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Revised May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey finally breaks out discrete AMD cards: 9070 XT lags 5070 TI, 1.33% vs 1.73% but surprisingly closer than expected ·
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Revised May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey finally breaks out discrete AMD cards: 9070 XT lags 5070 TI, 1.33% vs 1.73% but surprisingly closer than expected

Navigate the Steam store with the latest on Valve’s AI rules, massive developer lawsuits, and the best new trial software.

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Brigandine Abyss demo is now available on PC Steam, Limited Edition pre-orders now live on PS5 and Switch 2 | RPG Site

This demo lets you check the early parts for 2 out of the 6 main story factions. A limited edition on PS5 and Switch 2 can be ordered now as well.

just now Kite Stenbuck and Mikhail Madnani
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Fields of Mistria exits early access and launches on August 5 for PC Steam | RPG Site

NPC Studio announces the final 1.0 release date for Fields of Mistria.

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Culdcept The First Steam demo now available | RPG Site

The Culdcept The First Steam demo lets you transfer save data to the full release next month.

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Silver Blade of Gods' End releases for PC via Steam on July 22 | RPG Site

This indie strategy RPG has been undergoing development by a 2-people team for around 7 years.

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Tracking: Valve opens Steam Controller reservations, could Steam Machine follow? - VideoCardz.com / GameNative adds Lossless Scaling (Multi) Frame Generation for Steam games on Android - VideoCardz.com

Valve opens Steam Controller reservations, could Steam Machine follow? - VideoCardz.com GameNative adds Lossless Scaling (Multi) Frame Generation for Steam games on Android - VideoCardz.com
+1 more Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files, modding may begin - VideoCardz.com
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Tracking: Valve won't let retailers stock physical Steam gift cards anymore because "scammers have adapted" to whatever security measures they've tried / Ukrainian-made Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City 2 finally has a release date, and you can play the first hour right now on Steam

Valve won't let retailers stock physical Steam gift cards anymore because "scammers have adapted" to whatever security measures they've tried Ukrainian-made Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City 2 finally has a release date, and you can play the first hour right now on Steam
+1 more The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer, Valve confirm as the pair join the Verified program

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r/Games · u/Tvilantini · 

Valve confirms that physical Steam Gift Cards are dead. Once the current stocks are sold through, they're done.

Valve confirms that physical Steam Gift Cards are dead. Once the current stocks are sold through, they're done.
r/pcgaming · u/D0NTEVENKNOWME · 

Steam will no longer be restocking physical gift cards at retailers due to scammers.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59#retailers
r/Steam · u/Worrissey · 

Gabe’s son will be racing in the 24hrs of Le Mans

Got the race program just this morning, was not expecting this lol
r/Steam · u/Top_Committee_8503 · 

Developer attacked over (learning from) AI - where to draw the line?

Clarification: Generative AI was not used to create the game (far as I'm aware) I think it's an overreaction. Whenever a certain segment of people hear "AI" at all their brains turn off and they go into attack mode. I've…
r/gamedeals · u/Gramis · 

[Steam] The Talos Principle 2 ($7.49/75% off)

[Steam] The Talos Principle 2 ($7.49/75% off)

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How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Members of our development team will personally participate in discussions on the Steam forums and in the Expeditions Discord server, gathering feedback and taking suggestions from the fans that will help inform how we focus our efforts as we get closer to finishing our game.”

Expeditions: Samurai announced for 2026 early access release on PC | RPG Site
Are you accessing its full potential?

The Steam Deck has an architectural secret that puts it significantly more secure than practically every other gaming handheld. It has the power of an immutable file system. The concept of an immutable file system is that the core operating system directories are entirely read-only. Valve locks down the operating system cores so that random app installs, script execution, or accidental user terminal blunders can never break or corrupt the boot files. There is an A/B partition safety net, too. SteamOS uses dual system partitions: Partition A and Partition B. When Valve pushes an OS update, it s

I stopped using my Steam Deck as just a handheld after discovering Desktop Mode
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