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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

The graph below depicts the number of Steam reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Steam Outage Chart 12/04/2025 20:40

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (62%)

    Sign in (62%)

  2. Online Play (20%)

    Online Play (20%)

  3. Glitches (13%)

    Glitches (13%)

  4. Game Crash (2%)

    Game Crash (2%)

  5. Matchmaking (2%)

    Matchmaking (2%)

  6. Hacking / Cheating (1%)

    Hacking / Cheating (1%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
BrazilCascavel Sign in
United StatesStone Mountain Sign in
United StatesPainesville Sign in
United StatesFort Wayne Sign in
BrazilSão Luís de Montes Belos Online Play
United StatesBatavia Online Play
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DatSantiago Santiago (@DatSantiago) reported

    @Steam Took 40 min and a slew of errors but I got my reservation finally.

  • THEBOSTONVERSE Shane Dwyer (@THEBOSTONVERSE) reported

    @Steam Guys I think the “too many purchases” error can expire after 30-40 min. Managed to snag one after getting that error for about that long.

  • JGelvar Jake Gelvar (@JGelvar) reported

    @Protostar @Steam I just got to a purchase screen after getting both the transaction and too many attempts errors. I just kept spamming continue on the enter your payment info screen and it eventually let me through? I got an email with my receipt at any rate. So maybe just keep hitting continue.

  • jdcrowley Josh Crowley {FILE MISSING: Blue_Checkmark.png} (@jdcrowley) reported

    @ItsElectric @Steam Yeah, I keep hitting it but it keeps giving me the "you've been trying to make a lot of purchases" error.

  • Azuukhar A'Zuuk'har the Wanderer ^~^ (@Azuukhar) reported

    @threatresearch @Finn_underscore @Steam Ya everything is broken over been unable to buy it cause errors

  • joelthegreat joelthegreat (@joelthegreat) reported

    @lookacyborg @Steam That error I get is an account wide even from my work VPN still stuck on it. Got to the review+purchase screen and now on a 'working' after hitting the YES LET ME PURCHASE THIS button. So now we wait.

  • SarahBlandyVO Sarah Blandy (@SarahBlandyVO) reported

    @Yeoden @Steam The site won't let me login, the account recovery system is broken, and I'll miss my ability to pay them $5 to even have the ability to give them hundreds later. Makes me sad that I can't even log into my account I've had for a long time to give them money. Ah well.

  • ShojoTea Lex, Queen of the Dorks (@ShojoTea) reported

    And then they solft lock me because their system crashed trying to process the transaction too many times. @Steam, fix your ****!

  • dallinwright01 Dallin Wright (@dallinwright01) reported

    @Steam Yo you fix the preorders yet by adding something as basic and simple as a captcha? It really isn't that hard to thwart bots.

  • LastHazzerd Hazzy🧼🍀🧼 (@LastHazzerd) reported

    @Steam which of course counts against me on purchase attempts and i'll eventually just get another error. maybe i'll just wait for the hardware to be on sale 2 years after it comes out. Assuming this doesn't go the way of the Steam Box and just gets killed off like a google project.

  • Gwydion_Wolf Gwydion_Wolf (@Gwydion_Wolf) reported

    Aaaaand got mine reserved. 🥳🥳🥳 That was a really weird error message though @Steam . I'm use to seeing time-out errors, or system buisy errors, but what was up with that one? Was it some new system you folks were trying out to counter the Scalper asshats? (1/2)

  • SwitchCornerYT SwitchCorner (@SwitchCornerYT) reported

    @NotWofford @Steam Nothing showing on my bank sadly! just the, too many purchases error

  • borkinborkiee borkiee (@borkinborkiee) reported

    @TechAddikt @Steam I got the same issue and put in a ticket to support. Was gonna give them $650 but guess not if I cant get one now lol.

  • JoeAAlonzo Joe Alonzo (@JoeAAlonzo) reported from Destin, Florida

    @Loliconica @Steam Same. I keep getting that and “there seems to be an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again”

  • awrymyth Michael Coelho (@awrymyth) reported

    @Steam An unexpected error has occurred. Your purchase has not been completed. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If you encounter this error repeatedly, please contact Steam Support. 43 minutes now.

  • cityeyes Kyle Telechan (@cityeyes) reported

    @niami @Steam Nope. Still not working for me.

  • EvolvrKent Kent Murray (@EvolvrKent) reported

    @cammyladd_ @Steam I wasted a whole afternoon on it, talking with mates, preparing etc…..then after all of that, I get sent through millions of error pages and **** messages. Yeah they can suck it!

  • mirosa812 Michelle Rosa (@mirosa812) reported

    @ErrickOnTheRift @Steam Just keep trying, even with that error. I got to the purchase page and just waiting it out

  • Strahdd Mike Pendergrass (@Strahdd) reported

    @Steam I was getting the too many purchase attempts error. But I kept on trying and my reservation finally went through.

  • pesodesigns pesodesigns (@pesodesigns) reported

    @SteamStatus @Steam Login too...

  • binarygrind BinaryGrind (@binarygrind) reported

    @madsphotos @CrayyZen @Steam You can work around the anticheat issue by installing Windows on it.

  • Clumsy_G Ji Jacob Jun (@Clumsy_G) reported

    @Steam went through PayPal, then error. Then, too many attempts error. then, it suddenly worked, but now stuck at confirmation screen with button saying, working. Keep trying.

  • gruz7777 Marvin (@gruz7777) reported

    @DonnieDarkoDevs @Steam When this happened, I got an email saying there was an error with my purchase

  • LordJher SwΔle Daddy J (@LordJher) reported

    @lbkz @Steam If you have an issue send them a package showing them how upset you are 😈 Steam HQ: Floor 14, 10400 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA

  • brokolja Kolja Hoof (@brokolja) reported

    @Steam Paypal checkout not working… aaaaaaarrrrrrgh 🙏

  • zeke_177 zeke177 (@zeke_177) reported

    @Steam Yo to all the people getting the "Too many purchases" error, keep trying. Mine eventually went through!!

  • pantsoptionalTV Mike Madden (@pantsoptionalTV) reported

    @Arclegger @Steam I got the same error on my day 1 account. Just refreshing passed it. It will eventually not **** itself and work.

  • mine0_ Henry Ennis (@mine0_) reported

    @Perry_Brashear @Steam well I got to the PayPal section and verified it and then it gave me a transaction error

  • MattKamen Matt Kamen (@MattKamen) reported

    @LiteMorgan @Steam Yeah, a lot of people are getting that error. I think the system is having *A DAY*...

  • zeke_177 zeke177 (@zeke_177) reported

    @LastHazzerd @Steam Just keep trying, I got mine and I was getting that error.