Steam just got a little faster. Valve has released a new Steam update that improves startup performance. In a user test, Steam launched in 5.23 seconds, beating the 5.47 seconds claimed by Epic “vibe-coded” launcher Now Steam has pushed a major update and is faster than epic games >Improved startup performance >New Big Picture features >A new screensaver system, including the classic bouncing Steam logo >Steam Controller improvements > Several Linux improvements and fixes >A new experimental video codec for Remote Play >Lots of smaller fixes and quality-of-life improvements