Having trouble logging in to Steam to play any of Tuesday’s new games? It’s not just you, and it’s not weekly maintenance, either.
Steam is suffering from massive outages right now, as evidenced by users reporting problems on DownDetector and reports all across various social media. And according to CyberNews, it appears to be due to a massive DDoS attack that’s targeting several services, including Steam, AWS, Riot Games, and even OpenAI.
Steam usually goes offline or has issues around 5pm CT on Tuesdays, which is when Valve runs weekly maintenance. But this sort of widespread outage definitely seems to be DDoS-related as it looks to be a targeted attack on web service providers and it’s affecting many worldwide.
The outages first began at around 7pm CT on Oct. 6, there was another wave in the early morning hours. But this latest one that hit around 11:30am CT feels larger and more serious than the others, with many users unable to sign into Steam at all.
When I try to log in, I’m met with the “Who’s Playing?” screen on Steam, and after inputting my credentials, I’m unable to connect to the game at all. If the DDoS attack continues to hit providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Cloudflare, issues may persist for some time.
Either way, gamers looking to play some new titles or favorite classics all the same are unable to at this point in time while Steam struggles with the attack. For now, gamers will have to touch grass for a bit and hope the problem subsides soon.
This is a developing story that we’re following in real time, so stay tuned for updates. Destructoid has reached out to Valve for comment about the outage.
Update on Oct. 7 at 12:40pm CT: Steam issues appear to be subsiding for many as they are able to log back in to the service, but your results may vary for the time being.
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