How to Easily Fix Steam Too Many Login Failures From Your Network Error

It is a frustrating feeling when you try to log in to your Steam account and you get the dreaded error, “There have been too many login failures from your network in a short time period. Please wait and try again later.”

This is a common problem in the Steam gaming community with thousands of people being affected by it.

And it’s no fun!

You can’t play your favorite games and it’s frustrating to figure out what the heck is going on.

In fact, if you have one too many failed log-in attempts, Steam locks you out. This action is made by the platform to protect your personal and billing information against hackers.

However, you need your account to be working in order to enjoy the Steam platform and all it has.

Since this error makes it difficult to access those services, here are a few tips you should know.

Wait At Least 30 Minutes

The reason why you are seeing the “too many login failures” error is that Steam’s servers are not, for some reason, able to verify the security key you entered.

The most simple method to access your Steam account is to wait 30 minutes.

This is perhaps the best answer for anyone trying to figure why you see this error message.

Just don’t touch anything, and wait 30 minutes. Then log in using the correct username and password and it will work.

Important: Some Steam users reported that they had to wait up to 24h to fix the “there have been too many login failures ” error.

Clear Browsing Cache or Use Different Browser

Any website you visit is actually a composition of hundreds or even thousands of files. While browsers are trying to speed up the process of loading a website, they are using a simple trick. 

The first time you visit a website, the browser will save pieces of the website, it stores the files in its cache.

These data are containing information about your activity on the page, which your browser then saves as a small text file. That information can include your username and password, site preferences, and much more.

Clearing the cache and cookies can be useful and you should do it every once in a while.

Read here how to clear cache and cookies on Google Chrome and how to do it on Microsoft Edge.

After clearing the cache, check if the too many login attempts message appears in Steam.

Use Mobile Hotspot As a Different Network

Sometimes, when Steam service will try to protect your account by denying you to log in because of many login failures, is that the attempts all came from one network.

This action is because the service is too protective and issues a soft ban on your account.

In some cases, a simple solution is to use a different network to sign in.

Because we understand you don’t have a second home internet provider, you have two solutions… use VPN or mobile hotspot.

Using a mobile hotspot on Android and iOS smartphones is simple, but it will cost you some data from your internet connection.

Activate the mobile hotspot on your phone and connect your PC or laptop to the hotspot and login to Steam.

Is There a Solution Restarting Steam?

If none of the solutions described earlier helped, the problem can be also fixed by checking the network adapter properties for any errors or disconnected connections, checking if there is a Steam app running as the background process, or you can also restart your computer.