Steam Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
GV Wire••technology
Key Points:
- Steam experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues related to server connection problems.
- Reports of problems began around 10:40 a.m. PT with over 7,000 users affected, rapidly increasing to more than 75,000 users by 12:25 p.m. according to Downdetector.
- The number of users reporting issues fluctuated, briefly slowing around 11:20 a.m. before surging again, indicating ongoing instability on the platform.
- Downdetector tracked the outage by collecting status reports from multiple sources, highlighting a widespread disruption affecting the Steam gaming community.
