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The Steam conversation is split between hardware/account support chatter (Steam Deck OLED price changes, Steam Controller posts, troubleshooting/threads) and game/storefront updates (free-to-keep demo, indie and demo releases). There’s also some dissatisfaction about third-party services and comparisons to past “Steam Machine” predictions and Steam UI history.

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Valve Corporation
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Free client; per-title purchases
Monthly users
132 million MAU
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Key Takeaway Steam users are actively discussing both hardware pricing/support issues and ongoing Steam releases or promos, with some friction over how third-party services fit into Steam.
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Steam Deck OLED pricing Steam support & troubleshooting Storefront deals & releases Steam platform complaints
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Steam users are actively discussing both hardware pricing/support issues and ongoing Steam releases or promos, with some friction over how third-party services fit into Steam.

The Steam conversation is split between hardware/account support chatter (Steam Deck OLED price changes, Steam Controller posts, troubleshooting/threads) and game/storefront updates (free-to-keep demo, indie and demo releases). There’s also some dissatisfaction about third-party services and comparisons to past “Steam Machine” predictions and Steam UI history.

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Steam & Clicks
$4.99 30d Low
$4.99$4.99May 26Jun 1
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Valve Steam Controller
$99.00 30d Low
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Steam Controller
$99.00 30d Low
$99.00$99.00May 19May 31
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Steam Deck
$399.00
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Steam Deck
$399.00
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Steam Deck OLED
$549.00
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Briefing Findings · Steam Deck OLED pricing

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Region/currency context Steam Deck OLED gets another price increase in Asia

What to Watch

  • Watch for additional regional price updates to Steam Deck OLED in Asia and check how the 1TB pricing changes. r/pcgaming

What Changed

  • Gravity Circuit is currently free to own on Steam. It's a great Mega Man-style platformer and was a lot of fun on the Steam Deck! r/SteamDeck
  • Steam deck pub session r/SteamDeck
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Tracking: Patient gamers unite, as 25% of you only buy your games during Steam sales / Steam Week in Review: 4 Backrooms games released on Steam last week, joining a list of over 500 cash-ins, parodies and legitimate contenders

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What is the highest number of hours you have in any given game, according to Steam?

This is the first one I wanted to look up, because I'm sure everyone's like "What's my embarrassing [number]?". Well, maybe not everyone has this reaction. I'm having this reaction because my most played game is Dota 2 by magnitudes. I'll tell you my number. Hours played, 2,101. My second-place game is Divinity: Original Sin 2, at only 241. I will say, though, that I played a lot of Overwatch before it was on Steam. And Final Fantasy 11, when I was a teenager, I was a seriously hardcore player of that game. I started playing [Dota 2] in my early relationship with my now-husband, who also loves

There's one game Don't Nod narrative designer Nina Freeman won't ever uninstall from her PC, because it's banned on Steam: 'It's tragic, because everyone should play this game'
What was the previous game you played, and is it still installed?

So I've been playing Angeline Era on Steam Deck, and it's beautiful on Steam Deck … the last game I finished on the Steam Deck was Scarlet Hollow, and it is still installed. It's a visual novel by Black Tabby Games, the incredible devs behind Slay the Princess. I have to say that Scarlet Hollow is a masterpiece, and as a narrative designer, it's the kind of game that I feel very nerdy about because it definitely has the most complex branching structure I've maybe ever played in a game. I honestly can't think of anything that compares to it, except for maybe Christine Love's work. [It's] the ki

There's one game Don't Nod narrative designer Nina Freeman won't ever uninstall from her PC, because it's banned on Steam: 'It's tragic, because everyone should play this game'
What game will you never, ever uninstall?

Devotion, by Red Candle Games. The backstory is what people always say first, but before I say it, it is one of my probably top five favourite games of all time. One of the best horror games ever made, in my opinion. It's a game about a father, a family unit with a focus on the father and his relationship with his daughter, who is ill, and the family struggle that happens around this situation and his relationship to religion. It's so good, but the big-real life story of this game is that, when it came out, it was swiftly banned on Steam because there was a meme in it, that evidently was shipp

There's one game Don't Nod narrative designer Nina Freeman won't ever uninstall from her PC, because it's banned on Steam: 'It's tragic, because everyone should play this game'
Why was the Switch Deck price hike so steep?

In Brief: Valve has hiked the price of its Steam Deck by over 40%. The 512GB OLED model is now $789/€779/ £669, and the 1TB model will cost $949/€919/£779. Previously, the 512GB OLED model was $549/£479, with the 1TB model coming in at $649/£569. What You Need To Know: Valve said in a statement: “Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole.”

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