Index ⇒ General Topics ⇒ Steam is dropping Windows 7 support

[Terje_P]

A bit unfortunate, as Windows 7 was the bridge between old games and relative modern hardware in terms of compatibility .

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/v ... -1321-800A

[Shattered]

They will also drop support for Windows 8 and 8.1 on the same date.

[Googler123]

Then I will also drop support for Steam lmao. I know, I know, they couldn't care less but don't use it that much anyways. As per usual these days, seems like the 7 seas is the answer to most of these conundrums.

[Scaryfun]

What do you mean by 7 seas?

[HcH]

[Scaryfun]

Ah, yes.

[hfric]

Steam now is a Joke ... imagine they got like 55% of theirs whole backlog of games not supporting Win11 ... Win7 was the only way to run those games , since it had WinXp Api in it ... older MumboJumbo HOGs will not work on Win11 since Win11 missing Dx 1-9 backwards compatibility support ... you want to play Heroes of the Annihilated Empires on Win11 , well then forget about Sound\Music\Movies since this game drivers do not work in Win10\11 ...

Guess they forced themselves with this os when they made the Steamdeck...

[hugues30]

[Mister_Headcrab]

I like Steam but all my love goes to GoG.

[hfric]

[Terje_P]

Solution for now
https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... st-1893607

I expect the workaround to stop working sometime in 2024, like the various Windows XP workarounds did.