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Steam down: is Steam down right now? 18,000+ outage reports as Cloudflare failure knocks out servers globally

Steam down: is Steam down right now? Steam is down right now. Over 18,000 users filed outage reports Friday, February 20, 2026. Cloudflare's server failure knocked out Steam's matchmaking, cloud sync, and store access globally. East Coast saw partial recovery by evening. West Coast delays continued. Valve issued no statement. Launch Steam in Offline Mode to keep playing locally until Steam servers fully recover.