Steam is the biggest PC storefront on the market, but that doesn't mean the team at Valve isn't constantly looking for ways to improve the service. Regularly, Steam gets small, impactful changes that add and update features that players use each day. It's partially that commitment to constantly improving the user experience that makes Steam such a market leader. That, and all of the massive sales. Today, Valve dropped yet another update to the Steam store, giving players several brand-new options centered around their shopping carts. The biggest addition is the ability to mark a game as private before you even buy it.

Previously, players had the option to hide a game from their Steam profile and games list after they'd purchased it, but that meant others could still see that they had bought the game, if only for a limited time. Now, you can mark the game as private when it first enters your cart, ensuring that your ownership will always be hidden from other users. On top of that change, Steam has also updated the cart so that anything you add to it on one device will be there if you change to another one. Plus, Valve has updated how gift purchases for friends work to let you make several purchases for multiple friends all at once.

It's worth noting that all of this is technically still in the beta version. You won't be able to access all of these features in the normal Steam client just yet, but if you opt into the Steam Client Beta, you can test them out before they're ready for primetime. Below, you'll find the full patch notes for the shopping cart update.

Steam Shopping Cart Update Patch Notes


Starting today, users who have opted into the Steam Client Beta will see a new version of the shopping cart when checking out on the Steam Store. These users will also be able to mark games in their library as private.

Posted: Dec 25, 2023 7:11 pm
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