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

Note: This update was re-released November 18th with the following additional change:

• Fixed intermittent Steam client reload after entering payment details in Steam store checkout

Display-Off Low Power Downloads

• Added a new feature, allowing Steam Deck to complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode before going to sleep.

• This feature is enabled by default when Steam Deck is plugged in to power, and can also be enabled on battery power in Settings > Power.

• Learn more about this feature at our blog post here.

General

• Fixed a case where certain collections would become unavailable to user after reinstalling Steam or installing Steam on a new machine.

• Fixed a case where a launch dialog could appear for a game that was blocked by parental controls.

• Fixed alerts not showing up on Steam web pages that appear on Steam Deck.

• Fixed the network icon on the header showing the wrong state during startup.

• Fixed the Quick Access Menu alignment when in game.

• Fixed hidden games showing in All and Library tabs. They now appear in their own tab if applicable.

• Fixed an issue where controls could lock up for several seconds after resume or on regaining a connection to Steam servers.

• Fixed some titles launching with incorrect Steam Play settings when installed right after purchase.

• Fixed a case where bluetooth devices wouldn't show up as available to pair when toggling bluetooth on.

• Fixed SteamOS updates failing to respect HTTP proxy configuration.

Accessibility

• Improved high contrast support in the settings dialog.

Friends & Chat

• Suspicious or harassing 1 on 1 chat messages can be reported directly in the chat window by selecting the message and pressing 'Options' or from the suspicious chat warning. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

• Added a suspicious chat warning that will appear at the top of the chat window when you receive a message that is potentially malicious. Links in chat are disabled while this warning is visible.

Steam Input

• Fixed an issue with gyro sensitivity introduced in the previous beta release.

• Fixed an issue with PS5 controller gyro over BT, and improved Nintendo controllers' gyro stability generally.

• Fixed swapping modes between left and right hand sources breaking bindings for mode-shifts.

• Fixed the guide button opening the overlay when the guide button is disabled in controller settings.

• Added support for the latest GameInput release.

• Fixed an issue where PlayStation controller light bar settings did not stick when exiting the controller calibration page.

• Added support for the 8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller.

Remote Play

• Added a "Connect" button to Remote Play settings for streaming the remote desktop.

• Don't switch to Big Picture when streaming to Steam Deck.

Remote Play Together

• Fixed enabling and disabling player input in the Remote Play Together dialog.

• Input enable settings are persistent and are saved per-game.

• Improved mouse cursor sharing between players, with the local player having priority.

Game Recording

• Fixed timeline markers sometimes not appearing when viewing recordings outside of a game or after deleting a user created marker.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed client and chat windows not saving location when moved.

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

Note: This update was re-released November 18th with the following additional changes:

• Fixed intermittent Steam client reload after entering payment details in Steam store checkout

• Fixed spelling suggestions not appearing in context menu for highlighted words on Windows

Friends & Chat

• Suspicious or harassing 1 on 1 chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by right clicking the message or from the suspicious chat warning. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

• Added a suspicious chat warning that will appear at the top of the chat window when you receive a message that is potentially malicious. Links in chat are disabled while this warning is visible.

General

• Fixed a case where certain collections would become unavailable to user after reinstalling Steam or installing Steam on a new machine.

• Fixed DLC content being removed when switching users in some cases.

• Fixed some titles launching with incorrect Steam Play settings when installed right after purchase.

• Fixed client and chat windows not saving location when moved.

Accessibility

• Improved high contrast support in the settings dialog.

Steam Input

• Fixed an issue with gyro sensitivity introduced in the previous beta release.

• Fixed an issue with PS5 controller gyro over BT, and improved Nintendo controllers' gyro stability generally.

• Fixed swapping modes between left and right hand sources breaking bindings for mode-shifts.

• Fixed the guide button opening the overlay when the guide button is disabled in controller settings.

• Fixed deadlock at startup when launching TF2 with a gamepad connected.

• Fixed Xbox 360 controller mappings on Linux kernel 6.17 and newer.

• Fixed 8BitDo Pro 3 controller mapping on Linux when hidraw devices aren't available.

• Fixed an issue where PlayStation controller light bar settings did not stick when exiting the controller calibration page

• Added support for the 8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed alerts not showing up on Steam web pages.

• Fixed hidden games showing in All and Library tabs. They now appear in their own tab if applicable.

Remote Play

• Added a "Connect" button to Remote Play settings for streaming the remote desktop.

• When streaming VR, the mouse cursor is hidden and the streaming view is adjusted to match the client resolution.

• Don't switch to Big Picture when streaming to Steam Deck.

• Fixed mouse position when using multiple monitors with different display scales.

Remote Play Together

• Fixed enabling and disabling player input in the Remote Play Together dialog.

• Input enable settings are persistent and are saved per-game.

• Improved mouse cursor sharing between players, with the local player having priority.

Game Recording

• Fixed timeline markers sometimes not appearing when viewing recordings outside of a game or after deleting a user created marker.

• Fixed an issue where opening the Recordings & Screenshots dialog for the first time could trigger a reload of content in the main window, potentially losing state.

SteamVR

• Reduced or eliminated a bug where the dashboard bar is occasionally missing.

macOS

• Updated Steam app icon when running on macOS 26 ("Tahoe")

NOTE: this client has been re-released with additional fixes for Discovery Queue.

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

General

• Update localization.

• Fixed a client lockup when opening the Discovery Queue.

NOTE: this client has been re-released with additional fixes for Discovery Queue.

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

General

• Update localization.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed a client lockup when opening the Discovery Queue.

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

General

• Fixed client and chat windows not saving location when moved.

• Fixed client windows (and steamwebhelper processes) sometimes remaining open after Steam exits.

Friends & Chat

• Improvements to the chat reporting dialogs

Remote Play

• Fixed regression being unable to send input after connecting to a remote computer

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

Friends & Chat

• Improvements to the chat reporting dialogs

Desktop Mode

• Fixed client and chat windows not saving location when moved.

• Fixed client windows (and steamwebhelper processes) sometimes remaining open after Steam exits.

• [p]Fixed ability to plant C4 while standing on top of a teammate.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a rendering bug on transparent charms attached to planted C4 or dropped weapons.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a bug where Budapest 2025 Coin sometimes wasn't showing up in the scoreboard.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a replay bug causing infinite shell casing effects.[/p][/*]
• [p]Updated the Budapest 2025 Imperial Esports sticker artwork.[/p][/*]

• [p]The StarLadder Budapest Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.[/p][/*]
• [p]Purchase a Budapest 2025 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Budapest 2025 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.[/p][/*]

• [p]Added new "Sticker Slab" item, a charm that seals any sticker and can be attached to weapons. The sealed sticker can be returned to your inventory at any time by cracking open and discarding the slab.[/p][/*]
• [p]Newly purchased Name Tag and StatTrak™ Swap Tool items can no longer be traded or listed on Community Market.[/p][/*]

• [p]Increased the maximum effective sv_maxvelocity to 16,384 units per second. The default value of 3500 is unchanged.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump button presses.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump apexes.[/p][/*]

• [p]Fixed skybox on Inferno that was blocking grenades.[/p][/*]

• [p]Increased default bullet decal rendering distance.[/p][/*]
• [p]Glove models and animations in the UI/inventory now use Animgraph2, matching first-person in-game gloves.[/p][/*]
• [p]Enabled the pulsing light on the C4 view model.[/p][/*]
• [p]Updated the color scheme of Counter-Strike items in Steam Community Market and Web Inventory to match item quality colors.[/p][/*]
• [p]Performance improvements.[/p][/*]

We're excited to announce three new hardware products joining Steam Deck as part of our hardware family:

• Steam Controller

• Steam Machine

• Steam Frame

Set to begin shipping in early 2026, all three devices are designed for players to get even more out of their Steam library. All work together, and all are optimized for Steam while continuing to operate as open platforms. Read all about it on our new Steam Hardware landing page, or click on each product for details.

All three products will ship in the same regions we currently ship Steam Deck (US, CA, UK, EU, AU) as well as regions covered by KOMODO (Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan).

Check out our new Steam Hardware page, and navigate around to each product site from there. Add to your wishlist, and/or follow our new Steam Hardware blog to stay updated on deep-dive and behind-the-scenes content between now and launch.

Powerful PC gaming made easy, in a small and mighty package

Steam Frame is a streaming-first, wireless VR headset + controllers that can handle your whole Steam library. Step into immersive VR, or lean back and enjoy your non-VR catalog. And it supports stand-alone play too.

Steam Controller. Steam Machine. Steam Frame.

Powered by Steam, optimized for gaming in any form. And just like Steam Deck, all are designed to help players get even more out of their Steam Library. Learn more, or wishlist now.

Steam Controller has all the inputs to play all the games on Steam, wherever Steam is

• Fix a crash that could occur when the AMD GPU driver was installed but no AMD GPU was present.
  
• Fixed compatibility mode bindings showing as custom bindings when they are remapped default bindings.
  
• Automatically prefer installing the Oasis Driver for Windows Mixed Reality when running on a Windows version too new to support the Windows driver.
  
• Roomview is independently enabled for VR vs non-VR gameplay.
  
• Minor UX improvements to improve consistency with Steam (window reflectivity, colors, etc).
  
• Added setting (general -> advanced) to disable IPD HUD.
  
• Reduced memory usage for user interface textures (improved performance).
  
• Fix for the Default / Custom binding toggle in the Settings UI not working properly in some cases.
  
• Fix for Recenter and Room View buttons not showing up in some cases.
  
• Fix desktop settings showing a completely black screen (under error reporting conditions).
  
• By default, Controller Compatibility Mode will now show users their physical controller render models (but still return simulated names to games).
  
• Added new options to Controller Compatibility Mode render model simulation.
  
• Fixed a few cases where controller input would be broken if a game or steam had been moved.
  
• Fixed the Input Debugger not displaying some content correctly.
  
• Fixed some issues with Pico controllers using Controller Compatibility Mode.

• Fixed crash when hosting or joining rooms.

• Fix rare crash when attempting to load render models.
  
• Fix settings crash when navigating to “Developer” in SteamVR Settings.

• Fix excess CPU usage that could occur when the performance graph was never visible during a session.
  
• New frame pacing: Improves “popping,” judder, and other smoothness / latency issues for controllers or other animated content. Note this change does affect timing for VR applications on the host PC; please report any new gameplay issues.

• Support XR_KHR_locate_spaces.
  
• Fixed a bug where apps that didn’t submit projection layers would see a 100ms wait on alternating frames with some drivers.
  
• When a requested time querying xrLocateSpace is outside of reasonable bounds, return XR_SUCCESS with an empty pose, instead of returning XR_ERROR_TIME_INVALID.
  
• Support XR_META_recommended_layer_resolution.
  
• Register SteamVR as an available runtime in the Windows Registry when SteamVR is defaulted to the active runtime.

• UX architecture improvements to improve consistency with Steam, including library versions and error handling.
  
• Improved UX for 'mirrored device debug rendering'.

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

Steam Input

• Added support for the 8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller

Remote Play Together

• Improved mouse cursor sharing between players, with the local player having priority

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

Steam Input

• Added support for the 8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller

Remote Play Together

• Improved mouse cursor sharing between players, with the local player having priority

Humans are SO yesterday. Animals are SO in, especially for Steam's Animal Fest, on now through November 17th at 10 a.m. Pacific!

All week you'll find discounts on games that feature all kinds of animals and critters, from bunnies and goats, to raccoons and even sharks.

Oh, and cats. Definitely cats.

Head on over to Steam Animal Fest, with all kinds of cute sales from now through November 17th at 10 a.m. Pacific!

NOTE: this client has been re-released with additional fixes for Big Picture Mode.

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

Friends & Chat:

• Suspicious or harassing 1 on 1 chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by right clicking the message or from the 'Suspicious Chat' warning. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

Recordings & Screenshots:

• Fixed an issue where opening the Recordings & Screenshots dialog for the first time could trigger a reload of content in the main window, potentially losing state.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed a bug that could cause the system to re-enter sleep when waking up.

NOTE: this client has been re-released with additional fixes for Desktop Mode.

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

Friends & Chat:

• Suspicious or harassing 1 on 1 chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by selecting the message and pressing 'Options' or from the 'Suspicious Chat' warning. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a bug that could cause the system to re-enter sleep when waking up.

With today's Steam update, you'll now find that many store pages throughout Steam are wider, making better use of your larger monitors and better organizing some of the information on screen.

For users opted into the Steam client beta, these set of changes have been visible since late August while we refined the update and gave game developers a chance to prepare for wider store page assets.  Today's update officially moves these changes out of beta to be fully public, widening many pages from 940 pixels to now 1200 pixels.

If you have been opted into the beta, you've already been using the new wider store pages and won't see much change today. For those of you that haven't been opted into the Steam client beta, read on for a quick overview of the changes.

The biggest changes can be found on game store pages, where we've also recently updated the video player (you can read about that in our post from July: Steam Trailer Player Upgrades).

The trailer and screenshot carousel now supports three different modes (default, theater mode, full-screen mode) with the same functionality. All modes adhere to your preferences for whether to auto-play trailers and whether audio should be on or off by default.

Higher resolution images - Since the page is wider, we can now show off more of the game detail represented in screenshots and trailers.

New modes for even bigger viewing - In the lower-right corner of screenshots, you'll see two buttons for theater mode and full-screen mode.

• New theater mode - Pop open a view that covers most of your browser or Steam client window and flip through screenshots and trailers.

• New full-screen mode - The same functionality to flip through trailers and screenshots, but in full screen.

We've also expanded the tools and options that game developers can make use of when explaining their game and showing off the features that make up their game. On many newer store pages, you'll see bigger and higher-quality images and more interesting formatting in the "About the Game" section. If you're curious about the improvement to the tools for game developers, you can read our Steamworks blog post, Beta: Wider store pages; Video support for written game descriptions

You might also notice some subtle updates to the backgrounds of game store pages, allowing a little more of the color and texture of the game artwork to come through and give the store page a little more personality from the game.

Along the way, we also widened a lot of pages across the Steam Store. Here are a few examples:

• Search results are wider and each row is slightly taller giving a little more room for the game artwork to increase in size.

• Bundle detail pages also now have slightly more colorful backgrounds and larger artwork in the list of contents.

• Recommendation pages like the Interactive Recommender and Popular Among Friends are wider.

• Store hubs such as for individual tags (eg. Supernatural) have always been a little wider than game pages. We updated these now to all be the same width.

• Steam Charts and News Hub were both slightly different sizes and even different sets of colors. These have been consolidated some to bring them more inline with Steam platform colors.

You can explore all of the pages that make up the Steam store by visiting the site map.

Q: Why 1200 pixels wide?

A: We know many of you have 4k monitors with lots of pixels to spare (we can tell from the Steam Hardware Survey), our research shows that most players don't run the Steam client or web browsers full screen. While we experimented with different proportions, we found that 1200 pixels wide felt like a good balance where we can show more content on screen without overwhelming the page and making it hard to navigate.

Q: What about the homepage? It doesn't look any wider.

A: We've got some similar adjustments coming in the near future for the homepage, but they aren't quite ready yet. Stay tuned.

Q: What happens if my browser or client window is narrower than 1200px?

A: Steam store pages are designed to shrink appropriately to fit well within smaller size monitors, browsers, and Steam client windows. It also adapts in size to fit on tablets, Steam Decks, and mobile devices. We've even been testing on a tiny old iPod that someone had laying around (It mostly works, but things get pretty small).

General

• Fixed an issue where the performance overlay would sometimes not appear in Baldur's Gate 3

• Temporarily re-disabled experimental wake-on-bluetooth support for Steam Deck LCD while issues with spurious wake-ups are investigated

• Fixed an issue that could prevent updating from specific older builds of SteamOS

• Fixed a bug with the Discover app in desktop mode that could cause update failures in some scenarios

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

Steam Input

• Fixed an issue where PlayStation controller light bar settings did not stick when exiting the controller calibration page

Remote Play

• Fixed mouse coordinates on a non-primary monitor with different DPI scaling than the main one.

SteamVR

• Reduced or eliminated a bug where the dashboard bar is occasionally missing.

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

Display-Off Low Power Downloads

• Fixed an issue that could cause a delay between finishing downloads and going to sleep if the device had recently received user input.

Steam Input

• Fixed an issue where PlayStation controller light bar settings did not stick when exiting the controller calibration page

• [p]Fixed a case where air acceleration was clamped incorrectly while surfing.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a case where slowly surfing up a ramp was handled incorrectly due to misidentification as a jump apex.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fix a bug causing "Delay Sniper Rifle Un-Scope after Shot" to be inconsistent.[/p][/*]

• [p]Added TrueView demo playback, which reconstructs the observed player's original experience more accurately by re-running client-side prediction.[/p][/*]
• [p]TrueView playback will show the effects of Damage Prediction, if it was enabled by the observed player at the time.[/p][/*]
• [p]TrueView does not reconstruct the precise timings of rendered frames, so some differences between the original player's experience and TrueView playback will remain, especially in very slow motion playback.  The player's frame at the time when the mouse was clicked, which is used for hit registration, is shown accurately to the nearest demo playback frame. However, reaction effects such as recoil, muzzle flash, blood splatter, and ragdoll are delayed while playing the game by one or two frames due to the way CPU and GPU work is pipelined, and will not appear at the same time during demo playback.[/p][/*]
• [p]TrueView demo playback might not work properly on old demos and is disabled by default if the playback client version does not match the client version when the demo was recorded. You can set cl_demo_predict 2 to override this.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a bug causing third person models to not animate smoothly.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed a bug causing time to lurch forward by one tick when unpausing a demo.[/p][/*]

• [p]Animation fixes for G3SG1 bolt.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed developer console scrollbar to accept mouse clicks.[/p][/*]

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

Display-Off Low Power Downloads

• Added a new feature, allowing Steam Deck to complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode before going to sleep.

• This feature is enabled by default when Steam Deck is plugged in to power, and can also be enabled on battery power in Settings > Power.

• Learn more about this feature at our blog post here.

General

• Fixed SteamOS updates failing to respect HTTP proxy configuration.

Remote Play

• Fixed regression where the performance graph wouldn't display while streaming.

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

Steam Input

• Fixed Xbox 360 controller mappings on newer Linux kernels

• Fixed 8BitDo Pro 3 controller mapping on Linux when hidraw devices aren't available

Remote Play

• Fixed mouse position when using multiple monitors with different display scales

Today we are adding a new feature to Steam Deck, enabling it to complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode, before going to sleep. This feature is enabled by default when Steam Deck is plugged in to power, and can also be enabled on battery power in Settings > Power.

Display-off downloads are accessible in two ways. While Steam Deck is downloading content, pressing the power button now brings up a new dialog, asking whether you'd like to continue downloading with the screen off. Select Continue, and Steam Deck will go into the new low-power download mode. In addition, Steam Deck will automatically go into this mode after an idle timeout.

While in this mode, if you press a button or move Steam Deck, a new status screen will be shown with download progress (see above). From here you can fully wake Steam Deck or let it continue downloading with the screen off.

When this feature is active on battery power, Steam Deck will automatically go to full sleep mode if the battery level falls below 20%.

This feature is now available on Steam Deck in the Beta and Preview channels. Let us know what you think in the comments.

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

General

• Fixed some titles launching with incorrect Steam Play settings when installed right after purchase.

Friends & Chat

• Added a suspicious chat warning that will appear at the top of the chat window when you receive a message that is potentially malicious. Links in chat are disabled while this warning is visible.

Remote Play Together

• Fixed enabling and disabling player input in the Remote Play Together dialog

• Input enable settings are persistent and are saved per-game

Steam Input

• Fixed Xbox 360 controller mappings on Linux kernel 6.17 and newer

Game Recording

• Fixed timeline markers sometimes not appearing when viewing recordings outside of a game or after deleting a user created marker.

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

General

• Fixed some titles launching with incorrect Steam Play settings when installed right after purchase.

• Fixed a case where bluetooth devices wouldn't show up as available to pair when toggling bluetooth on.

Friends & Chat

• Added a suspicious chat warning that will appear at the top of the chat window when you receive a message that is potentially malicious. Links in chat are disabled while this warning is visible.

Remote Play Together

• Fixed enabling and disabling player input in the Remote Play Together dialog

• Input enable settings are persistent and are saved per-game

Game Recording

• Fixed timeline markers sometimes not appearing when viewing recordings outside of a game or after deleting a user created marker.

• [p]Improved player movement prediction when colliding with other moving players.[/p][/*]
• [p]Added scope in/out sound prediction to play immediately for local player.[/p][/*]
• [p]Retake loadout cards will now randomly offer M4A1-S or M4A4 if player has both equipped in their CT loadout.[/p][/*]
• [p]Added Body Armor to 4v3, 4 Bad Guys Left, and Blind Fire cards.[/p][/*]
• [p]Added Dual Berettas to T Blind Fire card.[/p][/*]
• [p]Replaced Flashbang with HE Grenade on CT Enemy Loadout Card[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed idle animations on CZ75-Auto, SSG 08, AUG, Galil AR.[/p][/*]
• [p]Performance improvements.[/p][/*]
• [p]Stability improvements.[/p][/*]
• [p]Improvements to animation fidelity during demo playback.[/p][/*]