ANKARA, TURKIYE - JANUARY 02: In this photo illustration, Steam logo is being displayed on a computer phone screen in Ankara, Turkiye on January 02, 2024. (Photo by Dilara Irem Sancar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A new kind of Steam problem has emerged: Games keep missing their release dates because Valve can't keep up with approving them.

Several frustrated indie devs have publicly posted about the limbo status of their finished games in the past week—including the developers of Food Devils, Wheel Make It, and Cubic Earth—saying that their applications have gone unanswered after up to 20 days, despite Valve's listed review window of three to five business days.