{"id":352907,"date":"2025-10-23T13:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/steam-deck-steam-os-3-leak-ui"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:02:51","slug":"steamos-3-leaks-giving-us-a-look-at-the-full-steam-deck-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/steamos-3-leaks-giving-us-a-look-at-the-full-steam-deck-ui\/","title":{"rendered":"SteamOS 3 leaks, giving us a look at the full Steam Deck UI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/steamos-3-leaks-giving-us-a-look-at-the-full-steam-deck-ui.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The latest version of Valve&#8217;s Linux-based operating system, <strong>SteamOS 3<\/strong>, is now out in the wild. This is the same system that&#8217;ll be installed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/valves-handheld-gaming-device-steam-deck-announced-starts-shipping-december\">every Steam Deck<\/a>, but it&#8217;s also of interest to Windows users running Steam on desktops and other devices.<\/p>\n<p>That is, in part, because Valve will be porting the Steam Deck UI over onto PC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/steam-deck-ui-replace-big-picture-mode\">to replace the dated Big Picture Mode<\/a>, at some point. Valve has made several changes to the flow of the interface specifically for it to work on a handheld device, and some of these benefits will transfer over to the controller-driven side of desktop Steam.<\/p>\n<p>SteamDB&#8217;s ever-vigilant Pavel Djundik shared a number of screenshots of the new UI, taken from the leaked build. As Djundik points out, the design is very similar to the current Steam library look, albeit with a few layout changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/steam-deck-steam-os-3-leak-ui\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/steam-deck-steam-os-3-leak-ui\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of Valve&#8217;s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS 3, is now out in the wild. This is the same system that&#8217;ll be installed on every Steam Deck, but it&#8217;s also of interest to Windows users running Steam on desktops and other devices. That is, in part, because Valve will be porting the Steam Deck UI over onto PC to replace the dated Big Picture Mode, at some point. Valve has made several changes to the flow of the interface specifically for it to work on a handheld device, and some of these benefits will transfer over to the controller-driven side of desktop Steam. 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