TL;DR: Valve will end Steam support for Windows 10 32-bit systems on January 1, 2026, ceasing updates and technical assistance. While existing Steam clients will still run temporarily, users must ...

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Future versions of Steam will run on 64-bit versions of Windows only. Future versions of Steam will run on 64-bit versions of Windows only. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Just a few short weeks before Microsoft ends Windows 10 support, digital video game storefront Steam announced it would stop support for its 32-bit versions. Valve, the platform’s parent company, ...

Valve is ceasing Steam support for systems running 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system (OS) on January 1, 2026. In a recent Steam Support blog, Valve explained that Windows 10 32-bit is ...

Valve recently announced that Steam will stop supporting 32-bit versions of Windows as of January 1st, 2026. Right now, Windows 10 32-bit is the only 32-bit version of Windows that officially works ...

Valve has confirmed Steam will be dropping support for 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system. The company said Windows 10 32-bit is used by just 0.01% of users, sparking the change.

On September 18, Valve confirmed that Steam will cease support for the Windows 10 32-bit operating system, the last 32-bit OS that the platform currently supports, as of January 1, 2026. Valve ...

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If you're still using a 32-bit version of Windows 10 in 2025 and like to game on it, we've got some bad news for you. Valve is ending support for the 32-bit client next year.