Steam Homepage: Algorithms Replace Human Curators

Known and confirmed

• Valve is replacing the manually curated Discounts & Events calendar with an algorithm-driven personalized system.
• Valve claims tests showed a 10x increase in games shown daily, boosting store visits and wishlists.
• Publisher Hooded Horse reported one game's monthly visits jumping from 14 to 7,000 under the new algorithmic feature.

Unknown or unverified

• 算法推荐是否会导致信息茧房，让用户只看到自己已拥有的类型。
• 2027年全面切换后，中小开发者获取流量的难度是否会增加。
• 人工策展取消后，是否有新的补偿机制或工具帮助开发者管理折扣。