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Steam

video game store and digital distribution platform among other services
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Summary

Steam is a video game distribution platform[1]. Steam draws 59,054 Wikipedia views per month (video game distribution platform category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Valve Corporation[3]
  • Instance of: software repository[4], digital rights management[5]
  • Founder: Valve Corporation[6]
  • Owned by: Valve Corporation[7]
  • Developer: Valve Corporation[8]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[9]
  • Programmed in: C++[10], Java[11], Objective-C[12]
  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows[13], macOS[14], Linux[15], Android[16], iOS[17], Windows Phone[18]
  • Software version identifier: 1.0.0.52[19], 1.0.0.53[20], 1.0.0.54[21], 1.0.0.61[22], 1.0.0.73[23], 1.0.0.74[24], 1.0.0.78[25], 1.0.0.79[26], 1.0.0.81[27], 1.0.0.82[28], SteamClient021, Package: 1726604483[29], API v020, Package: 1682723851[30], 1766612892 (SteamClient023)[31]
  • Has use: digital rights management[32]
  • Commons category: Steam (software)[33]
  • Platform: Android[34], Microsoft Windows[35], Unix-like operating system[36]
  • Distribution format: digital download[37]
  • Publication date: September 12, 2003[38]
  • Distributed by: Microsoft Store[39], Google Play[40], App Store (Apple)[41], Valve Corporation[42]
  • Official website: https://store.steampowered.com/?l=english[43], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=spanish[44], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=latam[45], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=greek[46], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=french[47], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=italian[48], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=hungarian[49], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=dutch[50], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=norwegian[51], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=polish[52], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=portuguese[53], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=brazilian[54], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=romanian[55], https://store.steampowered.com/?l=russian[56]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Steam (service)[57]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/steam[58]
  • Alexa rank: 208[59]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Steam include The Steam Awards[60], an award[61], in United States[62], founded in 2016[63]; Steam[64], a mobile app[65]; and Steam Mobile[66], a mobile app[67].

Why It Matters

Steam has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Steam is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Entities named for Steam include The Steam Awards[60], an award[61], in United States[62], founded in 2016[63]; Steam[64], a mobile app[65]; and Steam Mobile[66], a mobile app[67].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . valvesoftware.com. Retrieved . valvesoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . store.steampowered.com. store.steampowered.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . store.steampowered.com. store.steampowered.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . repo.steampowered.com. Retrieved . repo.steampowered.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . repo.steamstatic.com. repo.steamstatic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dev.getsol.us. dev.getsol.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com. cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . store.steampowered.com. Retrieved . store.steampowered.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . alexa.com. alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Steam, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  2. 13w ago · IagoQnsi · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 190
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Logo image: Steam 2016 logo black.svg"
  3. 15w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Steam"
  4. 20w ago · Dabmasterars · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Celeste Steam page top.png, New steam chat.png, STEAM haupt.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: STEAM haupt.png"
  5. 23w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14465 → https://steamcommunity.com/dmca/create/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14465: https://steamcommunity.com/dmca/create/"
  6. 23w ago · WikiBunny2K1 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Small logo or icon → Steam icon logo.svg
    Official jobs url → https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/
    Cookie policy url → https://store.steampowered.com/account/cookiepreferences/
    Privacy policy url → https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/, https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Small logo or icon: Steam icon logo.svg"
  7. 24w ago · Trade · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Accessibility statement url → https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/10BB-D27A-6378-44
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Accessibility statement url: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/10BB-D27A-6378-4436"
  8. 25w ago · Trade · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distributed by → Microsoft Store, Google Play, App Store (Apple) +1
    Founder → Valve Corporation
    Programming language → —
    Operating system → Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux +3
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Inception: 12 September 2003"
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