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.

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.

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

The analytical service VG Insights has shared the latest data on the number of additions of Deadlock to wishlists on Steam. According to their estimates, Valve’s upcoming game has already been wishlisted by 3.4 million people.

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

Valve has completely revamped the editor used for creating and editing game descriptions in the Steam store. They have named the updated tool “What You See Is What You Get.”

Expanded set of links to social networks is not the only new feature in Steam. Valve has introduced several more changes to the platform.

Valve has expanded the list of social networks to which developers can link in dedicated fields on game pages in Steam. The list has grown by 11 entries.

The number of people wanting to play Deadlock is approaching one million, according to data from the analytics service VG Insights. Analysts have calculated that to date, Valve’s multiplayer shooter has amassed 863 thousand wishlists on Steam.

Valve continues to enhance the reviews section in Steam. On August 22, Steam began displaying special badges on reviews written by users who have played the game “mostly” on Steam Deck.

Last week, it was noted that Valve is working on a new filter for user reviews on Steam that hides reviews lacking meaningful content, such as jokes and ASCII art. Now, the company has confirmed the rumors.

Valve announced changes to the rules regarding game descriptions on Steam. It plans to introduce three new prohibitions.

Deadlock is a PvP shooter allegedly being developed by Valve. Although the company has not officially announced the project or initiated open testing, thousands of people are already playing Deadlock.

Valve has made changes to Steam regarding demos. Now their functionality on the platform has become much closer to ordinary games.

VR enthusiast Bradley Lynch discovered in the Steam database a mention of Waydroid — an open-source emulator that allows running Android applications on Linux devices. According to him, Valve may be working on adding Waydroid support to the portable PC Steam Deck.

Valve has added a new chart to Steam, which compiles the 100 most popular games on the portable PC, Steam Deck. The ranking considers the number of unique users and whether the game is among the most popular for each specific Steam Deck owner.

The popularity of controllers is growing on Steam. According to Valve’s estimates, the average daily usage of controllers has tripled over the past six years — from 5% to 15%.

Valve has introduced a new set of features in Steam. It has added tools to the beta version of the Steam client that allow you to record gameplay.