Some Steam users in the Middle East are currently experiencing a service interruption that left their cloud storage inaccessible as a result of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran. While Valve has acknowledged the issue, the company has offered little clarity on when affected Steam users may regain access to their data and has warned that some of it may have been lost permanently.
The United States and Israel launched a joint bombing campaign against Iran on February 28, 2026. Over the next two months, the conflict escalated rapidly, with Iran launching missile and drone strikes on Gulf energy and civilian infrastructure. The Strait of Hormuz was also repeatedly closed and reopened during this period, disrupting one of the world's most important oil transit routes. The conflict had already turned some gaming industry heads even before the partial Steam service outage, after the White House used Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 footage to promote its military campaign against Iran in a now-deleted tweet from early March 2026.
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