Naturally, users start looking for problems in their PCs or network connection. Many gamers complain about this issue which can occur even if the Internet connection is fast.
While Steam was not the first game storefront, it is among the most successful in terms of popularity with PC gamers. Slow Steam download speed can be frustrating. If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block. Steam has changed the way many gamers buy, download, and play games.
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Here are the tips if anyone has a similar problem. I've looked online a lot, and finally got it working by recovering the download files and forcing steam to use them. cache file responsible of storing the download progress of the game, and the download would instantly go back to 0%. So I've been downloading a few games, and whenever my PC shuts down, it automatically deletes the.