What happens when a game is archived?

[King Metalingus]

Hi, Gamers!

So I have this game that I purchased about a month ago and currently, it has been archived by Steam. But I can still play the game via Steam, my question is what's the reason for Steam to archive a game?

Is Steam forcing the game developers to purchase the VAC system from them so that it will available again in the store? Need some insights on this.

Thanks!

[Snapjak]

Valve doesn't archive games. They remove games from sale for various reasons.

What Valve will not do is remove your ability to download and play legitimately purchased games even if they completely terminate all business relations with a developer.

[King Metalingus]

Thanks for your input! So does it mean the game will not have a second chance?

[Snapjak]

If it was removed by Valve, very unlikely unless it was an error.
If it was removed by the developer, who knows. They may have pulled it while fixing major problems.

[King Metalingus]

Yes they are saying that Valve "archived" it, though they did mention that they are working towards to put it back on the store. The game is full of cheaters tbh.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by Metalingus:

Thanks for your input! So does it mean the game will not have a second chance?

Depends on why the game was removed. Deadpool for example was removed due to licence expiration came back for a while when it was renewed on the back of interest from the movie and then removed again when it expired again.

Ones removed over content issues have come back later when the content was altered or removed.

The games of Digital Homicide and others removed from Steam for flagrant abuse of the store, the community and refusing to take a hint on the other hand don't end up coming back.

[wuddih]

Originally posted by Metalingus:

Is Steam forcing the game developers to purchase the VAC system from them so that it will available again in the store? Need some insights on this.

VAC does not cost anything and no dev is forced to use it.

where do people pick that crap up?!

anyway
since you mentioned the word "archived". archived means removed on Steam and the only dev that used that word is the one of rules of survival.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/788260/
ask there.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The dev for ROS still has no info on it.

[Pvtter]

I have one game that I recently uploaded to Steam and I searched the game and is avaible on Steam, but the page doesn't recognice the game so I can't get any of the achivements, is that way or is just an error? Is Hotline Maiami if you wanted to know.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

This?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219150/Hotline_Miami/

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by Pvtter:

I have one game that I recently uploaded to Steam and I searched the game and is avaible on Steam, but the page doesn't recognice the game so I can't get any of the achivements, is that way or is just an error? Is Hotline Maiami if you wanted to know.

linking a non-steam copy of a game to the steam launcher isn't the same as owning the game on steam so you don't get all the features a steam copy has by doing that.