Steam

Steam is an online gaming platform that allows you to easily download, upload, play, update, and activate games over the Internet. You can purchase, download, and play more than 30,000 games from any computer. Platform features include online multiplayer, which checks the versions of all connected clients and servers to ensure compatibility, monitors user activity, and blocks accounts engaged in unfair play. Steam Cloud stores configuration settings, key bindings, and other preferences. Matchmaking lets users create games, set game parameters, invite friends, and remove them if needed. Steam Community allows users to create personal web pages, communicate via chat, and use a microphone. The platform provides automatic game updates, verifies all necessary game files at launch, supports custom skins and interface color schemes, and allows backup of purchased games so they can be restored without redownloading. Users can activate purchased games and make purchases directly through the Steam client.