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Windows 10 remains stubbornly entrenched among a large slice of PC gamers on Steam even after Microsoft’s official end‑of‑support deadline, leaving developers, anti‑cheat vendors and players to navigate a messy transition where security, compatibility, and hardware requirements collide...

Steam users have been given a stark, time‑sensitive reminder: Microsoft’s support window for Windows 10 has closed and the PC gaming ecosystem is already moving to enforce that reality — including Steam pruning legacy architectures — leaving a significant portion of Steam’s player base with a...

Steam’s monthly snapshot makes it official: a noticeable chunk of Steam players have finally jumped to Windows 11, and they did it with the clock ticking toward Windows 10’s end-of-support deadline. Valve’s September survey shows Windows 11 reaching 63.04% of surveyed Steam users—up 2.65...

Valve has quietly added a small but consequential item to the Steam beta: a visible check for TPM status and Secure Boot in the client’s System Information pane, and those values will soon be captured in the Steam Hardware Survey—an unobtrusive change with outsized implications for PC players...

Valve's Steam beta now surfaces whether your PC has Secure Boot and TPM enabled, making it trivial for gamers to see if their system will pass the new breed of anti‑cheat checks that many publishers are rolling out. The status shows up under Help → System Information in the Steam client (look...

Valve's Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a change that quietly completes the platform's long migration to a 64‑bit‑first ecosystem and leaves a very small but real number of users with a clear deadline to upgrade or accept an unsupported configuration...

Valve has put a firm date on the end of an era for legacy Windows builds: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving updates and official support on 32‑bit versions of Windows — practically, that means Windows 10 (32‑bit) — a decision built on telemetry, upstream...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit versions of Windows — a move that freezes the client on any remaining Windows 10 32‑bit installations and pushes the platform fully onto a 64‑bit baseline. Background The...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last mainstream accommodation for 32‑bit Windows and putting a clear migration clock on the tiny group of...

Valve is ending support for 32‑bit Windows on the Steam desktop client, setting a firm cutoff that marks the final mainstream exit of 32‑bit Windows from one of the largest PC gaming platforms and giving the small remaining cohort of users a clear migration deadline. Background Modern PC...

Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a narrowly targeted but important platform change that affects a vanishing fraction of Steam users and formalises the final phase of Valve’s shift to a 64‑bit‑only Steam client. Background The news that Steam will drop...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last mainstream accommodation for 32‑bit Windows and giving the tiny remaining cohort of users a hard migration clock...

Valve is closing the book on native 32‑bit Windows support for Steam: starting January 1, 2026, the Steam client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit versions of Windows, a move that Valve says affects roughly 0.01% of users but carries outsized implications for legacy machines, embedded...

Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a decision that closes the last mainstream holdout for 32‑bit Windows on Valve’s gaming platform and forces the small number of remaining Windows 10 32‑bit users to plan a near‑term migration if they want continued...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last holdout for 32‑bit Windows and forcing the tiny remaining cohort of users on Windows 10 32‑bit to migrate...

Valve will stop supporting Steam on 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a move aimed at simplifying engineering, reducing security risk, and aligning the platform with the 64‑bit baseline that now dominates the PC ecosystem. Background The PC ecosystem completed its long migration...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows, effectively freezing the client on any Windows 32‑bit machines and forcing the small remaining user base to migrate or accept an unsupported...

Valve will stop supporting 32‑bit Windows for the Steam client on January 1, 2026, closing a long tail of legacy compatibility while leaving 32‑bit game binaries runnable on modern systems. Background / Overview The move is narrowly scoped: Steam’s announced cutover targets 32‑bit editions of...

Valve will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows for the Steam desktop client on January 1, 2026, a decision that effectively ends a long era of 32‑bit platform compatibility while imposing a clear migration deadline for the tiny fraction of users still running Windows 10 (32‑bit)...

Valve has put a firm date on the end of an era: beginning January 1, 2026, Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows — a move that is technically predictable, low‑impact for the vast majority of users, but urgent and potentially disruptive for the small cohort still running Windows...