{"id":1237043,"date":"2026-02-26T21:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aYYABpfRJK5iACU5dCPyWh"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:50:02","slug":"its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don’t be too concerned if you’re struggling to load pages or wring search results out of Steam right now: The Summer Sale kicked off an hour ago<\/a>, and the whole thing is getting slammed.<\/p>\n

Your mileage may vary on this depending on where you’re located. Steam seems to be working pretty well for me overall in Canada, although I cannot get Steam Deck<\/a> pricing to load for love or money.<\/p>\n

California-based Morgan Park hasn’t been able to load the “Under $5” section for the past half-hour, though, and in the UK Rich Stanton is struggling with art and text loading.<\/p>\n

PC Gamer’s Chicagoan Ted Litchfield, on the other hand, has been getting\u2014and I quote\u2014”oopsie doopsie fucky wuckies<\/em> up the wazoo” since the sale began.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"Oops,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

(Image credit: Valve)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He’s a true wordsmith, our Ted.<\/p>\n

Bottom line, Steam getting hammered and struggling under the load of countless gamers eager to throw money at it is nothing new, but if it’s new to you<\/em>, don’t sweat it, be patient\u2014it’s usually squared away within an hour or so.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Steam sale dates<\/strong><\/a>: When’s the next event?
Epic Store free games<\/strong><\/a>: What’s free right now?
Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: The best freebies you can grab
2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year’s upcoming releases
Free Steam games<\/strong><\/a>: No purchase necessary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don’t be too concerned if you’re struggling to load pages or wring search results out of Steam right now: The Summer Sale kicked off an hour ago, and the whole thing is getting slammed. Your mileage may vary on this depending on where you’re located. Steam seems to be working pretty well for me overall in Canada, although I cannot get Steam Deck pricing to load for love or money. California-based Morgan Park hasn’t been able to load the “Under $5” section for the past half-hour, though, and in the UK Rich Stanton is struggling with art and text loading. PC Gamer’s Chicagoan Ted Litchfield, on the other hand, has…<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1237044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-1237043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"\nIt's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-arcader-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"It’s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png\",\"keywords\":[\"games\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PC Gamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/\",\"name\":\"It's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png\",\"caption\":\"It\u2019s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It’s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"It's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News","description":"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"It's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News","og_description":"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-arcader-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"It’s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale","datePublished":"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png","keywords":["games"],"articleSection":["PC Gamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/","name":"It's not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png","datePublished":"2026-02-26T21:50:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Most of us have been down this road before, but in case you have not, don't be too concerned if you're struggling to load pages or wring search results","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale.png","caption":"It\u2019s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-just-you-steam-is-getting-absolutely-crushed-under-the-summer-sale\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It’s not just you\u2014Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511212,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237043\/revisions\/1511212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1237044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}