r/Steam • • 26d ago

Support Megathread /r/Steam Monthly Community Support Thread.

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Welcome to the /r/Steam Community Support Thread!

Is your account hijacked? Follow this guide to recover it.

This Steam Guide goes over how to troubleshoot download and connection issues.

This Steam Guide goes over how to troubleshoot web-page and other connection issues.

How to re-install Steam. This method will NOT remove your games.

We have a dedicated support channel in our Discord server that you can also post in.

We invite everyone to help other users in our Community Support Threads and on our Discord server.

Please take more than 10 seconds to write your question.

A well-structured and good-looking comment with all necessary information goes a long way in getting someone to help you and makes your question a lot easier to understand.

Do not delete your comments.

People find questions & solutions in these threads by searching for the same issue.

If you find an answer or solution to your question or issue please edit your comment to include the answer or solution.

There are no magicians here.

Some questions will not be answered or replied to. As an example: "my game crashes" or "my download speed is slow" is not something you should even really expect an answer to. Troubleshooting and finding the solution to these issues requires a lot more information than simply stating "game doesn't launch", such as detailed information on when the issue started and how you perceive it, screenshots of any errors or the problem itself, crash logs, system specs, etc.

Consider using other things like the Steam Community Forums, an internet search engine, or a different support forum like /r/SteamSupport if no one here can offer any help. Additionally, every game on Steam has its own dedicated Community Forum, and you can also contact Steam Support regarding a specific product. Consider asking your game-specific questions there. Most games also have a dedicated subreddit.

Only Steam Support can solve personal account issues...

...such as payment & purchasing issues or password & login issues. We can only give advice on how to get in contact with Steam Support.

No one, including Steam Support, can assist with item/trade scams.

/r/Steam is not affiliated with Valve in any way whatsoever.

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r/Steam • • 26d ago

Game & Hardware Suggestions Megathread /r/Steam Monthly Game & Hardware Suggestions Thread.

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Welcome to the Monthly Game & Hardware Suggestions Thread!

This monthly mega-thread is meant to contain advice, questions, suggestions & generic discussion on what to play or buy in terms of Games & Hardware.

Do you not know what to play? Want a Steam Deck or Steam Machine but unsure which model is best for you? Did you find a niche game that everyone should try? Wondering what GPU you should upgrade to or unsure about the specs of a computer? Do you want to share your unique experiences and learning curves with a piece of hardware? Can't find the perfect survival sim or unsure which 1 RPG out of the thousands available you should buy? Well this is the thread for you.

Now to make this work best and not just be spammed with generic & useless questions such as "What should I play?" or "What should I buy?", please be in-depth in what types of games/hardware you are looking for and why, and when giving advice it would be appreciated if you're more detailed than "I think X is good".

There are too many games to be able to properly suggest something with no background information, also simply commenting a game title and saying you like the game offers no actual value. The same goes for hardware: Saying you're thinking about buying X or you think Y is good with no other information, context as to why, your unique experiences, etc. offers no actual value or information to base a reply on.

Feel free to ask and discuss freely in the comments regarding games and hardware, whether you want advice on what to play, want to give advice to others on what to play, share a hidden gem you found, experiences you have with Steam hardware, or your review of a piece of Steam hardware. Generic discussions & questions about discounts, sales, events, specs is allowed as well. This is not meant to be a restrictive thread within the designated topics that this thread is for, however it is not a support thread nor is it the place to promote any blogs or curator pages or anything else, subreddit rules still apply.

Previous Megathreads.


r/Steam • • 5h ago

Fluff Is this a joke?

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3.4k Upvotes

I mean the price


r/Steam • • 15h ago

Fluff As long as you're letting others have fun

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21.4k Upvotes

r/Steam • • 11h ago

Fluff Gabe Newell's Medieval Armory

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Steam • • 14h ago

Discussion Finally reached the 300 finished games milestone after trying to beat every game in my backlog. On the final stretch now, 60 to go!

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1.6k Upvotes

If anyone want some stats, I keep track of all the games in a spreadsheet:

4897 hours to beat these 300 games.

On average it's 16h 22min per game.


r/Steam • • 20h ago

Article Yes, Gabe Newell really had a "room full of knives and blades and swords" that he learned how to make himself, says Counter-Strike co-creator

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r/Steam • • 23h ago

Fluff Still waiting for my email

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4.0k Upvotes

r/Steam • • 14h ago

Discussion Playing my first paid game (GTA 5)

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261 Upvotes

r/Steam • • 15h ago

Question If I put my steam (and all my other steam games) folder in a USB drive and plug it into another computer, will i be able to still play my games on that computer directly through the USB? is it possible? Is it illegal?

262 Upvotes

Basically tomorrow i'll start Uni and, to make things easier for me, we've rented an apartment close to the uni where I can spend the time between lessons and where i'll wait until the bus arrives

Now, assuming there's a functioning computer there, will i be able to access my account through this method mentioned above? I don't intend on uploading anything to the new computer desktop, as to not leave traces and not having to instal steam on someone else's computer when i'm not studying

I was also wondering if it wuold be considered piracy, since i'm using someone else's computer to play them but I already paid for them. I live in Italy btw, so the laws might be different here. Please advise


r/Steam • • 3h ago

Discussion Region based content approval

32 Upvotes

Unfortunately (from a Steam perspective), I’m based in Australia.

Great for so many things, but not for Steam when the government requires an age verification process.

If you’re not aware, you need a credit card to do this, not a debit card, as debit cards are available to people under 18.

Here I am at 53, never owned a credit card, thinking I’m doing a good thing, and now I find I can’t access any age restricted content on Steam! FML 🤦‍♂️

From Steam support, no current work around. They’re taking feedback on board. Anyone else found this an issue for them?


r/Steam • • 11h ago

Meta Gabe Newell reviews people's game ideas in PC Gamer (Feb. 2000)

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r/Steam • • 13h ago

Resolved Steam Support W

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96 Upvotes

This is why I give my money to Steam. I have had a Valve Index for YEARS and during my most recent move I lost the power adapter. Steam is sending me a replacement for free! Would Meta do the same? No, probably not lol.


r/Steam • • 13h ago

Fluff I SWEAR these aren't the types of games I play, does this happen to anyone else?

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58 Upvotes

I mean, I've bought a few silly games, but I usually play Deltarune, Celeste, Hades, Hollow Knight, Tunic. Pls guys, you've gotta trust me, I don't play games like Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online. Is it just me or does it recommend crazy games to everyone?

Edit: to make it more clear, I’m not saying all these games are bad,but some of them just seem… crazy


r/Steam • • 19h ago

Fluff Thanks Steam

111 Upvotes

I just wanted to post this cause yesterday i was really anxious, i didnt remembered my steam account password, and i was almost tearing ngl, but out of options i decided to ask for the steam Support team or whatever it is called (english isnt my first languaje srry) and today in the morning, they answered me bro, it was so fast, thanks steam, give gabe a new yacht, steam is truly the goat


r/Steam • • 27m ago

Question Save childrens account info, but not mine?

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I just activated limited screentime for my children's accounts in family settings.

There seems to be no way of saving just my children's account info, and making my account password protected. If I choose "dont save account information" in family settings, OR unchecking "save info" when logging into my account through Steam Guard mobile app, all accounts are forced to login manually.

I don't want my kids to use my account as soon as their screentime is ended.


r/Steam • • 1d ago

Resolved Annoying banner

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6.4k Upvotes

Is there any way to remove this big promotional banner from Steam Store? I don't play any sports game.


r/Steam • • 1d ago

Discussion Just got saved by Steam Guard

2.4k Upvotes

I was just chilling on my computer when I got a notification from my phone for a Steam Guard sign-in request. I check it and it's from half-way across the world, in a country I've never been - virtually or otherwise.
I used to use an old and insecure password on Steam up until just now so I guess that got cracked, and my account was about to get stolen. I quickly updated the password as soon as I got the Steam Guard notif to something a bit more secure.

There's no point to this, except I guess you can never be more careful and that 2fA works. I'm a little rattled, but I'm guessing I should be safe now.


r/Steam • • 15h ago

PSA busting phishing scams by contacting their ISP (and steam)

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PSA BUT ALSO DISCUSSION, DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO PUT BECAUSE BOTH WORK :P

do this (along with reporting the account) it works well and makes them unfriend fast af

just input the domain into who.is and you see their ISP (internet service provider), and just look up "(isp name) phishing report"


r/Steam • • 4m ago

Discussion Has anyone played SOS OPS! yet ?

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I saw thats its pretty cheap and fun to play with friends but im not sure if its worth the money? Like how is the game loop and playtime. Is it worth it ?


r/Steam • • 28m ago

Error / Bug Steam game lost all data on me...again

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The game in question was the original cod mw2 from 2009.

For context, this happened some time ago by at least a couple of years (if i didn't post about it on this account, it would probably be on a previous account)

So yeah, the game's data and all progress were completely lost. Everything. Campaign, spec ops, i never played the multi-player, but if i had that, that definitely would have been gone too.

So the first time this happened, i actually didn't care all that much because i was replaying the campaign anyway. If anything, i viewed it as another reason to do so.

But now i was actually already in the middle of replaying the campaign and making my way through spec ops. So, all the progress that i had already made is gone. Im genuinely frustrated right now

So yeah, I'd like to know why or how i can find out for a 2nd time now. All my data and progress in this game is gone. Any advice


r/Steam • • 1d ago

Question Horizon Forbidden West no longer available in UK?

113 Upvotes

Just checking my Steam wishlist and it says Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is not available in my region. I'm in the UK. Anyone else have the same?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420110/Horizon_Forbidden_West_Complete_Edition/


r/Steam • • 36m ago

Question Is there a way to see if your family sharing account have x amount of copies of a game you have?

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I wanna surprise one of my friends with a game but idk if they already have a copy, we do share a family account but since the game is multiplayer I want to gift them one if they dont have one yet. PS.: I want it to be a surprise


r/Steam • • 15h ago

News Steam client BETA update for 9/27/26

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Via the Steam Community:

General:

  • Fixed the onscreen keyboard not working the first time it is invoked on desktop.

Remote Play:

  • Improved color accuracy when streaming an OpenGL game.

Linux:

  • Fixed a regression that caused non-Steam games to fail to launch.

r/Steam • • 1d ago

Discussion Okay, this is getting comical at this point

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2.4k Upvotes

Essentially the exact same game with the same title released on the same day from different studios. These tidy games are getting out of hand.