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Epic Dunks On Steam With Vibe-Coded Storefront And Gets Roasted: ‘This Launcher Is So F*cking Vibeslopped Its Funny’

The Fortnite maker is promoting faster response times

By Ethan Gach Published October 14, 2026

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Garry’s Mod Creator Says He’s ‘Ashamed’ And ‘Embarrassed’ By The Response To His Latest Project: ‘I’ve Let Everybody Down’

s&box is in a bit of a pickle, but Newman has plans to turn the game around

By John Walker Published October 14, 2026

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Steam Smashes Its Player Records, With Over 43 Million Concurrent Users In October

It also broke the record for the number of players in-game by another half a million

By John Walker Published October 12, 2026

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Developer Goes Into Debt Spending $1,000 A Day To Keep Steam Demo For AI-Fueled Driving Sim Going

Hoping to launch next year, Teach My Little Sister How To Drive is prematurely sending its creators into the red over exhaustive token use

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

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Strip Mahjong Game Producer Talks About Being ‘Hopelessly Devoted To Those Girls’ And ‘Left Penniless’ As Teen After Sequel Tops Japanese Steam Charts

One producer shares how he sought to relive his childhood camaraderie and 'cross the line' with sexy mahjong

By Alicia Haddick Published October 6, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Valve Will Make $20 Billion This Year Via Steam, And It Owes Developers Big-Time

There are so many ways Steam could work better for the people that generate the profit

By John Walker Published October 6, 2026

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Fall 2026 Steam Sale Features So Many Great Games For $15 Or Less

Valve's annual sales event is back and offering up big deals on games like XCOM 2, Minecraft Dungeons, Grand Theft Auto V, and Total War: Warhammer

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 1, 2026

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Graveyard Keeper 2 Takes The Best Part Of Stardew Valley And Somehow Makes It Much, Much Worse

Ocarina of Time's Navi has some new competition for the title of most annoying NPC in a video game; the entire cast of Graveyard Keeper 2

By Lewis Parker Published October 1, 2026

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The Witcher 3 Remastered Just Broke A Steam Record As People Rush Back To Play A New And Improved Version Of One Of The Best RPGs Ever

It's good to be back

By Ethan Gach Published September 29, 2026

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Steam Hit Gets Attacked By Malware Twice In One Year: ‘It’s Not Looking Good’

The malicious code can apparently wipe people's personal data

By Ethan Gach Published September 22, 2026

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The Proliferation Of Copycats On Steam Makes Discovering Original Games Like Finding A Needle In A Haystack

Steam has a real problem on its hands, and it's only going to get worse

By Amelia Zollner Published September 17, 2026

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Endless Legend 2 Dev Reflects On How Early Access Has Changed Nearly 15 Years Later: ‘People Can Be A Bit Unforgiving’

The 4x strategy game is hitting 1.0 on Steam

By Ethan Gach Published September 16, 2026

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Steam Mischaracterizing Indie Game As Porn Works Out In The End

'I hope to never have to go through anything like this ever again,' said Wadjet Eye Games founder Dave Gilbert

By Ash Parrish Published September 15, 2026

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Steam’s New Hit Shooter Has Players Switching Teams In The Middle Of Matches To Cheat And Troll

Is that teammate in Wardogs fixing a wall or actually just opening up a hole to let the enemy in...

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 15, 2026

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I Tested Valve’s New $1,000+ VR Headset And I Have No Idea Who It’s For In 2026

The Steam Frame is cool and has some good ideas, but it's hard to recommend it

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 14, 2026

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Steam’s Latest Super Hit Is A Massive 100-Player Warzone Simulator Fueled By Cash That Has Me Hooked

Wardogs is a slower, bigger and in many ways better Battlefield-like military shooter that won't appeal to everyone

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 11, 2026

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Steam Users Could Soon Be Free From The Tyranny Of Ubisoft’s Hated Connect Launcher [Updated]

Remember the days when you could just double-click an icon on your desktop?

By John Walker Published September 10, 2026

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I Manufactured 100,000 Rubber Ducks And Tanked My Framerate In A Bid To Destroy Capitalism

Project P.I.T.T. let me try to feed thousands of rubber ducks to a giant maw at once. The framerate issues are probably my fault.

By Lewis Parker Published September 8, 2026

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Counter-Strike 2′s ‘Slurs Tracking’ Leaderboard Has Been Turned Into A Competition As Valve Does Nothing [Update: Valve Has Done Something]

CS2 Tracker's 'Slur Tracking' detection feature has only emboldened homophobes and racists, who are now competing to reach the top of Counter-Strike 2's slur-related leaderboards

By Lewis Parker Published September 4, 2026

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Cult Steam Hit Fortune’s Run Might Be Cancelled After Developer Loses Control Over The Game

A complex situation with accusations of abuse has left the project in a very precarious position

By John Walker Published September 4, 2026