Valve has acknowledged that Steam game approvals are now taking up to 12 business days, well beyond the standard three-to-five-day target. The company attributes the backlog to a flood of re-reviews caused by developers skipping basic quality checks, and has updated its release checklist with stricter requirements to help submissions clear on the first attempt.
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