Is there an alternative Steam client?

[Grisu]

Hi,

like with other apps, is there any alternative Steam client available?

Wanted features:
- stable (and bug free)
- low system footprint
- good performance
- just basic unbloated features
- user-friendly GUI
- not trying to be wannabe Discord


Xmas is near, so I hope there are some free devs left out there to help.

Grisu

[Jaunitta 🌸]

No,
It is one of a kind.
Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation for purchasing and playing video games. Steam offers digital rights management, matchmaking servers, video streaming, and social networking services. Wikipedia
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[Tharon]

Originally posted by Grisu:

Hi,

like with other apps, is there any alternative Steam client available?

Wanted features:
- stable (and bug free)
- low system footprint
- good performance
- just basic unbloated features
- user-friendly GUI
- not trying to be wannabe Discord


Xmas is near, so I hope there are some free devs left out there to help.

Grisu

As Juanitta said, Steam games are tied to the Steam Client. Valve should keep resource at minimum, but instead they choose to make it more and more big, bloated and resource hungry.

Anyway, you can start Steam with the option : -no-browser.
This will remove CEF (the chrome based browser built inside Steam) at all.

Advantage :

- Stable
- Low system footprint (CEF is the thing eating CPU e RAM in Steam).
- Good performance
- No bloated feature
- Old Chat

Disadvantage .

- No browser functions. This mean no store, no activities, no community and no browser on the overlay.
- No voice Chat.

Basically, you can only play the games and chat with friends, and use steam in a browser if you want to browse the store or use the voice chat.

[Grisu]

Thanks for the help guys!

[Tchadel]

Thanks :)