Any example game removed/deleted on Steam?

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Hi recently I start getting concerned about this issue. So even you get the game great deal or free or whatever, maybe one day in the future "Server is down""Unplayable""License expired" and the game just suddenly disappear in your library and anywhere on Steam.

I am not saying I buy the game then I own a share of this game company. But the other way thinking it, if you buy the game offline, as long as you hold the game in your hand, you can play it forever and even pass it to your son. Shouldn't digital version serve the same when their prices have almost no difference?

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[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

idk whats being asked here tbh but deadpool and say doom 2 are delisted but you can still play it. i never heard a game removed from steam since that would look really bad and idk what company would care that much to damage their rep.

now free games do get delisted in a way aka the game is removed and ether you got your progress wiped or etc.

there was like a free russian shooter game i forgot that basically removed all the stuff i had cause they became a new company and claimed they sent a email or transfer but they never did and lied.


over all delisted games are not removed i have many of them and still play them they just don't have online or updates

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I should say removed/deleted not delisted.
So you don't see any game deleted on Steam so far? Like just disappear from your library when it's a very old game and almost nobody play it, so you won't even notice.

Цитата допису REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

idk whats being asked here tbh but deadpool and say doom 2 are delisted but you can still play it. i never heard a game removed from steam since that would look really bad and idk what company would care that much to damage their rep.

now free games do get delisted in a way aka the game is removed and ether you got your progress wiped or etc.

there was like a free russian shooter game i forgot that basically removed all the stuff i had cause they became a new company and claimed they sent a email or transfer but they never did and lied.


over all delisted games are not removed i have many of them and still play them they just don't have online or updates

[Lithurge]

The only game I'm aware Valve has pulled completely is The Day Before and in that case they refunded the buyers.

I don't know what safeguards Steam has in preventing publishers from deleting the download depots so there'd be no game to download, but the closest to a game becoming unplayable are from the likes of Ubisoft where they turn off the online functionality making it unplayable (e.g. The Crew). The game has remained in people's libraries despite this.

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That sounds good
I was told Steam can delete the game from my library without any notice or refund, which make me worried.

Цитата допису Lithurge:

The only game I'm aware Valve has pulled completely is The Day Before and in that case they refunded the buyers.

I don't know what safeguards Steam has in preventing publishers from deleting the download depots so there'd be no game to download, but the closest to a game becoming unplayable are from the likes of Ubisoft where they turn off the online functionality making it unplayable (e.g. The Crew). The game has remained in people's libraries despite this.

[Chika Ogiue]

Цитата допису Lithurge:

the likes of Ubisoft where they turn off the online functionality making it unplayable (e.g. The Crew). The game has remained in people's libraries despite this.

There are plenty of MMOs, like The Crew, where service has ended. If you owned those on Steam, the game remains in your library, you just won't be able to play it anymore. Keep in mind, MMO or single player no game sold on Steam is sold to you with the promise that you'll be able to play it for eternity. In fact, if you read the SSA you'll find you'll told the opposite.

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I can accept online games can play no more bec they turn down the server for whatever reason. That is at least predictable. But if other single/solo games are removed out of my library which make it unplayable that I can’t accept.

What SSA said?

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Цитата допису Lithurge:

the likes of Ubisoft where they turn off the online functionality making it unplayable (e.g. The Crew). The game has remained in people's libraries despite this.

There are plenty of MMOs, like The Crew, where service has ended. If you owned those on Steam, the game remains in your library, you just won't be able to play it anymore. Keep in mind, MMO or single player no game sold on Steam is sold to you with the promise that you'll be able to play it for eternity. In fact, if you read the SSA you'll find you'll told the opposite.

[Chika Ogiue]

Цитата допису Zink:

What SSA said?

Section 7C

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER VALVE NOR ITS AFFILIATES GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE OR SECURE OPERATION AND ACCESS TO STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, YOUR ACCOUNT AND/OR YOUR SUBSCRIPTION(S) OR ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Single player games can become unavailable for a number of reasons, such as licensed technologies expiring, or incompatibility with current operating systems and hardware; just to name two.

[wawawiwa]

Domina, dev went full schizo and steam decide to stop it

[Space is the Place]

Unless we talking about an online game and the server dies out, you keep whatever you already bought. I have several games no longer available on Steam and I can still play them, I still own them, they still appear on my game´s list, the hours I played, the achievements... only thing is that eventually the thumbail for the game dissapears.

The non Death-Edition of Darksiders 2 and the OG version of Kindom of Amalur come to mind of the ones I have.

Цитата допису wawawiwa:

Domina, dev went full schizo and steam decide to stop it

Well that was a different situation though, and I pressume the people who already owned the game still own it and can play it, no?

[PocketYoda]

Spiderman 1 and 2
Marvels ultimate Alliance 1 and 2.
Wolverine.

[Mad Scientist]

Цитата допису Zink:

That sounds good
I was told Steam can delete the game from my library without any notice or refund, which make me worried.

They do this for fraudulently obtained games primarily. So if you used a grey market site, bought a key which was obtained with a stolen cc by that seller, and the dev/pub reported the key as fraudulently obtained, it would be removed from the account that redeemed the key.

Games simply being delisted wont result in removal. For example I bought The Avengers via Steam on sale when they announced an upcoming delisting, everyone that owns it still owns it.

So the primary way it would get forcefully removed is fraudulent obtainment of the key itself (grey site seller). Else if a dev/pub messed up so bad that they pull it and refund everyone.