HomeGamesUpdatesPricingMethodology
Steam News23 December 20256mo ago

Question about showman panel

A question about placing the dialog for the host to review answers. There are 4 possible options (they are shown as areas 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the screen).

Full notes

Full SIGame update

Read the full published notes in a cleaner layout. The original post stays linked below.

What changed

0 fixes0 additions1 change0 removals
  • Gameplay
changedWe’d like to discuss other placement options and hear your opinion.

A question about placing the dialog for the host to review answers. There are 4 possible options (they are shown as areas 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the screen). Currently, area #1 is used (on phones the information is always displayed in the center, but there are no other options there anyway — that’s not what this is about).

We’d like to discuss other placement options and hear your opinion.

1: The familiar option. But: you have to shift your gaze, it’s small, and it takes up space from the chat and other areas.

2: More logical (the information for the host is located under the host). It doesn’t interfere with other areas. But: you still have to shift your gaze, and there’s even less available space.

3: Very large and very noticeable for the host. But: it covers the question itself.

4: Also noticeable for the host and doesn’t cover the question. It most closely resembles the window from version 7 of the game. But: it covers the players.

Options 3 and 4 are not suitable for streamers, since they need to hide the answers on screen. However, only about 1% of all games are streamed, so a separate mode can simply be provided for them. What we care about is convenience for the majority of hosts.

We’d like to hear your thoughts.

Source

Steam News / 23 December 2025

Open original post

Changelog.gg summarizes and formats this update. How we read updates.