# Steam’s latest update finally brings order to the chaos of your wishlist, and might even nudge people into buying you some new games

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/steams-latest-update-finally-brings-order-to-the-chaos-of-your-wishlist-and-might-even-nudge-people-into-buying-you-some-new-games/
- Published: 2026-07-23T15:32:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-23T23:26:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-wishlists-gifting-big-updates
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Steam wishlists now support custom categories and improved notifications.
- Shared wishlists make buying gifts easier, including via guest checkout.
- Cross-region game gifts now use the recipient’s local price.

## Summary

Valve has updated Steam’s wishlist and gifting tools, aiming to make large, long-neglected wishlists easier to organise and use. The changes could also make it simpler for friends and family to buy games from a shared wishlist, including without having a Steam account.

Users can create unrestricted custom wishlist categories, choose categories when adding games, filter the list, and limit notifications to selected categories. Steam now alerts users to demos, improves wishlist search and navigation, and adds microtrailers; shared links can open a particular category. Gift purchases can be made through guest checkout for any game, sent to email addresses, and cross-region game gifts now use the recipient’s regional price, although direct gifting remains restricted to accounts in the same country and unclaimed gifts expire after 30 days.

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