Steam

What Steam does

Steam is Valve Corporation’s mobile companion for its PC game store and community. It suits players who want to browse games, manage their library, keep up with friends and community activity, or protect their account without opening the desktop client.

Useful away from the PC

The app provides Steam Guard account security, including QR-based sign-in and mobile approval requests. It can also be used to start game downloads and updates on a home computer, so a title can be ready before the player sits down to play.

• Browse the Steam store, library, wishlist and personalised news.
• Confirm trades and Steam Market listings from a phone.
• Receive account, store and community notifications.
• Manage parts of the Steam account and community experience remotely.

What to expect

Steam combines store functions, account security and community tools in one app, though some sections are less direct to navigate than others. Community and Workshop pages may feel closer to web views than to fully native screens. Steam Chat is handled separately, which may be inconvenient for users expecting every messaging feature here.

Audience and reception

This is mainly for existing Steam users rather than people looking for a general gaming catalogue. It is particularly practical for anyone who frequently trades items, uses Steam Guard, or wants to queue downloads while away from their computer.

Steam is listed in Entertainment and has more than 100,000,000 installs. Its average rating is 3.0010211 from 1,062,990 reviews, a mixed result that suggests the app’s broad feature set does not suit every user equally.