Steam achievements are delayed by 2 hours

Bcs refund system...
Same with cards, start drop after 2 hours.. Its fu*** boring :D 2 hour + to every game to card drop -_-

Wow, I've never seen such thing, except where the devs doesn't want to interrupt your game with achis, so they make that they only pop up, when you re-launch the game. Happened to me with TBoI, but since they applied this new refund system, they changed the card drop rate, so they only start dropping after you spent 2 hrs with the game. This achievement thing is a bit weird, but totally understandable. So this could mean, that as long as you don't have any achies in the game, you are free to refund it, but after the 2 hr mark, you get them. Strange, but understandable.

I don't have this problem, but some games only unlock achievements when you exit the game. Maybe that was it ?

You sure it wasn't a one-time fluke with the client dropping connection? I'd absolutely love a feature like this to not mess up my global achievement rate if I find a game terrible (like I did with Sanctum…), but I haven't experienced even remotely similar in the past days.

Anyone want to test this by playing "The Plan" takes about 5 minutes to get the achievement. Then again the game is free so maybe the rule wouldn't be applied there if it is an actual rule.

Are you sure you it wasn't just the game? A lot of indie games, depending on the engine only give you the achievements after closing the game. I just tested an achievement and it popped instantly.

Nothing wrong with achievements. In fact the moment i get one it already shows up on steam without having to close the game to sync. So whatever the issue may be, it's different for everyone. While others are unaffected.

Played Unium and Strata these past few days, achievements unlocked correctly as usual.

There was definitely something wrong with Steam. I played a game for like an hour and achievements unlocked without problem, except for two which I unlocked hours later.

Some games do unlock achievements in batches, ie. after level, after quitting, after starting the game next time.

I haven't noticed this. :s

I know that there are some games that require a restart before the achi appears and that's been going on long before refunds.

How many games have you tested this on? And which ones?

The game in question batch-unlocks achievements. there is currently no lock on when a person can earn an achievement unless the achievement is, itself, time based. Look on ASTATS.

last game i started instantly dropped achievements. not time based