Ein neuer stabiler Steam Client vom 01.09.2026 wurde für Linux Desktop und den Steam Deck veröffentlicht.

Neu ist unter anderem der Kontowechsel bei laufendem Spiel samt Warnhinweis, ein Umschalter “Beim Start nach Konto fragen” sowie HDR-Streaming über Remote Play auf dem Steam Deck OLED. Verdächtige Nachrichten in Gruppenchats werden künftig markiert und lassen sich melden oder blockieren.

General

Allow changing account while a game is running. In this case, the change account dialog shows a warning that proceeding will close active games. Added “Ask which account to use on startup” toggle to startup account chooser. Eliminated “change account” confirmation dialog in most cases. Changing account while Steam is running now brings up the account chooser directly, then restarts as the chosen account. Steam shutdown now waits for just-exited games to finish cloud sync. Fixed issues where some Steam Workshop items were not being updated properly. Fixed game server browser filtering out multiple servers being hosted from a single public IP. Fixed an issue where sometimes uninstalling a game would not remove it from the download queue.

Friends & Chat

Chat messages with suspicious content will now be flagged in group chats. You can report the messages, block the sender, or dismiss the warning by clicking the notice.

Big Picture Mode

In the Web Browser, the left trackpad of Steam Deck/Steam Controller is now bound to scroll wheel for navigating non-Steam websites. Fixed a bug where a single pixel line would sometimes appear above the header on the home screen.

Remote Play

Improved video color range on all platforms. Added support for HDR streaming on Steam Deck OLED. Fixed a case where streaming could show a black window. Fixed a bug where Remote Devices with Remote Play enabled weren’t showing as Streamable. Fixed video frame being clipped when using pipewire capture with desktop scaling on Wayland. Fixed framerate drop when using the unlimited bandwidth option with VA-API encoding on Linux.

Steam Input

Make controller configurations that are shared with other devices or unique to a device more clear in the configurator UI and add an option to split Steam Controller configurations so they are no longer shared with Steam Deck.

Linux

Fixed some keys not typing properly in Steam Overlay when in Big Picture Mode. Fixed a crash when suspending/resuming a device after a controller disconnected.

Quelle: Steam, Steam Deck