# Gabe Newell on Reddit (u/GabeNewellBellevue)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/gabe-newell

Gabe Newell: Co-founder and president of Valve.

- Reddit account: [u/GabeNewellBellevue](https://www.reddit.com/user/GabeNewellBellevue/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2017 AMA in r/The_Gaben, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/The_Gaben (22), r/gaming (2), r/IAmA (1), r/pcmasterrace (1), r/DotA2 (1), r/SteamDeck (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2025
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell

## Moments

### u/GabeNewellBellevue in r/SteamDeck, Apr 2, 2025 · Fixed it

Replying to a redditor:

> Haha hopefully we don’t need to engage the supreme overlord. I’ve sent Support another message, waiting for their reply.

> SlappyMcD, can you email me at gaben@valvesoftware.com to see if we can't get this sorted?  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1jp3n3o/comment/mkyto4z/ · 62 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/GabeNewellBellevue in r/The_Gaben, Jan 17, 2017 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> As someone who is legitimately a fan of the game Ricochet, can you tell us if we will see more of this hidden gem of a franchise in Valve's future, especially with the popularization of VR?

> Robin, we found the Ricochet fan.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gabe_newell_ama/dck83d2/ · 15,386 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/GabeNewellBellevue in r/The_Gaben, Jan 17, 2017 · The why

Replying to a redditor:

> They have spoken about this in the past before and the short answer is their general design practice is constantly changing. Saying we are working on X might radically change in some capacity. For example Team fortress 2 was originally a very realistic game with radically…

> That’s right. Another way to think about this, and the way we talk about this internally, is that we prefer to communicate through our products. We are all pretty devoted to reading and listening to the community - everyone here believes it is an integral part of their job to do so. And when it comes time to respond, we generally use Steam - shipping updates that address issues or add functionality. Obviously this doesn't work for everything. Working this way imposes latency on our communication - it takes longer to ship and update than to do a blog post. This can lead to the feeling of an echo chamber, where it seems like Valve isn't listening. We’re always listening. So sometimes the latency is rough for everyone, including us when we want to address issues quickly. On balance we think it's usually worth the trade-off.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/comment/dck9koc/ · 2,167 points as of Nov 7, 2026