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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today a few of us got to join SLICE @seattleindies.bsky.social One thing we talked about was the Steamworks dev blog: new features, tool improvements, and other Steam news. Bookmark this link! You will also see the most recent posts on the Steamworks dashboard. steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Steam Train Fest. What more do you need to hear. store.steampowered.com/category/tra...

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes... Monkey bomb squad. Dieselpunk artillery. Offroad driving. Cthonic jungles. Spelunking on other planets. Electronics repairs. Gold mining. 5v5 soccer. V I D E O G A M E S.

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Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition

These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The summer showcase of summer showcases, on Steam. Lots more where this came from over at store.steampowered.com/sale/summer_...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New: A Refreshed Steam Store Home Page. After a bunch of testing and improvements in the client beta, the new storefront design is live. Personal Calendar, smoother discoverability queue, improved gamepad nav, and way more. steamcommunity.com/games/593110...

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Steam :: Steam News :: A Refreshed Steam Store Home Page

Wider, higher res images, new personalized sections and more

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Big day for devs working on a desktop companion game where a capybara escapes from a zoo, organizes and cleans a house, starts a poker game with some wolves, and learns a new language! (new tags and other tag improvements) store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

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Steam News - Update to Store Tags: Additions, Removals, and Edits - Steam News

Ongoing work in support of browsing and recommendations

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Steam "House and Home" fest is zany and wonderful and raises important questions like "Are you insane" and "wait can I play as the racoon" and "What else has The Rat Zone presented because my interest is extremely piqued" @therat.zone

Steam "House and Home" games festival, showing a game called Creature Kitchen

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This morning somebody at GDC asked me if there was any chance we could make Wishlist data easier to access... Well would ya lookie here! steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

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Steam :: Steamworks Development :: NEW: Steamworks Wishlist Data API

Programmatic access to your game's wishlisting data

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Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️ @megacrit.com · 06/03/2026

Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike. When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players. That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. 💪

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

lol here's a good one from just yesterday. Love me some material efficiency. All about that pressure and performance rating.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Another cool thing about developer homepages: when you follow a game studio you like, we automatically let you know about new games that they release, for instance... @strangescaffold.bsky.social

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Developer/Publisher home pages are already super valuable, especially for building an audience over time.This morning we launched a huge update to customization. If you haven't already made a home page for your game studio, now is a good time to start! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Steamworks Development - Powerful New Tools For Customizing Developer/Publisher Homepages - Steam News

Better tools for presenting your studio's brand and showcasing the games you make

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Hydraulic valves, piston valves, pressure regulator valves... you name a type of valve, somebody has emailed me a price sheet for it. "Valve business guy" means wildly different things depending on whether you make video games or not.

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Steam @steampowered.com · 23/02/2026

Steam Next Fest is back with new demos from now until March 2! Check out of demos of every genre and wishlist your favorites. Browse by genre, theme, or feature, or check out the For You tab for recommendations based on what you've been playing! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

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Next Fest February 2026 - LIVE NOW!

Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather ...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

happy next fest day to all who celebrate, 'tis the season for getting alerts that a bunch of studios & games are dropping new demos. store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

A Steam notification announcing "A demo for a game published by Stray Fawn Studio is available to play on Steam!"
The game is Gambonanza.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

By including the i-shaped trophy in their roman numerals logo, the NFL made it look like Super Bowl 59 instead of Super Bowl 60. LIX <> LX This concludes my sports analysis for the day.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Is your game currently released and playable in Early Access on Steam? If so, you have a new (totally optional) tool to share your planned 1.0 release date, once you are ready to do so! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Steamworks Development - New: Early Access developers can list their planned "1.0" release date - Steam News

This optional tool allows games in Early Access to officially display their expected 1.0 release date

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

2026 has already been very busy for the Steam team with a bunch of new updates and tools in the first few weeks of the year. Follow the Steamworks Dev blog below, or here on bsky @partner.steamgames.com , to stay up to date. steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

S E A T T L E S E A H A W K S

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

On Fox 9 just now they interviewed a woman at the scene in Minneapolis. She says she’s not an activist but felt a call to action like she hasn’t felt since 9/11. She says she was raised to love America. She says she’s never felt scared of the government in her life, until now.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New options on Steam make it easier for developers and mod authors to work together in ensuring compatibility of mods as games evolve. Extremely cool for games that have an active mod community! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Steamworks Development - New! Version Control For Steam Workshop Mods - Steam News

New Steam APIs and Workshop item options work together for better control as games and mods get updated

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/01/2026

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

"Due to breach in the Desimone Levee, this area is under a GO NOW evacuation notice. Leave immediately if you are in this area."

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It's Steam Awards season again- go visit store.steampowered.com/steamawards/... (or via the Steam client or mobile app) to submit your nominations.

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Nominate Games for the Steam Awards

Nominations for the Steam Awards are open until December 1st @ 10am Pacific

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Steam Deck @steamdeck.com · 12/11/2025

Welcome to fam, ya'll! -Steam Controller -Steam Machine -Steam Frame (Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

smart little improvement for Steam Deck

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

New game discovery option from our team! We're launching this feature as a Steam Labs experiment. We'd like your feedback to help make the best possible version of this tool. Read on for more details. store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

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Steam News - A new way to discover new & upcoming games: Personal Calendar - Steam News

Steam Labs Experiment 16: A calendar of recent and upcoming releases, full of personalized recommendations for you

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Steam @steampowered.com · 20/10/2025

Now that the October edition of Next Fest is officially closed, the Most-played demo recap is here! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes... If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!

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Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition

These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

s e a t t l e m a r i n e r s

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New from our team: see discount performance at a glance. Plus other useful stuff like revenue-per-day across the discount, and the number of times you've run that discount before. store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Steamworks Development - New revenue reporting: View impacts of past discounts - Steam News

Updates to discount history pages integrates revenue and unit data for each discount

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

"A game you followed in Steam Greenlight has just released!"

Obi Wan Kenobi saying "Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time."

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"When there are enough reviews written in a particular language, Steam will calculate a review score for that language. The Review Score displayed to users will be based on their primary language." Learn more about our process and tradeoffs here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

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Steam News - Updates to User Review Scores Based on Language - Steam News

The review score for some games is now language-specific

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Feels weird to be talking about autumn and winter already, but: our big seasonal sale schedule looks a bit different this year. Game devs, check out the calendar if you want to plan ahead. store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

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Steamworks Development - The new dates for Steam Autumn Sale: What it all means - Steam News

A brief run-through of what the timing means for both the holiday shopping season, and Steam Awards nominations

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tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Useful resource for game developers thinking about Early Access for their next launch:

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Steam @steampowered.com · 14/07/2025

Steam Automation Fest is now live! Watch your head - this Fest is full of conveyor belts, factories, crafting, and all sorts of games that scratch the optimization itch. On now until July 21st! store.steampowered.com/category/aut...

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Automation

Steam Automation Fest 2025

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