This should do the trick: in case it doesn't, keep reading. Open the Steam client, then go to Steam > Settings > Downloads: once there, click to the CLEAR DOWNLOAD CACHE button. Luckily enough, there are many effective solution to fix this issue for good and resume downloading/updating games. If you've stumbled upon this post it probably means you are a Steam user (the massively-popular gaming distribution platform owned by Valve Corporation) and you have one or more games stuck into the dreadful 'Download Queued' or 'Update Queued' status - even if there are no active downloads. Whenever this scenario occurs Steam is basically unable to download or update anything, which can be extremely annoying.