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Exciting news: Steam Workshop is pretty now. Or, at the very least, it's prettier. Detailed in a Steam news post, Valve has released a Workshop update for all users, bringing an overhauled browsing UI and updated filtering options for finding whatever mod might wildly improve or severely blight your gameplay.
"The next time you visit the Steam Workshop for your favorite game, you'll see an updated interface for browsing, searching, and filtering, making it easier and faster to explore and find great user-created mods to enhance your gaming experience," Valve said.
It's nice that there's some pleasant Steam news today, because the Steam Deck price hike extremely isn't.
The Workshop UI refresh has been available in opt-in beta testing since April, but as of today, everyone on Steam gets to enjoy the facelift. Compared with its previous iteration, which had maintained a distinctly 2011 flavor, the updated Workshop browsing UI looks and feels much more tuned to modern sensibilities—even if it still presents both "Most Popular" and "Most Subscribed" as categories as if the distinction between them should be obvious.
Still, I appreciate seeing the Workshop using screen real estate more efficiently, rather than stacking mods in a titanic, single-column list. Mod listings also now offer a quick view option while hovered over, so you can briefly glance at a mod's description without needing to transition to an entirely new webpage. Nobody has time for that.
In addition to the other new filtering options, the best inclusion in the refresh is the ability to filter mods by required DLC, meaning we no longer have to endure the heartbreak of finding a mod that does exactly what we're looking for—but only for owners of an expansion we don't intend to purchase. Thank god.
The Workshop UI update is live now for all users. If you're not seeing it, try checking in the application for client updates. Otherwise, be sure to mod safely. It can get weird out there.
