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Steam's "Curator Update" Will Be Coming Next Month

Valve is getting ready to launch the Steam Curator update before the end of fall, and with it will come some big changes of how games will be distributed. The short version is that it is giving more power to developers and adding in new options for finding other games. Essentially, the curators will be front-and-center with their recommendations, their promotions, the way their page looks, and what kind of content they will be able to show off. Below is the introductory paragraph from the page to explain what it's all about. While there's no hard date set for it, they say it will happen in the fall, which means we should see it before the end of November.

We've heard from many of you that you want to have a more curated experience when shopping Steam; where the titles that are surfaced and recommended and highlighted are picked by humans that you know and trust. But, we also know that players have different tastes in games, so it's unlikely that any single person or group could cater to the specific interests of every player in the world. This is why we believe that Valve can't be the only form of curation in Steam – we would be under serving the tastes and viewpoints of many players.

So, we're focusing on how to support the streamers, journalists, critics, content creators, writers, enthusiasts, and friends that you already know and trust to be able to help you find your next favorite game. By following a few Curators on Steam, you'll not only start to see their recommendations appear prominently when browsing the Steam Store, but you can also explore each of their customized spaces within Steam and see all the titles they have reviewed.

Using the Steam Curator features on Steam is an opt-in thing. If you're not interested in the opinions of human beings helping you find games that are worth your attention, then we also have some powerful features coming just for you. We're hard at work on significant improvements to the core recommendation engine which algorithmically suggests games for all Steam users. We're anxious to talk in depth about that technology too, and will do so in a future blog post.

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