Steam experienced two major outages within 24 hours, affecting millions of users globally. The first outage began on December 15 at 7:59 pm EST, causing widespread disruptions including inaccessible community discussion boards, failed game loads, and degraded login services. Over 81% of affected users reported server connection issues, with a significant impact on popular features like Steam Community, Workshop, and user profiles. The outage was linked to server overloads and CDN failures, resulting in a Bad Gateway error (E502 L3). The following day, December 16, a second outage occurred around 3:30 pm PT, with over 41,000 reports of connection failures on Downdetector, suggesting ongoing infrastructure strain. During these outages, popular titles such as Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Call of Duty, Arc Raiders, and Monster Hunter were inaccessible. Gamers expressed frustration on social media, noting the platform's failure to provide official updates. The outages highlight the increasing fragility of large-scale gaming platforms during peak demand, raising concerns about infrastructure resilience. Users experiencing errors like E502 L3 are advised to restart Steam, clear caches, and check network settings, though these measures offer limited relief during widespread failures.