The Steam Spring Sale is on now through March 20th at 10am PT!

Unlike our awesome themed-sales, the "theme" of our seasonal sales is ANY KIND OF GAME might be discounted, so take some time this week to look around through your favorite genres and categories.

Check out the Steam Spring Sale, and add some cool new games to your library! The Steam Spring Sale, on now through March 20th at 10am PT.

Not every game has to stress you out with wins to be had: the Steam Visual Novel Fest is packed with discounts and demos on games that take you through stories of all kinds.

Yes, there are quite a few "romantic" stories. Ahem.

AND there are booze-em-ups in a post-dystopian world, hot monsters on roadtrips, confusing princesses you may or may not want to save, and so much more! Join us from now through March 10th at 10am Pacific, and stock up your Steam library with all sorts of deals.

See you there! (Here.)

Steam is excited* to kick off a full week of demos on new games from developers all over the world: FREE demos, that YOU can play before they even launch.

Hundreds (ok, more than that) of demos are here, and you'll find them for any genre or category your gaming heart desires. Take a look around, chat with developers and check out their livestreams, and wishlist the ones you love!

Join us now on Steam to play what's next: The February edition of Steam Next Fest is on now through March 3rd at 10am PST.

*Yes, we know "Steam" is a platform, and platforms don't "have emotions" but, you know, we disagree. It's excited, you're excited, we're all just happy to be here.

Why stress yourself out coordinating a bunch of hand-eye movements over complicated gameplay when you can play... idly?

Join us now through February 10th at 10am PST for Steam's Idler Fest, a celebration of all sorts of games that require the simplest of nudges to move play along. Normally we'd say "hurry on over to the sale page" but in this case, a "get on over there whenever you feel like it*" feels like a more accurate call to action.

Either way, here's to a week of idle fun and great deals!

*but, you know, during the sale.

Ready to think quickly on your feet? What about fast reactions, how are those?

Ready for us to stop asking you so many questions? Ha.

Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest has you covered, with discounts and demos galore from January 20th - January 27th at 10am PST.

Did we mention the focus is on real-time? Ooops, sorry, that was another question. Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest is packed with deals on strategy games that aren't turn-based, but rather run in real time.

Join us, won't you? Check out the discounts now through January 27th at 10am PST.

With Lenovo's announcement at CES 2025 of the Lenovo Legion Go S, we are pleased to share that their "Powered by SteamOS" model is the first handheld officially licensed to ship with Valve's SteamOS. We built this operating system to provide a seamless user experience optimized for gaming, while retaining access to the power and flexibility of a PC. SteamOS is the same operating system we run on Steam Deck, and the team is making updates to ensure it fully supports the Lenovo Legion Go S and provides the same seamless experience customers expect.

In addition, the same work that we are doing to support the Lenovo Legion Go S will improve compatibility with other handhelds. Ahead of Legion Go S shipping, we will be shipping a beta of SteamOS which should improve the experience on other handhelds, and users can download and test this themselves. And of course we'll continue adding support and improving the experience with future releases.



SteamOS is an operating system built by Valve. It features a seamless user experience optimized for gaming, while retaining access to the power and flexibility of a PC, and plays tens of thousands of games on Steam. SteamOS currently officially ships on Steam Deck and will soon ship with certain Legion Go S models. Valve is working on SteamOS support for more devices in the future.


SteamOS is optimized for gaming and provides a console-like experience that's meant to be used with a controller. It offers features like quick suspend / resume to get you quickly in and out of games, and offers seamless system and game updates.

SteamOS puts the player directly into Steam, with access to the full Steam ecosystem - your Steam Library, Steam Cloud, Steam Chat, Steam Game Recording, and more. The user interface is optimized for controller use and it's easy to install and play Steam games. Best of all, users don't have to worry about driver updates and hardware tweaks - all of this is handled seamlessly through built in system updates.

SteamOS is Linux based, and the vast majority of the Steam library runs on SteamOS, thanks to the Proton compatibility layer Valve ships. This allows developers to ship games for Windows without worrying about porting to Linux, and games will seamlessly work on SteamOS. When a game doesn't run well on SteamOS, we call it out with our Verified program so customers know what will and won't work well.

Yes, it's the same operating system that Steam Deck runs.

No, if players wish to they can go to desktop mode and install other game launchers and software if they wish. 

We're excited to unveil Steam's Best of 2024 lists. Each list gives a unique look at what made 2024 such a fun year for players, so take a look back and see where your favorites landed.

At the bottom of each list, you'll find notes explaining how the games made it, and the criteria for how each list is organized.

Happy Holidays from everyone at Steam!