Twas The Night Before Christmas And Steam Is Still Having Serious...
Update: As of 9:00 pm ET, Steam is still having serious issues. The storefront is up and down (it actually seems alright for the moment) but Steam community services, web API, and other features remain inaccessible. Valve has not yet commented but whatever the problem is, it seems significantly more serious than typical Steam outages.
It's the day before Christmas and all through the house, nobody is using Steam, not even a mouse—because, you guessed it, Steam is down.
It's unclear what's going on, but at a little before 2 pm ET on a Wednesday, we're guessing this not routine maintenance. Steam appears to be completely gone: The unofficial Steam Status website is reporting websocket errors, and says the entire Steam store, community, and web API are offline. SteamStat page views are also jumping up, which is a pretty reliable indicator that something's gone wrong.
Downdetector is also indicating some serious issues with Steam, ongoing since a little after 1 pm ET.
P0nchik95 on the Steam subreddit has a theory—I don't know how likely it is to be accurate (not very, I suspect) but it's not terrible advice anyway:
GOG, naturally, did what it does, with a not-too-subtle reminder that its games work perfectly well regardless of the state of its servers.
Just imagine 🙈✨ https://t.co/DrlkCfgt76December 25, 2025
To be clear, games on Steam seem playable: I've spent the last few hours playg (and enjoying, thank you very much) Bloodlines 2, and a friend has been doing the same with The Last of Us 2. But trying to access any community-related features through Steam—discussions, community groups, Steam charts, and even just links to external websites or social media accounts—results in an error. Matchmaking services for Valve games are also offline.
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We've reached out to Valve to see if they've got anything to say about it, and will keep an eye on things in the meantime. Naturally, we will also update when Steam is back.
Source: PC Gamer
