With the Summer Sale closed and Social Deduction Fest wrapping up, Steam's regular Weeklong Deals rotation just kicked off a fresh round of storewide discounts through July 20 — from 55% off Assassin's Creed Shadows to a $0.99 Surgeon Simulator. Checked today in USD, with Steam Deck notes.
The Steam Summer Sale wrapped July 9, but Valve's next themed event is only three days out. Social Deduction Fest runs July 13–16 with deep discounts on deception and hidden-identity games — here are 7 picks worth wishlisting now, checked at today's regular USD pricing.
A new Great On Frame page just went live on the Steam store, Portal 2's compatibility rating quietly jumped from Playable to Verified, and shipment trackers now count 15 crates of Steam Frame hardware headed to Valve — all pointing at a launch within weeks.
The Steam Summer Sale 2026 wraps today, July 9. Here's a checked-live roundup of the sale's best AAA blockbuster deals in USD — from a $14.99 Red Dead Redemption 2 to Baldur's Gate 3's best-ever discount — with Steam Deck compatibility notes.
A bug-fix release for DXVK, the Direct3D-to-Vulkan layer behind Proton, cleans up rendering regressions in Black Mesa, Gothic 3, and GTA IV, plus a shader bug that broke MSAA in Fallout 3 — all without waiting on a full Proton update.
From $1.99 for Portal 2 to a 90%-off INSIDE, the Steam Summer Sale 2026 has some of its sharpest cuts sitting in puzzle games and platformers. A checked-today roundup in USD, with one last-day city-builder pick, before the sale ends July 9.
After five beta builds, Valve shipped Proton 11.0-1 to stable on July 7, rebasing on Wine 11.0 and moving over a dozen games — including the original Resident Evil and Dino Crisis — out of Experimental for good.
With the Summer Sale closed and Social Deduction Fest wrapping up, Steam's regular Weeklong Deals rotation just kicked off a fresh round of storewide discounts through July 20 — from 55% off Assassin's Creed Shadows to a $0.99 Surgeon Simulator. Checked today in USD, with Steam Deck notes.
A July 10 Steam Deck Beta Client update surfaces Steam Machine Verified and SteamOS compatibility info directly on game capsules in Home and on game detail pages, alongside Remote Play and Steam Workshop fixes.
Social Deduction Fest opened today, July 13, and runs through July 16. Skip the free-to-play noise — here are the three paid games with real cuts worth your money, plus three free picks to fill out the lobby.
Square Enix's HD-2D turn-based RPG, the first mainline-adjacent Final Fantasy built around the mobile hit Brave Exvius, has already earned Valve's top compatibility rating on both Steam Deck and Steam Machine three months before it ships.
With the Summer Sale closed and Social Deduction Fest wrapping up, Steam's regular Weeklong Deals rotation just kicked off a fresh round of storewide discounts through July 20 — from 55% off Assassin's Creed Shadows to a $0.99 Surgeon Simulator. Checked today in USD, with Steam Deck notes.
Social Deduction Fest opened today, July 13, and runs through July 16. Skip the free-to-play noise — here are the three paid games with real cuts worth your money, plus three free picks to fill out the lobby.
Square Enix's HD-2D turn-based RPG, the first mainline-adjacent Final Fantasy built around the mobile hit Brave Exvius, has already earned Valve's top compatibility rating on both Steam Deck and Steam Machine three months before it ships.
The Steam Summer Sale wrapped July 9, but Valve's next themed event is only three days out. Social Deduction Fest runs July 13–16 with deep discounts on deception and hidden-identity games — here are 7 picks worth wishlisting now, checked at today's regular USD pricing.
A bug-fix release for DXVK, the Direct3D-to-Vulkan layer behind Proton, cleans up rendering regressions in Black Mesa, Gothic 3, and GTA IV, plus a shader bug that broke MSAA in Fallout 3 — all without waiting on a full Proton update.
After five beta builds, Valve shipped Proton 11.0-1 to stable on July 7, rebasing on Wine 11.0 and moving over a dozen games — including the original Resident Evil and Dino Crisis — out of Experimental for good.
Valve's SteamOS 3.8.14 update fixes a bug where certain routers advertising incorrect MCS requirements were capping WiFi to lower speeds — throttling game downloads on Steam Deck and Steam Machine alike.
Two days after Diablo IV's Season 14 update broke Proton compatibility, Valve quietly shipped a Proton Hotfix that gets the game working again on Steam Deck and SteamOS — while Blizzard's own promised patch still hasn't landed.
A July 10 Steam Deck Beta Client update surfaces Steam Machine Verified and SteamOS compatibility info directly on game capsules in Home and on game detail pages, alongside Remote Play and Steam Workshop fixes.
Square Enix's HD-2D turn-based RPG, the first mainline-adjacent Final Fantasy built around the mobile hit Brave Exvius, has already earned Valve's top compatibility rating on both Steam Deck and Steam Machine three months before it ships.
Valve's Steam Machine started shipping June 30 at $1,049. The first wave of reviews agrees on almost everything: beautifully built, silent, SteamOS is a joy — and the memory-crisis price tag exposes underpowered internals.
New benchmarks confirm what Valve quietly admitted last week: shipping the Steam Machine with one 16GB RAM stick instead of two costs real performance in CPU-heavy games like Baldur's Gate 3, while GPU-bound titles barely notice.
A new Great On Frame page just went live on the Steam store, Portal 2's compatibility rating quietly jumped from Playable to Verified, and shipment trackers now count 15 crates of Steam Frame hardware headed to Valve — all pointing at a launch within weeks.
A developer's Climbey test video accidentally revealed Steam Frame's home environment: Aurora, the same customizable starfield Valve built for Index, spotted alongside better tracking and performance ahead of an expected launch.
Valve's unreleased Steam Frame headset just got its first compatibility badge: Portal 2 scored Playable, failing only the native-resolution check. Day of Defeat scored Unsupported the same day — the clearest sign yet that a Steam Frame launch is close.