Newshot Steam Achievement Sets feature officially launches: new achievements won't affect previous "all achievements" records
IT Home, November 12 news: Valve announced today that the previously beta-tested Steam Achievement Sets feature and the redesigned achievements page are now officially available to all Steam users.
IT Home attaches the official Steam announcement link:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/710037059469839141
According to previous IT Home reports, the feature was first launched with the Steam Beta client on October 15, 2026, aiming to solve the problem of games continuously adding achievements with DLC and seasonal updates, which breaks veteran players' existing completion rates and makes achievement lists too long to navigate.
- Track progress by achievement set: players can view a separate progress bar and set-completion trophy for each achievement set, intuitively grasping the unlock status of different modules (such as single-player story, multiplayer mode, and each class).
- Keep game completion from being broken: even if the game later adds new achievements, the status of completed achievement sets is retained, and players' previous 100% completion records will not be cleared or reset.
- DLC achievements grouped separately: achievements corresponding to DLC content can be placed in a separate DLC achievement set, with progress and trophies counted separately (marked in purple on the page), and not counted toward the game's overall progress until the player purchases that DLC.
- Archive and retirement mechanism: developers can archive and retire seasonal achievements that are no longer obtainable, or entire achievement sets; players who have already unlocked them can still keep these achievements, without affecting other players' subsequent completion calculations.
- Integrated display of overall game progress, progress of each achievement set, individual achievement details, and Global Stats, with expanded search and filtering capabilities.
- Supports comparing achievement progress with up to 3 friends, ranked based on a more accurate total achievement count, making it convenient for friendly competition and bragging.
Valve said that throughout the Beta period, the team continuously refined the feature based on feedback from players and developers, and thanked all users who participated in testing and offered suggestions. For game developers who want to integrate the achievement sets feature, Valve has also released an official Steamworks guide (developer blog link), detailing the integration process and best practices.
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