Steam Gaming Platform
This cluster centers on discussions about using Steam for games, including its advantages, whether games require the Steam client to run, comparisons to alternatives, and suggestions to just use Steam instead of other solutions.
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Didn't Steam already solve this?
Same, Steam is my gateway, and I don't have any issues with them.
Probably not with the steam library
This requires Steam to be there, as i wrote i try to avoid using Steam.
A lot of games on Steam can run without running Steam
You can just use Steam, they know what they are doing at Valve
Interesting, it may never go to steam
It's a niche hobbyist thing, it is not meant to replace Steam as a platform.
Gamers use steam, not the windows store.
I thought someone as Steam can make it work.