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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 4 days ago
Aix-en-Provence Sign in 9 days ago
Paris Glitches 10 days ago
José María Ezeiza Sign in 10 days ago
Aguascalientes Glitches 11 days ago
Vijayawada Matchmaking 11 days ago
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • lushikeen
    XRP (@lushikeen) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Mad cause the devs didn’t make a long enough game. Sounds like a skill issue bootlicker.

  • Britdissonance
    BritishDissonance (@Britdissonance) reported

    @jcrain1991 @Zoroarts @Steam The irony in calling me a simpleton when you're clearly a complete retard, good lord. Now you're making the argument that steam policy should change on one review? My whole point is either most people are refunding after beating it in under 2 hours, in which case its not worth the money, or they are refunding it for other reasons which is a non issue. Either way this dev is complaining about nothing.

  • Gim_John_Un
    steviegnote (@Gim_John_Un) reported

    @Zoroarts @Krazerack @Steam I would brag too if I finished the game in less than 2 hours for free. Maybe that’s a developer and publisher issue, but also why I stay away from steam.

  • Azrhenia
    Azrhenia (@Azrhenia) reported

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

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

    @gfodor @Zoroarts @Steam It is by design on the part of Valve business model. They make it super easy to refund games. That creates a relaxing environment for vast majority of good buyers. Is it a problem that they designed their system this way? No. It is a very common trade off in retail business.

  • 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

  • Machete_Paul_
    Machete Paul (@Machete_Paul_) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam I've put 5 hours into A Webbing Journey and most of that was before they added real stuff to do. Just ******* with the physics was entertaining enough to earn 3 hours from me. Sounds like a skill issue homie.

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

    @PotatoCrispDip @Steam But Steam is the biggest by far so you're losing an insane amount of money & exposure by not having your game on Steam, and there's no reason to keep the store hostile to short games when there's a simple fix. I don't understand defending keeping it that way.

  • jaydon8D
    ִֶָ (@jaydon8D) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam i feel like a ******** for saying it but if someone can play a game within 2 hrs and feel satisfied about it to the point where they'll refund it and never play again that's kind of a dev skill issue i'd think

  • 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

  • ShadowC5
    Shadow C | 🍔Arbiter🍕 🌭of🥪 🌮Sandwiches🌯 (@ShadowC5) reported

    @WastingSanity @Zoroarts @Steam But that would be a problem for certain genre of games, no? For example, certain puzzle genres are fundamentally not replayable, especially if the idea/solution to the puzzle requires planning and thought - and not merely some random generation.

  • gfodor
    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.

  • Zorothewingwam
    ZoroTheWingWam🇮🇪🩵🪽 (@Zorothewingwam) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam This seems like a you problem

  • BruceMakegoo
    GOD BLESS A MIRACLE! (MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERY DAY!) (@BruceMakegoo) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Refunds were added due to a legal issue, so steam might not want to push their luck with refunds and risk a new court case/law that forces a policy that is worse for themselves and/or devs. They have had no issue neutering many other features due to abuse already in the past.

  • hangryKommo_o
    A hangry Kommo-o (@hangryKommo_o) reported

    @KCID___GIB @Zoroarts @Steam Problem: unscrupulous creators give it when you open the game.

  • 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.

  • shadesofsilver
    Danny Silvers (@shadesofsilver) reported

    @SandorHQ @Zoroarts @Steam Not to say that the price isn't right here. It absolutely is. What we really have is a cultural problem, and that's not something Steam can fix. Steam can't force its audience to grow up.

  • chibinanu
    nanu (@chibinanu) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam skill issue tbh. make the game longer XD

  • LiquidEffer
    CynoSideUp 🍳 (@LiquidEffer) reported

    @L9FRIENDLYSTYLE @Zoroarts @Steam > Two completely unrelated issues

  • Shedewff1
    Shedewff🐀 (@Shedewff1) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam make a game worth keeping after people finish it idk this is NOT a common problem

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Britdissonance
    BritishDissonance (@Britdissonance) reported

    @jcrain1991 @Zoroarts @Steam Buddy if the average person can beat it in 2 hours its not worth a pricetag. If the average person can't and the refunds are from people that didn't like it then he's complaining about a non issue. Can't have it both ways.

  • Reiiz6
    okay (@Reiiz6) reported

    @Zoroarts @Steam Idk what game you do but adding new game+ with new ending or bad ending or different ending, unlockable skin/item/achievement through multiple run can fix this problem to certain extend

  • 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

  • priyasharmiyi
    Priya Sharma (@priyasharmiyi) reported

    @monteslu @Steam_Support @Steam controller issues are rough

  • PanzerKirby
    Panzerkirby (@PanzerKirby) reported

    @Indulgence82 @Zoroarts @Steam "skill issue" replies the retard that think the policy is worth something. Just Say You are a pos and go on

  • 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

  • gaersstapa
    Gærsstapa (@gaersstapa) reported

    @Jeffrey28627067 @Zoroarts @Steam I don't hate them, at no point have I expressed that view. My view is very simple- if you are a dev, and you use steam KNOWING it has a 2 hour refund window, and you make a game less than 2 hours, and you get refunds; THATS YOUR FAULT. You designed it that way and now you have fallen foul of the systems at play. To then request the entire system, that has until this point worked quite well for everybody, be overhauled- is wild. I think the 2 hour window for refunds is good, it allows you breathing space if there are any technical issues with the game, it allows you to do some troubleshooting before refunding, it allows you to do a tutorial and get out into the main game usually, and figure out if its something you want to do.