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Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a wide range of games and related media entirely over the internet, stretching from one-man independent efforts to some of the worlds most popular games. Steam is set apart from its peers in terms of functionality primarily by its residency in the system tray, and the desktop tasks that the client software performs to make use of that... More info »

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Platforms

Mac, iPhoneStore and community only, Windows, AndroidStore and community only + Tablet, LinuxBeta version, OnlineStore and community only

Categories

  Games, Social

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game, chat, store, digital-distribution
+2 more content-delivery, game-store

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Joseph864-image

love steam games!

Positive Comment by Joseph864 about Steam May 2013

probably my favorite engine for video games, i play old classics such as counter strike! ENGINE FOR THE WIN!

 
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harveyV-image

Gives buying and playing games a whole new experience

Positive Comment by harveyV about Steam May 2013

Using Steam took the gaming experience to a whole new level. It made buying games much more easier and cheaper.
 
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The deals makes gaming affordable again, which is the main ...

Comment by SaltyMarshmellow about Steam Jun 2011

The deals makes gaming affordable again, which is the main reason I like it. Also I have had to buy Diablo 2 about 3 times now, and this takes care of things like that for me.

Also, the community aspect has come a long way, and you can now host and share videos, screenshots etc. through Steam.
 
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Steam has become THE Standard in digital distribution, and ...

Comment by Kissaki about Steam Jan 2011

Steam has become THE Standard in digital distribution, and that is because of good management. The service itself is free, has a good community integration with profiles, chat and voice-chat, groups, recommendations, and more. Also provides development framework for steam integration to developers resulting in games using the steam community, achievements, cloud storing of settings and save-games, server browsing.
The only drawback is: Steam is DRM. A game bound to your account will be bound to it, permanently. You can play games offline and deny updating, but you’ll probably stay online and up-to-date with its nice auto-updating.
Valves (creator of steam) distribution policy is not too coplex and not unfair allowing for publishers and indie companies to publish their games in fair terms. For the users there have been and will be an infinite amount of weekend deals and Summer and Winter-deals where you can buy countless games for a hell of a price.
 
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The last time I tried Steam was when I got the Orange box t ...

Comment by Aaron about Steam Sep 2010

The last time I tried Steam was when I got the Orange box to play Portal, but I had to install Steam. The problem is that you CANNOT play the games offline. You have to login into steam online, and pick your game from that and then you can play your game. I prefer games that I can play offline, because usually when I want to play I am not online.

Now maybe this has changed in newer releases but I don't think it has. So if there is a way to play the games offline, I would love to know how?? Otherwise I try to avoid any steam based games, and just get games that I can play ANYTIME I want. I have the old version of Halflife 1 which was not a steam based game. So I enjoy the fact that I can play it anytime.
 
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May have to update this soon, as Steam is coming to the Mac ...

Comment by gavomatic57 about Steam May 2010

May have to update this soon, as Steam is coming to the Mac on 12th May http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ and rumour has it, Linux as well http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_linux_script&num=1
 
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This is amazing! Gone are the days of visiting shops for ga ...

Comment by Alcedema about Steam Mar 2010

This is amazing! Gone are the days of visiting shops for games, trawling maker's sites for updates etc. They are always releasing bug fixes. Only wish this was separate from Valve (game maker) and therefore could be used by more than just game distributers (all-in-one and one-for-all programme distribution system anyone?)
 
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