Any info when steam will stop supporting Windows 8 and 8.1?

[Dron]

With Windows 8 soon becoming unsupported, its probably only a matter of time before steam will stop working on computers with Windows 8. Is there any official info about this?
I have an old laptop that runs on Windows 8.1 and I still play old games on it, so I just want to know when is the last chance to download steam games for it.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

While games are still selling for windows 7 up Steam will likely still support us.
Besides next new computer buy one with windows 10.
Regardless Steam is always tied to account so just install Steam on a newer system log in and all our games remain.

[Cathulhu]

Windows 8 is already out of support by Microsoft.
Only 8.1 is still supported by Microsoft, until January 10th. Then it too goes end of life.

Windows 7 is also out of support by Microsoft and Steam still runs on it.

The discontinuation of Windows XP support was mainly due to necessary updates to the Chromium Embedded Framework within the Steamclient. That update broke compatibility with an older OS like WindowsXP.

Is there any info when Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 will no longer supported by Steam? No. But always keep in mind it can happen at any time.

Such a discontinuation is announced in advance. You can still run many older games even on modern Windows systems and even Linux through WINE/Proton.

[Brian9824]

It will be supported until something happens that requires them to no longer support it. No one can give you an eta on that.

[Dron]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

While games are still selling for windows 7 up Steam will likely still support us.
Besides next new computer buy one with windows 10.
Regardless Steam is always tied to account so just install Steam on a newer system log in and all our games remain.

Steam sells games that were made for Windows 95 and XP, but Steam will not work on those OS. I know that you could still use steam on XP until about 4 years ago.
Plenty of games will not work on Windows 10, that's one of the reasons I still use the laptop with 8.1 because there is games that won't work on Windows 10.

[Dron]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Windows 8 is already out of support by Microsoft.
Only 8.1 is still supported by Microsoft, until January 10th. Then it too goes end of life.

Windows 7 is also out of support by Microsoft and Steam still runs on it.

The discontinuation of Windows XP support was mainly due to necessary updates to the Chromium Embedded Framework within the Steamclient. That update broke compatibility with an older OS like WindowsXP.

Is there any info when Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 will no longer supported by Steam? No. But always keep in mind it can happen at any time.

Such a discontinuation is announced in advance. You can still run many older games even on modern Windows systems and even Linux through WINE/Proton.

Did steam warn about XP no longer being supported? I actually have some games on a Linux computer, but not all games will work as well. And the lack of drivers for GPUs on Linux makes it worse. Though because an increasing number of people are using Linux for games, hopefully we will start to see drivers and other things to improve gaming on Linux.
I wonder if Windows Vista would work on steam nowadays. Would be good if someone here replies who is currently using steam on a computer that has Windows 8.1, or Vista.
Giving steam customers an advance warning is the least they can do.

[wuddih]

Steam dropped XP and Vista support in jan 2019, announced over half a year in advance.

if products sold on Steam mention those as the minimum system requirements is not relevant for Steam no longer working on them. products sold on Steam will very likely still run on any other Windows version that came after XP/Vista.
if not, it is the obligation of the developer to communicate that to the customer on the store page.

as for 8/8.1 currently there is no technical reason to drop support, so it probably wont happen anytime soon.

[Dron]

Originally posted by wuddih:

Steam dropped XP and Vista support in jan 2019, announced over half a year in advance.

if products sold on Steam mention those as the minimum system requirements is not relevant for Steam no longer working on them. products sold on Steam will very likely still run on any other Windows version that came after XP/Vista.
if not, it is the obligation of the developer to communicate that to the customer on the store page.

as for 8/8.1 currently there is no technical reason to drop support, so it probably wont happen anytime soon.

Thanks, good to know, I just don't want surprises. There are quite a few games that work fine on 8.1, but won't work on Windows 10. This is even more the case with Windows 7. I would say that Windows 7 is probably the best one to have if you want to play old games.

[PocketYoda]

I still to this day miss Windows 7, i hate windows 10.. but i was forced to upgrade.

[Dron]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

I still to this day miss Windows 7, i hate windows 10.. but i was forced to upgrade.

Me too. Windows 8.1 is manageable, was hoping it would be supported for a while longer.

[shayush°彡]

There is currently no official information available about when Steam will stop supporting Windows 8 and 8.1. While Microsoft has ended mainstream support for these operating systems, they are still technically supported and can be used to run Steam and other software. However, it is possible that Steam or individual games on Steam may stop working on these operating systems in the future if they rely on features or technologies that are no longer supported by Windows 8 or 8.1.

If you have an old laptop running Windows 8.1 and you want to continue using it to play games on Steam, it is a good idea to keep an eye on Steam's system requirements for the games you play. If a game you own or are considering purchasing requires a newer version of Windows or other technologies that are not available on your laptop, it may not be possible to run it. It is also a good idea to regularly check for updates to Steam and your games to ensure that they continue to work on your system.

[Dron]

Originally posted by Ashpex°彡:

There is currently no official information available about when Steam will stop supporting Windows 8 and 8.1. While Microsoft has ended mainstream support for these operating systems, they are still technically supported and can be used to run Steam and other software. However, it is possible that Steam or individual games on Steam may stop working on these operating systems in the future if they rely on features or technologies that are no longer supported by Windows 8 or 8.1.

If you have an old laptop running Windows 8.1 and you want to continue using it to play games on Steam, it is a good idea to keep an eye on Steam's system requirements for the games you play. If a game you own or are considering purchasing requires a newer version of Windows or other technologies that are not available on your laptop, it may not be possible to run it. It is also a good idea to regularly check for updates to Steam and your games to ensure that they continue to work on your system.

The old games that don't get updated anymore won't be affected. The concern is that at one point steam gets updated to a version that won't work on Windows 8.1 anymore, so accessing library will no longer be possible.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Dron:

The old games that don't get updated anymore won't be affected. The concern is that at one point steam gets updated to a version that won't work on Windows 8.1 anymore, so accessing library will no longer be possible.

Note that most any client is based on some kind of browser. Steam and many other products are based around CEF

Chrome is ending support for Windows 7 in 2 weeks

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/extending-chrome-on-windows-7-to-support-enterprise-customers

Meaning that functionally any client you use, once it updates CEF to the latest version, will stop supporting Windows 7. And that over time Chrome may introduce or deprecate things that will break in windows 7.

Note eventually windows 8.1 will be deprecated as well. This is an inevitability. Anything that can run 8.1 can run windows 10. And the upgrade to window 10 is still free, so I don't really want to hear excuses about 'it costs money'. Windows 10 upgrades have been free for so long this excuse no longer holds any water.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Originally posted by Dron:

The old games that don't get updated anymore won't be affected. The concern is that at one point steam gets updated to a version that won't work on Windows 8.1 anymore, so accessing library will no longer be possible.

Note that most any client is based on some kind of browser. Steam and many other products are based around CEF

Chrome is ending support for Windows 7 in 2 weeks

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/extending-chrome-on-windows-7-to-support-enterprise-customers

Meaning that functionally any client you use, once it updates CEF to the latest version, will stop supporting Windows 7. And that over time Chrome may introduce or deprecate things that will break in windows 7.

Note eventually windows 8.1 will be deprecated as well. This is an inevitability. Anything that can run 8.1 can run windows 10. And the upgrade to window 10 is still free, so I don't really want to hear excuses about 'it costs money'. Windows 10 upgrades have been free for so long this excuse no longer holds any water.

I don't use chrome anyway, i don't trust Google at all.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

Originally posted by Satoru:

Note that most any client is based on some kind of browser. Steam and many other products are based around CEF

Chrome is ending support for Windows 7 in 2 weeks

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/extending-chrome-on-windows-7-to-support-enterprise-customers

Meaning that functionally any client you use, once it updates CEF to the latest version, will stop supporting Windows 7. And that over time Chrome may introduce or deprecate things that will break in windows 7.

Note eventually windows 8.1 will be deprecated as well. This is an inevitability. Anything that can run 8.1 can run windows 10. And the upgrade to window 10 is still free, so I don't really want to hear excuses about 'it costs money'. Windows 10 upgrades have been free for so long this excuse no longer holds any water.

I don't use chrome anyway, i don't trust Google at all.

That’s funny do you use

Steam
Gog galaxy
Uplay
Origin
Discord
Battle.net

Or literally anything?

Then you’re using CEF

And you’re using Chrome

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

I don't use chrome anyway, i don't trust Google at all.

That’s funny do you use

Steam
Gog galaxy
Uplay
Origin
Discord
Battle.net

Or literally anything?

Then you’re using CEF

And you’re using Chrome

Browser.. It gets too much malware, that said yes if i want to play games i'm forced on the other junk..