Occasionally, Steam’s servers will go down, hindering your ability to download your games and browse the store. When you encounter this issue, it can be difficult to determine whether the problem is on your end, or whether the servers are down.
This guide will show you how to check Steam’s server status.
How to check Steam’s server status
There are a few ways to check the status of Steam’s servers. If you visit the Steam store and find that it won’t load, the servers may be down. However, you’ll want to verify this to make sure that the problem isn’t with you.
A couple of third-party sites are available to help you verify whether servers are down. Try issteamdown.com, or steamstat.us which provides live updates. Lastly, check out Steam’s social media accounts. You can find the official Twitter account here. If the servers are down for maintenance or any other reason, there’ll usually be something mentioned.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do on your end to fix the issue if the servers are down. In the meantime, you can play offline by opening the Steam menu and selecting ‘Go offline…’ While this mode is activated, you won’t be able to play any online games or update your library, though you’ll be able to play your single-player offline games just fine.
The great thing is that you won’t have to wait too long for servers to go up, as they’re seldom down for long. Are your downloads taking forever? Try these tricks to boost your download speeds on Steam.
