Steam consumes 40% of memory

[Tough Erectus]

Steam consumes 30-40% of Memory, even when the game has not started yet, because of this, browsers, games, discord crash and almost kills the computer (I have 8 gb of memory) (Checked viruses, dont have any)

[SilverPigtail]

Did you started to experience this with the new client update? You could try to reinstall Steam in order to see if it has something to do with the cache.

[Nx Machina]

Menu > Steam > Settings > Library > Enable the following then reboot Steam.

Low Bandwidth Mode

Low Performance Mode

Disable Community Content

[Ogami]

Not to sound too condescending but 8GB of RAM is just not enough anymore in 2023.
RAM is dirt cheap and has been for a while, a 32GB kit is like 80 bucks on Amazon.
Most games now have a 16 GB RAM minimum requirement.

Its time to upgrade if you are still on only 8GB of RAM.

[Supafly]

My settings are like Nx Machina posted in post #2 and Steam doesn't even break 1 GB for me, and that with half a dozen Steam windows open at the same time. I can't imagine how it's using over 3GB for you.