We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

• Fixed a rare case that could result in multiple prompts to install the same update.

• Fixed a rare case that could result in re-triggering the out of box wizard.

• Fixed the 'Battery Charge Limit' option showing on devices that currently don't support this feature.

• Fixed events showing blurred images in the library for games with adult content.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

Note: This update was re-released with the following additional changes:

• Fixed a rare case that could result in multiple prompts to install the same update.

• Fixed a rare case that could result in re-triggering the out of box wizard.

General

• Added in-game keyboard shortcuts to open the Main Menu and Quick Access Menu.

  • Default Main Menu hotkey: Shift+Tab

  • Default Quick Access Menu hotkey: Ctrl+Shift+Tab

  • Customizable in Settings->In Game

• Improved steam client update installation speed. In some pathological cases this operation could take minutes to complete, when the expected completion time is seconds.

• Fixed events showing blurred images in the library for games with adult content.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Fixed events not showing spoiler sections when events were being shown in the library.

• Fixed events showing blurred images in the library for games with adult content.

• Fixed links opened from desktop chat opening in Steam browser before opening in desktop browser.

Steam Overlay

• Fixed periodic gameplay lag and freezing in games using Vulkan rendering when running with Steam Overlay disabled.

• Fixed timer continuing to alert after game exit if running in repeat mode.

SteamVR

• Fixed intermittent steamwebhelper crash when exiting VR mode.

Linux

• Improved steam client update installation speed. In some pathological cases this operation could take minutes to complete, when the expected completion time is seconds.

Big Picture

• Fixed X, Y, trigger and other buttons being treated as simulated mouse input on the Steam Store

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed a case where the battery level indicator could become stuck

• Fixed VRR frame pacing with the performance overlay on screen

• Fixed game stuttering when using the volume keys

• Fixed Legion Go S joystick lights turning off upon entering desktop mode

• Fixed controller input occasionally disappearing on the Asus ROG Ally

• Fixed grip buttons not registering on the Asus ROG Ally

• Fixed a hang on boot on Strix Point platforms

Developer

• Re-added some btrfs and lvm2 modules to udisks

Steam's Zombies vs Vampires Fest is May 26th through June 2nd and is filled with deals on games with blood and brains! Er, games that have zombies and vampires who typically NEED blood and brains, we mean.

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Steam's Zombies vs. Vampires Fest, on now through June 2nd at 10am Pacific!

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

• Fixed 'Factory Reset' failing if the 'Reset OS' option was selected.

• Fixed an issue preventing some apps from installing on the Legion Go S.

• Added "SteamOS Compatible" library tab on the Legion Go S.

This is the first release of SteamOS 3.7 to the Stable channel. The below notes are for changes since SteamOS 3.6.24. For changes relative to previous 3.7 beta builds see here.

This update was re-released with additional client changes.

General

• Updated to a newer Arch Linux base

• Updated the Linux kernel to 6.11

• Updated the Mesa graphics driver base

• Desktop mode now ships with Plasma 6.2.5

• Added support for frame limiting with VRR displays (internal and external)

• Added Battery Charge Limit control to Settings->Power

  • This option allows you to set a maximum charge limit for your Steam Deck.

  • Limiting the charge limit to 80% can be beneficial for long term battery health. This can be useful if your Steam Deck is constantly being charged (e.g. docked), or very rarely has its battery depleted.

• Fixed a crash when no displays are connected

• Added official support for the Lenovo Legion Go S

• Improved support for other AMD powered handhelds (like the ROG Ally and original Legion Go)

• Updated the SteamOS recovery image for repairing SteamOS on Steam Deck and Legion Go S. If you would like to test SteamOS on your own AMD powered handheld, you can use this SteamOS recovery image and follow the instructions here.

Controllers and Input

• Add support for the Proteus Byowave controller

• Fixed an issue where Switch Pro Controller gyros might not work on first connection

• Fixed an issue with stuck/hanging controller inputs when exiting Steam

Bluetooth

• Fixed Bluetooth devices still being able to wake the Steam Deck from suspend, even when Bluetooth was disabled from Desktop mode

• Enable HFP/HSP profiles, to allow using the integrated microphone from headsets and earbuds

  • Currently only available to select in Desktop mode

• Added battery level display for supported Bluetooth devices

• Include a bugfix for the Airpods when using the AAC codec

• Bluetooth controllers can now wake LCD units from sleep, previously only available on OLED models

  • Known issue: Bluetooth LE based controllers are not currently compatible with bluetooth wake on LCD models

Steam Deck Dock

• Made compatibility improvements for certain displays including TCL FireTV models and Dell VRR capable monitors

Graphics and Performance

• Enabled AMD P-State CPU frequency control

• Fixed a performance regression for No Rest for the Wicked

Desktop

• Updated to Plasma 6.2.5 (previously 5.27.10) - see the big changes in Plasma 6 here

• Surround sound now works correctly

  • Enabling the setting is currently only available via Desktop mode

• KDE Filelight is now installed by default for disk usage visualization and low disk space notifications

• Speed and robustness improvements when switching between desktop and game mode

  • Fixed a common cause of hangs when switching to desktop mode

  • Fixed some cases where Steam could take up to ninety seconds to exit on shutdown or switch to desktop

• Added 'gocryptfs' support to desktop session to enable use of the Plasma Vaults feature

Misc

• Fixed some cases where "filter-chain" or other virtual sound devices would erroneously appear in the UI

• Fixed cases where applying system updates could fail if certain configuration files were corrupted or malformed

• Various enhancements to System Report functionality for support and troubleshooting

• Fixed compatibility issue with certain DNS servers causing very slow domain lookups

• Improved responsiveness of system when running into out-of-memory crash situations

• Enabled IPv6 Privacy Extensions by default

• Fixed a bootloader crash on certain non-Steam Deck devices, including qemu-based virtual machines

Known Issues

• Super NES controllers can erroneously show up as connected when they are not

Developer

• Updated to a 6.11 based kernel

• Added debuginfod URLs for SteamOS

• Added systemd .socket units to the default list of /etc files preserved across updates

• When running in a VM, system will now default to the desktop session

• Swap file setup now uses standard 'mkswap' functionality instead of shipping an ad-hoc 'mkswapfile' script

• The steamos-readonly command now warns that the status might not be accurate when sysexts are loaded

• Fixed a case that could introduce duplicate boot entries for devices manually setup to dual-boot

• The pacman cache is now cleaned after applying a SteamOS update

  • Fixes stale cache errors working with pacman after switching branches

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

Additional Client Changes

• Fixed 'Factory Reset' failing if the 'Reset OS' option was selected.

• Fixed an issue preventing some apps from installing on the Legion Go S.

• Added "SteamOS Compatible" library tab on the Legion Go S.

• Rendered viewangle adjustments due to recoil are now calculated per frame.

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Added Battery Charge Limit control to Settings -> Power

  • This option allows you to set a maximum charge limit for your Steam Deck.

  • Limiting the charge limit to 80% can be beneficial for long term battery health. This can be useful if your Steam Deck is constantly being charged (e.g. docked), or very rarely has its battery depleted.

• Fixed a case where the performance overlay could spuriously appear and could not be disabled

• Fixed an issue where exiting a game from the overlay could result in the UI getting stuck until a button is pressed

• Desktop mode will no longer erroneously nag the user to install power profiles daemon

• Added support for updating controller and system firmware on the Legion Go S

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Improved controller hotplug detection for some third party devices.

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games or switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

• Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity.

• Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

Steam Overlay

• Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Server Browser

• Fixed bug causing bots to contribute to the player count.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Linux

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed when necessary.

• Fixed game recordings containing a green bar on the right side of the image when using HEVC encoding on AMD systems if the game window width was not a multiple of 64.

• Fixed Game Recording and Remote Play video streams showing green frames when capturing Vulkan games on Intel GPUs.

Steamworks API

• GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed.

VR

• Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start.

• Steam will no longer occasionally reload itself when SteamVR closes.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

• Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.

• Moved 'Show Battery Percentage' setting to Settings->Power.

• Clicking on the battery header icon now navigates to Settings->Power.

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed based on Steam Deck compatibility testing results.

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games.

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

• Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

• Fixed battery percentage not showing in the header when the battery is full.

• Fixed SteamOS compatible devices showing Steam Deck Verified installation warnings instead of the SteamOS Compatible version.

• Fixed transitions snapping backwards in the Welcome Wizard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Desktop Mode

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

• Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Improved controller hotplug detection for some third party devices.

Linux

• Fixed Game Recording and Remote Play video streams showing green frames when capturing Vulkan games on Intel GPUs.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

• Fixed transitions snapping backwards in the Welcome Wizard.

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

Note: this beta was re-released on March 18th with additional fixes

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games or switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

• Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games.

• Fixed SteamOS compatible devices showing SteamDeck Verified installation warnings instead of the SteamOS Compatible version.

Desktop Mode

• Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

• Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

• Deathmatch mode now allows unbalanced teams.

• Fixed a case where molotov and incendiary fire was visible through the AK-47 viewmodel.
• Fixed a case where stickers covering the gap on the front grip of the AK-47 weren't lit correctly in left hand mode.
• Fixed a case where inventory item icons rendered incorrectly while scoped in-game.

• Shortened front end of the AK-47 fire sound.
• Reduced delay for body shot impact sounds from the attacker perspective.
• Body shot impact sounds from the attacker perspective will momentarily reduce the volume of weapon fire and ambience to help ensure feedback remains audible.

Today we've launched a refreshed set of charts for highlighting the most popular games (based on revenue) released on Steam each month. Check out the latest chart: April 2025 top releases

With today's update, the charts now include 50 of the most popular releases of each month and also makes it possible to flip through past months... all the way back to the release of Half-Life 2 in November 2004.

Missed some of the big launches from last month, last year, or even the last decade? Now it's even easier to see what big hits landed on Steam last month and every month before.

The layout of these updated monthly reports starts with a trailer section, letting you explore that month's top releases one trailer at a time.

On each chart with at least 50 releases, you'll find three tiers so you can tell the biggest releases of the month from the other notable releases, split out into gold, silver, and bronze tiers.

If newly released DLC is popular enough, it can also appear as ranked among the top 50 games released in that month. And, we also display a section to highlight DLC released in the month for games you play. This "DLC For You" section can draw from the top 50 DLC released in the month to show you the most relevant new content for you.

If you're looking for something specific, you can also scroll to the bottom of the page and filter the top 50 releases down by genre, theme, style, supported features, or tags. Find your jam!

These Top Monthly Releases charts look at the first two weeks of revenue for each of the games released during the month. The top games are then split up into tiers, starting with the top 12 games as gold tier, the next 12 games as silver tier, and the remaining games as bronze tier.

Originally started in April 2019, monthly charts are another way for players to discover a variety of new games finding popularity on Steam. Unfortunately, we've been re-building them each month by hand, leading to a less-than-consistent publishing cadence as we waited to complete all of the necessary work each time.

Until now!

Automating the process means we can now release these charts exactly 14 days after the end of each month, meaning we can surface the most popular releases of the month sooner. It also freed up our ability to get in our time machine and go alllll the way back to 2004, running calculations for all games ever released on Steam; which means you can now do some monthly browsing from the olden days too.

Q. Why do some months have fewer than 12 items in the gold or silver tiers?

A. Some products may not be available in your region, and thus we cannot show them in the charts

Q. Are Early Access games included?

A. Yes, games making use of Steam Early Access may appear on the chart for the month they launch into Early Access as well as the month they transition to a full 1.0 release.

Q. Are DLC included in these charts?

A. Yes, DLC can qualify on it's own if the sales of a particular item of DLC is significant enough to reach the top 50 list. Plus, there is a dedicated "DLC For You" section that will display the top 50 DLC released in the month, filtered down to just those for games in your library.

You may have seen reports of leaks of older text messages that had previously been sent to Steam customers. We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.

We’re still digging into the source of the leak, which is compounded by the fact that any SMS messages are unencrypted in transit, and routed through multiple providers on the way to your phone.

The leak consisted of older text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the phone numbers they were sent to. The leaked data did not associate the phone numbers with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data. Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of your Steam account, and whenever a code is used to change your Steam email or password using SMS, you will receive a confirmation via email and/or Steam secure messages.

You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at 

https://store.steampowered.com/account/authorizeddevices

We also recommend setting up the Steam Mobile Authenticator if you haven’t already, as it gives us the best way to send secure messages about your account and your account’s safety. 

• Fixed a bug where weapons purchased with "Buy & Throw" could be refunded after firing.

• Season Two world and regional leaderboards are now populated.

• Added HUD "Glow Weapon with Rarity Color" setting.
• Minimally scraped stickers now cover over the gap on the front grip of the AK-47.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

• Fixed battery percentage not showing in the header when the battery is full.

• Clicking on the battery header icon now navigates to Settings->Power.

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed based on Steam Deck compatibility testing results.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity.

Big Picture

• Remove empty Power settings page.

Linux

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed when necessary.

• Fixed a bug where searching for Defusal Group Alpha would lead to Anubis and Defusal Group Delta would lead to Vertigo.

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

• Remastered various UI sounds.

• Various crash fixes and stability improvements.
• Various fixes for running on Linux with SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland.

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Preview channel, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed a launch failure with DOOM: The Dark Ages

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

Note: This update was re-released with additional changes.

General

• Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed regression causing friends and chat windows to not load properly when Steam shows the login window at startup.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Note: This update was re-released with additional changes.

General

• Fixed regression causing friends and chat windows to not load properly when Steam shows the login window at startup.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

• Fixed a case where mission progress appeared to be reset when reconnecting to a match in-progress.

• Grail:
• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).

• Fixed a case where fire was visible through smoke.

• Various UI sound bug fixes and tweaks.

• Various crash fixes and stability improvements.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

• Added Battery Charge Limit control to Settings->Power

  • This option allows you to set a maximum charge limit for your Steam Deck.

  • Limiting the charge limit to 80% can be beneficial for long term battery health. This can be useful if your Steam Deck is constantly being charged (i.e. docked), or very rarely has its battery depleted.

• Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.

• Moved 'Show Battery Percentage' setting to Settings->Power.

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Steam Overlay

• Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Steamworks API

• GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed.

VR

• Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start.

Linux

• Fixed game recordings containing a green bar on the right side of the image when using HEVC encoding on AMD systems if the game window width was not a multiple of 64.