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Steam by Valve is a popular game platform and storefront. Features of Steam include: Purchasing games Running games (in fact, using Steam is mandatory games purchased on Steam) Compatibility a...
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matthewsnyder
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2023-06-23T21:33:20Z (over 1 year ago)
Should Steam be on topic?
- Should Steam be on topic for the Video Games site?
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matthewsnyder
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2023-06-22T05:28:51Z (over 1 year ago)
Should Steam be on topic?
[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/) by Valve is a popular game platform and storefront. Features of Steam include: * Purchasing games * Running games (in fact, using Steam is mandatory games purchased on Steam) * Compatibility and performance enhancements (such as running Windows games on Linux with Proton) * Social media features (friends, chats, profiles, forums, guides) * Mod management and distribution (Steam Workshop) Steam is extremely popular among gamers and many, many games are available on it. In fact, probably the vast majority of modern PC games are exclusive to Steam. Proton (modified Wine, which pushes fixes back to regular Wine) has become a significant part of the Linux gaming scene as well. There is value in third party discussion sites like Codidact for Steam, because the official support channels provided by Valve are not the best. While Steam is obviously very related to games, it is not itself a game. Should it be on topic for Video Games? There are a few sub-topics to this. Please address each one separately in your answer: * Usage of Steam to run games (eg. Proton, updates, compatibility modes, overlay) * Buying games on Steam (eg. refund policies, regional pricing) * Selling games on Steam (also about policies) * Social media features (Steam forums, guides, messaging) * Using SteamAPI to develop Steam-integrated games Notably, the Steam Deck is a new gaming device from Valve that uses Steam as its main UI. https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/288625 proposes that: > Questions on game-specific hardware and utilities are allowed. And Steam Deck would certainly qualify, and anyways it would be silly to say allow questions about the Playstation and XBox but not the Steam Deck.