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Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation offering digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming and social networking services. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. Available on Window, Mac OS and Playstation.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Steam Outage Chart 02/28/2026 09:10

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (55%)

    Sign in (55%)

  2. Online Play (23%)

    Online Play (23%)

  3. Glitches (17%)

    Glitches (17%)

  4. Game Crash (3%)

    Game Crash (3%)

  5. Matchmaking (2%)

    Matchmaking (2%)

  6. Hacking / Cheating (%)

    Hacking / Cheating (%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
FinlandHelsinki Sign in
United StatesBremerton Game Crash
SwitzerlandVevey Sign in
United KingdomRotherham Sign in
FranceSaint-Marcel Online Play
FranceCraon Matchmaking
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • FlareGunDebate Slow Hadoken (@FlareGunDebate) reported

    @Protostar @Steam I waited 5 minutes gets rid of the "too many attempts" error, then tried to hook up PayPal. I got an error about failing to connect with PayPal 4 or 5 times but on the last attempt it went though.

  • OhHellYeah617 Celtics (@OhHellYeah617) reported

    @SteamStatus @Steam Can't login into steam

  • hungchad HangingChad (@hungchad) reported

    @Steam I’m getting all sorts of errors trying to reserve mine … here’s the newest one “Reservation Servers are busy, please try again”. Any advice on how to reserve one of these??

  • Cnithster Michael S. Andersen (@Cnithster) reported

    @Steam Jesus that was a hot mess of an experience. Got many error messages but finally got to pay. Then it said my bank had blocked the transaction (even though it hadn't) and when I tried to buy it once again, it said I already owned it and the payment had gone through. Phew!

  • ink711247 iønk (@ink711247) reported

    @Steam Touch pads are in a bad position. But FINALLY now i can play my games cozily on the couch instead of sitting up on my desk (i have back problems haha)

  • HackyScientress Jenny 🏳️‍⚧️ | @hackyscientress@chaos.social (@HackyScientress) reported

    Well looks like the over 1h delay cause by the errors means that I won't get mine in Dezember. It now says in my account Q1 2022. Time will tell how many months later I will get mine because of the 1h and 20min delay cause by @steam's ****** DOS protection.

  • ArdvarkMaster ArdvarkMaster (@ArdvarkMaster) reported

    @Steam My only question is why did u have such an incredibly screwed up process 4 taking preorders? An error filled system that eventually flags my attempts 2 order as "too many attempts to purchase, why don't you wait a while". When I eventually get back 2 my cart, I'll b removing it

  • NikoSkipz nikoskipz @ SHREKMIND DLC (@NikoSkipz) reported

    @aadamadeola @Steam i removed it from my cart, since i'm gonna be getting a link to purchase it again, it might give me an error cause i already had one in my cart. It's still showing up in my steam account and bank account so i should be good. Will update here when i get the email. Thanks!

  • realDP5 realDP (@realDP5) reported

    @StephenShutters @Steam Only fifteen minutes? Took me an hour and a half of retrying and errors

  • zombiefaaace Matthew D'Zombie (@zombiefaaace) reported

    @justinkatzmedia @Steam I went to lunch, came back, tried again, took me through the entire PayPal process to pay, finished, got back to Steam, errored out immediately, now stuck in the error loop again, can't complete transaction, glad to know someone got one

  • aadamadeola damse (@aadamadeola) reported

    @NikoSkipz @Steam Wait a bit and they will send you an email saying there was an error in the transaction and they will tell you to try again. They will attach a link to that email to try again and you should do that immediately and it should go through. Mine was pending and It just went through

  • quidditys_shore Stuart Galloway (@quidditys_shore) reported

    @Steam Been trying for hours now! I've got in my basket but I've had 3 PayPal payments & 2 credit card ones crash after saying working. Now for the last hour I get the too many attempts! Yes! Because your site is crashing! Just waited 25 mins but still the say.

  • IGetHeat LEGIT Ant 🐜#5693 (@IGetHeat) reported

    @Steam It would be amazing if your site didn't crash when attempting to order.

  • Bearded_Mojo Bearded Mojo (@Bearded_Mojo) reported

    @javaKrypt @Steam Check the reservation page. I couldn't get mine until about 45min after the reservations went live. Shows Q2 2022 (512), my buddy got no errors and it's saying Q1 2022.

  • BattleProfessor The Battle Professor (@BattleProfessor) reported

    Due to this whole issue with @Steam and there prejudice to youth, I have to ask: at what age did you make your Steam account?

  • OhHellYeah617 Celtics (@OhHellYeah617) reported

    @Steam Can't login into steam

  • gaming_espacio hexspacio (@gaming_espacio) reported

    @Steam hey uh i have a problem with your website

  • itsterriberri itsterriberri (@itsterriberri) reported

    @SteamStatus @Steam Still experiencing crashes / lag now and then.

  • der_Experte dX (@der_Experte) reported

    @Steam "It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again." It's been over 2hrs of nothing but errors, getting stuck and that message. Meanwhile I'm seeing people ordering theirs left and right. Imma lie down now.

  • FlareGunDebate Slow Hadoken (@FlareGunDebate) reported

    @Steam If you get this error wait 5 minutes before trying again. If PayPal doesn't shake hands with Steam. The start the whole process over again. Took me 4 or 5 tries like this.

  • denishennessy Denis Hennessy (@denishennessy) reported

    In 2021, registering interest in a future product is a solved problem. Could someone tell @Steam

  • BrandonRTAdams brandon adams (@BrandonRTAdams) reported

    @SteamStatus @Steam Still having issues with it

  • RazorrazorRedd RazorRedd (@RazorrazorRedd) reported

    @lacecicle @Steam Yep I'm getting the same problem!!!

  • GaudenTertius Tertius_Gauden (@GaudenTertius) reported

    @downrightdpad @Steam Hahaha. I can by an over 200GB SD card for <$50. Hardly even a problem because I had to do the same exact thing for the Switch. If the joy cons on this don't go to **** within 30 hours of playtime, money well spent.

  • angel220687 angel220687 (@angel220687) reported

    @Steam I managed to get one after a long list of errors, was there dead on 6pm GMT to reserve, loaded, crashed then wouldn’t load, kept trying finally got there but delivery expected Q1 2022 slightly disappointing as I was hoping for christmas delivery, good luck to everyone else.

  • FlareGunDebate Slow Hadoken (@FlareGunDebate) reported

    @Steam If you get this "too many attempts" error wait 5 minutes before trying again. If you get past this error but PayPal doesn't shake hands with Steam then start the whole process over again. Took me 4 or 5 tries doing this before my payment was processed.

  • fuzzles4lyfe fuzzles … proud citizen of CHAMPA BAY! (@fuzzles4lyfe) reported

    @jdcrowley @ItsElectric @Steam Try it a couple times. I had the same issue.

  • FoxSalt1 FoxSalt (@FoxSalt1) reported

    @Steam @valvesoftware Why this is important, and problematic.. while that error continues to persist, and other's may be able to get their orders locked in. It pushes people like myself further down the list and a longer wait for the device. To the point, you might as well wait for a full launch

  • King_Of_Bunnies Conor (@King_Of_Bunnies) reported

    @Williamap123 @Steam I got it. It gave me the error, but it worked. Check your e-mail just in case.

  • Luigiyking2 Luigiymario2 🍻 (@Luigiyking2) reported

    @Steam god dammit steam, not only are you giving issues on the website now the freaking steam app won't boot giving "Network Error" anywhere