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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 2d

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 17d

👏👏👏

tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 24d

Also cool: you'll also see automatic quick links on each historical discount.

A screenshot of the Steamworks UI showing "quick links to more detail", where a game developer can see revenue details and traffic details for a given discount date range.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 24d

New from our team: see discount performance at a glance. Plus other useful stuff like revenue-per-day across the discount, and the number of times you've run that discount before.

store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

Steamworks Development - New revenue reporting: View impacts of past discounts - Steam News

Updates to discount history pages integrates revenue and unit data for each discount

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Sep 4

"A game you followed in Steam Greenlight has just released!"

Obi Wan Kenobi saying "Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time."

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Sep 4

@ichiro.bsky.social you were so ahead of your time wrt number of A's

store.steampowered.com/app/15520/Aa...

AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity on Steam

BASE jump through a floating city, creating your own stunts to delight your fans. Use quick reflexes to negotiate the intricate tangle of girders that make up the floating city. Flip protesters off fo...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Aug 27

'my mother is cooking the meatloaf as we speak' is excellent shorthand for this whole concept

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Aug 18

"When there are enough reviews written in a particular language, Steam will calculate a review score for that language. The Review Score displayed to users will be based on their primary language."

Learn more about our process and tradeoffs here:

store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

Steam News - Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language - Steam News

The review score for some games is now language-specific

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Aug 18

wishlisted

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Aug 16

new for game devs:
w i d e s t o r e
plus a big improvement if you like putting GIFs into your game description.
steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Beta: Wider store pages; Video support for written game descriptions

Store pages are getting wider and now support uploading video files for your written description

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jul 25

Feels weird to be talking about autumn and winter already, but: our big seasonal sale schedule looks a bit different this year. Game devs, check out the calendar if you want to plan ahead.
store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

Steamworks Development - The new dates for Steam Autumn Sale: What it all means - Steam News

A brief run-through of what the timing means for both the holiday shopping season, and Steam Awards nominations

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jul 21

Useful resource for game developers thinking about Early Access for their next launch:

Alden Kroll @aldenkroll.bsky.social · Jul 8

Video: Steam Early Access in 2025

We talked with a number of game developers that have been using Steam Early Access for their games. This video highlights some of the key advice that these developers shared with us.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYk...

2025 Steam Dev Talks: Early Access

YouTube video by Steamworks Development

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Steam @steampowered.com · Jul 14

Steam Automation Fest is now live! Watch your head - this Fest is full of conveyor belts, factories, crafting, and all sorts of games that scratch the optimization itch. On now until July 21st!

store.steampowered.com/category/aut...

Automation

Steam Automation Fest 2025

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jul 5

This story first dropped months ago but it's a phenomenal read.

The stature of men leading the group’s post-Jan. 6 resurrection startled me. I was expecting the ex-cops, like the one from Fresno, California, who said he stayed on with the militia because “this defines me.” Militias tend to prize law enforcement ties; during an armed operation, it could be useful to have police see you as a friend.

But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. The doctor was joined at board meetings by a city prosecutor in Utah, an ex-city council member and, Williams was later told, a sergeant with an Illinois sheriff’s department.

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Katharine Houreld @khoureld.bsky.social · Jun 30

Children clung to life in Sudan by the slenderest of threads, supported by community soup kitchens. Then the USAID funding cuts came, and their mothers watched them starve to death one by one. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks for hosting us, Busan Indie Connect! #BusanIndieConnect

Steamworks @partner.steamgames.com · Jun 27

Thanks #BICFestival for hosting the developer roundtable yesterday, we always love opportunities to answer ?s from developers all over the world, & loved connecting with devs in S. Korea. A common question? @steamdeck.com compat (docs here⬇️)
partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdec...

Steam Deck Compatibility Review Process (Steamworks Documentation)

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 27

New today:
IPartnerFinancialsService is a simple new API which does pretty much what you'd expect: retrieves all the useful info about revenue, units, key activations, bundles, and in-game transactions.
Read more:

steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: NEW: Steamworks Sales Data API

Introducing programmatic access to your game's revenue, units, and more.

steamcommunity.com

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Is this tale a simple flight of gripping, well-written fancy? (No.) Or a chilling glimpse into a future that could arrive as soon as Wednesday, August 27th with a second part arriving right before Halloween? (Yes, see paragraph one.)"

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Team Fortress 2

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 9

The June 2025 edition of Steam Next Fest just kicked off.
Hundreds of free demos for upcoming games, go nuts:
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

Next Fest June 2025 - LIVE NOW

Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather ...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 9

It's that magical time of year for game announcements and events. We built a showcase of all the showcases:

store.steampowered.com/sale/summer_...

Summer Showcase 2025

Your Hub For This Summer’s Video Game Announcements

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Steam @steampowered.com · Jun 9

Next Fest (the June 2025 Edition) and its thousands of demos have arrived! For the next week, try out demos for upcoming games of all kinds, from gritty FPS titles to cozy farming titles. Be sure to wishlist your favorites!

store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

Next Fest June 2025 - LIVE NOW

Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather ...

store.steampowered.com

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · Jun 6

The new "What You See Is What You Get" editor that we recently shipped for Steam store pages has now arrived for Steam Events, too.

store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 27

The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 27

Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.

RFK Jr. ends covid shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women

Currently the vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months of age.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · May 28

We have a cool feature on Steam for studios and publishers to show off their games, and build up followers over time. Big update to that feature: we just made it way easier to link games and show off your company to players.

More at steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

Recent Steam updates have improved the Developer and Publisher Homepages to address feedback that we've been hearing from game creators. We've made it much easier to link new games with your existing developer or publisher homepage; enabled the display of social media accounts on your homepage; and are now showing the creators in more places.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · May 22

Now including official support for the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, plus a bunch more good stuff

Steam Deck @steamdeck.com · May 22

Good afternoon! Today we shipped SteamOS 3.7 to stable for all customers, which includes official support for the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, updates to desktop mode, and limited support for other AMD-powered handhelds.

See the full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...

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