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Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation offering digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming and social networking services. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. Available on Window, Mac OS and Playstation.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Steam reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Steam Outage Chart 01/23/2026 12:00

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Steam users through our website.

  1. Sign in (55%)

    Sign in (55%)

  2. Online Play (22%)

    Online Play (22%)

  3. Glitches (17%)

    Glitches (17%)

  4. Game Crash (3%)

    Game Crash (3%)

  5. Matchmaking (2%)

    Matchmaking (2%)

  6. Hacking / Cheating (%)

    Hacking / Cheating (%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Steam outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
GermanyBodelshausen Sign in
United StatesWylie Online Play
GermanyHamburg Sign in
FranceNivillac Sign in
FrancePennautier Glitches
FinlandHelsinki Online Play
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Not_ReS0 ReS0_ (@Not_ReS0) reported

    @Steam can you guys hurry up and fix your servers?

  • vinnycthatwhoib VinnyCThatWhoIBe (@vinnycthatwhoib) reported

    @Steam never thought I'd want to use the @EpicGames store but I bet their shopping cart isn't broken (since they don't have one)

  • BurgerMyster17 RegretBret (@BurgerMyster17) reported

    @CompanyOfHeroes @relicgames seems to be an issue with @Steam adding the game to cart, cant imagine im the only one

  • blackteamemory licorice (@blackteamemory) reported

    @TheByrd15 @GooniesAndy @Steam same here. everyone on twitch isn't having a problem playing apparently. what a ******* fraud.

  • Vlodiz Maeve 🏳️‍⚧️ (@Vlodiz) reported

    @PMS_Jordan @Steam not nice, fix your **** 😡

  • NoomTsap PastMoon (@NoomTsap) reported

    @Steam Please Valve fix Team Fortress 2's bot problem, change the anticheat idk but do something about it 🙏

  • NotoriousKRT NotoriousKRT (@NotoriousKRT) reported

    @Steam If you’re still having trouble, try signing in through your browser and not the app. Worked for me.

  • OFFParalyzed Paralyzed (@OFFParalyzed) reported

    @Steam I can’t buy it «unexpected error»

  • JPCymro JP (@JPCymro) reported

    @HazelynnRL @Steam Having same issues

  • AronNord Aron Nord (@AronNord) reported

    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I WAITED SO LONG FOR THE SONS OF THE FOREST AND NOW STEAM WONT LET ME BUY IT @Steam please fix this im actually shaking rn from not being able to play it

  • DarbiiRue Darbii Rue (@DarbiiRue) reported

    @Steam Just received an email that Sons of the Forest is available, but can't buy it on the web or in the app. Errors out!

  • ProTaco_ ProTaco (@ProTaco_) reported

    @JeroenSlabbeko1 @Steam This has been an issue for 6 months

  • Camry27269814 Camry (@Camry27269814) reported

    @Steam my boyfriend is trying to get Sons of the Forest and he bought it and went through his bank account and when he goes to his library it says he doesn’t own it and then you guys say he has to repurchase it but it won’t let him. Customer service sucks

  • heliotay 🇸🇪Helio🇸🇪 (@heliotay) reported

    @Steam fix your servers. Let me buy the forest. now. I want to give you €28,99.

  • GooniesAndy Erin 🇺🇸 (@GooniesAndy) reported

    @Steam Trying to buy Sons of the Forest and with Steam not working, had to try multiple times to get the purchase to go through. Now the checkout says to wait a while because I have attempted too many purchases in the last few hours. Being punished because Steam is broken?

  • ReAnimateHer_ ReAnimateHer (@ReAnimateHer_) reported

    @09Grason @Steam @EndNightGame Yea I think Steam itself is having issues

  • FrosttyDev FrosttyDev (@FrosttyDev) reported

    @Steam y’all gonna fix your guys cart or nah because I wanna play my ****** game

  • DC_Gaming2k DC_Gaming2k (@DC_Gaming2k) reported

    @Steam PLEASE FIX IT I NEED @SONSOFTHEFOREST

  • HazelynnRL 🧚🏾‍♀️ Hazelynn - IRL Fantasy Char🧜🏾‍♀️ (@HazelynnRL) reported

    Is @Steam messing up for anyone? I don't mean playing games but actually using the Store and trying to download or purchase something? It keeps sending me back to the store page or giving me cart errors.

  • JPCymro JP (@JPCymro) reported

    . @Steam seems to be some purchase problems with your games?

  • SK3TCHgaming SK3TCH (@SK3TCHgaming) reported

    @Steam fix yo servers. im trying to download my game.

  • xFraxix Ray (@xFraxix) reported

    I cant buy any ******* game on @Steam It's not like you're a multi-million dollar company Your Servers are worse than Dead by Daylights new Chapter, ******* fix it

  • ethomsen04 Ethomsen0405 (@ethomsen04) reported

    @Steam fix this thing

  • Jort_Sanety J0rbz (@Jort_Sanety) reported

    @Steam Fix your servers bucko

  • lespylaz Lazarus lespy (@lespylaz) reported

    @Steam Add to cart completely broken for hours today :/

  • HarrisonClydeTV Elon Musk E. Taint (@HarrisonClydeTV) reported

    Please @Steam fix yourself so i can spend money and buy Sons of the Forest by @EndNightGame

  • LonelysamuraiT AlmightySamurai.TTV (@LonelysamuraiT) reported

    @Steam Servers Are Currently Experiencing A Massive Cart Crash Due To High Volumes Of Players Trying to Purchase “Sons of The Forst”(The Forest 2) & Company Of Heroes 3. Which Both Titles Released Only 1 Hour Ago.

  • TrickyMadsMikk 🌈Soft For Murder Ships🔪 (@TrickyMadsMikk) reported

    Hey @Steam every time I try to buy Son Of The Forest it says there was a problem and couldn't be added to my cart. What ********?!?!?! The game just released, let me buy it!!

  • Akuni__ Hoshi (@Akuni__) reported

    @Steam will you address the crashing issues ??? WE WANT TO BUYYYYYY

  • AntiSexMagnet Peck's Gaming Channel (@AntiSexMagnet) reported

    @kaganygr @Steam No the servers actually just can't handle the flood of people. I tried buying a few other games and got the same error for them as well