Steam Down for Thousands of Users Thursday, Downdetector Reports

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 4 months ago on

July 9, 2026

Steam experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. (Shutterstock)

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Steam experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 9,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 3:19 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with server connection.

Update at 3:22 p.m.

More than 13,000 users have now reported an issue with the platform.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.