Steam Outage Map
The map below depicts the most recent cities worldwide where Steam users have reported problems and outages. If you are having an issue with Steam, make sure to submit a report below
The heatmap above shows where the most recent user-submitted and social media reports are geographically clustered. The density of these reports is depicted by the color scale as shown below.
Steam users affected:
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Most Affected Locations
Outage reports and issues in the past 15 days originated from:
| Location | Reports |
|---|---|
| Paris, Île-de-France | 13 |
| Limeil-Brévannes, Île-de-France | 1 |
| Angeot, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1 |
| Bucaramanga, Santander | 1 |
| Fréjus, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 2 |
| Beauvais, Hauts-de-France | 1 |
| Strasbourg, ACAL | 3 |
| Denain, Hauts-de-France | 1 |
| Townsville, QLD | 1 |
| Vevey, VD | 1 |
| Bourges, Centre | 2 |
| Bayeux, Normandy | 1 |
| Montpellier, Occitanie | 2 |
| Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1 |
| Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 2 |
| Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 3 |
| Toronto, ON | 2 |
| José María Ezeiza, BA | 1 |
| Aguascalientes, AGU | 1 |
| Vijayawada, AP | 1 |
| Cherbourg-Octeville, Normandy | 1 |
| Lille, Hauts-de-France | 1 |
| Varilhes, Occitanie | 1 |
| Mozzo, Lombardy | 1 |
| Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France | 2 |
| Toluca, MEX | 1 |
| Campinas, SP | 3 |
| Cavaillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1 |
| Souastre, Hauts-de-France | 1 |
| Parthenay, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 1 |
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Steam Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Raion 🏳️🌈 (Busy Bee Mode) (@MattWilliamson9) reported@Zoroarts @Steam ....no? Look I'm sorry there are *** holes out there doing this to your game, but that doesn't mean the refund policy is the problem, it's just dumb asses abusing the refund policy (which is against T&C). When someone causes a car crash in their BMW, you don't blame the BMW?
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Willem (@willemt1981) reported@GamingCentral26 The subscription isn't the issue. It's ownership and recovery. Digital libraries only work if verified owners can regain access after a compromise. @Steam has shown this is possible for years.
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Olex (Solo gamedev Diablo-like) (@OlexGameDev) reported@gfodor @Zoroarts @Steam If you try to fix that you will break something else far worse. It is better that few play the refund game than get in the way of most customers. Welcome to retail.
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Gærsstapa (@gaersstapa) reported@Jeffrey28627067 @Zoroarts @Steam I don't hate them, at no point have I expressed that view. My view is very simple- if you are a dev, and you use steam KNOWING it has a 2 hour refund window, and you make a game less than 2 hours, and you get refunds; THATS YOUR FAULT. You designed it that way and now you have fallen foul of the systems at play. To then request the entire system, that has until this point worked quite well for everybody, be overhauled- is wild. I think the 2 hour window for refunds is good, it allows you breathing space if there are any technical issues with the game, it allows you to do some troubleshooting before refunding, it allows you to do a tutorial and get out into the main game usually, and figure out if its something you want to do.
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DracaBro ✝️☦️ (@DracaBro) reported@Zoroarts @nieyter19 @Steam Dude, they don't like when someone is greedy. Some of these folks were going to give your game a try and give an honest review, these are folks doing the only thing they can do, to make sure others realize you messed up and didn't make a good game, you made a meh game not a good game. NOW there is still a chance for the game to become GOOD, but after hearing about the $5 DLCs, I doubt that is possible. Now if you change the price of the DLCs possibly maybe people will change their minds. Anyways I'm done dealing with this terrible hot take you decided was a great idea, and has now brought down your dev carrier. When you get a good review, just be happy to have it; don't complain about it. "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" as they say. That review is now a negative review just so yea know, because you took this path. So, you now have to make up for what you've done, that means making the games better; I suggest taking pointers from other games similar to it. Anyways, I wasted too much time with this stupidity, I have a server to set up, and events to prepare for. Hopefully you fix this situation and accept that Steam has abuse policies in place, and if you want those policies to work in your favor, make better games.
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Yawen (@YawenCh69) reported@Jess_TheVampire @Zoroarts @Steam 604,775 a year. Money isn’t a problem. Can you guys not make up any other argument? You guys are genuinely coping
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Yuushia (@vongacayan) reported@Steam STOP BEING *** AND LET ME LOGIN TO MY ACCOUNT WITH THE PC I'VE BEEN USING FOR A YEAR NOW THIS STEAM GUARD THING IS MORE LIKE A STEAM JAIL
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Toe (@xQtiee) reported@Zoroarts @Steam if your game is only worth 1 hour of playtime it deserves to get refunded. Make your game better so people want to invest more time and your problem goes away automatically.
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N'Tsuki Tia (@NTsuki_Tia) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Look, I undertand how it's a problem for you, and a seriously one, but, don't be that person, is not a nice posture to take. Steam refunds used to allow a longer time, them were reduced to 4 hours, and now 2, it sucks people still being able to abuse that, but many games (1/2)
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Xenos (Ambassador Of Indie Games) (@WrenchOfChaos) reported@PotatoCrispDip @Steam I agree that's on them for submitting a short game and acting surprised when they happened, you really just shouldn't submit a short game to Steam in it's current state if you don't want returns, but that doesn't mean it's still a problem that Steam should (and can) fix.
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Foot Lettuce (@FootLettusplay) reported@Steam put a disc drive in the next steam machine??? I guarantee the games that make the money would have no issues releasing physical.
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Ric Sin (@Sinric23) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Your direct competitors and peers specifically target the post two hour framing. This isn’t a you nor a player problem at all. Ashes of creation deliberately rug pulled as well as tons of game media. Make a great game.. let em refund.. make more content.. build your brand. Be the difference not saying players should lose autonomy or you sell off the entire gaming community to the filth that has been delivering predatory content in greater and greater measure. Don’t blame steam either .. they are about the only vector creating a legit space for gamers. So.. keep making games. You made 55k people interact, make another game.. get more. Stop trying to turn entire systems into harvest mechanisms the ruin the entire culture and economy.
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Indieanos Gaming (@Indieanos) reportedA serious issue especially for indie developers that @Steam needs to take seriously into consideration. If the player finishes the game, should he have the right to refund it? On the other hand, if this change is made and the game is short on purpose, the player is not protected.
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Cytlan (@cytlan) reported@Zoroarts @Steam Sounds like you need to make longer games my dude. My suggestion, that's appropriate for your level of creativity: Have 4 arbitrary pauses in the game that each requires at least 30 minutes to pass. Problem solved.
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AJ 🐦 aka SuperSaiyan4 (@OmegaSaiyanX) reportedI have gone many years (more than 3yrs) not going on my @Steam account and you know what? I never lost any game or service that I had paid for. They are still there! Eat that @Sony @PlayStation