Steam status: server issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, glitches and online play.
Full Outage Map
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 08:40 PM 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.
- Sign in (54%)
- Glitches (24%)
- Online Play (17%)
- Game Crash (2%)
- Matchmaking (1%)
- Hacking / Cheating (1%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Steam outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Toronto
|
Glitches | 2 days ago |
 Aix-en-Provence
|
Sign in | 7 days ago |
|
Paris
|
Glitches | 8 days ago |
 José María Ezeiza
|
Sign in | 8 days ago |
 Aguascalientes
|
Glitches | 9 days ago |
 Vijayawada
|
Matchmaking | 10 days ago |
Full Outage Map
Community Discussion
Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.
Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.
Steam Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
-
Ken (@Ken_Allaga) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Add an Achievement. Easy fix to this behavior, Valve can adjust the refund to not be eligible if you've played for long enough to actually get it. For shorter games obviously.
-
Isaac Clarke (@IsaacClarkeFNaF) reported@Zoroarts @Steam For short games, it should me made that the 70 or 80 or 90% "achievement" milestone makes the game unrefundable "because of the 2 hours limit". It should be refundable only if broken or if it's a scam.
-
Tired (@DetestableNeet) reported@Retro__Machine @IGN @Steam Steam is literally a digital game service
-
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.
-
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. 🤑
-
Oldman Joey (@OldmanJoey77) reported@PlayStation Most of your customers will just go to @Steam. They have better service and the games don't get removed. Good luck with this idea.
-
val (@exceedorbit) reported@WeezSays @Steam Boot up Way of the Samurai 4 before the refund period ends. The PC port is very broken and some rigs will never be able to start the game no matter what you do.
-
Kryyative (@KryyssX) reported@Zoroarts @Steam This to me says that it isn't a problem with the refund policy, but rather a price-tag that is perceived as too high for value of the product. The game is $4 for a little over an hour of entertainment. There'd be fewer refunds if it were $1 or less.
-
Ebin Memes22 (@EbinMemes22) reported@Zoroarts @Steam if your game can be finished that quickly then skill issue tbh
-
Blue 💻 (@BwuUnhinged) reported@jaydon8D @Zoroarts @Steam That’s like going to the movies, enjoying the movie so much and then going back to concessions to ask for a refund, it doesn’t really make sense Imagine you asked for that refund and they gave it to you, it’s not a director skill issue it’s just a messed up system atp
-
Benwick (@_benwick) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Make your game longer or stop complaining when they refund. It's such a non-issue.
-
PAVRGAME (@PAVRGAME) reported@Steam @MetaQuestVR Our error, the game sales ends July 9th, not the 5th. there are a few more days for the official Steam sale. Thank you!
-
グリム 楓 (@Grim_Maple) reportedSometimes I just want to gift my friends a game on steam, but somehow I can't because of my region. Heck, I'm down to pay whatever it is in their region, just give me an option to! @Steam fix pls I'm begging you
-
🔞̷Moxxie🔞🏳️🌈 (@FoxxyUncMoxxie) reported@BearForceCubHQ @Patrick21611 @Steam Sadly its a Activision problem and they kept it that high what steam does is also take a 30% cut steam can't do anything about it its why most people pirate those older games
-
♨️ (@olybuzz) reporteda rising tide lifts all boats . . shouldn't @Sony offer service to relicense old Playstations so gamers can format hardware as @Steam box or otherwise run utility software like DVR, SDR tuner, or "Digital DM" LLM nodes for role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons? @Wizards_DnD
-
Sheldon, the Dentally Challenged (@sheldonlv30) reported@Zoroarts @Steam there's no way of doing that without developers exploiting it to make their games un-refundable. its just one of those things that can negatively effect either party, and its better to risk issues to developers than consumers
-
bluglothree (@bluglothree) reported@Zoroarts @Steam This is an issue with the PC playerbase being entitled and cheap, which is why we can’t have nice things.
-
Bear Force Gaming TTV (@BearForceCubHQ) reportedFor people like @Patrick21611 crying that digital games “should be cheaper,” take that same energy to @Steam. Black Ops 3 is still listed at 59.99, even if it goes on sale for around 20. Call of Duty: WWII is 59.99, reduced to around 20 on sale. Call of Duty: Ghosts is 59.99, reduced to around 20 on sale. WWE 2K25 is 59.99 too. So digital games should automatically be cheaper, right? Right? Clearly not, because Steam and publishers have been proving for years that digital does not automatically mean cheaper. The problem is not just Sony going digital. The problem is the industry already learned that removing discs does not mean they have to lower prices. That is the real conversation people should be having.
-
kazım öğünmez (@kzmogunmez) reported@upgradepcfr @Steam Similar problem @KarenVault on X sorted it out.
-
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.😎👍
-
Balrog🇲🇽 (@SirBalrog23) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Company loses 100% so its not problem for steam
-
Minekrix (@Minekrix) reported@lotfgame @Steam I'm gonna be honest, when I first played Lords , I loved it but had a lot of issues with it. The dev stuck with the game though and made it even better, while fixing all the issues I had. With a studio like that, how could I not be excited for the next game! @tentacletashi
-
E/O (@2Truthsbothlies) reported@IntroSpecktive My assumption is by then they will have broken @Steam by then and it’ll all come crashing down
-
Frenchy Amber (@FrenchyAmber) reported@Zoroarts @Steam I don't really understand the problem. In the end, it gives more visibility to your game which will be bought and kept by those whilling to support your work isn't it ? If they couldn't be refunded, they'll just hack your game and not even leave a good review.
-
gfodor.id (@gfodor) reported@OlexGameDev @Zoroarts @Steam It’s a problem that people can use their system to play paid games to the end for free. It’s almost certainly a solvable problem, you’re just concluding that because you can’t think of a way to solve it without damaging the current environment that no solution is possible.
-
Rasen (@RasenTsuSenpai) reported@Zoroarts @Steam I get that it's frustrating but saying "waaaah steam fix the best refund policy in gaming please, people are mean" is not the take you think it is.
-
Vi ***** ☽⛩☾ (@xVi_Vixenx) reported@Zoroarts @Steam A $5 game you can beat in almost an hour and a half...I don't think the issue is the refund policy in this case.
-
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.
-
Warren Harris (@Skippytmg) reported@khaliltooshort we should pressure @steam to add a new service to allow customers to order a physical copy of their game.
-
𝓐𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓷 (@atakanyr7) reported@Steam @Steam_Support My computer was hacked because of the Wallpaper Engine app; they tried to steal my emails and there were suspicious login attempts. My Riot account was also stolen, and I am currently a victim of this situation. I need your help to resolve it.