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Backrooms director Kane Parsons explains how influential Valve's Portal is to his work: 'I frequently have dreams where I'm just in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center'
By Elie Gould Published
News Remember, no Portal just before bed.

Deadlock new midlane objective turned games into such a mid-only fiasco that it only lasted one weekend, though Valve's still experimenting
By Harvey Randall Published
News Oops, all urns.

Steam Week in Review: Steam is flooded with liminal spaces games and I approve, but I think I've found the best to start with
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 24.

Deadlock's latest 'small update' yet again remixes basic mechanics and rebalances most of the roster
By Justin Wagner Published
News It'll be harder to claim the soul urn without a fight, and the midboss spawns at match start.

You need to know the Steam Controller's charging puck is always live, so if you accidentally touch it with something conductive, you're in for a shock
By Nick Evanson Published
News It's not an issue exclusive to Valve's hardware, but at the same time, it's something that shouldn't really exist

In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?
By Wes Fenlon Published
🕵️ Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity.

Valve asks New York court to dismiss Counter-Strike lawsuit, says 'people enjoy surprises' and equating loot boxes to gambling is 'nonsensical'
By Rich Stanton Published
News In-game items have "subjective and aesthetic value" akin to baseball cards, Valve insists.

Now that Subnautica 2 is out, the most wishlisted game on Steam is… a game that's been out for almost 2 years?
By Christopher Livingston Published
News It's Schrödinger's game: it is both unreleased and yet one of the most popular games on Steam.
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