Official patch notes for Steam & Steam Deck from Valve, published on Steam on October 15, 2026.
We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel.
Steam Achievement Sets
A new way to organize, track, and complete a game's achievements. Read more details in the announcement.
- Games can now organize and group achievements for base game and DLC content
- DLC achievements can be added via sets without breaking game completion
- Completed achievement sets remain completed when new sets are added
- Achievements and sets can be archived if they are seasonal or can no longer be achieved
- Updated Achievements page and achievement rollup displays
General
- Notifications settings layout has been changed to be easier to work with on all screen sizes
- Fixed multiple edge cases that could cause memory leaks in game streaming and controller code
- Multiple general stability improvements and fixes for rare crashes affecting small numbers of users
- Fixed an error displaying dates for users in British Columbia
Library
- Improved offline support for the activity feed and fixed cases where it could previously skip loading some events.
Linux
- The Steam client is now a 64bit application.
- The Steam client now runs inside a Steam Runtime container.
- This will help the Steam client provide a more consistent experience across multiple distributions. This is the same technology used by Steam games.
[*]Fixed a case where Steam updater UI would fail to show for some users.
Remote Play
- Added a "Display Style" setting to allow stretching and zooming when the stream is a different aspect ratio than the client display.
Steam Controller Firmware
- Fixed an issue where shutting down a controller while docked to the puck could cause it to turn back on
Read the full announcement on Steam
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