Steam Can't Log In or Connect Megathread

[ianskate]

Please keep all your discussions related to the current client login issues/downtime to this topic. All others will be locked/merged to keep things in one place, as there are too many topics leading to confusion and spam right now.

I'll edit this with any updates we're made aware of. Additionally, if something pops up on /r/Steam or elsewhere, feel free to ping me or one of the other moderators so we can add to this. Completely understand your frustration, but please keep things constructive.

Also keep your eyes on these pages to see if things change:

https://steamstat.us
https://downdetector.com/status/steam/map/
https://outage.report/steam
https://store.steampowered.com/stats/

We'll make an effort to relay as much information as possible. Thanks for holding tight!

UPDATE : The issue seems to have been solved, you should be able to reconnect now.

[old money bowling]

MC Chaox님이 먼저 게시:

Seems to be a problem with everyone, including me. I think it needs to be fixed by valve and we just have to wait patiently...until they find out that we can't get into steam lmao

Oh okay lol, im just concerned about the fact that my friends can login and play fine and i can login to my other accounts, and the gta thing. Whatever, hope its fixed when i wake up :D

[vhytes]

Yeah Jinx, exactly the same to me. Idk what the ♥♥♥♥ is going on rn, but it seems like a loooot of people are having that problem rn.

[Crewmember 123]

The real problem is that people go to Steam social media accounts to see if steam is down, they find nothing there. So? Now they think there an issue on their end (like me) spend hours fixing it, just to find out it is actually an issue with steam itself. If Steam bothered to say "We are experiencing login issues, please wait for fix" then people would not waste hours and get angry.

[maestro]

My client isn't even contacting the server at all, I intentionally entered the wrong password and it just sits there.

[ksbuell]

Same issue!!Fix it please steam!

[DarkLordGig]

Is steam having issues or is it just me

Title says it all. Can't seem to get past the "can't connect to server" error. Did some digging and seems some people are having the same issue. Tried:

-resetting winsock
-rebooting router
-disabling firewall
-uninstalling and reinstalling (Now have to reinstall games)
-running as admin
-running in compatibility mode
-adding "-tcp" to values
-running it in offline mode
-crying in the corner
-sacrificing goats to Lord Gaben
-praying to RNG gods

Any thing happening to the servers or is it just me?

[ivanmanu51]

Try to open you Steam in offline mode so at least you can enter your library and play offline.
This is not a guarantee, just a possible solution.

EDIT:
This has something with servers, not on your end.

[Winged One]

fukot.sk > hidden bored gamer님이 먼저 게시:

First, write to Steam Support https://help.steampowered.com/en/ Then write here what they have written to you.
This will be up to date for me maybe next year.
In European Union we have quite a strong consumer rights (refund is thanks EU).

For example, Google got a penalty €4.3 billion https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17580694/google-android-eu-fine-antitrust (companies are not above the law).

Disallowing access, arbitrary from Valve, damages the client's rights to his property. Steam works, but Valve has decided to limit its customers on Windows XP.

There is no reason Valve does not have a permanently functioning client for Windows XP (final version as is the case with other programs, games).
Uplay has. Google Chrome has.

It's an interesting situation. A warning to all customers, such as Valve, can block access to your account at any time just because, for example, you do not have Windows 10.
2020, support for Windows 7 ends. Will I lose access to all my games because Valve decided, no more Windows 7?

Write to Steam Support, write the problem and wait for the answer. Maybe it's just a mistake, unintentional. Maybe.

Sorry, but the EU won't have such a law.. no developer can expect to support their software for an OS forever, otherwise people would be refunding software 20 years later..

Here is the thing, you didn't even pay for Steam.. Steam is free, you paid for some of the games but you still have those licenses, you just no longer meet the requirements.. software requirements change over time, that is the nature of software

[Egg Shaped Fred]

Why no response from Valve? This appears to be affecting many worldwide.

Is that 30% cut not used to keep your infrastructure online or to make sure your own dev's test their crap before pushing out updates?

[Darla The Crossdresser]

im having this problem too. ♥♥♥♥♥ gay asfuk

[Merdock]

yeah i cant log into my steam client either. wife is playing on hers 2 feet away some connection hard wired

[Jiimbo⚔]

^ I spent 2 hours restarting my PC and doing self diags left and right only to find this discussion lmao

[Xyrind]

Same here! Wife can connect but I'm not able to.

[Nemesis]

Egg Shaped Fred님이 먼저 게시:

Why no response from Valve? This appears to be affecting many worldwide.

Is that 30% cut not used to keep your infrastructure online or to make sure your own dev's test their crap before pushing out updates?

Agreed. At least pin a thread at the top or make a tweet acknowledging this issue...

[Here’s Jeffy]

ErfHUN님이 먼저 게시:

The real problem is that people go to Steam social media accounts to see if steam is down, they find nothing there. So? Now they think there an issue on their end (like me) spend hours fixing it, just to find out it is actually an issue with steam itself. If Steam bothered to say "We are experiencing login issues, please wait for fix" then people would not waste hours and get angry.

This.