Steam's Big Recent Changes May Change The Way You Play Games Forever

Steam is finally making some major changes to its storefront that will make it far easier for players to try a game before they purchase it. Currently, in the gaming space, it's never been easier for players to dip into a collection of games, either via PC and Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus' libraries, and decide if a title is right for them, but Steam has long offered a more traditional way of doing this with demos that let players try out a section of a title that should serve as a solid representation of what the full game will be like before someone pays for it.

There are thousands of playable demos launching on Steam every year, and millions of players try them out, with events such as Steam Next Fest or major showcases advertising an array of titles players can try out. While most players know what they should be getting from a lot of the AAA titles on the market, demos can be a huge support to smaller studios or indie developers as a way of showing players their vision for titles and getting promotion through word of mouth from those in the gaming community who have tried their games firsthand.

Steam is undoubtedly the go-to gaming platform for PC players, but it still has some helpful features that some users might not have noticed.

As stated in a recent Steam blog post, Valve has taken on board feedback from both developers and players regarding how demos are presented on the storefront and how they function and has made several changes to ensure that not only are demos more prominently displayed on the Steam homepage on chart pages such as "" or "," as well as on relevant tag and category pages. Demos now also have a separate, full store page that will better advertise the contents of the demo rather than the full game, and players are able to write reviews solely on the demo experience on these pages.

The demo pages also easily link through to the full game's page to make it easy for those wishing to purchase the complete product.

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