A smarter storefront,
Personalized just for you
Discover your next favorite game. The Steam Discovery Update makes it easier to find exactly what you want when shopping for a new game experience.
In the past nine monthsover 1,300 new titles have been added to Steam. We know you can’t play them allso we’ve updated Steam with new features and functionality to help you discover the best new releasesthe classicsand the unique indie gems you might be interested in.
Below you will find more detailed information on all the new ways to explore what’s on Steam and the changes we’ve made. Give it a trytweak your settingsand – as always – send us your feedback so we can continue to make the experience even better.
Your Home Page
The Steam Discovery Update starts with the newsmarter Home pagewhich introduces a variety of ways for you to explore the over 3,700 titles now available on Steam.
Specificallythe new features at your disposal from the Home page include personalized recommendations based on your gameplayreviews from your favorite community Curatorsand powerful new search and discovery tools.
To further personalize your Steam shopping experiencemany areas are customizable and automatically filter out the products that you have already bought and the titles you have indicated you aren't interested in.
Discover new favorites
Right on your Home pageyou’ll find a greater variety of games. From popular new releases and top sellersto recommendations and suggestions by friendsthere are many ways to discover the next game to play.
Customize your view
New configuration options let you select the kind of products you wish to include in each area. We’ve started with some defaults that we think make sense for most usersbut feel free to customize it to your own tastes.
Your Discovery Queue
Your Steam Discovery Queue is a powerfulnew way of exploring the most popular new releases that you haven’t yet seen. You can quickly browse through games that are suggested for youand you can choose to follow the gameadd it to your Wishlistpurchase itor indicate that you are not interested. Your Discovery Queue is automatically refreshed each day with newtop-selling releases.
Learn more about your Queue
WishlistFollowor Ignore
For any product in Steamincluding those in your Discovery Queueyou can easily add it to your Wishlistfollow the game’s announcements in your activity feedor mark it as ignored to exclude it from future recommendations and featured spots.
Or just skip to the next game
No matter what action you take on a game (or even if you don’t take one)you can always quickly skip to the next item in your queue to easily explore through the Steam catalog.
Steam Curators
Steam Curators are individualsorganizationsand groups that publish reviews and recommendations in a public forum on Steam.
Following a few Steam Curators is another way to discover and learn about new products. Their picks show up on your home page as well as in your community activity feedwhere you can comment and rate those recommendations.
Become a taste maker yourself. Are you an expert in what makes a really good 2D Platformer? Ormaybe you’re really in to Survival Horror games and want to help others find the best. It’s easy with Steam Curators. Anyone can be a Steam Curator by simply making some recommendations via a Steam Community Group.
Powerful Search and Filtering
Whether you are searching for something specificor just want to browse the Steam catalogthe updated Steam Search is more powerful than ever. The search auto complete can usually find and suggest the title you are looking for within a few keystrokeswhile the search results page adds powerful new filtering controls for narrowing down your results.
Search by nametagor description
You can always search for specific products by typing the title. But you can also enter tags or terms to search for particular themesgenresor content. Now you can easily search for your favorite
Twin Stick ShootersRogue-likesor games featuring
Vampires.
Filter by tags and features
Once you’ve searched for a termtitleor tagyou can further narrow your results with new filters. Narrow your search by tagsSteam featuresoperating systemand language. Now you can search for that
Co-Op Dungeon Crawler with Steam Trading Cards you’ve been looking for.
Recommendation Feed
The Steam Recommendation Feed is a nearly endless list of recommendations designed to showcase the broad variety of titles available on Steam. Like the other recommendations throughout Steamthe feed will recommend to you titles based on the games you’ve been playing and what your friends are enjoying. But it also features well-reviewed titles that you may be interested in from categories across Steam.
The Recommendation Feed helps to make sure you don’t miss that interesting indie title that’s unlike anything you’ve played so faror that awesome adventure game that you missed from last year. Just keep scrolling down on the home page to load more recommendations.
As you browse this list of titlesyou can easily add to your Wishlistor you can select the title to learn more about it. If you see a title you are not interested injust click the ‘Ignore’ button and Steam won’t show that item to you in the future.
