Steam down? Current status, problems and outages

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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Sign in (47%)
• Online Play (29%)
• Glitches (16%)
• Game Crash (5%)
• Matchmaking (3%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Bellville	Sign in	4 days ago
Toronto	Sign in	4 days ago
Lyon	Glitches	4 days ago
Villeurbanne	Sign in	5 days ago
Melbourne	Online Play	8 days ago
Berlin	Online Play	9 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  dab (@hisokasfavslut) reported 6 minutes ago

  @trollingisfire @SteamStatus @Steam same problem with me

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  sinisterporpois now has 75% snark (@sinisterporpois) reported 6 minutes ago

  I was trying to purchase atoms for Fallout 76 and kept having problems with the Steam store. After a quick Google news search, it seems that @Steam's Steamdeck is the reason. Well.... hopefully @Bethesda and @Obsidian are working on that Fallout New Vegas sequel everyone wants.

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  Eric Barnett (@Faucius) reported 7 minutes ago

  @AustinCreedWins @Steam Keep smashing on browser, it's what eventually got me past this error.

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  Jenny 🏳️‍⚧️ | @hackyscientress@chaos.social (@HackyScientress) reported 13 minutes ago

  @codingcatgirl @Steam Yes it's Valves Error 500 image.

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  Hat Fox (@thehatfox) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Nintendrew_ @Steam The error is a lie! Just keep trying, the order does go through eventually. It toook my about an hour of hitting hitting Continue and getting that or the updated transaction error until it went through.

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  heckcat9 (@heckcat9) reported 22 minutes ago

  @Steam Never trying to buy Valve HW avain. I added to cart at 10am PST yet due to @Steam errors locking me out, I couldn't complete my #steamdeck purchase until 10:55 and my ship date now shows Q2 2022 instead of 12/2021. I'm cancelling, my money is better spent else where.

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  Derek King (@iDeKay) reported 24 minutes ago

  @mikemchargue @Steam Getting any next-gen console has been a pain, man. It’s a problem across the board and a lot of the problems point to bots/scalpers. I was finally able to grab a Series X after 7 months of trying, only because Microsoft did a beta test of what was essentialy a waiting list.

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  Richard (@x_SentientBeing) reported 25 minutes ago

  @AustinCreedWins @Steam I got one with no problems thankfully (via Steam on PC) I hope ur able to get through. I am sending my steam thoughts to you!

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  Alex (@didgerifree) reported 27 minutes ago

  @wineplacent @Steam My days of deep-diving into the easily solvable UX issues of billion-dollar companies are long over. When your HQ is within shouting distance of two of the largest providers of instantly deployable computer resources, this garbage is even less forgivable.

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  Kevkill  (@Kevkill) reported 28 minutes ago

  @mikeroySoft @Steam At this point it should say “An expected error has occurred"

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  C_hort (@CBHort) reported 29 minutes ago

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

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  Ed (@EdwardTI32) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Steam @valvesoftware And to note I was getting that error the past 45 minutes prior to it suddenly going through. @Steam #SteamDeck #Valve

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  🏳️‍⚧️｜ミスター・ウルフ｜Misutā Urufu (@MisutaaUrufu) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Camega42 @Steam Apparently their servers are getting slammed and this error is common. Some advise "keep trying" whilst others say "look out for a confirmation email JIC; check purchase history."

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  SwitchCorner (@SwitchCornerYT) reported 34 minutes ago

  @Coinzyy @Steam I don’t mind taking the risk on it honestly! No doubt new hardware comes with new problems but as long as you expect it I don’t think it will be an issue

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  John H Freeman (@mylesh55) reported 35 minutes ago

  @ryanbarr @PerongeIuk @Steam You know what the word unintentionally means correct? I’m not putting the fault on you or calling you a liar, I’m saying you more than likely had the other error code. I’m not attacking you personally at all.

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  Carlos Mijares 🇻🇪🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪 (@CarlosMJRS) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Steam Finally got one! Every so often I'd get closer to the final screen to purchase the game before being met with a new error and having to try again. Steam Deck is The Dark Souls of console buying.

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  Xandra (@primandra) reported 36 minutes ago

  Reserving a spot in the @Steam Deck reservation system was maddeningly frustrating. The service fell over at open and then prevented me from putting the order in for an hour. Now, my order is predicted for Q2... 😡

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  Matthew Sterritt (@GodJinrai) reported 39 minutes ago

  @Steam TO ALL THOSE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR STEAM DECK PURCHASE: Do not use PayPal as your payment option. After an hour of errors and BS, switching to credit card made it work immediately. #ValveFixYoShit

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  FireMrshlBill (@FireMrshlBill) reported 40 minutes ago

  @FireFistAxce2 @neoak @Steam So you just kept spamming the continue button on "the too many attempts, wait" error message and it eventually went through?

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  DiesUnus (@DiesUnus) reported 40 minutes ago

  @AustinCreedWins @Steam I got through with just a few time out errors. Took maybe 5 minutes total

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  Erick 🌀 (@lpz_erick) reported 45 minutes ago

  @gavthetford @Steam I got it after waiting like 10 min with the same error don’t give up

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  R҉i҉c҉h҉ (@Holmes_Rich) reported 49 minutes ago

  @RestartCarl @Steam I’ll just bang the odd big game on the unit then the rest on an SD card. Lots of checkout errors though

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  Ramune/ラムネ ✦【ENG Vtuber】✦ Live2D August Comms OPEN (@RamuneLive) reported 52 minutes ago

  @Steam Potential resolution for the "too many purchases" error: try browser purchase if you tried on the steam app, and vice versa. Worked for me!

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  Michael Roy (@mikeroySoft) reported 53 minutes ago

  Aw man... got the PayPal thing up, signed in... okay, might actually get this @steam #steamdeck that's sitting in my Cart... but NO, "An unexpected error has occurred"... *sigh*

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  ramon (@_RLVT_) reported 53 minutes ago

  @Steam Shame ,on time to order and can't check out,page crash.

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  Kyle ○ Vanilla Soup (@VanillaSoupSG) reported 55 minutes ago

  @Steam I hope you Valve realizes how terrible this roll-out was... - There was no que - No bot check - Error codes for simply putting the thing in your cart - pre-order release time was trash

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  Richard Rietdijk (@richardrietdijk) reported 55 minutes ago

  Dear @steam fix your **** please #SteamDeck

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  Gavin Rose (@GavinRo61714858) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Steam Are they sold out in the USA I've been trying since the second it came out but of course like everyone else I have the issue of not being able to make a payment im tired of the scalpers winning can steam do anything about the ****** scalpers this is getting old and ridiculous

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  Tom (@Olorimen) reported 56 minutes ago

  @TheOuterOnes @RottyNTeaks @Steam That’s what I did and was fine within 3 minutes of it going live. Little over $3 in wallet so added $25 about 5 minutes prior. Relatively smooth other than a number of errors and during process and close to a 2 minute wait on final page. Looks like things got worse after that.

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  Rea(⎌ℕ⎌)imationXP (40%)【=◈︿◈=】█▓▒░ 🔜 Trilogy (@ReanimationXP) reported 59 minutes ago

  @justinkatzmedia @Steam meanwhile i can't even ******* sign in now since it keeps logging my *** out and i have steam guard enabled like any sane person