Its major flaw is that it tends to forget that you've chosen to be Offline, and will ask you to connect to the net and log in before allowing you access to your purchased software. This review is purely for the client software… No hassles.Įveryone knows the Steam Store is a great place to pick up games at a reasonable price. On Steam, your games stay up-to-date by themselves. Hunting for patches and downloading from unorganized Web sites is so twentieth-century.Chat with your buddies, or use your microphone to communicate in any game. See when your friends are online or playing games and easily join the same games together.Find someone to play with, meet up with friends, connect with groups of similar interests, and host and join chats, matches, and tournaments.Check out the new releases, indie hits, casual favorites and everything in between. Over 1,100 games are available to purchase, download, and play from any computer.Steam is set apart from similar services primarily by its community features, completely automated game update process, and its use of in-game functionality. It is used to distribute a large number of games and related media entirely over the Internet, from small independent efforts to larger, more popular games. Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation.