TL;DR: Valve's Steam, which launched in 2003, became a major digital storefront by 2008, revolutionizing PC gaming. Many gamers have amassed extensive libraries, often expanded during Steam Sales.

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

After being available through the Steam Client Beta since July 25, the new personalized layout is now widely available to all users on Valve's storefront. The store is now much easier to parse when ...

Valve has broadly rolled out a new Steam store menu after testing it since July. This redesign is available for the standard Steam PC client, the Steam Deck and Steam Mobile. The big news here is that ...

Valve’s new portable console, the Steam Deck (not to be confused with Elgato’s Stream Deck), officially launched on Friday. If you preordered early, you should have yours in hand starting this week, ...

Valve has rolled out a new Steam Labs Experiment that can help narrow down your choices if you’re looking for new games to play. If you opt into the Steam Store Browse Experiment, you’ll get access to ...

A Steam Deck Customisation menu has been discovered, hidden away in the portable PC's latest beta build. While it currently only contains references to startup movies, other changes made by Valve ...