Steam, however, is infinitely more fun to explore. Valve's PC gaming client offers a store, cloud saves, remote downloads, video streaming, and many other gamer-friendly features for your desktop, laptop, or Steam Deck. The Steam app remains our Editors' Choice pick for PC gaming marketplaces, despite lacking integrated video recording capabilities and a way for its users to speak to a customer service representative should they experience a problem.

Steam offers mostly Windows games along with some macOS titles. Steam Machines may not have taken off, but you'll find Linux titles, which is great for Steam Deck owners who don't want to solely rely on the Proton combability layer for Windows games (more on that in a bit). The free Steam app is a terrific way to buy new releases or preorder upcoming releases. If there's a major new PC game, Steam likely has the title-provided that the game's publisher isn't selling it exclusively via another store. For example, you can only buy Overwatch from and Fortnite from the Epic Games Store. Still, Steam currently offers thousands of titles, ranging from simple arcade-like games (Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+) to simulations ( Football Manager) to AAA behemoths ( Monster Hunter World).

Of course, as Steam is a Valve product, it has titles you won't find in other PC game stores, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx, and Portal.

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