Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Forum administrators, Interface administrators, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
116,454
edits
m (Mass update links) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (fix quote markup) |
||
(33 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{website|wppage=Steam (service)}}
[[File:Steam 2016 logo black.svg|thumb|200px|The 2016 Steam Logo]]
{{quote|''"Oh, yeah, I '''love''' Steam! I just hate the pipes..."''|'''Francis'''|[[Left 4 Dead
'''[
All of Valve's PC games since ''[[
Having the full support of pretty much every major publisher that makes PC titles except [[Blizzard]], Maxis (except for ''[[
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.
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}}
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: Some of the free games in the Steam store are this.
* [[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.
{{examples|Games and series for download from Steam include:}}
* ''[[AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity]]''
* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Alice: Madness Returns]]''
* ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[America's Army|Americas Army]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[ARMA: Armed Assault|ARMA]]'' series
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' series
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Syndicate]]''
** ''[[
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Avadon]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[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]]''
* ''[[Bejeweled]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' series
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Bloodline Champions]]''
* ''[[Borderlands]]''
** ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
* ''[[Braid]]''
* ''[[Brawl Busters]]''
* ''[[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: Black Ops]]''
** ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
* ''[[Cave Story]]+''
* ''[[Champions Online]]: Free For All''
* ''[[Chantelise]]''
* ''[[Chime (video game)|Chime]]''
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Civilization]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' franchise:
** ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''
** ''Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath''
** ''[[
** ''[[Command
*** ''Red Alert 3 -- Uprising''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Critical Mass 2011 (
* ''[[
* ''[[Crysis (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces
* ''[[Dark Messiah
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''Dead Rising 2: Off The Record''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War
** ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Doom (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin (
** ''Ecco Jr.''
* ''[[
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls III
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls V
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Fable
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Fallout
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''FlatOut 2''
** ''<nowiki>FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage</nowiki>''
** ''<nowiki>FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction</nowiki>''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''Global Agenda: Free Agent''
* ''[[
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto (
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto Classic
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Grand Theft Auto
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Half-Life (
** ''[[Half-Life
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''H.A.W.X. 2''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Hegemony Series
* ''[[
* ''[[Hydrophobia (
* ''[[
** ''Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946''
** ''Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and
* ''[[Indiana Jones and
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Jamestown
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Jurassic Park:
* ''[[Just Cause (
* ''[[
* ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur
* ''[[
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Lone Survivor (
* ''[[Loom (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Mafia:
** ''[[
* ''[[Magical Diary:
* ''[[
* ''[[Magic:
* ''[[
** ''Majesty 2''
** ''Defenders of Ardania''
** ''Warlock: Master of the Arcane''
* ''[[Mass Effect
** ''[[
* ''[[Max Payne (
* ''[[
* ''[[Metro 2033 (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Monkey Island (
** ''[[
** ''[[Monkey Island 2:
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Mount
* ''[[Myst (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[Oddworld:
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Portal (
** ''[[
* ''[[Prison Tycoon]]'' series
* ''[[Prototype (
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Quake (
* ''[[Rage (
* ''[[Railroad Tycoon]]'' series
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Recettear:
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Rift]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Scratches (video game)|Scratches]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sequence]]''
* ''[[
** ''[[Serious Sam:
* ''[[Shadowgrounds]]''
* ''[[Shatter]]''
* ''[[Shattered Horizon]]''
* ''[[Sengoku (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''Sniper Elite V2''
* ''[[
** ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** ''[[
** ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD
** ''[[
** ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
** ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
** ''[[
** ''[[
*** ''Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Ep. II
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront (
* ''[[Still Life (
* ''[[
* ''[[Strong
* ''Super [[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Thief (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[UFO:
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Velvet Assassin]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Walking Dead (
* ''[[
* ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[Warhammer Online]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
* ''[[
** ''[[Wolfenstein (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[X (
* ''[[X-COM (Video Game)|X-COM]]'' series
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Other Sites]]
[[Category:Videogame Systems]]
|