cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53186894
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2026
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Not excusing Epic here, but TBH Steam was pretty bloated. It still is. Valve got too complacent with it.
Iβd really rather not have to run a ton of CPU/GPU/RAM-sapping churn in the background just to run a game. And if I do, at least make it leaner when minimized, not a full browser + a ton of other stuff.
It's not just bloated, it has a bunch of semi abandoned features and relatively simple bugs that they just don't care about fixing. Which is super weird. And I LIKE maximalism and features.
And as absolutely true as this post is, I also feel like this was a little corporate BM from valve. Which is concerning, given their position in the market; I don't want valve to turn into a machine that punches down. That's super toxic culture.
Just to clarify, because I have seen a lot of people not know this. This is part of a much bigger update, and has been in the public beta branch since the 9th of september. Steam aren't "punching down" or doing "corporate BM" in this case.
Sounds like you need more RAM dog
I have 128GB. For my setup specifically, I'm more worried about background CPU/GPU usage causing hitches.
But we are in a RAM apocalypse, so people running games with barely enough RAM/VRAM will be fairly common these days.
If you're ok to reduce the steam client to only a list of your games and sacrifice some features:
https://www.howtogeek.com/694531/how-to-reduce-steams-ram-usage-from-400-mb-to-60-mb/
Nice, my current machine canβt even handle that much, lol
My system works for what I need it for, but I canβt wait to upgrade hardcore once all of the bubble implodes and all of the tech fabs need consumers again.