Steam has introduced support for season passes—not for service games, but as bundles of already released and upcoming DLCs for games. This update was highlighted by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik.

In the German version of Steam, games without an age rating have stopped being displayed for users.

During the week from November 12 to 19, Farming Simulator 25 earned more on Steam than any other paid game. This allowed it to top the platform’s premium chart, displacing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which held the first position for three weeks.

The platform now tracks traffic more accurately. This will enable developers to receive more reliable data on who is visiting the pages of their games.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) examined the content distributed by users on Steam. They identified a vast amount of unacceptable material on Valve’s platform.

The list of top-grossing products in the Valve store for the week from October 29th to November 5th has been published. Let’s go through the top ten, excluding free-to-play products.

Valve has added a feature to Steam that allows developers to specify the anti-cheat systems used on game pages.

The top-grossing game on Steam for the week from October 22 to 29 was predictably Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The new shooter from Activision climbed nine ranks in the charts, dethroning Counter-Strike 2.

The top-grossing game on Steam for the week of October 22 to 29 was predictably Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The new shooter from Activision climbed nine spots in the charts, dethroning Counter-Strike 2.

The list of top-grossing products in the Valve store for the week from October 15 to 22 has been published. Let’s dive into the top ten without considering free-to-play products.

Valve has published a list of the most popular demos from the October “Games to Be” festival on Steam. It includes games tried by the highest number of unique players during the event’s week.

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, the first new installment in the main fighting game series in 17 years, continues to show excellent results on Steam. During the week of October 8 to October 15, the game confidently took first place in the premium products chart and second in overall revenue, second only to Counter-Strike 2. This surge indicates significant interest in the franchise even after a long hiatus.

From January 1 to September 30, 2024, indie games earned a total of $4 billion on Steam, according to a report from the analytics company VG Insights. This accounts for 48% of the total revenue of all games on Valve’s store during this period.

There are currently no plans to restrict access to the Steam gaming platform in Russia. This information was reported by Roskomnadzor in a statement to TASS.

Three pages from the “Community” section of the Steam platform have appeared in the registry of Roskomnadzor, which compiles websites containing information prohibited for distribution in Russia.

The updated Silent Hill 2 by Bloober Team has reached its release: owners of the deluxe edition started playing on October 6, and today, October 8, buyers of the standard edition gained access to the remake. At least in terms of Steam sales, the game had a good start.

The SteamDB service has published a list of the top-grossing products on the Valve store for the week from September 24 to October 1. Among the leaders is the Korean MMORPG Throne and Liberty, which ranked third, just behind EA Sports FC 25 and Counter-Strike 2.

Valve has updated the Steam Subscriber Agreement. It has relaxed the rules for dispute resolution between the store and its users.

The football simulator EA Sports FC 25 is gearing up for release—the game is already available for owners of premium editions, and for everyone else, it will be released on September 27. As a result, it has significantly improved its position on the Steam top-grossing products chart, pushing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 from the top spot.