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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 02/16/2026 11:15

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (56%)

    Sign in (56%)

  2. Online Play (22%)

    Online Play (22%)

  3. Glitches (16%)

    Glitches (16%)

  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
FranceNancy Sign in
FranceCrépy-en-Valois Game Crash
FranceCrépy-en-Valois Online Play
FranceBrive-la-Gaillarde Online Play
United StatesJacksonville Sign in
AustraliaPerth Sign in
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Steam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • gamingnerd247 Strutted Bolt (@gamingnerd247) reported from Clearwater, Florida

    @Steam fix your **** sure

  • ragecage_rn Jon Bray (@ragecage_rn) reported

    @Steam Abysmal. Attempted to purchase and site keeps giving errors or says there are problems when I attempt to pay with the same info I’ve used to purchase games for years. Now says I’ve been attempting too much and has locked me out. Botched launch, yet again.

  • MikeKilli Michael Killi (@MikeKilli) reported

    @Steam can we get an update as to why everyone is getting the same error?

  • ex_gon Eddie (@ex_gon) reported

    @Steam Fix your website. Fix your mobile app.

  • FrankRo63654945 Frank Roberts (@FrankRo63654945) reported

    @Steam It is a joke. Im trying to buy steam 5 times since that this is opened and ALWAYS error when i want to buy and the Visa is working perfectly. This is a fraud 😒

  • Rattlecake_Inc Rattlecake_inc (@Rattlecake_Inc) reported

    @Steam Having loads of trouble getting through the payment phase

  • Xavier1415 Xavier1415 (@Xavier1415) reported

    @Steam Bruh fix this

  • Aesasaurus Aesa Bo-baesa (@Aesasaurus) reported

    @KieranTully @KateNicolson @Steam if it's not working for them it's not going to work for you lmfao

  • drv687 gurlgamer05 (@drv687) reported

    @jdwitherspoon @Steam Same. I was getting that but now I’m getting a payment error despite having money on my Steam account

  • oupreppygirl Rebecca B (@oupreppygirl) reported

    @Steam how about you take a note from beauty companies and queue your site...so people can't all get on at the same time, and when they do get on, they can actually preorder. Errors for "too many purchases in a short time" when your system won't push payments through......

  • Gerby_D Gerberian (@Gerby_D) reported

    @GarethTheNerd @gc_marcelli @Steam I got to many purchases error

  • Boldbrute Kody Wayman (@Boldbrute) reported

    @RukiTanuki @Steam Same. Been trying since 10am just to get this stupid error. Awesome storefront guys, glad Steam can't handle traffic.

  • TheEagleitarian Toss A Coin To Your Eagle 🦅 (@TheEagleitarian) reported

    @GameOverIRL @Steam I am please for you mate but like many others despite getting it in my cart immediately getting to my cart and then getting through payment has been a wall of errors, quite why companies are never ready for the volume they know is coming is beyond me.

  • Nostalzilla NostalZilla (@Nostalzilla) reported

    @jdwitherspoon @Steam I got in pretty quick, my buddy also had issues

  • duFFleBaG_rAn duFFleBaG_rAn 🧳 (@duFFleBaG_rAn) reported

    @Steam Fix the site. Won’t let people checkout. Smh.

  • pierdaponte Pier DaPonte (@pierdaponte) reported

    Cool @Steam, thanks for locking me out of reserving a Steam Deck because your site is broken and won't let me submit payment- then citing me that I've tried to pay too many times. Tf?

  • nxl443 Havoc (@nxl443) reported

    @faerly_mad @Steam Check your charges. Was giving me same error but went through

  • s_laplante6791 Sean LaPlante (@s_laplante6791) reported

    @LuckyLukse @Steam Same issue here.

  • TheBigBoss10 JAXMES (@TheBigBoss10) reported

    @Steam We were unable to service your request. Please try again later. E502 L3.... waiting since 10 am and this is what i get...

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

    Man, **** @Steam. Spent 5 minutes trying to check out for my Steam Deck reservation and now I'm getting an error saying "you've attempted too many purchases renectly"

  • ZuccTheAlien ZuccTheAlien (@ZuccTheAlien) reported

    @Steam It just keeps saying working but won’t go through and I keep getting an error that servers are down lol am I safe if it’s pending

  • DianaHargus Diana Hargus (@DianaHargus) reported

    @RukiTanuki @Steam Same! Definitely a broken/overloaded purchasing system 😢💔

  • EhrenW Ehren (@EhrenW) reported

    @Steam My preorder has been torpedoed: “It looks like you’ve been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours”. Obviously I’ve been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours due to the issues with the purchase workflow!

  • TheOuterOnes Devin Middleton (@TheOuterOnes) reported

    @KyanosTiger @RottyNTeaks @Steam That sucks. I had $7.99 on my account and didn't have an issue. I thought I did at first but I was just being impatient I guess.

  • Quent1n Quentin (@Quent1n) reported

    @Protostar @Steam Same issue here, oh well it will have to wait xD

  • EmilyNSwanson emily (@EmilyNSwanson) reported

    @Steam trying to reserve a Steam Deck but the site kept erroring out and now I'm getting the "It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases..." error. WTF? How can I resolve?

  • gamingnerd247 Strutted Bolt (@gamingnerd247) reported from Clearwater, Florida

    @Steam Fix your **** site.

  • N3rdGuy Debatman (@N3rdGuy) 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. Fix this bullshit now. you knew this **** would happen.

  • BenjaminMorrise Benjamin Morrise (@BenjaminMorrise) reported

    @Steam Same issues as everyone else. This is just terrible. How does this happen? Do you all need someone who understands how to handle the load? Hire better people.

  • seouIthirsty nesser ⊙♡⊙ (@seouIthirsty) reported

    @Steam your website has been broken since 1 pm