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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.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 53% Sign in (53%)
  • 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 5 days ago
Aix-en-Provence Sign in 10 days ago
Paris Glitches 11 days ago
José María Ezeiza Sign in 11 days ago
Aguascalientes Glitches 12 days ago
Vijayawada Matchmaking 13 days ago
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • cytlan
    Cytlan (@cytlan) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Sounds like you need to make longer games my dude. My suggestion, that's appropriate for your level of creativity: Have 4 arbitrary pauses in the game that each requires at least 30 minutes to pass. Problem solved.

  • xVi_Vixenx
    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.

  • TheWarTank_YT
    TheWarTank (@TheWarTank_YT) reported

    @nogal909 @Zoroarts @Steam I don't have problems with refunds, either. I'm against abusing the refund system, however. But genuinely enjoying the game and refunding is immoral. You are screwing someone else's time and effort, which I find to be an awful attitude and a bad use of the refund system.

  • sheldonlv30
    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

  • MattWilliamson9
    Raion 🏳️‍🌈 (Busy Bee Mode) (@MattWilliamson9) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam ....no? Look I'm sorry there are *** holes out there doing this to your game, but that doesn't mean the refund policy is the problem, it's just dumb asses abusing the refund policy (which is against T&C). When someone causes a car crash in their BMW, you don't blame the BMW?

  • watamelon23
    わためろん (@watamelon23) reported

    @Maxim_Drw @Zoroarts @Steam The problem is that a lot of the time the ways devs add extra playtime to get over 2 hours is just by adding pointless padding. I'd rather just have the great 60 or 90 minute game instead of one that is made worse by padding. Thank you friend.

  • gfodor
    gfodor.id (@gfodor) reported

    @OlexGameDev @Zoroarts @Steam I see. you said you see no issues, which implied to me you thought there was literally no problem here. there's a problem, clearly, but you just don't think there are any solutions to it. in an ideal world, people wouldn't be able to play entire paid games for free.

  • NicoDiti
    MultiEnding Heroes OUT NOW! 🇦🇷 (@NicoDiti) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Add a 3 hours ending cutscene like Kojima and no more problems.

  • SSameerHRizvi
    SSameerHRizvi (@SSameerHRizvi) reported

    @gog you can solve this problem. Create a reasonable refund policy. When refund time has expired then the owner of the game gets to download the installer, not before. Platform like @Steam and GOG needs to support developers too, not just gamers. Otherwise the industry is dead.

  • MrWho26
    Samson (@MrWho26) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Can't say I agree with you there...dispite the guy being able to complete your game in under 2h it should b absolutely possible for him to refund at that time. The amount of trash/meme games on steam is a big issue still and your simple solution won't work in such complex case

  • OperaOfTheLC
    InquisitorIrene (@OperaOfTheLC) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam That’s such a trashy move, why is 2 hours the standard still? There needs to be better ways to issue refunds rather than just a standard 2 hours.

  • gfodor
    gfodor.id (@gfodor) reported

    @OlexGameDev @Zoroarts @Steam You don’t see an issue with someone playing a game for free by exploiting a refund policy?

  • 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.

  • SlavetotheCaff1
    Slave to the Caffeine (@SlavetotheCaff1) reported

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

  • ZehliaGaming
    Zehlia (@ZehliaGaming) reported

    @Maxim_Drw @Zoroarts @Steam "Its a ****** game, but fun" if you had fun, its not a ****** game. And if the game is ****, you cant have fun By that first sentence alone, you cant be taken serious and are part of the problem

  • 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)

  • prynneahroth
    Pryn Nea (@prynneahroth) reported

    @KazuoSergal @Zoroarts @Steam retard. this isnt a fix. imagine a cashier hands you a cookie and its delicious and you go "im not paying because it was too small'

  • WrenchOfChaos
    Xenos (Ambassador Of Indie Games) (@WrenchOfChaos) reported

    @PotatoCrispDip @Steam The problem is that you can return any game through steam within 2 weeks and played under 2 hours, and many devs who have made critically acclaimed but very short games have made this same complaint about people beating & returning the game. It's a a problem steam needs to fix

  • YawenCh69
    Yawen (@YawenCh69) reported

    @Jess_TheVampire @Zoroarts @Steam 604,775 a year. Money isn’t a problem. Can you guys not make up any other argument? You guys are genuinely coping

  • karibuwu
    Caribouwu (@karibuwu) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam This is a cultural problem. Not much Steam can do. This is frustrating to have to witness, but probably best to think about it as illusory purchases rather than losses. Those who would refund like this, would never have bought the game in the first place if they couldn't refund.

  • AhjNzdr
    Ahoj Nazdar (@AhjNzdr) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam You KNOW Steam allows refunds under 2 hours. If your game is THAT short it can be finished under 2 hours that's YOUR problem.

  • Cyka_Delik
    Cyka_Delik (@Cyka_Delik) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam What's your problem? He gave it a good review

  • HowlingFord
    HowlingHenry (@HowlingFord) reported

    @gaersstapa @Zoroarts @Steam He can complain about the system being unfair for short games (it is) but the system is inherently better regardless due to the fact that anyone with tech problems or other limitations can always get their money back after buying a game on steam

  • Pekzer_
    Gonza (@Pekzer_) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Probably the mayority of that 21% were people who dont like the game or have problems with it and thats why they refund.

  • oopsallsolace
    MR.SOLACE (@oopsallsolace) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam There's a community behind this, where people challenge themselves to beat a game under the refund time. Make your game longer and this will not be an issue.

  • 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.

  • AriaALake
    Aria Amaryllis (@AriaALake) reported

    @YawenCh69 @Zoroarts @Steam Name literally any other product or service that you can buy and use to its fullest extent and still get a refund for it without extenuating circumstances.

  • NTsuki_Tia
    N'Tsuki Tia (@NTsuki_Tia) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Look, I undertand how it's a problem for you, and a seriously one, but, don't be that person, is not a nice posture to take. Steam refunds used to allow a longer time, them were reduced to 4 hours, and now 2, it sucks people still being able to abuse that, but many games (1/2)

  • PoshIndie
    Posh Indie (@PoshIndie) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam The problem here is "Your expected playtime" is not "Their expected playtime", and dishonest developers will pad those numbers just to erase the possibility of refunds on short games. The best solution is to just make the game longer, unfortunately. Everything else is abusable.

  • TheSoloWolf7
    TheSoloWolf (@TheSoloWolf7) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam I don’t think they should fix the refund policy I think a way to combat This is make your game longer make your game worth keeping with updates I do agree this is a **** thing to do but steam has a really good refund policy that helps the customer over the company, which is good