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I am considering installing Windows 8 RTM on my gaming PC. Has anyone tried installing and using Steam on Windows 8?

Is Windows 8 supported by Valve/Steam in the first place? Is there any known issues?

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I would wait 60 days until Windows 8 is release released. – Ramhound Aug 24 '12 at 17:00
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@Ramhound The RTM (or "Release To Manufacturing" version) is the final version of Windows 8, not a beta or a preview. It is the same software that will be released to the public. – Brant Aug 25 '12 at 20:58
While Steam itself is working, I cannot to get L.A. Noire to run on Windows 8 RTM. Someone made their own patch to get it working with the new OS and shared it, but I'm not comfortable running it against my machine. – Louis Aug 26 '12 at 18:05
@Brant - Its still not a supported operating system by Valve. – Ramhound Sep 20 '12 at 18:46
+1 from me, great question! (Though technically, isn't this "too localized"?) – Jeroen Oct 12 '12 at 8:04
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http://store.steampowered.com/about/ says that right now Windows 8 is not officially supported. If something goes wrong, you're on your own.

That said, I've been using Steam under Windows 8 for the last few months. There are no issues I'm aware of and pretty much everything I tried worked fine. YMMV

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Nearly all games I've tried on Windows 8 have worked through Steam. With the exception of Crysis 2 and Just Cause 2 as far as I remember. These should hopefully be fixed in due course anyway.

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Have you tried Shogun 2? It doesn't start for me and a lot of other players... I tried it a month ago, didn't looks for updates recently though – Budda Jan 28 at 3:57
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Almost none of my games work, none of my steam games work. The only game that I have on windows 8 that kinda works is medal of honor, and it autokicks me from every multiplayer server for no reason. (I tried updating punkbuster, etc)

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Can you list which games you've tried that don't work? – Schism Oct 12 '12 at 1:32
I've been playing Supreme Commander 2 without any problems. But Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Chaos Rising does not work. That's the only two games I've tried so far. – Dogsoldier Oct 15 '12 at 18:43

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