Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2

Players will be required to link their Battle.net account, but Diablo 4 will launch directly through Steam.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 5 October 2023 13:35 IST

Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2

Photo Credit: Blizzard Entertainment

Lilith, Queen of the Succubi in Diablo IV

Highlights

Diablo 4 comes to Steam on the 17th, bringing unlockable achievements
It coincides with the same day that Diablo 4’s season 2 kicks off
Season 2 brings a new vampire hunter character voiced by Gemma Chan

Diablo IV is coming to Steam, merely four months after its multi-platform launch. The devilish loot RPG is headed to Valve's game storefront on October 17, keeping with creator Blizzard's promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to the commonly preferred choice of platform. You see, all PC games from Blizzard are restricted to its proprietary Battle.net launcher, making it a nuisance for players to jump between and log into different accounts. It's a hot topic among the community, who'd much rather have their entire library on Steam, for easy access. The free-to-play shooter Overwatch 2 was the first to break this tradition in August, albeit that ended poorly.

The Steam version is now available for wishlisting, and owners will be required to link/ connect Diablo 4 to a Battle.net account, enabling cross-platform play and cross-progression. That said, the game can be launched natively and there's no need for you to keep Blizzard's app installed on your PC. The arrival also brings the niceties of unlockable achievements, alongside smooth access to the Steam friend list, so you can invite others for co-op demon-killing sessions. For now, there is no word on whether existing owners of the game will be getting a discount on their Steam purchase, but the store page listing does feature three editions — Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate — same as the initial launch. During the developer update live stream, held late Wednesday, the team noted that the dungeon-crawler is playable on the Steam Deck, though they never went into the specifics of graphical settings.

Prepare for the Season of Blood, coming to #DiabloIV October 17th.

Play on @battlenet, @Xbox and @PlayStation. Wishlist on @Steam now.

Learn more: https://t.co/5HPM6UhH3h
— Diablo (@Diablo) October 4, 2023

Diablo 4's arrival on Steam coincides with the upcoming season 2 content, titled ‘Season of Blood,' granting you vampiric powers to storm through the lands of Sanctuary. The update will introduce a new questline, pairing you with the crossbow-wielding vampire hunter Erys, voiced by Gemma Chan (The Eternals), as you investigate a string of bloodied murders and the Dark Master responsible for it. More importantly, players can access the season 2 content right after completing the Missing Pieces prologue quest, essentially skipping the campaign to fulfil their blood-sucking desires. The update also vastly improves the endgame progression by increasing XP gains after level 50, faster by up to 40 percent. Expect five new endgame bosses, a general balance of skills, and faster mounts for traversal.

As mentioned before, Overwatch 2 was the first Blizzard PC game to make a jump to Steam, with the publisher promising that it plans on bringing over more titles. The shooter's arrival was instantly blasted with negative reviews, making it the worst-reviewed game on the platform. At the time of writing, it's got an ‘Overwhelmingly Negative' review score, due to players' dissatisfaction with the battle pass system and the cancellation of its long-promised PvE mode. Diablo IV, on the other hand, was received well at launch but slowly fell off with season 1's release that made the game incredibly unfun to grind. Hopefully, fate doesn't repeat itself this time.

Diablo IV is headed to Steam on October 17. It is already available to play on PC via Battle.net, in addition to console through PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

What are the most exciting titles that gamers can look forward to in 2023? We discuss some of our favourites on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Diablo IV

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Looks stunningly gory
Diverse class options
Skills synergise beautifully with builds
Finely-tuned combat
Great voice acting
Rewarding exploration
Satisfying loot system

Bad
Lacklustre story
Tight enemy-scaling
Microtransactions
Mob fights can get monotonous
Side quests feel like checklists

Read detailed Blizzard Diablo IV review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Multiplayer

Series Diablo

PEGI Rating 16+

More Blizzard Games

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: diablo, diablo iv, diablo 4, diablo 4 steam, diablo 4 steam release date, diablo 4 steam deck, diablo 4 season 2, diablo 4 season 2 release date, diablo 4 season 2 start date, diablo 4 season 2 changes, diablo 4 season 2 new character, gemma chan, steam, valve, pc, blizzard, playstation 4, playstation 5, ps4, ps5, xbox one, xbox series x, xbox series s