Cant download games from Steam?!

Same here my friend. Just bought two games but can't download them. Don't worry. :)

probably would help if you told us what the game is

edit: guess not if its a steam issue right now xD

Try to switch to a different download region.

Maybe your steam client needs to update.
I couldn't launch a certain game as it said that the steam client needed to be running and it was running!

not saying it is the same or that it is even related.
just saying that if your steam client needs to update some things can get wonky untill you are on the latest version.

https://steamstat.us/

steam itself shows ok but everything else is going up and down... i think there's something going wrong atm...

in chat some people have same problem, changing DL region doesn't help...

so that's why it took 3hours to download a 30mb game update last night.... hmmm, okay.. xD

I've been having so many downloading issues with steam lately. I just keep restarting my steam or computer every time I run into an issue. Works every time :P

I had a problem downloading game. I just deleted and re-downloaded steam and that fixed it.

Got myself some dlc today and it didn't auto download despite it being selected in the settings, had to go into the "View Downloadable Content" options and un-check and re-check the INSTALL checkbox for the download to trigger.
Steam's being difficult today it seems.

the problem is the steam beta programm for the client you joined, remove it and restart steam with the normal client should solve your problems

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7021-EIAH-8669&l=german
1.) With Steam running, click on "Steam" in the upper left, then choose the "Settings" menu. (Preferences on Mac)
2.) On the "Account" tab under "Beta Participation" click the "Change..." button.
3.) Deselect or Unselect the "Steam Beta Update" from the drop down list and click "OK".
4.) You will be prompted to restart Steam, please select the "Restart Steam" button.