The Holiday season seems to have brought Steam down

The Holiday season is upon us, with the happiest day of the year almost at our doorstep. Everyone is at home, with their loved ones, enjoying the jingling bells, and likely hanging around Steam. But Steam isn’t hanging around us, as it appears the Christmas spirit has brought it down.

On Christmas Eve, i.e. tonight, Steam seems to be buckling, either under the weight of all the people using their free time to play some games, or those who are eager to purchase Christmas presents just in time for the big day. The Steam Winter Sale is currently ongoing, after all, so it was only a matter of time before a great influx of eager buyers brought the platform to its knees.

According to Steam Status, every segment of Steam is currently offline or “unknown,” whatever that may mean. For most people, the chat seems to be in order, but the store itself and some other Steam services have been going off sporadically during the entire night.

At one point, 25 percent of all Steam users were out cold (pun intended), and it’s not just weekly maintenance that Steam usually performs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

However, the service seems to come back up rather soon after going out, meaning Valve is likely actively working on keeping everything in order, so if you’re running into various errors, like the one that appears when “processing your request,” remember that it’s not you but Steam itself.

Let’s hope all gets resolved and comes back up, permanently, by the time Christmas itself arrives. It’d be a damn waste of a good holiday without a proper round of Christmas gaming.