7600-level performance still be enough in 2026?
Don't expect a Steam Deck 2 until silicon breakthroughs arrive, says Valve
Valve wants more than a 50% gain in performance-per-watt
Valve Steam Controller 2, new Steam Machine PC console, and Steam Frame VR coming in early 2026
Pricing yet to be announced, but Valve is focusing on affordability