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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 02/18/2026 08:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (57%)

    Sign in (57%)

  2. Online Play (22%)

    Online Play (22%)

  3. Glitches (17%)

    Glitches (17%)

  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
AustriaVienna Online Play
FranceBonne-sur-Ménoge Sign in
FranceLe Relecq-Kerhuon Glitches
GermanyBremen Online Play
GermanyAarbergen Sign in
FranceNancy Sign in
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • FireFistAxce2 kyle foster (@FireFistAxce2) reported

    @neoak @Steam i got the error that said to try again payment update issue, until it switched to this error

  • Rattlecake_Inc Rattlecake_inc (@Rattlecake_Inc) reported

    @Steam Having loads of trouble getting through the payment phase

  • DianaHargus Diana Hargus (@DianaHargus) reported

    @RukiTanuki @Steam Same! Definitely a broken/overloaded purchasing system 😢💔

  • BRKsEDU Eduardo Benvenuti - BRKsEDU (@BRKsEDU) reported

    @Steam pretty bad system in place for Steam Deck reservation... just game me several errors and now won't even let me buy it. What a mess.

  • duFFleBaG_rAn duFFleBaG_rAn 🧳 (@duFFleBaG_rAn) reported

    @Steam Fix the site. Won’t let people checkout. Smh.

  • TabuleyAnim Tabuley 🐧 (@TabuleyAnim) reported

    @AWDtwit @Steam exact same issue...

  • michellehaeron Michelle (@michellehaeron) reported

    @Steam @Steam it's not working :( in the app or the website

  • IGetHeat LEGIT Ant 🐜#5693 (@IGetHeat) reported

    Man, **** @Steam. Spent 5 minutes trying to check out for my Steam Deck reservation and now I'm getting an error saying "you've attempted too many purchases renectly"

  • NickTheCynic St Nicc (@NickTheCynic) reported

    @Steam Got in at 1pm. "Attempted too many purchases" error. Won't let me checkout :(

  • julie__foerster Julie Foerster (@julie__foerster) reported

    @Steam Now it’s not even letting me try anymore because I’ve been “attempting too many purchases in the last few hours”. Fix your damn system.

  • yellowfeverz Hello KT (@yellowfeverz) reported

    @Steam "There seems to have been and error initializing or updating your transaction" :(

  • Flad__ Flad (@Flad__) reported

    @GameOverIRL @Steam At first I only got to payment method, after about 11 minutes clicking the continue button watching the service fluctuate between dead and alive, I got to get it.

  • toppIRL toppIRL (@toppIRL) reported

    @Steam with a horrible process on reserving Steam Deck. Errors entire time, followed by "attemping too many purchases recently" What a joke

  • lucasajackson lucasajackson (@lucasajackson) reported

    @Steam Yeah…. I got the “too many purchase attempts” error.

  • nxl443 Havoc (@nxl443) reported

    @faerly_mad @Steam Check your charges. Was giving me same error but went through

  • TheBigBoss10 JAXMES (@TheBigBoss10) reported

    @Steam We were unable to service your request. Please try again later. E502 L3.... waiting since 10 am and this is what i get...

  • seouIthirsty nesser ⊙♡⊙ (@seouIthirsty) reported

    @Steam your website has been broken since 1 pm

  • juan903322 J. A. Z (@juan903322) reported

    @Steam bruh fix your ******* store

  • ragecage_rn Jon Bray (@ragecage_rn) reported

    @Steam Abysmal. Attempted to purchase and site keeps giving errors or says there are problems when I attempt to pay with the same info I’ve used to purchase games for years. Now says I’ve been attempting too much and has locked me out. Botched launch, yet again.

  • laroussegaming Larousse Gaming (@laroussegaming) reported

    @Steam Steam fix this pls

  • CarlosMJRS Carlos Mijares 🇻🇪🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪 (@CarlosMJRS) reported

    @Steam "There seems to have been an error initializing your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance." It's in my cart. Been trying to throw my wallet at my monitor, but doesn't seem to want it.

  • ZuccTheAlien ZuccTheAlien (@ZuccTheAlien) reported

    @Steam It just keeps saying working but won’t go through and I keep getting an error that servers are down lol am I safe if it’s pending

  • gamingnerd247 Strutted Bolt (@gamingnerd247) reported from Clearwater, Florida

    @Steam fix your **** sure

  • Thee_Violett Violet (@Thee_Violett) reported

    @Steam IT WONT LET ME RESERVE BECAUSE I TRIED TOO MANY TIMES DUE TO ERRORS WHAT THE HELL

  • brandon_wallis Brandon Wallis (@brandon_wallis) reported

    @Steam feels completely unprepared this morning. Added my deck to my cart then had 9 errors before moving to card purchase stage. Now system says error initializing or updating transaction. They seem overwhelmed by the traffic and for a streaming company that’s unacceptable

  • Aesasaurus Aesa Bo-baesa (@Aesasaurus) reported

    @KieranTully @KateNicolson @Steam if it's not working for them it's not going to work for you lmfao

  • s_laplante6791 Sean LaPlante (@s_laplante6791) reported

    @LuckyLukse @Steam Same issue here.

  • JWBlacktie BlacktieDesigns (@JWBlacktie) reported

    @Steam Good luck trying to actually buy it….. broken website! It’s 2021 how does this keep happening? Especially from @Steam

  • ImCrimsonHowler Christian Howard (Crimson Howler) (@ImCrimsonHowler) reported

    @Steam fix your garbage site

  • leemstradamus Saleem Hodge (@leemstradamus) reported

    @toppIRL @Steam Same problem, what a waste of my time!