What is Steam? Thousands of games waiting for you

Steam is one of the biggest platforms for games ever. Games can not only be purchased through the Steam launcher, but they are also launched and kept up to date through the platform. The launcher itself is completely free.

Steam features at a glance

The Steam platform offers numerous games. The highest current player numbers still reach Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2 and PUBG. While red-hot statistics are hard to come by, in 2015 the company earned about $4 billion, taking 17 percent of the world's total gaming market revenue. Today, up to 20 million users are online at the same time during peak hours, enjoying exciting games like Destiny 2. In 2019, there were over one billion active user accounts.

• You can buy games digitally through Steam. If you have received a Steam coder for a physical copy of a game, you can activate it in the launcher.
• To use the client, you need a free account.
• Download games from the Steam servers and keep them up to date via update. Once the game is fully installed, launch it through the platform.
• In the workshop you will find mods, skins and more for various games. Diese Inhalte sind frei zugänglichen und lassen sich per Klick zu bestimmten Spielen hinzufügen.
• Sie können Freunde hinzufügen und mit ihnen chatten. So können Sie Ihren Freunden ganz einfach in einem Multiplayer-Game beitreten.
• Außerdem bietet Steam auch Indie-Game-Entwicklern eine große Plattform zum Vermarkten ihrer Spiele.