Steam will formally drop help for 32-bit Home windows after this yr

Valve not too long ago introduced that Steam will cease supporting 32-bit variations of Home windows as of January 1st, 2026.

Proper now, Home windows 10 32-bit is the one 32-bit model of Home windows that formally works with Steam—and based on the corporate’s personal {hardware} survey, it’s utilized by lower than 0.01 % of Steam players.

In the meantime, all 64-bit variations of Home windows (together with Home windows 10 64-bit) will proceed to be supported and may preserve taking part in 32-bit video games.

For customers nonetheless on Home windows 10 32-bit, this may imply that the put in Steam shopper will proceed to work as-is however with none updates, safety fixes, or technical help. Valve additionally emphasizes that it will possibly’t assure that performance will proceed on unsupported methods.

Based on the corporate, this transfer is important as a result of primary elements of Steam require drivers and libraries which are not supported in 32-bit environments.