Steam Client for Mac Discontinued?

[Superottowa]

Hey everyone, I've been hearing that Steam is discontinuing their client for Mac Os in 6 months and have ceased any updates for the Mac version. I really wish they'd come out with an M1 version but it sounds like they're just letting it die completely.

Does anyone know if they'll refund us games if we don't have a PC to play our games on? I also feel like they'll be missing out on a decent market share with the growth of M series chips being adopted by a lot of people.

[Scott, President of Dominos]

I told you guys, but you didn’t listen.

[alexmaru]

and source of hearing is you, right?

They are discontinuing Catalina, MacOS from 2019.

[Night]

Originally posted by Superottowa:

Hey everyone, I've been hearing that Steam is discontinuing their client for Mac Os in 6 months and have ceased any updates for the Mac version. I really wish they'd come out with an M1 version but it sounds like they're just letting it die completely.

Wherever you're hearing this from is using outdated or completely incorrect information, Steam is not entirely discontinuing all of MacOS Support. Just Catalina (10.15) and older.

- https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5DB9-C866-8C93-7760
- https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5E0D-522A-4E62-B6EF

As for Silicon based Mac Hardware:

Is Steam compatible with Apple's Silicon Macs?

Steam can only run on Apple Silicon M1 and M2 Macs through Apple's Rosetta 2 translation technology. It's essential to note that while Rosetta allows the application to run, some performance limitations and inconsistencies might occur compared to running natively.

From: https://isapplesiliconready.com/en/app/Steam

Does Steam work on Apple Silicon?

Yes, reported working via Rosetta 2

From: https://doesitarm.com/app/steam

TL;DR - Use Rosetta 2 on Silicon MacOS Hardware.
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-rosetta-2-mac/

[aiusepsi]

The most recent beta update, from January 14th, has a bug fix specifically for macOS. They've definitely not ceased updates.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4397053/view/523079968283951605