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Steam status: server issues and outage reports

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, glitches and online play.

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Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation offering digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming and social networking services. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. Available on Window, Mac OS and Playstation.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Steam reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

July 6: Problems at Steam

Steam is having issues since 11:40 AM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Steam users through our website.

  • 54% Sign in (54%)
  • 24% Glitches (24%)
  • 17% Online Play (17%)
  • 2% Game Crash (2%)
  • 1% Matchmaking (1%)
  • 1% Hacking / Cheating (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Steam outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Toronto Glitches 3 days ago
Aix-en-Provence Sign in 8 days ago
Paris Glitches 9 days ago
José María Ezeiza Sign in 9 days ago
Aguascalientes Glitches 9 days ago
Vijayawada Matchmaking 10 days ago
Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Marokano8888
    Marokano (@Marokano8888) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam That's not a Steam issue, people are just pieces of ****, also you could make game a little longer.

  • AriaALake
    Aria Amaryllis (@AriaALake) reported

    @Crooklynways_ @Zoroarts @Steam So people stealing over $100k from a small game dev isn't an issue that needs fixing? Gods you people are ******* awful.

  • xQtiee
    Toe (@xQtiee) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam if your game is only worth 1 hour of playtime it deserves to get refunded. Make your game better so people want to invest more time and your problem goes away automatically.

  • JaypeeTheEditor
    JaypeeTheEditor (@JaypeeTheEditor) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Also fps/live service game echo chambers too

  • Pyr0Mander
    Pyr0mander (@Pyr0Mander) reported

    @BenderFondue @Zoroarts @Steam Also you can't even try to refund a game if you played over 2 hours, so just make the game longer. Also from what he said in the thread its only speedrunners that can play it under 2 hours, so a minority of gamers. Seems like a non issue to me

  • slainephoto
    Samantha Laine 🧭 (@slainephoto) reported

    @ArcadiaFallen @Steam, could y'all fix this?

  • 2000_pip
    Darrell williams (@2000_pip) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam policy don't know if that was a auto or user error lol would have noticed till I got the like so ty lol

  • gfodor
    gfodor.id (@gfodor) reported

    @OlexGameDev @Zoroarts @Steam I don’t need to provide a solution to avoid concluding there isn’t one. I’m pretty confident it can be solved, it’s rooted in a classification problem. I have like 5-10 ideas just sitting that I would try if I worked at Valve and cared enough to try to fix it.

  • bro2c00l
    Bro2Cool (@bro2c00l) reported

    @harrisuryana @Steam @Ubisoft -keep the warp installed and activate it when you get logged out from the ubishit launcher. it happenes because *i think* a lot of us use shared ip from our isp, and it flaggs those ip as an an attack. therefore these issues. hope this helps. let me know if theres any issues.😎👍

  • moltensnow
    OrwellWasAnOptimist (@moltensnow) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam >Makes a very short game with apparently 0 replayabilty. >People refund (their right) >Despite refunding (their right), they recommend & help the game >"StEaM pLeAsE sToP tHeM!1!!" You are the problem, bud.

  • Azrhenia
    Azrhenia (@Azrhenia) reported

    Hey @Steam Will you delete my account if I'm not login for 10 years?

  • SlavetotheCaff1
    Slave to the Caffeine (@SlavetotheCaff1) reported

    @Dragovich_u @Zoroarts @Steam just make it longer than two hours, problem solved

  • eramaster12
    eramaster12 (@eramaster12) reported

    @MaroonKennedy @Steam @PlayStation Astro Bot, helldivers, Spiderman, God of War, and Returnal says otherwise, the problem is not always that

  • JuiceHaunter
    JuiceHaunter (@JuiceHaunter) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam This is a dev problem. Not a steam problem. You could argue maybe $1 - $2 games can't be refunded... But if you actually developed a game that can be fully completed on 2hrs or less than what you have is a demo and you forgot the develop the full game.

  • exceedorbit
    val (@exceedorbit) reported

    @WeezSays @Steam Boot up Way of the Samurai 4 before the refund period expires. The PC port is very broken and you will be rolling the lottery on if it will allow you to launch the game or not. Almost completely incompatible with Windows 11.

  • karibuwu
    Caribouwu (@karibuwu) reported

    @Kijara42 @Zoroarts @Steam We aren't talking about valid returns here though. We're talking about people abusing the return system to get the game for free like the case in the screenshot. If this were a legitimate pricing problem, then reviews would reflect that and call it out as a bad value. (1/2)

  • OlexGameDev
    Olex (Solo gamedev Diablo-like) (@OlexGameDev) reported

    @gfodor @Zoroarts @Steam If you try to fix that you will break something else far worse. It is better that few play the refund game than get in the way of most customers. Welcome to retail.

  • Kenzaro_
    Matt☆Kenzaro (@Kenzaro_) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam If your game can be finished in less than 2 hours for someone that never played it previously, that's on you. Refunds are made to be able to return the product if there's an issue or if not following expectation. 2 hours of gameplay is too short for some people

  • FlippantNomad
    SUPER SAM (@FlippantNomad) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Seems like the ez fix would be making more than 2 hrs of content. Certainly easier than having valve waive consumer rights to accommodate your 90 minutes of gameplay. Sure its a ****** thing to do but its the consumers prerogative

  • karibuwu
    Caribouwu (@karibuwu) reported

    @BryceGuilbert @Zoroarts @Steam For me the test is for those who can only think with dichotomies and blame "If we changed things to accommodate you it might get worse in general so you should stop being so selfish. Go suffer in silence." No compromise? This problem isn't unique and complex

  • TimmyTooStronk
    Alex J Rage-Bait (@TimmyTooStronk) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam It's a ****** thing for people to do and it's not really a good feeling to suggest you should pad the game, but you had to kind of see this coming just based on a Pareto distribution right? 20% of people are going to be 80% of your problem

  • AkebiAkira
    KasherAkasha (@AkebiAkira) reported

    @Indulgence82 @Zoroarts @Steam “Skill issue” Lowkey I think you should kill yourself

  • En_Senada69
    Drew Peacock (@En_Senada69) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Add 20 more minutes of content. Problem solved.

  • Tiny_Tuna
    Tuna (@Tiny_Tuna) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Doesn't seem like it would be very hard for them to fix. If you get a game completion achievement, then no refund. Ezpz.

  • SweeterPeter72
    VALIS Gaming (@SweeterPeter72) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam So many problems on the Steam store could be solved by more human involvement, but this one doesn't even need it: Serial returners (5 a month?) get put on a warning. If they continue the excessive returns, they simply can't anymore.

  • Mister_Patchy
    Mr. Patchy (@Mister_Patchy) reported

    @dillzilla11 @LinuxMostly @Steam My dad didn't play on his account for literally years, then gave it to his stepson so he could play his games, literally no problems.

  • Xoey80239413
    Xoey (@Xoey80239413) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam The problem is there are a million reasons to refund plenty of games hours and hours into playing them, and two hours is the lowest they can make it practically. Honestly I think it should be 10-20 hours, and isn't because people could do that with Call of Duty.

  • Cloy006
    Cloy (@Cloy006) reported

    @Mr_Clutchweg @Zoroarts @Steam "The problem is that people are getting pushed to try refunds like these because of some speedrunners beating difficult games in under 2 hours and refunding them." People like this wouldntve even tried the game if they didnt see speedrunners play it, there was no will to keep it

  • Erza_Oficial
    Erza (@Erza_Oficial) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Nothing against you or your game, but if your game only offers less than 2h of content then that's more a you problem rather than the person playing

  • DarthDiggity
    Darth Diggity (@DarthDiggity) reported

    @BladeoftheS The only problem with that is @Steam isn’t forever. Someday @Disney will own it. They’ll shut it all down and rename it DisneyGames+. What games? You didn’t own any games? But you can get more here at DisneyGames+. Even some you thought you owned. 🤑