STEAM users in the UK and the US had trouble accessing their accounts to download games and complete purchases this weekend.
On Saturday morning, over 1,000 complaints were reported by Downdetector in the UK, mainly in London.
Most problems were encountered while logging in, while others also had issues with downloads and purchases.
But by 11.30am reports of problems had dropped to under 200 – suggesting the problems plaguing the platform had been fixed.
Steam is yet to release a statement detailing the reasons for the outage, but The Sun has sent a request for comment.
Read our Live Blog below for the latest news and updates…
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Issues seem to be resolved
Thankfully, Steam got onto the issues immediately as reports suggest that the problems may have been solved.
It comes as reports have dropped to 54.
If you still have issues, you can ask for help through Steam’s website.
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What problems are users having?
Most issues have been with logging in as 77% of reports suggested.
Meanwhile, 19% had problems with server connection while another 4% could’nt complete purchases.
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Problems mainly affecting the UK
It seems that the problem is mainly in the UK.
Most reports have come from London as suggested by the heat map below.
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Steam is down
Reports on DownDetector suggest that users are having problems accessing their Steam accounts.
The problem seem to have started 10am today.
