Steam outage on April 29 "," 1h 0m disruption
Apr 29, 12:02 PM → Apr 29, 01:02 PM · 1h 0m · medium
Users reported an outage affecting Steam services, which was detected by PulseWatch through user reports. This medium-severity disruption began on April 29, 2026, at 12:02 PM UTC and was resolved by 1:02 PM UTC on the same day.
Impact
During the incident, PulseWatch received 10 user reports, with a peak of 5 reports within a 15-minute period. The primary issue reported by users was 'Website down', indicating difficulties accessing the Steam website. No specific regional impacts were recorded during this time.
Top reported issues
- Website down10
Incident timeline
- Apr 29, 12:02 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- Apr 29, 12:07 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:12 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:15 PM
Peak of 5 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- Apr 29, 12:18 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:22 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:27 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:32 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:37 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 12:42 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Apr 29, 01:02 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- Apr 29, 12:02 PM
Steam status page acknowledged the incident.
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