diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
index ed73b7123..cc6d5aa5a 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ WIN_PumpEvents(_THIS)
     const Uint8 *keystate;
     MSG msg;
     DWORD start_ticks = GetTickCount();
+    int new_messages = 0;
 
     if (g_WindowsEnableMessageLoop) {
         while (PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
@@ -1132,7 +1133,15 @@ WIN_PumpEvents(_THIS)
 
             /* Make sure we don't busy loop here forever if there are lots of events coming in */
             if (SDL_TICKS_PASSED(msg.time, start_ticks)) {
-                break;
+                /* We might get a few new messages generated by the Steam overlay or other application hooks
+                   In this case those messages will be processed before any pending input, so we want to continue after those messages.
+                   (thanks to Peter Deayton for his investigation here)
+                 */
+                const int MAX_NEW_MESSAGES = 3;
+                ++new_messages;
+                if (new_messages > MAX_NEW_MESSAGES) {
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }
     }