"We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later," Valve says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system. The gaming company warned last year that ...

PC gamers sticking with old versions of Windows may finally need to upgrade if they want to keep playing the games in their Steam libraries. Valve announced this week that it will stop supporting ...

95.57 percent of surveyed Steam users are already on Windows 10 and 11, with nearly 2 percent of the remainder on Linux and 1.5 percent on Mac — so we may be talking about fewer than 1 percent of ...

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In the new issue of TIME, I have a story on Windows 8.1. If you’re a subscriber, you can read it here, but trust me: It’s better on paper. (For one thing, the magazine version has a list of new ...