As of January 1 2024, Steam stopped supporting the Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. Existing Steam Client installations on these operating systems will no longer receive updates of any kind including security updates. Steam Support will be unable to offer users technical support for issues related to the old operating systems, and Steam will be unable to guarantee continued functionality of Steam on the unsupported operating system versions.

To continue using of Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam, users should update to a more recent version of Windows. We expect the Steam client and games on these older operating systems to continue running for some time without updates after January 1st, 2024, but we are unable to guarantee continued functionality after that date.

This change is required as core features in Steam rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows. In addition, future versions of Steam will require Windows feature and security updates only present in Windows 10 and above.

We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later. Microsoft는 Windows 7과 Windows 8.1에 대한 보안 업데이트 및 기술 지원을 각각 2020년 1월과 2023년 1월에 중단했습니다. 이러한 운영 체제를 사용하는 컴퓨터는 인터넷에 연결될 경우 패치가 적용되지 않는 새로운 맬웨어 및 기타 공격에 취약해집니다. 맬웨어는 PC, Steam, 게임의 성능을 저하하거나 충돌 문제를 일으킬 수 있습니다. 또한 Steam 계정 또는 기타 서비스의 로그인 정보를 도용하는 데 사용될 수 있습니다.