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Valve adds 17 Steam tags, cuts 28 to streamline discovery.

5/19/2026

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Valve added 17 new Steam tags on 2026-05-18, including “Bullet Heaven” for games that auto-attack hordes while players upgrade.
The update also removed 28 overlapping or subjective tags such as Games Workshop, Kickstarter, Blood, America and Ambient.
Valve said the overhaul, which makes Singleplayer the top label on about 98,000 games and Indie second with over 82,000, aims to improve discovery and recommendations.

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Story summary

Valve added 17 new Steam tags on 2026-05-18, including “Bullet Heaven” for games that auto-attack hordes while players upgrade.
The update also removed 28 overlapping or subjective tags such as Games Workshop, Kickstarter, Blood, America and Ambient.
Valve said the overhaul, which makes Singleplayer the top label on about 98,000 games and Indie second with over 82,000, aims to improve discovery and recommendations.