| Version | Change log |
| Steam December 19, Dec 20, 2025 |
General: The Steam client is now 64-bit on Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit. Systems running 32-bit versions of Windows will continue receiving updates to the 32-bit Steam client until January 1, 2026. Fixed non-Steam browser windows erroneously being created sometimes when steamwebhelper is restarted. Game Recording: Fixed errors copying to clipboard or exporting H265 videos on systems with a NVIDIA 50xx series gpu. Friends & Chat: Suspicious or harassing group chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by right clicking the message. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report. Big Picture Mode: Fixed intermittent in-game purchase failures for some games. Remote Play: Fixed being unable to move the mouse to another monitor when using touch controls on the Steam Link app. Steam Input: Added support for Nintendo Switch 2 controllers connected over USB on Windows Added support for GameCube adapters in Wii-U mode with rumble on Windows Added an "Invert Input" toggle in "Regular Press" activator settings. When enabled, this causes button presses to generate releases, and vice versa. Promoted the newer gyro modes from beta to the default gyro modes loaded. Older configuration that are using the older modes will still see the option and you can also enable Steam Input dev mode under Settings->Developer to keep them visible all the time. Adjusted Dualsense "Create" and "Options" glyphs for better recall. In all Gyro Modes, when selecting multiple gyro activation buttons, you can also choose whether "Any" or "All" buttons are required to Enable/Suppress/Toggle the gyro. Gyro Haptic On/Off effect is now separated from Gyro Haptic Rotation Effect. Gyro to Joystick Deflection Mode: Added "Use Relative Roll" & "Use Relative Pitch" toggles. When enabled, this makes the output Joystick deflection relative to the controller's pose since the |
| Steam November 22, Nov 28, 2025 |
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 |
| Steam November 17, Nov 18, 2025 |
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 |
| Steam October 2, 2 Oct 4, 2025 |
General: Added mitigations for Unity CVE-2025-59489, blocking a game launch through the Steam Client when an exploit attempt is detected. Added "End of Life" alert for 32-bit versions of Windows. Currently Windows 10 32-bit is the only 32-bit version of Windows supported by Steam. The Steam client will continue running on Windows 10 64-bit and 32-bit games will continue to be supported. Steam Client support for Windows 10 32-bit will end on Jan 1st, 2026 at 10am. See here for additional details. Fixed "" characters appearing in some news posts Added ability to switch tabs in the tabbed browser by pressing CTRL+TAB Fixed some cases where access to "Mark as private" game setting was unavailable. Fixed some cases where adding a large number of non-Steam games to a collection would fail. Fixed some "Friends & Chat" settings occasionally resetting to their default value temporarily after getting disconnected from Steam Fixed a case where a user's achievements would fail to display in the overlay when activated by a game. Fixed scroll arrow buttons on Post-Game Summary overscrolling to the end of the summary instead of the next non-visible item. Fixed a rare crash when constructing the menu for the tray icon on Windows. Game Recording: Improved performance when recording is on for some games using Vulkan rendering Steam Input: Added support for dual gyros when using Nintendo Switch Joycons in combined mode Fixed the "listen for binding" panel in the configurator Fixed the configurator being blank when opening a configuration for an uninstalled game that requires being installed to edit the configuration When authoring an official configuration for a Steam Input API game, use a setting under Settings->Developer instead of relying on the SetInputActionManifestFilePath API call Streaming: Fix cases where clicking "stream" did nothing. SteamVR: Fixed Steam Client notifications getting suppressed after you exited S |
| Steam June 28, 202 Jul 8, 2025 |
General: Improved controller hotplug detection for some third party devices. Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games or switching to/from Big Picture Mode. Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values. Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity. Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode. Steam Overlay: Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser. Big Picture Mode: Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard. Server Browser: Fixed bug causing bots to contribute to the player count. Steam Input: Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug. Steamworks API: GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed. VR: Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start. Steam will no longer occasionally reload itself when SteamVR closes |
| Steam May 19, 2025 May 21, 2025 |
General: Improved controller hotplug detection for some third party devices. Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games or switching to/from Big Picture Mode. Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values. Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity. Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode. Steam Overlay: Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser. Big Picture Mode: Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard. Server Browser: Fixed bug causing bots to contribute to the player count. Steam Input: Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug. Steamworks API: GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed. VR: Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start. Steam will no longer occasionally reload itself when SteamVR closes |
| Steam Apr 28, 2025 Apr 29, 2025 |
General: Fixed installed DLC not being recognized by some games. Fixed Steam client window not setting maximized state correctly at startup. Disable spellcheck suggestions for CD-Key input fields. Increase timeout before Steam will consider a steamwebhelper process unresponsive to reduce spurious failures when launch time is longer than expected |
| Steam Apr 21, 2025 Apr 28, 2025 |
General: Fixed an issue where changes to notes could be lost when offline. Fixed an issue where only newly taken screenshots would appear in the screenshot list until client restart. Fixed game install dialog showing behind main client window when in small mode. Fixed refresh logon dialog sometimes showing behind main window when you need to provide your password and re-logon. Windows: Improved window snapping behavior to make it easier to pull windows off of edges once snapped. Fixed some cases in-game overlay would scale to a prior splash window size rather than game window size (will fix overlay in Avowed for some users). Steam Cloud: Fixed a condition which could cause Steam to launch a game before all files have been synchronized. Steam Input: Fixed a rare crash when multiple XInput DLLs are loaded by a game. |
| Steam Apr 2, 2025 Apr 2, 2025 |
General: Demos can now be installed and uninstalled remotely via your profile games list. When reconnecting to Steam (including when resuming from suspend), in game notifications will no longer appear for friends currently in a game. Fixed the Backup Game Files dialog sometimes failing to complete. Fixed an error on the Downloads page when a Free to Play game is removed during installation. Fixed Steam/WebHelper showing as querying location data on Windows 11. The Steam client does not request or track location, this was caused by steamwebhelper querying information about wireless interfaces on the computer which has been removed. Fixed text on the laptop low battery notification getting cut off in some languages. Fixed the refresh button on the server browser dialog needing to be scrolled into view. Fixed an issue where dropdown menus would sometimes fail to appear. Game Notes: Notes are now available on the web! You can find them on the games list. Select the "Games" option under your profile name, then find the new "My Notes" option on the "My Game Content" menu. They will be added to the Steam Mobile app in a future update. Added support for more clipboard formats when pasting inline images in to game notes. Fixed drag and drop for adding content to game notes and moving content around inside notes outside of the overlay. When the overlay notes window is resized, smaller sizes will now switch into a mode that toggles back and forth between showing the list of notes and showing an individual note. Fixed the link hover for some formatted links. Remote Play: Fixed streaming video in Monster Hunters Wilds. Game Recording: Fixed recording video in Monster Hunters Wilds. Fixed videos and screenshots copied to clipboard not pasting correctly in some programs. Library: Fixed an issue with attempting to visit the full game's store page and being directed to the demo's store page instead. Fixed missing default app icon in game list for apps t |
| Steam Dec 2 2024 Dec 6, 2024 |
General: Fixed some causes of rare crashes in Steam Client. Fixed game notes being reset sometimes when enabling/disabling spell checking. Fixed hardware video acceleration setting showing as enabled when GPU accelerated rendering in webviews is disabled (both must be enabled for hardware video acceleration to work). Game Recording: Added settings button to allow resetting the game recording folder to the default path. Fixed audio desync that occurs for some videos when played in Steam or Chrome browser. Fixed successive recording exports after the first one sometimes exporting the wrong clip. Fixed issue preventing audio capture by the steam overlay in some games on Windows. Fixed issue preventing Linux users with Nvidia cards from using their GPU to accelerate video encoding. Fixed issue causing some users to encounter failures while exporting video clips. Fixed bug which applied background recording retention interval to manual recordings. Fixed potential crash when exporting a clip to file when the machine has previously installed Nvidia GPU drivers but no longer has an Nvidia GPU. Remote Play: Fixed store and community features being disabled when streaming to a Mac. Fixed issue preventing Linux users with Nvidia cards from using their GPU to accelerate video encoding. Fixed a regression in audio capture for Remote Play Together. Steam Input: Fixed duplicate controllers showing up on the ROG Ally X. |
