diff --git a/homeassistant/components/steam_online/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/steam_online/config_flow.py
index 0c8b991d56ce..0e292581fefa 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/steam_online/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/steam_online/config_flow.py
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ class SteamFlowHandler(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
                     name = str(res["personaname"])
                 else:
                     errors["base"] = "invalid_account"
+            except steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError:
+                errors["base"] = "timeout_connect"
             except steam.api.HTTPError as ex:
                 errors["base"] = (
                     "invalid_auth" if "403" in str(ex) else "cannot_connect"
                 )
-            except Exception as ex:  # noqa: BLE001
-                LOGGER.exception("Unknown exception: %s", ex)
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+                LOGGER.exception("Unknown exception")
                 errors["base"] = "unknown"
             if not errors:
                 return self.async_create_entry(
@@ -107,12 +109,14 @@ class SteamFlowHandler(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
                     validate_input, {**entry.data, **user_input}
                 ):
                     errors["base"] = "invalid_account"
+            except steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError:
+                errors["base"] = "timeout_connect"
             except steam.api.HTTPError as ex:
                 errors["base"] = (
                     "invalid_auth" if "403" in str(ex) else "cannot_connect"
                 )
-            except Exception as ex:  # noqa: BLE001
-                LOGGER.exception("Unknown exception: %s", ex)
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+                LOGGER.exception("Unknown exception")
                 errors["base"] = "unknown"
 
             if not errors:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/steam_online/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/steam_online/strings.json
index cadeb8f14989..2cec17b8ce04 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/steam_online/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/steam_online/strings.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       "cannot_connect": "[%key:common::config_flow::error::cannot_connect%]",
       "invalid_account": "Invalid Steam ID",
       "invalid_auth": "[%key:common::config_flow::error::invalid_auth%]",
+      "timeout_connect": "[%key:common::config_flow::error::timeout_connect%]",
       "unknown": "[%key:common::config_flow::error::unknown%]"
     },
     "step": {
diff --git a/tests/components/steam_online/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/steam_online/test_config_flow.py
index 2649c812e55d..f6285889851f 100644
--- a/tests/components/steam_online/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/steam_online/test_config_flow.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async def test_flow_user(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("side_effect", "error_msg"),
     [
-        (steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError, "cannot_connect"),
+        (steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError, "timeout_connect"),
         (steam.api.HTTPError, "cannot_connect"),
         (steam.api.HTTPError("403"), "invalid_auth"),
         (ValueError, "unknown"),
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ async def test_flow_reauth(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("side_effect", "error_msg"),
     [
-        (steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError, "cannot_connect"),
+        (steam.api.HTTPTimeoutError, "timeout_connect"),
         (steam.api.HTTPError, "cannot_connect"),
         (steam.api.HTTPError("403"), "invalid_auth"),
         (ValueError, "unknown"),