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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.

Steam Outage Chart 01/12/2026 18:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (54%)

    Sign in (54%)

  2. Online Play (23%)

    Online Play (23%)

  3. Glitches (18%)

    Glitches (18%)

  4. Game Crash (3%)

    Game Crash (3%)

  5. Matchmaking (2%)

    Matchmaking (2%)

  6. Hacking / Cheating (%)

    Hacking / Cheating (%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
GermanyFrankfurt am Main Online Play
United KingdomHigh Wycombe Sign in
FranceSaujon Matchmaking
GermanyHamburg Sign in
FranceBagneux Online Play
United StatesChicago Online Play
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • einhoern Der Woofer aka Hörn (@einhoern) reported

    @Steam Fix your ******* App

  • IMAGINERRRR Simsirella (@IMAGINERRRR) reported

    @Steam I have a crash problem with age of empire IV ! no one's caring about that!!!

  • animefanatic781 ArcadeGuy781 (Mike) He/Him (@animefanatic781) reported

    @Steam I’m sorry to bother you, but it seems like there are some server issues right now.

  • Emo_not_found Emo (@Emo_not_found) reported

    @Steam Why did all of my Steam Deck data get wiped? Is this a system error? Just lost a lot of game data.

  • O35381577 ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (@O35381577) reported

    @BungieHelp @Steam I play Destiny 2 on Steam, I can not make a Bungie account because the Steam login popup doesn't log me in it just resets itself.

  • brainlessshow TheReal BrainlessShow (@brainlessshow) reported

    @Steam Something Went Wrong We were unable to service your request. Please try again later. E502 L3

  • DerHuffinator lol (@DerHuffinator) reported

    @Steam or just accept that your store overhaul is ******* broken ****.

  • RJ_the_man87 RJ (@RJ_the_man87) reported

    Hey @Steam I'm having issues with Steam not working. I wanna play @PdxInteractive Victoria 3

  • Ape97086494Ape Reckless_child (@Ape97086494Ape) reported

    @Hnation_11 @Steam I went through same issue last week, my Instagram was hacked but Cypher_Crakk on Instagram got my account back within 15 minutes!!!!! Go look them up I am sure He will help you out

  • timmym07030497 Timmy Morgan (@timmym07030497) reported

    @CallofDuty @Steam I preordered the new modern warfare and I have really been enjoying it until my game crashes and says “18 files failed to verify” and I can not fix it is this a bug or is there something I need to change on my pc

  • NamantH Hermit formally known as Nick (@NamantH) reported

    well. @fallout 76 is giving me issues. First it gave me a corrupt download on @Steam so I closed and relaunced and it installed, but now it CoD on launch. verifying integrity, if that doesnt work, uninstall clear directories and reinstall

  • LudusAurea LudusAurea (@LudusAurea) reported

    @Garu7w72 @Steam L4D is 14 years old. If you haven't bought it by now, you're the problem, not the price. It was also literally given away for free at least twice.

  • ZaphodCortez ZaphodCortez 🌍 (@ZaphodCortez) reported

    @Nopingu @Steam If you can barely buy food, perhaps Steam is the least of your problems

  • sydmorphia syd (@sydmorphia) reported

    fix ur ******* store before i do it myself @Steam

  • inster_hd Marvin (@inster_hd) reported

    @steam wtf is this for an Bullshit i was downloading forza horizon 5 and at 110 Gb when it finished it started again every time pls fix that. Can someone else help

  • Bdoom45 Bull (@Bdoom45) reported

    @Steam Fix your store please ;)

  • FlamaRv Flama (@FlamaRv) reported

    @Steam Fix Artifact Foundry servers pls

  • RaulTweet Raúl (@RaulTweet) reported

    CC: @Steam I've never really wrapped my mind around this issue and I can't imagine a legal argument to back up charging 1st world prices in countries like Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua or Honduras.

  • KyokoSagawa Kyoko Sagawa (@KyokoSagawa) reported

    @norkietiger @Steam everytime the same problem... xD

  • PMS_Jordan 👻 *** Jordan 🎃 (@PMS_Jordan) reported

    @Main_Valkyrie_ @Steam I discovered the issue. Turns out I already owned Village. I just never played it and forgot I bought it. 🪦

  • blasht96 blueberry pie (@blasht96) reported

    @Steam MAKE YOUR STUPID CAPTCHAS WORK PEALS EI HAVE BEEN SITRTING HERE FOR HOURS PRESSING BUTTONS TO GET THIS STUPID ERROR AND I CANT EVEN SIGN IN FGRRFTGGRFSRGFRF FIX IT GEFRTIUOGFTRUHJOIUSRDFOJLKISDJLSDKLDSKFSKFJ

  • KarryLynnDayton Karry Lynn Dayton (@KarryLynnDayton) reported

    @Steam support is the absolute worst. In the end the email chain ends with them indicating I'm the problem. sigh. Not a single one of them offered to elevate this to someone one else.

  • FlamaRv Flama (@FlamaRv) reported

    @Steam Please fix Artifact Foundry servers

  • frSyrroh Syrroh (@frSyrroh) reported

    Is anyone elses online connection to @Steam not working?

  • mercenaryx21 mercenaryx☯️✝️🙏 (@mercenaryx21) reported

    Holy crap does anyone else have a problem right now with @Steam @Steam_Support or @HuntShowdown because All my multiplayer games are experiencing horrible laggage issues and bad ping not to mention other people are also encountering this. #wtfsteam?!

  • LudusAurea LudusAurea (@LudusAurea) reported

    @Garu7w72 @Steam L4D is 14 years old. If you haven't bought it by now, you're the problem, not the price.

  • Becky06716586 Becky (@Becky06716586) reported

    @jonnyboyhay @Steam I suggest you reach out to #Adamstech50 On Instagram they are expert in recovering banned,hacked, deleted and suspended account he is legit and trustworthy am sure he will fix it for you

  • Becky06716586 Becky (@Becky06716586) reported

    @FlamaRv @Steam I suggest you reach out to #Adamstech50 On Instagram they are expert in recovering banned,hacked, deleted and suspended account he is legit and trustworthy am sure he will fix it for you

  • Aykollin AyKollin (@Aykollin) reported

    @Steam fix your phone app and listen to your consumers. It's Terrible. Bet your sales will feel it when Android users can't look on breaks, lunch etc. Don't be blizzard and force your way unto others.

  • BouncerWatts Bouncer Watts (@BouncerWatts) reported

    @Steam i wanne buy a game but keep getting the L502 L3 error. soo you guys don't want my money this time?