i hate the bandwagoners and the people who started the false rumors.
windows 8 CAN play games, in fact i can play fallout new vegas, portal 2, counter-strike global offensive, blockland, etc with these games being on max/almost max graphical settings.
its compatible with everything windows 7 has been compatible with
and steam DOES work, i have it on all the time and currently as i am posting this there are a good few people who can see that i am online currently.