Unable to initialize connection to Steam

RicAlmighty · February 17

This just started happening for me today and I cannot sign in. I have restarted everything and it's the same error every time. Steam is up and all other Steam games work.

Anyone else seeing this?

ZOS_Kraken · February 17

@RicAlmighty We do have some troubleshooting for this issue located here:

UNABLE TO INITIALIZE CONNECTION TO STEAM

RicAlmighty · February 17

ZOS_Kraken wrote: »

@RicAlmighty We do have some troubleshooting for this issue located here:

UNABLE TO INITIALIZE CONNECTION TO STEAM

Thanks. I tried all that but it still doesn't work

ZOS_Kraken · February 17

If the steps were unable to help you, You will need to reach out to Support for further assistance.

Sbonaker · February 17

ZOS_Kraken wrote: »

@RicAlmighty We do have some troubleshooting for this issue located here:

UNABLE TO INITIALIZE CONNECTION TO STEAM

@ZOS_Kraken
If I may add to this, also try:

Disabling Nvidia overlay in GeForce experience

Download and run the steam installer and let it repair/reinstall steam (ensure you know your login info!)

This has resolved the issue for me, hope it helps someone else

Starlight_Knight · February 17

i am getting this as well, since the last hour, i thought it was just me.

VanLo83 · February 18

Not just you, there's a lot of people having issues connecting to ESO from Steam right now. Steam discussion forums are starting to light up. Weird thing is, it isn't just ESO having these issues, Star Trek Online is in the same boat. It looks like it's a Steam issue.

RicAlmighty · February 18

Seems it’s not just me…

https://old.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1atfrta/unable_to_initialize_connection_to_steam_randomly/

ZOS_Bill · February 20

@RicAlmighty

Are you still having issues with logging in?

If so, did you open a support ticket as requested earlier?

RicAlmighty · February 20

ZOS_Bill wrote: »

@RicAlmighty

Are you still having issues with logging in?

If so, did you open a support ticket as requested earlier?

Hi Bill,

It appears to have cleared up and I can log in via Steam again. I am assuming there was some issue with the Steam Auth service that was causing this.

Thanks

ZOS_Bill · February 21

We are glad to hear that this connection issue has cleared up and that you can now login. With this issue resolving itself, this thread will be closed going forward.