Agent_KaryoDec 21
Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown — 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026
Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown — 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026

Valve’s latest client update shifts Steam to 64-bit on Windows systems.

Tom's Hardware
Show threadAgent_KaryoDec 21

Valve has previously said that 32-bit Windows installations represent around 0.01% of active Steam systems.

I feel like it’s fair to sunset 32-bit Windows support if this segment represents 0.01% of your installed base

Show threadmadthumbsDec 21
If they’re willing to issue refunds for all games bought for 32bit.
Show threadFetusDec 21
Are there any games that won’t work on 64bit?
Show threadUairhahsDec 21
64 bit architecture can emulate / run 32 bit processes but the reverse doesnt work.
Show threadSerinusDec 21

They could, actually. I was there, in the olden times.

Not efficiently, of course. And these days it’d be a disaster. But it was possible.

Show threadUairhahs
You learn something new everyday, must have been prone to mem allocation issues no?
Dec 21 at 7:20pmWeb
Show threadSerinusDec 21

I had the choice when buying a new PC to go with single threaded 64-bit or multiple cores. Particularly for gamin, I figured a single fire was all I really needed, and 64-bit was the future.

The correct choice at the time was multiple cores. Everything going to 64-bit wasn’t going to happen until that computer was long dead.