 His best form of the year came at the Welsh Open, where he reached the last 16 of an event for the second time in his career after eliminating Jak Jones 4–2, Sam Baird 4–1 and Anthony Hamilton 4–2.However, he was then whitewashed 4–0 by Barry Hawkins.Steadman managed to reach the third round of three ranking events throughout the 2017–18 season.