[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-steam-beta-adds-separate-achievement-sets-for-dlc-and-seasons":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},11724,"steam-beta-adds-separate-achievement-sets-for-dlc-and-seasons","Steam Beta Adds Separate Achievement Sets for DLC and Seasons","Valve's Steam client beta lets developers split base-game, DLC and seasonal achievements, and compare progress with up to three friends at once.","Valve has added a new achievements system to the Steam client beta, letting developers keep base-game, DLC and seasonal achievements in separate sets.\n\nIt is beta-only for now, so most Steam users will not see it until it reaches the standard client. Developers can build custom sets around their game, such as mastering a specific character class or finishing a singleplayer campaign. The achievements page has been redesigned too. Overall completion and progress on individual achievements now share one page, and players can compare achievements with up to three friends at once.\n\nThe change targets a long-standing irritation. Until now, a player who unlocked every achievement in a game saw 100%, but a DLC with new achievements dragged that figure back down. With DLC in its own set, skipping an expansion no longer costs anyone their completion number. Seasonal sets follow the same logic. Valve's example is a \"Halloween Event Achievements\" set that is valid for a limited period and leaves the base game's count alone.\n\nThe catch is that nothing changes for a game until its developer sorts the achievements into sets. Several titles have done so already, including Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Forza Horizon 5, Crusader Kings III and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Valve's own older games on that list show that existing releases can adopt the system, but it still takes work from someone.\n\nValve is also matching an existing standard here rather than setting a new one. PlayStation consoles have offered friend comparison and separate DLC achievement sets for a while. The open question is how many older games with long-finished DLC will ever be updated, since the completionist payoff depends on studios that may have moved on.","[\"steam\",\"valve\",\"achievements\",\"pc-gaming\"]","2026-10-15T23:58:30.000Z","2026-10-18T01:57:47.127Z","2026-10-18T01:57:47.331Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The facts match the source, but the article says 'the source notes that Steam betas usually run around a month' without ever naming the source (PCGamer), so name PCGamer or drop the reference; also say up front that this is beta-only rather than 'now' live, and cut or soften the unsupported claim that older games' DLC 'already dragged completion rates down'.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The beta-only framing is now up front and the unsupported DLC completion-rate claim is gone, but the last paragraph still credits 'a reporter covering the update' without naming PCGamer, so name PCGamer as the source of the roughly-one-month beta claim (or drop it).","gaming",[36,37,38,39],"steam","valve","achievements","pc-gaming",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"PCGamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fsoftware\u002Fplatforms\u002Fsteam-achievements-are-getting-a-huge-overhaul-with-separate-sets-for-dlc-and-season-passes-and-an-easy-way-to-compare-with-friends\u002F",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,106,111],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Deals","deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"General","general",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":34,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":112,"slug":113,"count":114,"latest_published_at":115},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]