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{{website|wppage=Steam (service)}}
[[File:Steam 2016 logo black.svg|thumb|200px|The 2016 Steam Logo]]
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All of Valve's PC games since ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' have required Steam and the retail versions come with it. The service is free to download as well, and allows gamers to integrate their games into the service, as well as download games that support the service natively.
Having the full support of pretty much every major publisher that makes PC titles except [[Blizzard]], Maxis (except for ''[[Spore]]'' and ''[[
The program has its own [[Hatedom]], partly thanks to the service's self-imposed [[DRM]], but also due to surprisingly high prices, which Steam circumvents by offering weekly discounts on specific products. Further, as [[Digital Distribution]] has become more popular, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131225210755/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_245/7285-Steam-A-Monopoly-In-the-Making some of the ways Steam does things have proven unfriendly to competition]. Ironically, the reaction to [[Electronic Arts]]' digital service ''Origin'' was highly negative, with a ''ton'' of people wishing they just stuck to Steam, though this is largely in part due to majority opinion that Origin is not only a vastly inferior service for a variety of reasons (it can be argued that Steam's success is because it provides a variety of useful services nobody else provides), but also due to Orgin's [[Internet Backdraft|highly controversial]] terms of service.▼
▲The program has its own [[Hatedom]], partly thanks to the service's self-imposed [[DRM]], but also due to surprisingly high prices, which Steam circumvents by offering weekly discounts on specific products. Further, as [[Digital Distribution]] has become more popular, [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_245/7285-Steam-A-Monopoly-In-the-Making some of the ways Steam does things have proven unfriendly to competition]. Ironically, the reaction to [[Electronic Arts]]' digital service ''Origin'' was highly negative, with a ''ton'' of people wishing they just stuck to Steam, though this is largely in part due to majority opinion that Origin is not only a vastly inferior service for a variety of reasons (it can be argued that Steam's success is because it provides a variety of useful services nobody else provides), but also due to Orgin's [[Internet Backdraft|highly controversial]] terms of service.
In 2010, the interface underwent a major overhaul, designed to coincide with the release of Steam for the Mac. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Opinions]] [[Internet Backdraft|are]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|mixed]].
[[I Thought It Meant|Not related to water vapor
{{Tropelist|Tropes Pertaining to Steam Include}}
=== Games and series for download from Steam include: ===▼
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: Some of the free games in the Steam store are this.
* ''[[Aaaaa a Aaaa AA Aaa AAA Aa AAAAAA Reckless Disregard For Gravity]]''▼
* [[Digital Distribution]]
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Blizzard Battle.Net]].
* [[Going Mobile]]: Steam has an official mobile app on Iphones, android, and Windows Phones.
** Inverted, this is primarily so that gamers can have an extra layer of security, catch the latest news/see what new games arrived, and serious stuff like that.
* [[No Export for You]]: Some of Valve's games, like [[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]] and [[Team Fortress 2]], can only be bought and/or download for free only in Steam.
* [[Retro Gaming]]: In the vast library of Steam's, there's a lot of retro games.
** Inverted. Like with [[GOG.com|GOG]]'s case, some of the games only have this art style, but are release just recently.
▲* ''[[
* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Alice: Madness Returns]]''
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** ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Cread IV: Black Flag]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Rogue]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Unity]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Syndicate]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
* ''[[Avadon]]''
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* ''[[Back to the Future: The Game|Back to The Future]]''
* ''[[Bastion]]''
* ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' series<ref>Except ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' (which EA has made exclusive to their competing [[Origin (EA)|Origin]] service) and a few gimmick titles.</ref>
** ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]''
* ''[[Beat Hazard]]''
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* ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]''
* ''[[Bionic Commando]] [[Updated Rerelease|Rearmed]]''
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[Blade Kitten]]''
* ''[[Bloodline Champions]]''
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* ''[[Breath of Death VII]]''
* ''[[Brink (video game)|Brink]]''
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty]]'' series
** ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]]'' series
** ''[[Call of Duty:
** ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II
* ''[[Cave Story]]+''
* ''[[Champions Online]]: Free For All''
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* ''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Civilization]]''
* ''[[Command
** ''[[Command
** ''Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath''
** ''[[Command and Conquer Tiberian Twilight]]''
** ''[[Command
*** ''Red Alert 3 -- Uprising''
* ''[[Commander Keen]]''
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* ''[[Counter-Strike]]''
* ''[[Crea Vures]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Critical Mass 2011 (video game)|Critical Mass 2011]]''
* ''[[Crusader Kings]] II''
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* ''[[Dota 2]]''
* ''[[Dragon Age]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Defenders]]''
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** ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
* ''[[Empire At War]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Europa Universalis]] III''
* ''[[
* ''[[Eversion]]''
* ''[[E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy|EYE Divine Cybermancy]]''
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* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed|The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fortune Summoners]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Front Mission]]: Evolved''
* ''[[Frozen Synapse]]''
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** ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]''
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Gratuitous Space Battles]]''
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* ''[[Iron Grip]]: Marauders ''
* ''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Jolly Rover]]''
* ''[[Jurassic Park: The Game|Jurassic Park the Game]]''
* ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause]]''
* ''[[Killing Floor]]''
* ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Kings Bounty]]''
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Last Remnant]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
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* ''[[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven|Mafia the City of Lost Heaven]]''
** ''[[Mafia II]]''
* ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]''
* ''[[Magicka]]''
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]: [[Duels of the Planeswalkers]]''
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** ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]''
* ''[[Moonbase Alpha]]''
* ''[[Mount
* ''[[Myst (series)|Myst]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''
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* ''[[Nuclear Dawn]]''
* ''[[Oddworld]]'' series
** ''[[Oddworld: Stranger's
* ''[[Orcs Must Die]]''
* ''[[Patrician]]'' series
* ''[[Payday: The
* ''[[Peggle]]''
* ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''
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* ''[[Rochard]]''
* ''[[Rollercoaster Tycoon]] 3''
* ''[[
* ''[[Rusty Hearts]]''
▲* ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]''
* ''[[Scratches (video game)|Scratches]]''
* ''[[Second Sight (video game)|Second Sight]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Horizon]]''
* ''[[Sengoku (video game)|Sengoku]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Sims]] 3''
* ''[[Sky Drift]]''
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* ''[[Star Ruler]]''
* ''[[Starscape]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront (series)|Star Wars Battlefront]] II''
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* ''[[Total War]]'' series
* ''[[Trine]]''
* ''[[UFO:
* ''[[Unreal]]'' series
* ''[[Uplink]]''
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* ''[[VVVVVV]]''
* ''[[The Walking Dead (video game)|The Walking Dead]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine|Warhammer 40000 Space Marine]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online]]''
* ''[[Wasteland Angel]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Witcher]]: Enhanced Edition''
** ''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings|The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings]]''
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[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Other Sites]]
[[Category:Videogame Systems]]
▲[[Category:Steam]]
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