The beforehand leaked Steam retailer menu design is now out there to discover within the platform’s beta shopper, confirming various adjustments Valve is testing for full launch.
A brand new group replace from Valve reads: “Simply because the Steam Retailer has modified with the addition of recent options in previous few years, the methods customers browse the shop have modified too. As we speak’s Steam Consumer Beta encompasses a new retailer menu that’s designed to supply simpler entry to the locations Steam customers most incessantly go to.”
Valve provides that it is “been listening to from gamers, and experiencing ourselves, that a few of the mostly visited areas of Steam had been exhausting to get to,” and that the up to date retailer menu is “a part of our ongoing efforts to assist customers discover new and thrilling video games to play on Steam.”
Among the key adjustments highlighted by Valve embody a brand new menu combining that big column of hyperlinks on the left facet of the display screen and the blue menu bar on the high. You will additionally see this menu “on extra pages throughout the shop” now.
There are additionally extra choices in the primary search menu, together with “Fashionable Searches,” “Just lately Seen,” “Extra than simply video games” (permits you to seek for classes/tags, publishers, and many others.), and an simply accessible hyperlink to Superior Search.
There’s additionally a brand new Beneficial tab on the primary menu that takes you to a brand new web page with all your really useful video games based mostly on issues like playtime, what you’ve got bought prior to now, and proposals from buddies.
In the meantime, Valve says the brand new Browse tab “provides a wide range of methods to seek out video games based mostly on reputation, launch date, worth and low cost.” That is accessible proper from that most important high menu as properly.
The classes tab has additionally been up to date to be extra personalised towards your particular preferences, that includes hubs based mostly on the genres and tags you play essentially the most.
I gave the up to date menu a fast spin earlier than scripting this story, and it is positively noticeably cleaner and a bit simpler to slim down video games to stuff I truly care about. That stated, it is exhausting to say if that is as a result of I knew precisely what to search for after studying Valve’s group replace. Why do not you test it out for your self and let Valve know what you suppose proper right here.
Nah? Play a few of the greatest PC video games as a substitute.
