Update: Steam is currently operational again. After experiencing multiple outages this afternoon, the service appears to be stable for the moment.
Original report: Steam is experiencing downtime, and it’s not just a personal issue. Reports of outages surged around noon EDT today. While Valve’s store made a brief comeback at approximately 12:55 PM EDT, it has faced further issues, with accessibility problems reported again at 1:15 PM EDT.
Current State of Steam and Other Platforms
Interestingly, both Steam and the Switch eShop are facing difficulties coinciding with the highly anticipated release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. This unexpected chaos has not gone unnoticed.
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One indie developer humorously commented, “Sounds like I’ll be a millionaire soon,” as a Steam error caused wishlist numbers to skyrocket. Developers are momentarily celebrating this unexpected attention before Valve resolves the issue.
Understanding the Scope of the Downtime
While it’s not unusual for Steam to experience slowdowns during Valve’s regular Tuesday maintenance, today’s issues appear to extend well beyond typical fluctuations. Valve has not yet provided any official explanation for the ongoing outages or a timeline for a resolution. Other major gaming platforms, like Riot Games, have also reported disruptions due to recent DDOS attacks, which could potentially be linked to Steam’s current troubles. However, details remain scarce and unverified.
Steam is undeniably facing significant challenges. Accessing the web version of the Steam store often results in a blank white screen accompanied by an error message stating, “An error occurred while processing your request,” along with various reference numbers and Edgesuite URLs—hardly comforting for gamers eager to play.
The client version of the Steam store similarly displays a blank page. During a rare moment earlier today when the service was functional, I managed to log in, but even navigating to a game store page was painfully slow, and now the store won’t load at all. Multiple users, including colleagues from GamesRadar+, have echoed these difficulties.
Monitoring services like Downdetector and Steamstat.us report a range of access issues and user complaints. Notably, one source indicated, “There have been 1,728,000 page views on this site in the past hour, potentially signaling a problem with Steam.” Indeed, an issue seems evident.
As one developer described the stress of the last few months leading up to their launch, they felt like their project “was rejected at the finish line.” Despite a grueling development period, they managed to complete their horror game just three days before its release, only to see it achieve a remarkable 150,000 copies sold.