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Steam Is A Video Game

Steam is a digital distribution platform launched in 2003 by Valve to provide automatic updates for their games. It has since expanded to include third-party games and become a leading online storefront for downloading and playing PC games. The platform offers social features, cloud saves, workshops, and provides developers with tools to integrate achievements and microtransactions. Though initially for Windows, versions for macOS and Linux were later released, along with mobile apps. Steam currently holds about 75% of the PC gaming market with over 95 million active users purchasing billions in games annually.

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Steam Is A Video Game

Steam is a digital distribution platform launched in 2003 by Valve to provide automatic updates for their games. It has since expanded to include third-party games and become a leading online storefront for downloading and playing PC games. The platform offers social features, cloud saves, workshops, and provides developers with tools to integrate achievements and microtransactions. Though initially for Windows, versions for macOS and Linux were later released, along with mobile apps. Steam currently holds about 75% of the PC gaming market with over 95 million active users purchasing billions in games annually.

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Steam is a video game digital distribution service by Valve.

It was launched as a standalone


software client in September 2003 as a way for Valve to provide automatic updates for their
games, and expanded to include games from third-party publishers. Steam has also expanded
into an online web-based and mobile digital storefront. Steam offers digital rights management
(DRM), server hosting, video streaming, and social networking services. It also provides the user
with installation and automatic updating of games, and community features such as friends lists
and groups, cloud storage, and in-game voice and chat functionality.

The software provides a freely available application programming interface (API) called
Steamworks, which developers can use to integrate many of Steam's functions into their
products, including in-game achievements, microtransactions, and support for user-created
content through Steam Workshop. Though initially developed for use on Microsoft Windows
operating systems, versions for macOS and Linux were later released. Mobile apps were also
released for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone in the 2010s. The platform also offers a small
selection of other content, including design software, hardware, game soundtracks, anime, and
films.

The Steam platform is the largest digital distribution platform for PC gaming, holding around
75% of the market space in 2013.[4] By 2017, users purchasing games through Steam totaled
roughly US$4.3 billion, representing at least 18% of global PC game sales.[5] By 2019, the
service had over 34,000 games with over 95 million monthly active users. The success of Steam
led to the development of a line of Steam Machine microconsoles, which include the SteamOS
operating system and Steam Controllers, however these projects have either been discontinued or
not updated for a substantial amount of time.

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