It’s not simply you: Steam out of the blue seems good

In April, Valve revealed it was overhauling Steam in an enormous means — not only a contemporary coat of paint, but additionally unifying the codebase between its Desktop, Massive Image Mode and Steam Deck interfaces, including new options like a useful cloud notepad and pinnable panels within the in-game overlay, revamping its internet browser, screenshot supervisor and notifications tabs, and including {hardware} acceleration for Linux and Mac.

Whereas a lot of that has been accessible in beta, immediately’s the day it goes vast with a full steady launch. So in case your Steam is trying relatively totally different, that’s why!

And reader, my gaming colleagues and I’ve been impressed by how a lot we like that coat of paint. Older modifications to the Retailer and Library tabs however, Steam has seemed like an historical utility for a really very long time, and now it’s… good! “I lastly like Steam,” my colleague Tom Warren confided.

Cloud notepad on desktop. Picture: Valve

Me, I’m nonetheless most excited for the cloud notepad, which I can affirm additionally now works on Steam Deck — although it doesn’t appear to be you should use it as a translucent in-game overlay like you possibly can on desktop simply but. You will discover it from inside a recreation by hitting your Steam button, then scrolling right down to Notes.

Cloud notepad on Steam Deck. Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge