Steam Achievement Sets now live for everyone

Steam Achievement Sets are live for all: new DLC no longer breaks 100% completion and seasonal achievements can be retired. Everything in the client update.

FireGhost

November 12, 2026, 08:30 PM5 min read

In brief

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Steam Achievement Sets rolled out to all users on November 11 after a month-long beta.
The system separates achievements into sets with individual progress bars, protecting completed sets from new DLC or seasonal additions.
The Steam client update also adds Remote Play HDR options, 64-bit Linux support, Steam Input improvements, and a Big Picture chat widget.

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Steam Achievement Sets are now live for everyone. Valve's Steam Achievement Sets announcement confirms that, after a month in beta, the new system and redesigned achievements page rolled out to all users on November 11.

The feature shipped with the client update posted at 21:58 UTC. Valve has been busy on the store side too, recently adding Steam Deck FPS data to store pages. This time it is achievements getting the overhaul.

What do Steam Achievement Sets change?

The old system put every achievement in one list. New content could knock your 100% completion back down. The new system fixes that by letting developers split achievements into sets.

According to Valve, each set has its own progress bar and trophy. Adding new achievements no longer breaks sets you already finished. DLC achievements live in their own sets and count separately from the base game.

There are seasonal sets too. Developers can archive achievements that can no longer be earned. Players who got them still see them, while everyone else keeps a clean completion rate.

Steam achievements update at a glance

Track by set: a progress bar and trophy for each set
Completion protected: new achievements do not break old sets
DLC achievements: in their own sets, separate from the base game
Retired achievements: seasonal sets can be archived
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Steam's new achievements page showing sets for Vampire Survivors and Forza Horizon 5 — Steam's new achievements page (Source: Valve / Steam)

Which games support Achievement Sets?

For now the feature is live in a limited number of games. PCGamesN's report on the rollout says Portal 2, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 and Forza Horizon 5 were ready during the beta. Crusader Kings 3 and Against the Storm are on the list too.

Valve says integration is simple for developers, so regularly updated games should follow quickly. Live-service titles with seasons stand to benefit the most.

The reach is huge. The October 2026 Steam Hardware Survey is a reminder of just how many players use Steam every month, so even a small interface change touches millions of profiles.

The achievements page has been rebuilt as well. Overall progress, set progress, global stats and search now sit on one screen. The old Perfect Games tab is now called Completed, and it includes games played through Steam Family Sharing.

What else is in the Steam client update?

Valve's November 11 Steam Client update notes list plenty of other changes. Several of them affect how you play.

Remote Play: new HDR options, a brightness slider and a display style setting for mismatched aspect ratios
HDR: back on Steam Deck OLED and supported on Android 15 or newer via the beta Steam Link app
Linux: the Steam client is now 64-bit and runs inside a Steam Runtime container
Steam Input: GameInput v4 support and a fixed Joystick Power Curve setting
Big Picture: a dedicated chat widget for game invites

Official banner for the November 11 Steam client update — Steam client update (Source: Valve / Steam)

The Linux changes matter most for SteamOS fans. Together with Epic Games Launcher support for SteamOS, they make PC gaming on Linux a little smoother again.

What does it mean for players?

Achievement hunters have wanted this for years. A DLC you do not care about will no longer cost you a perfect badge. It also becomes easier to show which part of a game you have actually mastered.

One warning: if you changed Joystick Power Curve in gyro modes before, the response may now feel different. Valve suggests resetting that setting if needed. For more on how Valve is handling store changes, see our story on the Steam review backlog delaying a launch.

Frequently asked questions

What are Steam Achievement Sets?

Achievement Sets let developers split a game's achievements into groups such as base game, DLC, single-player or seasonal. Each set has its own progress bar and trophy.

Will new DLC break my 100% completion?

No. Valve says completed sets stay completed when new achievements or DLC are added. DLC achievements only count toward your progress if you own that DLC.

How do I get the new Steam achievements update?

It arrived for everyone with the November 11 Steam Client update and downloads automatically. Sets only appear in games whose developers have added them.