Steam hits new user record for 2024 and a record for games released last year

Yesterday, January 7th, Steam hit a new all-time record for concurrent users online showing that nothing can stop Valve's growth here thanks to the popularity of video games.

Bodycam horror shooter Chasmal Fear looks like a riot

MystiveDev emailed in about Chasmal Fear, an upcoming horror shooter you play as if you're viewing it from a bodycam set in an underwater facility.

SteamOS 3.5.12 Preview and new Steam Deck Beta and Steam Desktop Beta released

Catching up from the end of the holidays, Valve recently released SteamOS 3.5.12 Preview and today there's also a new Steam Deck and Desktop Beta release.

Baldur's Gate 3 wins Game of the Year in the 2023 Steam Awards

Not really a big surprise here and thoroughly deserved! The 2023 Steam Awards are over and Baldur's Gate 3 has won Game of the Year. Here's all the results for you.

You can finally hide your naughty games on Steam

Valve released a Steam Beta update to bring in some tweaks to the shopping cart, and finally allowing you to properly set certain games as private so no one can snoop on your gaming habits.

Vibrant fantasy retro magical FPS 'Wizordum' is a joy to blast through

Wizordum is a new retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. If you adored early first-person shooters, you're going to really enjoy this one.

Check out your 2023 Year In Review on Steam

With 2023 coming to a close Valve have refreshed their Steam Year In Review page, so you can dive in and see everything you did and how it stacks up against others.

Steam Workshop gets even better with shareable Workshop Collections

Valve are really doing some good stuff with the updates to the Steam Workshop. On top of the new features added recently, they've also now put in Workshop Collections you can switch between and share around.

Valve hands out lumps of coal to naughty Dota 2 players

In possibly one of the funniest moves I've seen from Valve recently, they're handing out lumps of coal when banning Dota 2 players.

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Valve upgrades the Steam Workshop, plus various Steam Deck improvements in new Beta

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck have a fresh Beta release out that overhauls some parts of the Steam Workshop. Plus there's some fixes for Linux and Steam Deck too.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam stable update brings more bug fixes

Valve released another small stable update for the Steam Client on Steam Deck and Desktop, so here's what's changed for you.

Valve announced more Steam sales and events for 2024

While Valve already revealed a few of the sales and events happening on Steam in 2024, they've now today revealed a bunch more.

Songs of Conquest working on improved Steam Deck / Gamepad support

Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available you may want to test on Steam Deck or with a gamepad.

Story Mode for Them's Fightin' Herds cancelled and active development to cease

Some sad news for fans of the fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds, as the developer Mane6 has cancelled the Story Mode and will be ceasing active development on the game.

Steam Deck and Steam Desktop stable updates bring lots of fixes

I love the smell of a freshly brewed Steam update in the morning. Valve released a Steam Client stable update for Steam Deck and Steam Desktop for November 29th so here's all that's new.

Valve gives Steam a nice upgrade for controller-friendly games

After recently tweaking Steam Input and the Steam Client, Valve has now upgraded the main Steam Store to show off controller support for games.

SteamOS 3.5.3 Preview fixes LCD issues, plus Steam Deck / Desktop Beta adds HDR info

Three pieces of Steam news for you today covering the Steam Deck and desktop Steam as there's been various updates and improvements.

Steam Deck (LCD), reviewed by a portables enthusiast

The handheld gaming space has always been one steeped in both nostalgia and potential. Then Valve came along with their first entry in it, and reminded me of exactly why I love it in the first place.

Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR get lots of visual tweaks in new Beta

Valve released a fresh Beta update across Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR that includes lots of subtle visual tweaks to the UI to make it look a bit fancier.

Valve reveals Steam Deck OLED for November 16th

Valve has today announced the brand new Steam Deck OLED model with some great sounding upgrades inside so here's the details.

Modders already improving the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection

With the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 out now on Steam and in many ways disappointing, so modders are already working to improve it.

Valve refines new Steam Deck Unified Frame Limit slider to show Refresh Rate

Available currently in the Steam Deck Preview that I recently covered, there's a new Unified Frame Rate and Refresh Rate slider but Valve has done a useful tweak in the latest update.

Steam Deck Verified highlights for November 8th, 2023

Need some more games for your Steam Deck? Here's your mid-week listicle to highlight some interesting looking titles that gave gained the full Steam Deck Verified certification from Valve.

Proton Experimental fixes up multiple Final Fantasy issues & Metal Gear Solid 3

Valve released a fresh Proton Experimental update for Linux desktop / Steam Deck after a few weeks break that brings the usual assorted game fixes.

Steam Deck Preview update has a Unified Refresh Rate and Framerate Limit slider

Valve has released a fresh Beta and Preview update for the Steam Deck, which tweaks some existing features like the refresh rate and frame limit sliders to merge them into one slider to rule them all.

Counter-Strike 2 sees the return of community maps

Valve continue expanding Counter-Strike 2 now its released, and the latest update overhauls the community map system along with enabling it again in the Steam Workshop. We've also seen quite a big drop in players overall.

October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline

We have another fresh Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2023 and the results show that Simplified Chinese as a language on Steam has another sharp jump resulting in some odd results.

Latest Steam Client Beta has some useful controller support upgrades

Valve has rolled out a fresh Steam Client Beta for desktop which includes some really good sounding improvements for controller support, so here's what's new.

Canonical detail a whole lot of Steam Snap improvements

While most people will be using a normal package for Steam on Linux or the Flatpak, Canonical continue pushing their own Snap packages and one that's needed a lot of work is Steam.

Steam Scream: The Revenge is live for a week of Halloween deals on Steam

If you prefer Steam as your main store the Steam Scream: The Revenge event is live now until November 2nd, featuring discounts and demos for some spooky times.

Valve released big new Steam desktop, Steam Deck and SteamVR 2.0 updates

We have a triple update from Valve with SteamVR 2.0 now out of Beta, along with Steam Deck and Steam desktop upgrades so here's all the news.

Steam Deck gets a fix for a startup bug, plus more Steam Input upgrades for all

Valve released another update to the Steam Deck, the desktop Steam client and SteamVR. Here's a run over what's changed for you including a needed startup fix for Steam Deck.

Steam Deck Beta gets some essential bug fixes and new Gyro options

Valve put up some nice bug fixes in the latest Preview and Beta updates for the Steam Deck, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck Beta add new Gyro Mode and fixes in-game purchases

Valve released a fresh update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, which fixes a couple of bugs while also providing another new experimental Gyro Mode.

Diablo 4 now Steam Deck Verified before launch but no Steam keys for Battle.net buyers

Good news if you plan to dive into Diablo 4 with the Steam release coming on October 17th, as it has been Steam Deck Verified. There's some bad news if you already purchased it on Battle.net though.