Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Desktop Mode

• The overlay tabbed browser will now wait until the overlay has been activated for the first time before restoring saved tabs.
  
• Added an option to In Game settings that allows toggling whether overlay browser tabs will be restored when starting a game.

Steam Input

• Reduced lag when switching between pages in the "Edit Layout" view for configurations with large numbers of action sets/layers/mode-shifts

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 19th

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Steam Overlay

• The overlay tabbed browser will now wait until the overlay has been activated for the first time before restoring saved tabs.
  
• Added an option to In Game settings that allows toggling whether overlay browser tabs will be restored when starting a game.

Steam Input

• Reduced lag when switching between pages in the "Edit Layout" view for configurations with large numbers of action sets/layers/mode-shifts

macOS

• Fixed keyboard shortcuts not working in store Paypal web view.

Steam Client Beta - August 19th

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Fixed a case where non-steam games could disappear from the library.

Library

• Fixed some screenshot thumbnails on the activity feed not being properly obscured when marked as spoiler

Desktop Mode

• Fixed windows being able to set minimum sizes larger than their display dimensions.
  
• Possible fix for a case where the On-Screen Keyboard could break controller input in games using the desktop overlay.

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 17th

Steam Next Fest: June Edition had the most visitors (11.4 million!) of any other Next Fest so far, and there were hundreds of free demos available to play throughout the fest.

We thought we'd surface a list of the most played (by unique players) during the week of the event itself. Some of these still have their demos up (or recently reactivated for the week!) and all are available to wishlist ahead of their official launch date.

Take a look through the 50 most-played demos from Steam Next Fest: June Edition!

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Added playing a sound when displaying a notification toast in desktop mode
  
• In Big Picture mode, added playing a sound to some notification toasts where it was previously missing
  
• Fixed links not working in account creation and pre-login help dialogs
  
• Fixed windows sometimes not updating appearance when clicking maximize button

In-Game Overlay

• Fixed issue where viewing a user's profile was not working in some older games (e.g Left 4 Dead 2)
  
• Fixed issue where the overlay was not responding to mouse input when their was a controller configuration loaded that included virtual menus
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Invite Friend to Game" dialog didn't work while in a Steam group voice chat channel

Friends & Chat

• Fixed minimize/maximize buttons not working for chat windows created minimized

Linux

• Add a setting to improve compatibility with window managers that send an unfocus event before every pointer click event, e.g. openbox. This setting can be found in "Settings->Interface->Enable context menu focus compatibility mode". Enabling this setting will fix dropdown menus being unclickable on these window managers.
  
• Restrict a workaround that prevents a crash on Nvidia GPUs to only activate when we detect an Nvidia GPU. Side-effects for this workaround include window flashing and focus stealing when a steam window is closed, which should no longer affect Intel/AMD users.

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed a hang when resuming from sleep.

Desktop Mode

• Improved responsivity of showing systray menu
  
• Fixed chat window not being raised when clicking a chat notification while docked mode is enabled
  
• Fixed persona name in top bar occasionally displaying incorrectly if it started with #.
  
• Fixed rare crash when displaying some tooltips.
  
• Fixed some web pages being viewable in tabbed browser even if Family View should have restricted that content.
  
• Properly show an error when failing to load existing awards given when showing the award dialog for user generated content, reviews, discussion posts, and comments.

Steam Input

• Fix bug where configurations could fail to get deleted
  
• Fix bug where configurations could disappear from the configuration browser after deleting a different configuration

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Improved responsivity of showing systray menu
  
• Fixed Windows virtual keyboard sometimes not working in library when using touch input
  
• Fixed persona name in top bar occasionally displaying incorrectly if it started with #.
  
• Properly show an error when failing to load existing awards given when showing the award dialog for user generated content, reviews, discussion posts, and comments.
  
• Fixed rare crash when displaying some tooltips.
  
• Fixed some web pages being viewable in tabbed browser even if Family View should have restricted that content.

Friends & Chat

• Fixed chat window not being raised when clicking a chat notification while docked mode is enabled

macOS

• Fix intermittent crash and reload of client windows when closing a window or menu

Steam Input

• Fix bug where configurations could fail to get deleted
  
• Fix bug where configurations could disappear from the configuration browser after deleting a different configuration

Join us in celebrating games of all genres in the Steam Summer Sale, with two full weeks of discounts and all sorts of fun. Take a peek at the official trailer above, or just dive in now -- the sale runs until July 13th at 10am PT.

We're also excited to bring Steam Deck into the celebration as well! From now until the end of the Steam Summer Sale (July 13th at 10am PT) you can purchase a Steam Deck for up to 20% off. We've even put together a list of the top 100 most-played games on Steam Deck this year so far, many of which are participating in the Summer Sale.

Get into the summer gaming spirit (even if you're currently in the middle of winter where you are!) with deals and all sorts of fun stuff, from stickers to trading cards, badges, and more:

• Each day of the sale brings you another free sticker to claim.
  
• Look for the new Summer seasonal badge in the Points Shop
  
• Two brand new Artist profiles
  
• Plus opportunities to earn Summer Sale trading cards to level up your Summer Sale badge!

Enjoy these two weeks of gaming fun! Get your shopping started on the front page of the Steam store now.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Small organization and clarity changes to notifications settings.
  
• Fixed URL bar in popup/overlay browser sometimes being out of date.
  
• Added battery indicator to the desktop overlay when running on laptop or handheld device with battery
  
• Fixed issue that could cause an error when entering a valid Steam Guard code.
  
• Fixed rare achievement animation not appearing when Steam was not focused or hovered instead of just pausing.
  
• Fixed not being able to type into some browser views if using touch input.

Screenshots Manager

• Privacy dropdown selector for local screenshots will now remember the last selection.
  
• Clicking the large image in the right panel will now open a larger popup of the screenshot.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed wrong auto display scale being chosen for wide displays
  
• Fixed some views being the wrong size on macOS

Linux

• Fix incorrectly spawning a file chooser instead of a directory chooser on systems with xdg-desktop-portal FileChooser version 2.
  
• Fix a case where the overlay could have dpi scaling applied twice.
  
• Fix login window having the wrong dimensions when dpi scaling is enabled.
  
• Fix a case where menus could get clipped if dpi scaling is enabled.
  
• Fix a case where disabling dpi scaling via settings wouldn't have any effect.