Quick answer: Steam Achievement Sets are now live for everyone in the regular Steam client, after Valve’s November 11, 2026 update. Restart Steam to get it, then open any game in your Library and go to its achievements to see the new page. Blue sets are base game, purple sets are DLC, and DLC achievements only count toward your progress once you own that content. Current as of November 12, 2026.
Valve’s achievement overhaul is out of beta. In a Steam News post on November 11, Valve said Steam Achievement Sets and the new achievements page are “available to all Steam users,” a month after the feature entered the Steam Client beta. It shipped in the same day’s stable Steam Client update.
We covered what the system is when the beta started in October. This guide is the practical part: how to get it, where to find it, and how to read the new screen without getting confused by the colors and the changing totals.
Step 1: Make sure you have the update
- Restart Steam. The November 11 update downloads automatically, and Steam applies it on restart.
- If nothing changes, open the Steam menu at the top left and choose Check for Steam Client Updates.
- You do not need the beta anymore. The feature is in the normal client for every user.
Step 2: Open the new achievements page
Valve says the page is reachable from your Games List on the web and from games in your Steam Library. In the client, select a game in your Library and open the achievements section on its page. On the web, go to your profile, open Games, and pick a game’s achievements.
At the top you get overall progress for the game. Below it, each set has its own progress bar and its own trophy. Store and Library pages now also show whether a game uses sets at all.
Step 3: Read the colors
- Blue = Base Game sets. Anyone who plays the game can earn these.
- Purple = DLC sets. These need add-on content. Valve says they stay out of your overall game progress until you have access to that DLC.
- Archived achievements are seasonal or no longer available. If you earned one, it stays on your profile. If you missed it, it no longer blocks you from completing a set or the game.
The big win for completionists: if a developer adds new achievements later, your finished sets stay finished, and your game completion is not taken away.
Step 4: Use the new tools on the page
- Global Stats (how many players unlocked each achievement) is now a toggle on this page, not a separate page.
- Search and filters let you narrow the list to one set, or to locked or unlocked achievements.
- Compare to friends works with up to three friends at once, including rare achievements, completed sets and DLC progress.
Do not panic if a friend’s total looks different from yours. Valve says the new count is based on what each player can actually earn, so it changes with the DLC they own and whether some achievements were archived.
Step 5: Show off completed sets
The old Perfect Games tab is now called Completed, and it lists both fully completed games and games where you finished a set. Games with a completed set can also go in your profile’s Completionist Showcase.
Which games support it
Sets only appear in games whose developers have added them. Valve’s October launch list included Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Forza Horizon 5, DREDGE, PowerWash Simulator 2, Crusader Kings III and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, among others. Valve did not publish a new full list on November 11, so check a game’s store or Library page for the sets label.
Joined the beta in October? You can leave it
If you opted into the Steam Client beta just to try sets, you can go back to the normal client and keep the feature. Open Steam > Settings > Interface (Preferences on Mac), set Client Beta Participation to No beta chosen, and restart Steam.
Our take
This is the fix achievement hunters have asked for since DLC first broke a 100% run. The catch is that it is opt-in for developers, so older games and smaller studios may never add sets. If you care about clean completion, check for the sets label before you buy the DLC. While you are tweaking Steam, our guide to Steam Deck average framerate data covers the other big store change Valve shipped this week.
Sources: Steam News, “Steam Achievement Sets: Now Available to Everyone” and Steam Client Update notes (November 11, 2026); “Steam Achievement Sets Now in Beta” (October 15, 2026). Image: official Steam achievements page screenshot, Valve.
