Valve has added new beta Steamworks reporting tools for Steam Deck Verified games, letting developers see 30-day average framerate charts and opt-in user survey results. The survey appears after at least 10 minutes of play, and Valve says variance data and Playable-game support are planned next.
An early review leak pegs Valve's next Steam Controller at $99 and says the pad ships without an audio jack or swappable battery. Reddit's biggest reaction was not the trackpads but the price, with many users comparing it straight to other premium controllers.
A briefly published review listed the new Steam Controller at $99. Valve still has not posted an official release date, but the leak also pointed to a rechargeable battery, a trackpad-heavy layout, and split Reddit reaction on whether the price matches the hardware.
A Linux VRAM optimization from Valve engineer Natalie Vlock prioritizes foreground games when memory is tight. TweakTown cites testing on an RX 6500 XT where Alan Wake II rose from 14 FPS to 41 FPS at 1080p low with FSR Quality.
A GamesRadar report on Apr 14 points to a U.S. shipment manifest for wireless PC controllers weighing 12,970 kg, with Valve still giving no solid release date for the new Steam Controller or Steam Machine. The r/pcgaming post reached 1,895 points and 306 comments.
Phoronix reports that Valve developer Natalie Vock has assembled kernel and KDE-side work to give foreground games priority on limited video memory. The early goal is less spillover into system RAM and steadier Linux gaming on common 8GB cards.
Valve’s latest Steam Client Beta lets users manage downloads on remote Steam clients from the active client, tightening the multi-device PC workflow.
A top r/gamedev post highlights Facepunch’s new Valve agreement, which is intended to let creators export S&box projects and publish them on Steam without paying Facepunch a fee.
A popular r/pcgaming thread points to Valve’s latest Steam Survey, which Phoronix says lifted Linux to 5.33% of Steam users in March 2026 while macOS sat at 2.35%.
r/Games highlighted Valve’s latest Steam storefront experiment: a redesigned Store Home now available in the Steam Client Beta, with larger artwork, clearer recommendation context, updated hover behavior, and new sections that pull discounted wishlist items and DLC into the main discovery surface.
Valve says Steam refreshed its pricing conversion data and added Exchange Rate and Purchasing Power options alongside its existing Multi-variable model for pricing across 35 currencies and 4 region groups.
Valve’s March 18, 2026 Counter-Strike 2 update redesigns reloading so leftover rounds are discarded with the magazine, adds limited map guides during the first five rounds of each half, and makes joining custom games easier from the Friends list.