Steam is ending support for Windows 32-bit next year

Steam, the popular digital distribution platform for video games, has announced that it will be ending support for Windows 32-bit systems at the end of this year. This change will only affect a small percentage of users, as the Steam Hardware Survey indicates that only 0.01% of systems are using the 32-bit version of Windows 10. Microsoft is also set to discontinue support for Windows 10 on October 14th of this year, which will further limit the availability of security updates for 32-bit systems. Valve, the company behind Steam, has stated that "core features in Steam rely on system drivers and other libraries that are not supported on 32-bit versions of Windows," necessitating the move to discontinue support. While this change may not impact the majority of Steam users, it is a significant milestone in the transition towards 64-bit computing. The article suggests that this move may free up resources at Valve, fueling speculation about the much-anticipated release of Half-Life 3.