Steam Deck News

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed incorrect screenshots showing for non-Steam games
  

Steam Deck Desktopl

• Fixed client window opening at login or when started with -silent flag for certain startup locations
  
• Fixed adding non-Steam games on Windows
  
• Add note to hidden achievement view to alert that showing will reveal a spoiler.
  

Note: This update was re-released on June 23rd to fix the following Desktop Mode issues:

• Fixed client window opening at login or when started with -silent flag for certain startup locations
  
• Fixed incorrect screenshots showing for non-Steam games
  
• Fixed adding non-Steam games on Windows
  
• Added note to hidden achievement view to alert that showing will reveal a spoiler.
  

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable (default) channel.

General

• Fixed issue where the main menu and quick access menus were not rendering properly after entering a PIN at the lock screen
  
• Fixed issue where inviting a user to a game would cause the overlay UI to soft-lock.
  

Desktop Mode

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed issue where the main menu and quick access menus were not rendering properly after entering a PIN at the lock screen
  

Steam Input

• Minimum Rumble Sustain reverted from 3 seconds back to 10 seconds.
  
• Added gyro and accelerometer support for more third party Nintendo Switch controllers
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed issue where inviting a user to a game would cause the overlay UI to soft-lock.
  
• Fixed second achievements progress bar not being filled in when comparing achievements with a friend.
  
• Fixed sharing screenshots not working properly.
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed an issue where the system tray menu and Steam menus could open in the incorrect direction for certain monitor configurations.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when using SteamVR.
  
• Fixed videos continuing to play in browsers when window is minimized or closed.
  
• Fixed page erroneously scrolling up when clicking certain parts of the advanced app filter pane.
  
• Fixed overlay scaling when Steam display scaling setting disabled
  
• Fixed case where a game would shell execute steam://store/ to open a browser to their store page, but the overlay was not activated.
  

Steam Input

• Gyro calibration now uses a time window to calibrate (5s), rather than a fixed number of samples (since Dualsense is now being sampled at 800hz, and could potentially autocalibrate over too short a period).