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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 12/25/2025 21:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (61%)

    Sign in (61%)

  2. Online Play (19%)

    Online Play (19%)

  3. Glitches (16%)

    Glitches (16%)

  4. Game Crash (2%)

    Game Crash (2%)

  5. Matchmaking (2%)

    Matchmaking (2%)

  6. Hacking / Cheating (1%)

    Hacking / Cheating (1%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesMinneapolis Sign in
FranceContes Sign in
GermanyFrankfurt am Main Sign in
United StatesMinot Sign in
FranceLa Seyne-sur-Mer Online Play
United KingdomDidcot Sign in
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • michellehaeron Michelle (@michellehaeron) reported

    @RottyNTeaks @Steam Same issue here

  • B_Curr47 Brennden Curry (@B_Curr47) reported

    @Steam It was giving me LOTS of trouble but it went through!

  • v1k0d3n Brandon B. Jozsa (@v1k0d3n) reported

    so much for that @Steam #SteamDeck launch.... I'm so tired of 2020/2021 website crashes and supply chain issues...

  • mason66446642 mason (@mason66446642) reported

    @Steam Multiple errors but got a reservation

  • AlphaWolf192 Kyle Hourston-Quirk (@AlphaWolf192) reported

    @Steam It's not working been trying since it launched this is an absolute joke

  • strife37916 Chef Str1fe🔪 (@strife37916) reported

    @Steam Good thing your service crashed and I can't reserve it. Would love one company to release something that isn't completely jacked at go

  • LavaVex Arata Akatsuki (@LavaVex) reported

    now i get error for attemtping to many purchases in an hour @Steam @Steam_Support . JUST LET ME RESERVE

  • niami Covert Alexis (@niami) reported

    @Steam i'm attempting to reserve the steam deck but it's not working and now it's telling me that I'm "It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again." Am I going to be missing out on purchasing this?

  • KAPSYZ KAPSYZ (@KAPSYZ) reported

    @Steam FIX YOUR SERVERS!

  • evans_nj Nick Evans (@evans_nj) reported

    @jstrickland328 @Lbabinz @Steam Weird, my 16 years of service was fine.

  • dmusicstud Brandon Danner (@dmusicstud) reported

    @Steam I have an account for years, and your services tell me my account is too new to preorder a SteamDeck? Seems silly. I realize you want combat resellers, but I bought a game within the last year, and certainly prior to 6/1/2021 - it was last year. Fix this!

  • milesk182 Miles (@milesk182) reported

    @Steam cant get the order to go through for 9 mins. error initializing transactions or too many purchase attempts please try again later...

  • Ide4lTwT Lance (@Ide4lTwT) reported

    @Steam So funny how people expecting the site to not crash right when it goes live. Yall the same folks who give products a 1 star out of 5 because you couldn't get one. Relax guys, there's plenty of time to reserve.

  • SirStendec Mike @ Home (@SirStendec) reported

    @The_MrX_ @Steam Zero. I did zero purchases. Because the store is broken.

  • Shadow_Enz Shadow Enz (@Shadow_Enz) reported

    @Steam Steam gonna crash

  • TheGodeejay Muhfuckaigotabaldhead (@TheGodeejay) reported

    @Classicbts @Steam Not working I gotta go back to work. I hate this lottery system

  • FlameVendetta Hustling Kitty (@FlameVendetta) reported

    @Steam you need to fire you engineers, for a gaming platform to glitch out during high traffic. what u gonna do when you add all these consoles to the network? was gonna buy but after what happen at the website. Totally lost confidence in steam.

  • caorsi_ paT (@caorsi_) reported

    @Steam I can't even order your system is broken wtf

  • jstrickland328 Joe Strickland (@jstrickland328) reported

    @Lbabinz My Steam account is too new to reserve? I have my 16 "Years of Service" badge.. hmmmm... @Steam

  • EvilAbsolute DongsOut! (@EvilAbsolute) reported

    @RottyNTeaks @Steam Same issue with all payment methods

  • Borillion Borillion (@Borillion) reported

    @Steam There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance. What gives?!

  • dudeitsdono Donovan (@dudeitsdono) reported

    @Steam I got a question, please take my money bro fix this ****

  • BordenPears33 Sarah Lynn (@BordenPears33) reported

    @Steam Ha.... if we can even check out. Keep getting error codes

  • MBStuff91 MB (@MBStuff91) reported

    @MrWhoShotYaTv @Steam Same problem for me

  • TizzeeDesigns Tizzee Designs (@TizzeeDesigns) reported

    @Steam Would be nice if there werent system issues keeping me from reserving.

  • Sup3rINFAMOUS Aj Keeton (@Sup3rINFAMOUS) reported

    @Steam All I can get is error E502 L3

  • RC2K7 RC2K7 (@RC2K7) reported

    @Steam Ha broke while entering CC Security xD "There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."

  • bangoe Brucey bby (@bangoe) reported

    @Steam What a joke. I buy stuff all the time, I have both a card saved that I use all the time and I even put money in my steam wallet just to be safe but I keep getting error messages that it can’t process my payment

  • thePR0M3TH3AN thePR0M3TH3AN (@thePR0M3TH3AN) reported

    @Steam I had it in my cart within 1 second and was about to checkout.... Payment process issue. Tried 3 different methods. None worked. Still in cart though.

  • S97231415 S (@S97231415) reported

    @Steam stuck in my cart, "unexpected error" and "error initializing or updating transaction" you'd think valve of all companies would have the servers to withstand the load