With this upcoming change, “the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows.” Of course, user accounts will continue to exist, but they’ll have to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11, or switch to Linux or Mac to retain access… with varying levels of game compatibility. They could still load up Steam and launch their games. At that time, just 0.2% of Steam users were affected, but all that this did was lock people out of using the built-in game storefront. Steam has required a 64-bit operating system since 2019, when they dropped support for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Of all Windows users, just 1.86% are using Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, compared to 62.33% using Windows 10 and 32.06% who’ve jumped over to Windows 11. As of the most recent Steam Hardware Survey in February 2023, this change will affect just a small fraction of Steam’s users.
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