A massive Valve leak just exposed 12TB of old Steam data, no hacking required
No Half-Life 3 in sight, but data hoarders are celebrating nonetheless
Valve is 30 years old today, and it all began with two former Microsoft employees and a risky bet on games
Newell and Harrington left Microsoft, put their own money on the line, and helped reshape PC gaming
Valve's Steam Frame could launch any day now, and it might cost $1,200
The standalone headset features 2,160 x 2,160 LCD lenses and a 144Hz refresh rate
Modders give the Steam Machine a Radeon eGPU and water cooling, because why not
Water block lowers temperatures by up to 30°C
SteamOS 3.8.25 beta expands controller and handheld support
SteamOS continues Valve's push to expand the OS beyond the Steam Deck, improving support for third-party handhelds and adding compatibility with new controller hardware. The update also brings a newer Linux kernel and a range of fixes for HDMI, Wi-Fi, audio, and sleep.
Valve publicly releases Lepton and FEX compatibility tools to power Steam Frame gaming
The Steam Frame is actually coming soon, and so is Android Steam support
A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32%
The gains are concentrated in 1% low frame rates, with overall FPS improving by a smaller 4.1%
Modder rigs his Steam Deck with spikes and an automated taser to stop family members from borrowing it
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Steam Deck price hike has completely destroyed sales, new data suggests
Has the Steam Deck lost its appeal?
Valve's Steam Machine may be selling between 12,000 and 15,000 units per week despite its high price
Valve's latest hardware could be selling far better than many expected
This PC gamer turned old SSDs into gorgeous cartridges for Steam games
DIY cartridge system is a small rebellion against an all-digital future
Steam Machine benchmarks show SteamOS and Windows 11 within a few frames of each other in most games
Multi-core benchmarks are Valve's only significant weakness
Enthusiast project turns the Steam Controller into a cross-platform gamepad
OpenPuck firmware adds Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Steam Controller modes
Steam just made $11 billion in the last 6 months, and most of it came from older games
Steam's record revenue reveals what actually keeps PC gamers loyal: infrastructure, not exclusives
Bottom line: Steam just posted its strongest half-year ever. In the first six months of 2026, it's estimated that games sold through the platform generated $11.1 billion in gross revenue, a record haul for the PC storefront. That figure is close to what Steam generated across all of 2021, a year boosted by pandemic lockdowns – also only 21% of that revenue comes from games released in 2026. The rest came from older titles in Steam's back catalog.
Steam now has 50% more users than PlayStation, and Sony's own decisions might be pushing more players there
Nearly half of surveyed PlayStation users say they're now seriously considering switching to Steam
An indie developer says Steam's refund policy cost his well-reviewed game 55,000 refunds
Paddle Paddle Paddle holds a 90% positive rating on Steam, it's also just $3
Steam Machine owner reports a "Red Line of Death" days after launch, but it fixed itself
The GPU in Valve's new gaming device is starting to fail, or maybe not?
Former PlayStation boss calls Valve's Steam Machine "meh," asks if he's "going back to PS4 days"
A lot of people feel the same way
Dbrand kills its Portal-inspired Companion Cube case after admitting it never asked Valve for permission
"Unfortunately, being proud of the thing we made did not give us the right to make it"
You can now buy a pre-built gaming PC that boots into Steam instead of Windows
Meta PCs launches first SteamOS prebuilt with Ryzen 5 9600X and Radeon RX 7600 for $1,299
The Steam Machine is sold out, overpriced, can't quite do 4K – and now scalpers are asking $3,000 for it
Meanwhile, modding allows the Steam Controller to crawl to its charger on its own
Valve quietly changes Steam Machine's 4K/60fps claim after performance criticism
Valve now says the system offers "up to" 4K gaming with FSR 4.1
SteamOS 3.8.10 is Valve's biggest step yet toward taking on Windows
SteamOS 3.8.10 is one of Valve's most significant OS updates yet, squarely aimed at hardware beyond the Steam Deck. The update adds support for the Steam Machine and third-party handhelds including the Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw. Radeon gaming desktops can already run SteamOS via the recovery image – Nvidia support is still in the works.
Valve is working with Intel, AMD, and Nvidia to make SteamOS run on any PC hardware
Don't like the overpriced Steam Machine? Just build your own and put SteamOS in it