Steam status: is it down right now?
Our own check of steampowered.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
steampowered.com responded. The page answered normally in 521 ms.
steampowered.com responded.
The page answered normally in 521 ms.
Checked (2 minutes ago) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
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This checks the response from steampowered.com. It does not test playback, login or every Steam feature.
Steam status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 13. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
Watch your own site
This page is for their outage. Your own site can fail the same way. See its first check free, then try a paid plan for 7 days (card required).
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About Steam
Steam is Valve's PC gaming platform, covering the storefront, player community (profiles, friends, groups), Steam Cloud saves, Steam Workshop (user mods), Steam Remote Play, and the Steamworks API used by most PC games for multiplayer matchmaking and achievements. Valve does not publish an official status page; the community maintains steamstat.us which tracks individual components. Outages typically affect Steam login (players cannot launch games that require Steam auth), Workshop (mods fail to download), Cloud saves (progress does not sync), or the Steam Store (purchases hang). Multiplayer in Steam-integrated games breaks when the Steamworks matchmaker is degraded.
Steam does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal.
outage patterns
Why Steam outages cluster around peak usage
Steam often has its loudest outages during peak use: evenings, weekends, and major events. Capacity that handles a normal load can struggle when many people arrive at once, and the failure is often partial rather than a total outage.
The live tool above checks public steampowered.com reachability from EU and US. It cannot publish a post, load a personalized feed, or verify notification delivery, so use it as one signal alongside the provider status reference and a direct feature test. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the public-endpoint check every minute.
Common signs Steam is having issues
- Feeds loading but new posts not appearing for minutes after publish
- Direct messages sending but not arriving, or arriving in batches after a delay
- Notifications missing entirely or arriving 15+ minutes late
- Login or password reset endpoints throwing intermittent 5xx errors
What to do when Steam is degraded
During suspected Steam outages, the social signal is usually faster than the official status page. If multiple independent monitors (yours, ours, third-party check tools) all report problems for steampowered.com and the user community is also complaining, treat it as a real incident and tell stakeholders so before the platform confirms it.
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Get independent uptime alerts when the public Steam endpoint fails a confirmed check. Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes; Business and Agency check every 60 seconds.
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Business and Agency support 60-second uptime checks.
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EU & US checks. Catch regional outages.
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Email and push on every plan, plus team and incident channels by plan.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Steam on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Steam uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Steam down right now?
See the latest check of steampowered.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If Steam is down, you can also check the community outage reference for extra context.
How do I check if Steam is having issues?
This page checks the public Steam endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Steam goes down?
Add steampowered.com to Visual Sentinel and its first check is free. To keep monitoring, start a 7-day trial (card required) or subscribe now: Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes, Business and Agency every 60 seconds, with email, push and chat alerts.
Where can I find Steam outage context?
Steam does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal. Visual Sentinel checks the public Steam endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Can I play Steam games offline during an outage?
Yes, if you have previously launched the game in online mode. Click "Go Offline" in the Steam client menu (or start Steam offline). Games with always-online DRM (certain MMOs, live-service titles) still fail. Single-player games launched offline work normally.
Why does Steam not have an official status page?
Valve traditionally does not publish official status dashboards. The community site steamstat.us reverse-engineers status from Valve API endpoints and is the de facto source of truth. It tracks Steam Store, Community, Web API, Client, and per-game matchmaking status in real time.
Often checked together with Steam
Game services share accounts and platforms. If sign-in fails in one, check these as well.