tomg
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Generally games, generally Steam. Business at Valve.
smart little improvement for Steam Deck
Good afternoon! We've just added a new feature to Steam Deck, allowing it to complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode, before going to sleep. Learn more here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...
Steam Deck - Display-Off Downloads - Steam News
Steam Deck now has a display-off low-power download mode
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
smart little improvement for Steam Deck
In case you missed it: the top 50 demos from Steam Next Fest, October 2025
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition
These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In case you missed it: the top 50 demos from Steam Next Fest, October 2025
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
New game discovery option from our team!
We're launching this feature as a Steam Labs experiment.
We'd like your feedback to help make the best possible version of this tool. Read on for more details.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
We're launching this feature as a Steam Labs experiment.
We'd like your feedback to help make the best possible version of this tool. Read on for more details.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
Steam News - A new way to discover new & upcoming games: Personal Calendar - Steam News
Steam Labs Experiment 16: A calendar of recent and upcoming releases, full of personalized recommendations for you
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New game discovery option from our team!
We're launching this feature as a Steam Labs experiment.
We'd like your feedback to help make the best possible version of this tool. Read on for more details.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
We're launching this feature as a Steam Labs experiment.
We'd like your feedback to help make the best possible version of this tool. Read on for more details.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
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Now that the October edition of Next Fest is officially closed, the Most-played demo recap is here! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!
If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!
Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition
These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players
store.steampowered.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Now that the October edition of Next Fest is officially closed, the Most-played demo recap is here! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...
If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!
If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!
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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
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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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...
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
store.steampowered.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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...
store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
"A game you followed in Steam Greenlight has just released!"
September 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"A game you followed in Steam Greenlight has just released!"
"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...
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
store.steampowered.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"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...
Learn more about our process and tradeoffs here:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
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...
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
steamcommunity.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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...
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...
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...
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
store.steampowered.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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...
store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Useful resource for game developers thinking about Early Access for their next launch:
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...
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
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Useful resource for game developers thinking about Early Access for their next launch:
Reposted by tomg
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...
store.steampowered.com/category/aut...
Automation
Steam Automation Fest 2025
store.steampowered.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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...
store.steampowered.com/category/aut...
This story first dropped months ago but it's a phenomenal read.
July 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This story first dropped months ago but it's a phenomenal read.
Reposted by tomg
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
Thanks for hosting us, Busan Indie Connect! #BusanIndieConnect
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...
partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdec...
Steam Deck Compatibility Review Process (Steamworks Documentation)
partner.steamgames.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thanks for hosting us, Busan Indie Connect! #BusanIndieConnect
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...
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
June 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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...
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...
"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.)"
www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...
www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...
Team Fortress 2
www.teamfortress.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"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.)"
www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...
www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...
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
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 ...
store.steampowered.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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
Hundreds of free demos for upcoming games, go nuts:
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
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_...
store.steampowered.com/sale/summer_...
Summer Showcase 2025
Your Hub For This Summer’s Video Game Announcements
store.steampowered.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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_...
store.steampowered.com/sale/summer_...
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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
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
June 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
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...
store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
June 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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...
store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
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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
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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
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...
More at steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
May 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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...
More at steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
Now including official support for the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, plus a bunch more good stuff
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...
See the full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Now including official support for the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, plus a bunch more good stuff
Our Steam Charts display has existed for a while now, including monthly recaps of top releases. But this is a great improvement with even more data and transparency, take a look!
Steam’s monthly top-releases charts just got a huge makeover
Steam’s monthly top-releases charts just got a huge makeover
Steam’s 2025 chart update showcases the top 50 best-selling games monthly, sorted by tier, and lets you browse the most popular titles going back to 2004.
www.polygon.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our Steam Charts display has existed for a while now, including monthly recaps of top releases. But this is a great improvement with even more data and transparency, take a look!