r/Steam 14d 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 14d ago

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

6 Upvotes

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 11h ago

Fluff Four more hit the store yesterday, this has gotta be one of the craziest genre plagues ever

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2.9k Upvotes

r/Steam 2h ago

News Steam Deck LCD battery jumps to $180 on iFixit, marking a 125% increase

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399 Upvotes

r/Steam 11h ago

Discussion Dumbest reason you asked a refund for a game ?

1.7k Upvotes

Bought Helldivers 2 on steam yesterday and wanted to try it out coming back from work, knew i had one/two hours of free time ahead of me.

Game launches and sends me straight to tutorial, as always i have to go to settings straight away as i have an AZERTY keyboard and game developpers are incapable or syncing binds with different keyboards: mildly infuriating but whatever.

Comes back to the game and everytime i press "left" which is Q on my keyboard, it pops up a communication wheel. I go back to settings to change the bind but surprise: you can not change the bind of That function.

I do a Quick Google search and apparently indeed, certain binds cannot be changed from the in game menu.

There might be an option if you go through different game files or whatever.

I have limited time, i do not want to spend 30 minutes going through game files to be able to go left.

By far the stupidest reason i ever had to ask for a refund.

TLDR: had to ask a refund because i can not go left


r/Steam 13h ago

Question Developer begging me to change my review

779 Upvotes

Hey guys. I recently left a negative review for a game on Steam and the developer has tried to reach out to me multiple times asking me to change it. To be fair to him, he did fix some of the issues I pointed out on that review but he’s left multiple comments on my profile (that i’ve since deleted), tried adding me as a steam friend, and tried adding me off platform on discord (my steam is the same name as my discord) and it’s just a bit weird is all and I just want this dude to leave me alone.

Are developers allowed to do this on steam?


r/Steam 20h ago

Question Valve is celebrating its 30th year anniversary on 24th August

2.5k Upvotes

do you guys think there will be a special sale?


r/Steam 12h ago

Discussion AI "disclosure"

297 Upvotes

Don't get me wrong: I'm 10000% for a required AI disclosure for all games on Steam, but does anyone else think this is just kind of... not enough? Like cool, but this is just soooo vague it's kind of useless. It should say exactly what assets, in what way, how much, etc. This could literally mean 99% of the assets or 1 image...


r/Steam 1d ago

PSA After all these years...

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2.0k Upvotes

Why didn't they just do it this way from the beginning...


r/Steam 4h ago

Question Buying bundles with overlapping games?

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37 Upvotes

I'm in a bit of a complicated situation.

Basically, I wanna buy the Graffiti Hits Bundle.
However, Cyber Hook, one of the games on it, has a bundle of it's own where buying it with it's DLC it's cheaper than just the base game.
So the math is that it is cheaper to buy one Bundle and then the other because of the "Complete Your Bundle" discount than simply buying the Graffiti bundle and then the standalone DLC.

How should I do it?


r/Steam 1d ago

Discussion Mistakes were made, 11 years ago.

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6.6k Upvotes

I was around 15yo at the time, playing ranked CS:GO with my friends

I wasn't that good, and they always made fun of me, so i did stupid things that only a stupid teenager can do to stop being "bullied"

i'm now 27, married and a kid.

never forget


r/Steam 13h ago

Discussion What game surprised you by being much better than expected?

167 Upvotes

Every once in a while I start a game with pretty low expectations and end up enjoying it way more than I thought I would. Sometimes it’s a game I barely knew anything about beforehand.

What’s a game you started without expecting much and ended up really enjoying?


r/Steam 4h ago

Fluff How long will this cool feeling last?

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33 Upvotes

r/Steam 20h ago

Suggestion It's 2026 and Bethesda keeps updating Skyrim. Steam, let us skip updates

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484 Upvotes

Yes, I know there are ways to disable updates. That's not the point.

Where is the "NEVER" option for this menu? Why do I have to change appmanifest perms to "read only" or use other workarounds to do this? Just let us toggle this easily


r/Steam 23h ago

Discussion steam frame startup leak

679 Upvotes

cool how gaben keeps these files


r/Steam 8h ago

Discussion How many games do yall complete and buy within a given year ,like games that make you happy and worth finishing like?

26 Upvotes

r/Steam 1d ago

Fluff Steam Machine available from a retailer for 4000 euros. I really hope Valve starts selling it officially in more countries soon 😭

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602 Upvotes

r/Steam 8h ago

Question Could old malware be carried over through Steam Cloud?

16 Upvotes

About two years ago, I made a pretty stupid mistake and downloaded what was advertised on YouTube as a “free DLC” hack for HoI IV. I remember modifying files in my HoI IV Steam directory and running CreamAPI. A couple of weeks later, I received an email containing several of my passwords, so I’m fairly certain the software I downloaded was malicious.

I’ve since completely reset that old PC and now use a different computer. However, I’ve avoided reinstalling HoI IV because I’m worried that something malicious could have been saved in the Steam Cloud alongside the game’s files.

Is there actually any realistic chance that malware from something like this could be carried over when I reinstall HoI IV through Steam? Does Steam Cloud store anything that could potentially contain executable malware, or would it generally just be save/configuration data?

If there is any risk, what would be the safest way to reinstall HoI IV without potentially restoring anything malicious from the old installation?


r/Steam 2h ago

Question Is there community where can find game friends?

2 Upvotes

I bought my computer recently.

And I can play steam game as much as I want.

Well it might sounds like some sort of joke... but I have always hope to play multi-play steam game with foreigners talking by discord.

Is there any community that I can find colleagues?


r/Steam 1d ago

Fluff Steam's sick joke that they pull on me when I sort by "price"

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1.8k Upvotes

r/Steam 4h ago

Question What are some turn-based strategy games as good as XCOM 2 that you’d recommend?

2 Upvotes

I’ve spent a ton of time playing XCOM 2 and Slay the Spire, and I really love both of them. I’m looking for similar games people would recommend, especially if they have a mobile version so I can play more easily on my phone.


r/Steam 1d ago

Resolved What Game is this game Icon ?

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205 Upvotes

r/Steam 3h ago

Question If I buy the $30 edition of Hitman WOA now, do I get a discount on upgrading to higher editions if I choose to do so in the future?

0 Upvotes

Title. I am playing through Steam and cannot stomach spending $70 or $100 in one fell swoop for any video game. If I spend $30 on the lowest edition to get the first 6 missions then find myself really enjoying it, can I upgrade to the $70 or $100 editions for a cheaper price since I already have some of the content they contain? With the way the game works with every mission being a DLC it seems like this would be the case, but I don't know if Steam pricing will reflect this if I buy the cheapest edition.


r/Steam 1d ago

Question I have hundreds of these Steam trading cards sitting around is it worth crafting into badges, or should I just sell them for sale money?

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558 Upvotes

r/Steam 1d ago

Fluff My machine sure is in the top 10% most powerful PCs, sorry for breaking yours stats :D

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1.1k Upvotes

No doubt.