Steam Beta Update Separates Multiplayer And Single-Player Achievements

Custom image: TheGamer Published Oct 16, 2026, 5:39 AM EDT James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life 3, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account Steam is finally doing the one thing that completionists have spent a decade begging for: splitting multiplayer and single-player achievements. As announced in a new blog post, the latest Steam beta has introduced achievement sets, allowing developers to separate achievements into categories such as DLC, updates, events, multiplayer, and single-player. In practice, this means that any new content or achievements won't suddenly take that 100% completion away from you. "Games today live longer than ever, continuing to receive updates through new DLC, expansions, and seasons," the announcement reads. "But achievements added with new game content can be hard to discover and can accidentally break the completion status of players who have already finished the game." The feature is currently supported in the following games: Against the Storm Age of Wonders 4 American Truck Simulator Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Crusader Kings III Dredge Euro Truck Simulator 2 Forza Horizon 5 Flock Around He is Coming Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Left 4 Dead 2 Portal 2 PowerWash Simulator PowerWash Simulator 2 Team Fortress 2 Victoria 3 Each achievement set has its own progress bar, and filling it completely earns you a "set complete" trophy to display on your profile. Games that support the feature, such as Dredge, also have an overall progress bar that breaks down completion by category, with blue representing the base game and purple representing DLC. Steam Will Also Allow Developers To Archive Achievements That Can No Longer Be Obtained It's a huge win for completionists, and thankfully, it should mark the end of the 100 Reddit threads every month begging Steam to split single-player and multiplayer achievements (though I do appreciate your dedication). But there's another feature in the beta that will make 100% completion fairer than ever: archiving. "Once archived, users who had already unlocked the achievement or set will still see it on their profile," Valve explained. "However, archived achievements won't show up on the profile pages of users who missed the unlock nor block their progress toward completing a set or game. Anytime an achievement can no longer be unlocked by users, it should be archived." In other words, developers are now being asked to archive achievements that can no longer be unlocked. I'm looking at you, Arkham Origins. There's a whole host of other quality-of-life updates, too. The new and overhauled achievement page lets you compare your progress with up to three friends, while expanded filters make it easier to keep track of your achievements. Valve also promises "a little extra joy when you complete all your achievement sets," and developers can even create their own sets instead of being restricted to predefined categories, with Valve suggesting "8 class-based sets" as one example of just how flexible the system can be. While the update hasn't rolled out for everyone yet, you can opt into the beta via Settings > Interface > Client Beta Participation to trial the new achievement sets for yourself right now. Brand Valve Original Release Date September 12, 2003 Original MSRP (USD) N/A Weight N/A Hardware Versions Steam