Ein weiterer neuer stabiler Steam-Client (20.05.2025) wurde für Linux und das Steam Deck veröffentlicht.

Changelog Linux/Desktop client:

Steam Client Update - May 20th

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Improved controller hotplug detection for some third party devices.

Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games or switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity.

Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

Steam Overlay

Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser.

Big Picture Mode

Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Server Browser

Fixed bug causing bots to contribute to the player count.

Steam Input

Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Linux

Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed when necessary.

Fixed game recordings containing a green bar on the right side of the image when using HEVC encoding on AMD systems if the game window width was not a multiple of 64.

Fixed Game Recording and Remote Play video streams showing green frames when capturing Vulkan games on Intel GPUs.

Steamworks API

GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed.

VR

Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start.

Steam will no longer occasionally reload itself when SteamVR closes.

Changelog Steam Deck client:

Steam Deck Client Update: May 20th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.

Moved 'Show Battery Percentage' setting to Settings->Power.

Clicking on the battery header icon now navigates to Settings->Power.

Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed based on Steam Deck compatibility testing results.

Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games.

Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

Fixed battery percentage not showing in the header when the battery is full.

Fixed SteamOS compatible devices showing Steam Deck Verified installation warnings instead of the SteamOS Compatible version.

Fixed transitions snapping backwards in the Welcome Wizard.

Steam Input

Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Desktop Mode

Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.