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Slow Download Speed On Arch

steamopen Distro Family: Arch
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12178 · opened 2025-07-08 by oggytheman · updated 2026-02-05 · 2 comments · github
Ooggytheman 2025-07-08 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1751930911
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): arch
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • GPU: Nvidia Rtx 4070

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When downloading a game on steam the download speed is very slow but usually on a fresh install the download speed is fine i have a dns setup but i doubt its the issue because if i use the windows exe with wine the download speeds are good again and the speed is good on ubuntu as well

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. download steam for arch
  2. install
  3. download a game
DDandraghas 2025-08-04 github

Having the same issue, at first it starts at 300mbps then slowly drops to 4mbps

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Ooggytheman 2026-02-03 github

steam runing on wine

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steam native client on arch

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i feel as tho valve is throttling download speeds on arch cause technically the client is for ubuntu but it would be nice if valve stated anything about this

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