Steam Latest news (8)

Bart Swiatek, 05 October 2020, 11:59

Another edition of the usual hardware survey appeared on Steam. It shows that AMD already controls over 25% of the CPU market. The data also indicates stagnation in VR goggle sector.

Bart Swiatek, 29 September 2020, 19:39

A recent leak reveals the schedule of subsequent Steam sales: Winter, Sale and Halloween editions.

Milosz Szubert, 14 September 2020, 14:10

There is a site that enables us to check how much we would need to spend to buy all the games available on Steam. Currently, the amount is just over $537,000 (nearly $522,000 if discounts are included).

Jacob Blazewicz, 10 September 2020, 17:12

Steam with advanced filters and information about price changes, player activity, DRM, etc.? No, this is not a new update from Valve, but the Augmented Steam plugin. The expansion for Chrome and Firefox makes browsing Steam's catalogue much easier.

Milosz Szubert, 01 September 2020, 15:20

The EA Play subscription is now available on Steam. Thanks to it, for $5 per month (or $30 for the whole year), subscribers receive access to a number of games from Electronic Arts's catalogue and many facilities, such as shopping discounts.

Milosz Szubert, 25 August 2020, 16:27

EA has added a total of more than 1,000 achievements to its 25 games available on Steam. The list includes items such as Battlefield V, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Need for Speed: Heat.

Adrian Werner, 20 August 2020, 11:16

Steam users have a big problem with Microsoft Flight Simulator. The website counts downloading files as gameplay, and it takes so much time that the two-hour limit for refunds is exceeded.

Michael Kulakowski, 18 August 2020, 20:59

We have learned the exact launch date of EA Play on Steam. Its subscribers will receive full access to several dozen games from Electronic Arts catalogue, early access to new releases, as well as discounts and various bonuses.

Damian Gacek, 17 August 2020, 22:14

Buying reviews on Steam is a serious accusation, both for a gamer and a developer. However, there is no denying the existence of such a practice, even if it is negligible in scope. Therefore, we will take a look at the reports from a certain user.

Karol Laska, 11 August 2020, 22:32

One of the trusted gaming journalists shared information about Valve's fall project. The company is supposedly planning another Steam Game Festival.

Agnes Adamus, 10 August 2020, 17:52

Electronic Arts has announced the price of EA Access subscription on Steam and its game catalogue. However, the official launch date of the service has still not been announced.

Karol Laska, 01 August 2020, 19:12

Visual novel titled Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel has been removed from Steam. The reason for this decision is the inclusion of sexual content in the game.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 30 July 2020, 14:38

Steam has changed the payment system. From now on, purchases must be finalized by the local payment method. The move may be part of the fight against buying cheaper games from other regions through VPN.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 July 2020, 22:20

Valve has quietly added the ability to register for game testing on Steam. The feature is apparently not yet widely available.

Adrian Werner, 26 July 2020, 21:33

June on Steam was one for old games, with Sea of Thieves and Titanfall 2 on the lead. Only three of the twenty most popular p launches were completely new titles. This was due, among other things, to the fact that a large part of Electronic Arts' catalogue was made available on this platform.

Adrian Werner, 22 July 2020, 13:20

Star Wars: The Old Republic made a very successful debut on Steam. On the first day, the game achieved impresive activity numbers, and the vast majority of user ratings are positive.

Paul Wozniak, 29 June 2020, 21:13

Once again, Steam's greatest bestseller was Sea of Thieves. Last week's edition of top ten also featured a few good titles from recent years, which are now on offered on Steam Summer Sale.

Christian Pieniazek, 25 June 2020, 19:34

Steam users can prepare their wallets. This year's edition of Steam Summer Sale has started. For the next two weeks, hundreds of titles can be purchased at a special prices.

Adrian Werner, 22 June 2020, 13:05

The latest list of the biggest Steam bestsellers is dominated by older productions, which only recently came to the website. It is worth noting especially Titanfall 2 - multiplayer servers of Respawn Entertainment's title revived after thee games debut on Valve's platform.

Adrian Werner, 19 June 2020, 13:01

A number of Electronic Arts' games, including The Sims 4 and its expansions, Titanfall 2, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Payback and Dead Space 3 have just been released on Steam. Discounts on all these titles were organized on this occasion.

Mateusz Popielak, 17 June 2020, 18:52

Statements from developers began to appear on the web, as some of them decided to remove their games from Steam. Will Valve suffer from its silence?

Adrian Werner, 17 June 2020, 13:10

The Steam Game Festival has started, featuring several hundred demo versions of various video game, enabling us to try out such titles as Iron Harvest, Everspace 2, Haven, Destroy All Humans!, Rustler, Ghostrunner, The Survivalist or Stronghold: Warlords.

Adrian Werner, 15 June 2020, 13:11

For the second week in a row, Sea of Thieves was ranked first on the Steam bestseller list. The launch of the PC version of Persona 4 Golden also turned out to be a great success.

Agnes Adamus, 11 June 2020, 20:49

Further EA title are available on Steam from today. This time the pool has been expanded with games from three series - Battlefield, Mass Effect and Star Wars: Battlefront.

Paul Wozniak, 04 June 2020, 19:09

Further EA games are available from today on Steam. The players can purchase Need for Speed: Heat or Crysis 3 on Valve. The EA Access subscription for Steam users is expected to be available soon.

Adrian Werner, 03 June 2020, 14:45

Turns out the rise in popularity of VR caused by Half-Life: Alyx wasn't short-lived. May was a record month in terms of the share of VR owners among Steam users.

Christian Pieniazek, 28 May 2020, 20:08

Valve has provided the developers with the beta version of its streaming service. The goal of Steam Cloud Play, as it is called, is to integrate Steam with GeForce Now and, in the future, to connect it with other platforms of this type.

Bart Swiatek, 25 May 2020, 15:18

Valve Software is working on a Chinese version of Steam - the program was announced in 2018 and recently received an alpha version. The application differs in several respects from the variant known from other regions of the world.

Paul Wozniak, 23 May 2020, 18:34

Yesterday, Valve released the list of biggest launches of last month on Steam.

Mateusz Popielak, 22 May 2020, 17:13

Information found in the game files suggests imminent launch of Apex Legends on Steam. The creators of the game have also included a nod to Portal players.

Bart Woldanski, 21 May 2020, 13:55

We learned that the PC version of Mafia: Definitive Edition, a remake of the first part of the popular gangster series, will be a Steam's temporary exclusive title.

Adrian Werner, 14 May 2020, 10:18

The Digital Dragons India Celebration event has started on Steam. It enables us to play demo versions of almost 30 independent games. Additionally, streams with intriguing productions are constantly being held.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 May 2020, 22:58

Pavel Djundik from Steam Database reported of plans to introduce a loyalty program on Steam. This would translate into the possibility to exchange points to obtain virtual items, but also discounts in Valve's store.

Agnes Adamus, 11 May 2020, 19:50

A leak appeared on the web, related to the start date of Steam Summer Sale 2020. According to Pavel Djundik from Steam Database we can expect promotions on Valve's platform at the turn of June and July.

Bart Swiatek, 08 May 2020, 14:56

We present a new edition of the list of the most popular games on Steam wishlists. This week, the top 10 features a new title, a famous production from Guerrilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Conrad Hazi, 01 May 2020, 12:52

As part of the promotion organized by the publisher, 2K Games, Mafia III is available on Steam for free until May 7. So we have almost a week to play, and if we like it, we can buy it at a price reduced by 75%.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 14 April 2020, 15:56

A patent for a new controller from Valve has recently been published. It shows that the device will have replaceable buttons. Is this the new Steam Controller?

Bart Swiatek, 06 April 2020, 14:53

We present the next edition of the list of the most popular games on Steam wishlists. The second half of March and the beginning of April brought a lot of changes on the main list, mainly related to the launch of Doom Eternal, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord and Resident Evil 3.

Christian Pieniazek, 02 April 2020, 18:39

Although Sea of Thieves released more than two years ago, so far it has been vain to look for this title on Steam. However, the situation will change in the near future, as the game card appeared on the store.

Paul Wozniak, 31 March 2020, 12:33

Valve has made a change to Steam to reduce the network load of theplatform. The company also reminds of the settings that enable users to further reduce data consumption.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 27 March 2020, 17:01

Thanks to SteamDB, you can check out the current and upcoming promotions for free games provided by Gabe Newell's platform in seconds. Two links are enough to do this.

Adrian Werner, 25 March 2020, 12:07

Half-Life: Alyx set a new activity record for VR games on Steam, achieving a score almost five times higher than the previous leader in this category.

Milosz Szubert, 23 March 2020, 19:06

In an interview with Edge magazine, Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve Corporation, revealed how the idea of creating Steam came to be. He also said a bit about the inspirations for Steam Workshop and the birth of Team Fortress 2's item market.

Konrad Serafinski, 22 March 2020, 15:54

Valve presented a list of the most popular February releases on Steam. The list included a lot of games that left early access, as well as a lot of games debuting on the platform. No to mention the launch of Metro Exodus.

Conrad Hazi, 22 March 2020, 15:24

In mysterious circumstances, the sale of Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition was blocked on Steam. The publisher hasn't issued any statement on this issue so far, but it is suspected that it may be related to the expiration of rights to one of the characters that appeared as a DLC.

Conrad Hazi, 22 March 2020, 14:43

We spend more time at home and apparently play more. This is shown by Steam stats, which continue to show an upward trend so that more records of the number of logged-in users are beaten. More than 22 million users were simultaneously using the application yesterday.

Jacob Blazewicz, 21 March 2020, 17:50

Gabe „Gaben” Newell commented on Steam's competition with Epic Games Store. He said that competition in the digital stores is necessary and beneficial for all, but criticized Apple's style approach and its „faceless bureaucrats” managing App Store.

Paul Wozniak, 19 March 2020, 21:58

As of today, owners of GTA IV or even just the Episodes from Liberty City add-on on Steam will receive a free upgrade to the Complete Edition. The agme will be back on sale on March 24.

Adrian Werner, 19 March 2020, 19:38

The full version of Interactive Recommender, i.e. an interactive advisor who analyses our preferences and recommends games that fit them, has launched on Steam. Over the last several months the project has been tested within Steam Labs.

Konrad Serafinski, 18 March 2020, 11:16

Geoff Keighley, the creator of The Game Awards, announced on Twitter that Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition will start today at 10 AM PDT. The event will last 5 days, during which we will see over 40 new games.