House & Home Steam House & Home Fest 2026

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Steam "House and Home" games festival, showing a game called Creature Kitchen

Steam "House and Home" fest is zany and wonderful and raises important questions like "Are you insane" and "wait can I play as the racoon" and "What else has The Rat Zone presented because my interest is extremely piqued"
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smashing that 'join us' button

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this one is my favorite

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Steam :: Steamworks Development :: NEW: Steamworks Wishlist Data API Programmatic access to your game's wishlisting data

This morning somebody at GDC asked me if there was any chance we could make Wishlist data easier to access...
Well would ya lookie here!

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Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike.

When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players.

That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. 💪

A new release notification for Double Fine's game "Keeper"

well speaking of double fine and creator home pages and new release notifications... got this email back in October! Here's to lots of orange.

lol here's a good one from just yesterday.
Love me some material efficiency. All about that pressure and performance rating.

Developer & Publisher Homepages - New Customization Tools YouTube video by Steamworks Development

Also plugging this video- I think it has a nice summary of how these pages work and then shows off the cool new customization look-and-feel stuff!
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A big way is searching the name of a studio in our search bar, or clicking on the Developer or Publisher name fields on a game page.
But when you follow a studio, we show its games more on the home page and other rec spots & a 'follow the dev' widget shows in the cart when somebody buys your game.

Another cool thing about developer homepages: when you follow a game studio you like, we automatically let you know about new games that they release, for instance...
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Steamworks Development - Powerful New Tools For Customizing Developer/Publisher Homepages - Steam News Better tools for presenting your studio's brand and showcasing the games you make

Developer/Publisher home pages are already super valuable, especially for building an audience over time.This morning we launched a huge update to customization.
If you haven't already made a home page for your game studio, now is a good time to start!
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i loved the writing in void bastards (thank you for that) and your post inspired me to go read some Rob Grant

Hydraulic valves, piston valves, pressure regulator valves... you name a type of valve, somebody has emailed me a price sheet for it. "Valve business guy" means wildly different things depending on whether you make video games or not.

Next Fest February 2026 - LIVE NOW! Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather ...

Steam Next Fest is back with new demos from now until March 2!

Check out of demos of every genre and wishlist your favorites. Browse by genre, theme, or feature, or check out the For You tab for recommendations based on what you've been playing!

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A Steam notification announcing "A demo for a game published by Stray Fawn Studio is available to play on Steam!" The game is Gambonanza.

happy next fest day to all who celebrate, 'tis the season for getting alerts that a bunch of studios & games are dropping new demos.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

By including the i-shaped trophy in their roman numerals logo, the NFL made it look like
Super Bowl 59 instead of Super Bowl 60.
LIX <> LX
This concludes my sports analysis for the day.

Steamworks Development - New: Early Access developers can list their planned "1.0" release date - Steam News This optional tool allows games in Early Access to officially display their expected 1.0 release date

Is your game currently released and playable in Early Access on Steam? If so, you have a new (totally optional) tool to share your planned 1.0 release date, once you are ready to do so!
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Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Events

2026 has already been very busy for the Steam team with a bunch of new updates and tools in the first few weeks of the year. Follow the Steamworks Dev blog below, or here on bsky @partner.steamgames.com , to stay up to date.

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"You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."

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On Fox 9 just now they interviewed a woman at the scene in Minneapolis. She says she’s not an activist but felt a call to action like she hasn’t felt since 9/11. She says she was raised to love America. She says she’s never felt scared of the government in her life, until now.

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Steamworks Development - New! Version Control For Steam Workshop Mods - Steam News New Steam APIs and Workshop item options work together for better control as games and mods get updated

New options on Steam make it easier for developers and mod authors to work together in ensuring compatibility of mods as games evolve. Extremely cool for games that have an active mod community!

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death “Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”