The sights and sounds of spring have arrived on Steam! And as you can tell by our official trailer, by "sights," we mean "LOOK AT ALL OF THESE GAMES ON SALE!" and by "sounds" we mean "LISTEN TO ALL OF THESE GAMES ON SALE!"
A lot of folks like to use this time of year to do a little "spring cleaning" around the house, but we won't judge if you "spring clean" your Steam library instead. Explore discounts, demos, and more on thousands of games of all kinds; plus visit daily for free sticker drops!
Inline gifting: Gift to multiple friends in one go, with streamlined messaging for hassle-free checkout.
One cart across all devices: Your cart now follows you seamlessly anywhere you're signed in to Steam (including Deck and mobile), ensuring a unified shopping experience wherever you go.
Private purchasing: Maintain your privacy by marking games as private before purchase, giving you control from the start.
Private Apps: Mark selected games as private so they are only visible to you, giving you more control over what you share with friends. This lets you keep your Steam Library visible to your friends, so they can see what you are playing and join in, yet also keep a few of those games just to yourself.
During the beta period we made improvements and fixed bugs – thanks to your feedback! DLC for private apps will also default to private, but you can customize that from App Properties in the game’s Library Details page. And when you’re playing a private app you’ll be reminded of your status with a privacy indicator at the top of your Friends List.
You’ll find these new features next time you sign in to Steam – including on mobile devices and Steam Deck.
Your feedback is essential as we continue to improve. Share your thoughts with us, and stay tuned for more updates to checkout!
(How many terrible movie references did we cram into the trailer? Watch and count! Or don't, it's kind of embarrassing for us.)
Steam's Dinos vs. Robots Fest celebrates games that let you play with dinosaurs or robots. Or dinosaurs AND robots. Or AS dinosaurs and robots! You get the gist.
From now until March 4th at 10am PT, you'll find discounts on all sorts of dinosaur and robot games on Steam. And don't forget to swing by the Points Shop for some free dinos/robots-themed items!
From now until February 19th at 10am PT, Steam’s Remote Play Together 2024 Fest celebrates games you can play together, no matter where you’re playing from.
Enjoy sitting next to each other on the couch? Great. Prefer playing with folks who live hundreds of miles away? Fantastic. These are games where more IS merrier, no matter how close you are (physically-speaking, we mean. Emotional distance is a convo for therapy).
There are just a few days left to check out the hundreds of free demos in the February 2024 edition of Steam Next Fest! These are all free and shared by developers from all over the world as they prepare for an eventual full game launch on Steam.
We are keenly aware that having hundreds of playable demos available for a week can be both exciting and overwhelming; so below, we're surfacing a few of the most-played so far in case it helps you plan your weekend of gaming.
Steam Next Fest continues through February 12th at 10am PT; play what's next and wishlist your favorites to be notified once the full game launches. After it concludes, we'll share the most-played demos of the entire event. But in the meantime, here are the ten most-played so far:
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General
Fixed "Friends who Play" section not refreshing until the client was restarted
Double clicking on Window tray icon when parental controls are enabled will open the Library when the store is locked.
Fix "View Additional Artwork" button not properly showing content on soundtrack details pages.
Steam Workshop
Re-designed the Workshop subscriptions list (accessible from Game Properties). It now includes the ability to sort by subscription date, last updated, size, name, and load order.
Added ability to change the local load order of Workshop item subscriptions.
Added ability to set the local order based on any Workshop item dependencies (these dependencies are set by the author on the Workshop items themselves).
Added ability to disable Workshop item subscriptions locally, which will hide them from the game.
Added the ability to filter the Workshop subscriptions list by tag name. Use the same search field for filtering items by name.
The name of the Workshop item being download is now shown in the game's tooltip on the Downloads page.
Added functionality that allows swapping the items in your subscription list quickly using collections:
Added ability to save the filtered list of items to a new or existing Workshop collection. This will overwrite the contents of the collection with the contents of the list.
Added ability to overwrite the user's subscription list to just the contents of a Workshop collection.
Added ability to add items from a collection to the user's subscription list.
Steam Overlay
Fixed web browser tabs resetting when overlay is closed and reopened with "Restore my previous browser tabs" setting disabled.
Fixed web browser opening with only home page tab when a game opens a web link with with "Restore my previous browser tabs" setting disabled.
Fixed previous web browser tabs being dropped when a game opens a web link with with "Restore my previous browser tabs" setting enabled.
SteamVR
Option on recent games page to only show VR games.
Double click on Window tray icon in desktop view will now open the main Steam window.
Fix for rare crash when showing or hiding non-VR apps in the SteamVR dashboard
Automatically select SteamVR as the OpenXR runtime in cases where only the SteamVR runtime could work, such as when using Steam Link in VR. Does not affect the user's persistent runtime selection.
Fixed gamma issue with non-VR apps that use 10-10-10-2 backbuffers.
Pause capture of non-VR apps while headset is idle.
Remote Play
Improved performance and smoothness when using NVIDIA hardware encoding
Fixed a video freeze when moving the mouse to a monitor on another video adapter
Big Picture Mode
Adjusted the recent games page header so that it's visible when changing selection.
SteamInput
Fixed Controller LED Color selector UI.
Fixed a crash related to non-Steam Shortcuts
Increased range of Gyro to Mouse/Gyro to Joystick(Deflection) Precision Zone
Steam Cloud
Fix uploading for some apps which have a very large number of files
Fix sync for some apps which store files in the Windows user home directory
Linux
Fixed a crash in "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" when switching maps.
Fixed situations causing the Steam client to only download the Windows version of a title and later attempting to run it without Proton.
Steam's Capitalism and Economy Fest is on now, with discounts and demos galore continuing through January 15th.
Test your skills at earning that cash money, yo; whether it comes from managing things like wineries and factories, or designing things like railway networks. Check out the official trailer (above) for even more examples!
Enjoy discovering discounts on cool new-to-you games in this category, or titles you were always curious about and are ready to revisit. Head on over to Steam's Capitalism and Economy Fest now, with the fun continuing through January 15th at 10am PT!