Steam Down – Global outage hits PC’s most popular gaming platform

Steam down for almost two hours, impacting PC gamers across the globe

Update – Steam appears to have returned to normal following today’s outage. Hopefully it lasts this time.

Steam is down. PC’s largest gaming platform has been hit with a major outage, with many users suspecting a DDOS attack on the platform. Downdetector has seen a major increase in outage reports for Valve’s Steam platform, with several spikes in reports happening today.

The largest spoke in the outage reports started at around 5 PM BST and tailed off at 7 PM BST. During this time, many users were unable to log in to Steam or use the Steam store. Gamers also reported being able to play games like Counter-Strike and other popular multiplayer titles. This outage impacted both the Steam client and website, with many gamers reporting slow or no connections.

(Steam outage reports on Down Detector – October 7th 2025)

Currently, the cause of Steam’s outage is unknown. The issue appears to have impacted PC gamers globally. Valve has not commented on the outage.

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