Tag Archives: Steam

A mysterious ‘Shrek 5’ game has been appearing in random Steam libraries over the last year. As reported by Vice (opens in new tab), for the last year gamers have been finding a game called ‘Shrek 5’ mysteriously appear in their Steam library. To make things even weirder, it’s not …

Figuring out the best free Steam games is a tricky task. Valve’s industry-powering storefront is easily one of the best places for any PC gamer to find their next favourite game, but with so many new games coming out every day and a whole suite of charts to keep an …

The best Steam games span multiple genres. They transport us to fantastical worlds, undiscovered frontiers, outer space and back again, and are as pretty as they are nuanced and intuitive. In 2022, Valve’s digital storefront is brimming with games, which means it’s harder now than ever to sort the wheat …

The latest Steam Next Fest means there are now hundreds of free Steam demos ready to upend your gaming plans for the week. From now until Monday February 28, you’ll be able to try out upcoming games – games almost beyond counting – for free. Frankly, though, you’ll have to …

The Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022 is now live, with one week of savings (and free stickers) for savvy shoppers. The sale went live (opens in new tab) at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST / 6 pm GMT today, January 27, and is set to run until …

Oh look, it’s happened again! Valve has once again broken its own record for the most concurrent users recorded on Steam. The all-time peak now sits at 28,230,853 simultaneous players – an almost 10,000,000 increase from the long-standing record set in January 2018. The news was once again revealed by …

Steam’s kicked off with a bang in 2022, once again breaking its own concurrent user record, this time topping a staggering 27.9 million simultaneous users earlier today. As spotted by SteamDB (opens in new tab), it marks the digital platform’s highest ever concurrent peak – 27,942,036 to be precise – …

It’s happened again: Steam has set another new concurrent user record, this time clocking up a staggering 27,182,165 players earlier today. According to SteamDB (opens in new tab), of those 27.1 million users, 7.8 million were actively in-game and playing something – which is also a brand new record for …

Valve is reportedly banning all blockchain, crypto, and NFT games from Steam. The developer of first-person adventure game Age of Rust – which allows players to collect NFTs for completing in-game puzzles – went to Twitter to share its frustration at a rule change (opens in new tab) which now …