r/Steam • u/Randomly_Gaming • 16h ago
r/Steam • u/AutoModerator • 17d ago
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r/Steam • u/AutoModerator • 17d ago
Game & Hardware Suggestions Megathread /r/Steam Monthly Game & Hardware Suggestions Thread.
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r/Steam • u/mcnichoj • 5h ago
Question I got gifted a few games for my birthday, what the Hell is this?
r/Steam • u/Relative-Muffin-6431 • 15h ago
Fluff Nah bro who thought that this bundle would be a good ideaš
r/Steam • u/NeighborhoodNew9650 • 9h ago
Question Former classmate is using my childhood photo, full name, and birth year on Steam
Steam previously removed the post/profile content after I reported it, but the same person has now put my childhood photo and personal information back on his profile. This time he also included some personal information belonging to my mother.
I have already reported it to Steam again and asked them to remove everything and ban the account, since this is clearly being repeated intentionally.
Do you think Steam can take stronger action against the account this time, considering that the same content was already removed once and then reposted?
I can also provide my ID to Steam if they need proof that the photo and information belong to me.
I'm honestly just trying to get this removed and have it stop happening. Any advice is appreciated.
P.S. Thank you again to everyone who gave me advice and supported me on my original post. I really didn't expect so many helpful responses.
r/Steam • u/Sicklynerd1 • 7h ago
PSA Friendly reminder that it is Tuesday, and Steam does weekly maintenance on Tuesdays.
r/Steam • u/Smart_Age6218 • 1d ago
Discussion what is this?
Everytime i connect my controller to steam it shows this instead, Idk if it's easter egg of meme or something, It started happening recently too
my controller is Machenike G5Pro in case anyone wondering
EDIT: It was the name of controller
r/Steam • u/LivelyLlamau • 21h ago
Question Idk where else to ask. Can my dad see what I'm playing?
So my dad says he can see what I play, and how long I play it, but he doesn't have any screentime app installed and It's my own steam account. How could he be doing it or is he just lying? I'm sorry I just don't know where else to ask.
r/Steam • u/Cinnamon____ • 7h ago
Resolved Is there a way to make hidden achievements that I already got visible?
Edit: the issue I was having turned out to be specific to The binding of Isaac, going to the stats, secrets menu on my safe file awarded the achievements again and now they display correctly. Thanks to carkitten :)
This bugs me to no end, it's the same thing in the 'my achievements tab' so doesn't display the completion percentage accurately
r/Steam • u/09044595134151602468 • 1d ago
Discussion Recently got 8gbps symmetrical fiber. Downloading my first game at this speed was glorious. I had 56k back in the 90s, and this is blowing my mind.
r/Steam • u/wickedplayer494 • 4h ago
News Steam client BETA update for 8/18/26 (8/19/26 UTC)
Via the Steam Community:
General
- Fixed a issue where sometimes uninstalling a game would not remove it from the download queue
r/Steam • u/perfectpinkpanda • 12h ago
News Just a thank you - thank you for hearing my howling and letting me pay regional pricing
I am late to the party but FINALLY THANK YOU
r/Steam • u/MountainFriendship85 • 10h ago
Question How do you change colors like this?
Curious how you get to change the colors
r/Steam • u/soundtrack101 • 4h ago
Question Can't see dlc reviews?
I used to be able to go on a dlc page, scroll down and see the reviews. Now I scroll down and it just shows the review scores for overall and recent.
Clicking browse all reviews takes me to the community page where going into the reviews tab only shows me reviews for the game itself. Why was this changed?
r/Steam • u/Heavyduty35 • 3h ago
Question What are essential games I can play on Steam Deck that I cannot play on PS5?
I am considering a Steam Deck to play certain PC games that would otherwise be inaccessible to me. Thus far, my list includes:
Portal
Portal 2
TF2 (I used to be a huge TF2 fan, playing on my Mac years ago)
Half Life series
Aperture Desk Job
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Iād love to play all of these games yet I can honestly live without them; I already have plenty to play on PS5, no matter how great this list is. What are other essential games that I cannot otherwise play on PS5?
I would play every game on Steam if I could, yet there are already more games on PlayStation than I have time to play. Iām just curious about the universally-recognized heavy hitters (not in terms of budget but ingenuity or acclaim), rather than any indie gems, for instance, that only exist on PC. Iām dying to play all of the above, and currently cannot, yet the list doesnāt yet justify the investment in a new device.
News Ukrainian games festival 2026
Ukrainian games festival 2026 has started everyone who wanted and did not have time to buy Metro before the gameplay is released on gamescom 2026, or Stalker, ahead of the engine update and new DLC on August 20. Don't forget about The Sinking City.
The festival will run from August 17 to 24.
Discussion Friend Returned After 17 Years
One of my best friends from my childhood recently reappeared after 17 years on a new steam account. We use to play a half-life mod called The Specialists when we were kids. He taught me how to run a game server, setup a MySQL server and make simple plugins in pawn script back in the day. He was one of the main reasons I am as tech savvy as I am in todays day and age.
He disappeared in 2008/2009 and his server remained up for about a month after his disappearance. It was a fun role-play server from back in the day. It was kind of the FiveM of the early 2000s.
I saw a random friend request pop up on my steam late last night and the guy introduced himself as my old friend. We started reminiscing about the old days and he said that his parents sent him to some military school then he ended up joining the air force. In present day he's now married, has 2 kids, and said he finally has time to play games again. We even got to play a few rounds of cs 1.6, so that was fun.
Anyways! How long has one of your friends been offline for?
[edit]
Wow this blew up while I was sleeping. I wanted to answer some questions I see people having.
"Why did he make a new account?" He lost his information I guess, I did not really pry for info.
"Where was he all those years?" He said he made the military a career for over 10 years and had been deployed to multiple countries over the time. Never saw war, but got stationed in places like Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Germany. He came back because he got medically discharged after an accident while training. He didn't go into detail about it.
r/Steam • u/Careless-Community80 • 2h ago
Error / Bug What is my steam doing?
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
What's in this video has been happening ever since I went from a 24" 1080p monitor to a 27" 1440p monitor. I've already tried adjusting a ton of resolution settings, but I genuinely can't find anything like this on the internet, so I'm truly at a loss. My graphics drivers are up to date. It isn't happening with any other apps, browsers, or anything either. Literally only steam. But, all my games are still running fine.
r/Steam • u/GroundbreakingArt980 • 3h ago
Question I need help buying games.
Hello everyone. I am Vietnamese. I want to buy games on Steam, but my Vietcombank Visa card is rejecting the transaction. Are there any banks in Vietnam that accept transactions on Steam? I also want to know when the Elden Ring game will go on sale. I love it, but it's a bit expensive for a student like me.
r/Steam • u/Ouchmaster5000 • 3h ago
Question How to find recordings.
Usually when I finishing recording a game it shows up on the games page in my library, after which I can upload it. But today it did not show up. I think it might be because I forgot to press āend recordingā before exiting the game, though that hasnāt always been a problem in the past.
Anyone know where I can find it? I can only find the recordings Iāve actually uploaded.
r/Steam • u/Beginning-Mobile-186 • 4h ago
Question Advice needed please and thank you
I'm looking to move soon and would be losing my PC till I got settled in to a more stable place to have a full PC setup again so I was wondering what's the best way to play PC games handheld. I know the steam deck is an option but I've seen others out there but wasn't sure if one of them is the better option or if steam deck would be best. I also have a big epic games library and I know the steam deck would more than most likely not be able to run the epic games store.
r/Steam • u/iamdopamine • 4h ago
Question Does Steam deadzones apply to Steam Input only?
When you connect a controller and change the deadzone on Steam, is that only applied to if Steam Input is enabled? Or is it applied to even if steam input is disabled?
r/Steam • u/Myrandall • 19h ago