Steam is ending assist for Home windows 32-bit subsequent 12 months

Steam is formally dropping Home windows 32-bit assist on the finish of this 12 months, the corporate right this moment. The one 32-bit model of Home windows that’s at present supported by Steam is Home windows 10 32-bit. The corporate says 0.01 p.c of methods reported by the Steam {Hardware} Survey are utilizing that model of Home windows. On any given day, Steam sees simply over , so it is secure to imagine that this modification will solely have an effect on a couple of thousand avid gamers.

Whereas this doesn’t suggest that your Steam shopper working on Home windows 10 32-bit will self-destruct at midnight on January 1, it does imply that you’ll not obtain updates or technical assist. Microsoft can be on October 14 of this 12 months, which is able to equally imply an finish to safety updates.

Valve will nonetheless assist Steam on Home windows 10 64-bit in the intervening time. would not supply a 32-bit model, making it the primary model to not supply 32-bit because the characteristic was launched with in 1993.

“Core options in Steam depend on system drivers and different libraries that aren’t supported on 32-bit variations of Home windows,” Steam defined within the announcement. Hopefully this modification frees up sufficient bandwidth at Valve to get over the end line.