Valve has improved the search on Steam. New filters have been added to it, including a ban on displaying games already known to the user.
Information about this appeared on the Steam blog. Here’s what has changed in the store:
- There is a filter for price tags and discounts. The user can set a search for discounted games (this is especially convenient during sales), as well as their maximum price tag.
- The user’s games may no longer be displayed in the general assortment of the store. The player can hide both games that do not interest him, and titles from his library or wish list.
- Improved tag search. The user immediately sees the number of games labeled “horror” or any other. There is also an opportunity to exclude games with tags that are not interesting to the player from the search results.
- The user’s favorite tags, on the contrary, will allow Steam to sort the search results by relevance. Projects that are potentially interesting to the user will be shown first, regardless of their popularity.
- You can exclude VR-only games from the search if the user does not have a headset. Nevertheless, Steam will still show titles in the search, where VR is one of the options.
- For all Steam players, except English-speaking ones, the language they use has been fixed in the language filter by default.
And another innovation is endless scrolling. Switching pages in the Steam search has become optional. When infinite scrolling is selected in the settings, the results found will be loaded at the bottom of the page. The user can also view any game and then return with the “Back” button to the same search location.
Note that this is not the first package of Steam innovations in recent times. In 2019, the store at least updated its design and expanded its tools. The so-called “Steam Labs” were also connected. In this section, users test the upcoming functions.
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