Valve has moved Steam Achievement Sets out of beta. The announcement was published at 21:58 UTC on 11 November—7:58 am AEST on 12 November. This is a general release, not another invitation to join the beta client.
What changes for completion
Games can organise achievements into separate sets, including sets associated with DLC. Valve says adding achievements need not remove completion already earned for a completed set. Developers can also archive or retire unavailable achievements, preserving earned records without making future completion depend on an inaccessible task.
The updated page brings together overall progress, set progress, global statistics and search/filter controls. Comparison supports up to three friends. These are platform features; how a particular game groups its achievements depends on that game’s implementation.
Check the set before buying the DLC
Open the game’s achievements page and inspect the base-game and add-on grouping. Compare the relevant set rather than assuming every unfinished achievement belongs to the version you own. If a game has not organised its achievements into useful sets, a new Steam interface cannot tell you that an unannounced developer change has happened.
For a broken or retired objective, keep the name of the achievement and the game version when checking the developer’s notices. Avoid running an unfamiliar achievement-unlocker just to make a percentage look complete.
Our Australian Steam age-check guide covers a separate account-access change. Achievement Sets do not replace those account checks.
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