Valve reveal new Steam store menu and enhanced search now in Beta

If you're on the Steam Client Beta (Desktops), you might have noticed the Steam store looking a bit different with the latest update. Valve announced a refresh of the Steam store menu noting it's designed to "provide easier access to the places Steam users most frequently visit".

What's changed? A lot actually. The whole left sidebar of links is entirely gone, combined into the new store bar at the top. It also puts the bar on more pages across on Steam, to give you access to the search and links easily. It will also disappear when you scroll down, just scroll up a bit for it to reappear.

Valve have also enhanced the search bar too. It now offers more options when searching including:

• Popular Searches: See what others are searching for right now
• Recently Viewed: An easy way to jump back to games you've previously looked at
• More than just games: Search for categories/tags, publishers, and more
• Advanced Search link: For those who want to refine their game search even further, we’ve made it easier than ever to access the advanced search page with a variety of filters.

There's more including recommendations, categories and tags personalised to you and various smaller changes.

If you've tried it out in the Steam Client Beta, drop a comment to let us know what you think.