Alternatives and competitors
Sites like steampowered.com
The 20 closest digital game distribution alternatives to steampowered.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to steampowered.com? The closest matches are Steam Community, SteamDB and epicgames.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About steampowered.com
steampowered.com
Welcome to Steam
Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.
Summary by Claude
Steam is Valve's digital distribution storefront where users buy, download and play PC games and DLC, with wishlists, personalized recommendations, gift cards, sales and community features.
- Who it’s for
- PC gamers and game developers
- Business model
- Commission on game sales
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to steampowered.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to steampowered.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to steampowered.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Steam Community
Community Hubs are collections of all the best community and official game content as rated by users.
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SteamDB
online video game database
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Welcome to GOG.com | best PC games DRM-free
Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Buy Games, Gift Cards & Top Ups Cheaper
Eneba — the fastest-growing marketplace for gamers. Get games and gift cards for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo in safe and affordable way. Eneba way.
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GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001
Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games
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Consoles, Collectibles, Video Games, and More – Buy, Sell or Trade | GameStop
Shop GameStop, the world's largest retail gaming and trade-in destination for Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo games, systems, consoles & accessories. Shop a wide selection of gamer-centric apparel, collectibles & more.
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Client Challenge
American online music distributor
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Computers, Monitors & Technology Solutions | Dell USA
Dell provides technology solutions, services & support. Buy Laptops, Touch Screen PCs, Desktops, Servers, Storage, Monitors, Gaming & Accessories.
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Eldorado - Largest & Safest Game Items Marketplace
Buy game items, accounts, currency, top ups, boosting & gift cards safely. Shop millions of offers for hundreds of games. Legit sellers, always in stock.
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ゲームウィズ - 日本最大級のゲームレビュー・攻略サイト
日本最大級のゲーム総合情報サイト。Switch2・Switch・PS5・PS4・PC・スマホアプリのおすすめゲームや新作ゲームのランキング、評価、レビュー、ゲーム攻略の最新情報を毎日お届け。ゲーム探しはゲームウィズ！
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digital marketplace for video game keys
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PC Gamer | THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES
British-American video game magazine
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Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin.Net — Online Games Distribution Service
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Electronic Arts Home Page - Official EA Site
We exist to inspire the world through Play. Electronic Arts is a leading publisher of games on Console, PC and Mobile.
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XBOX Official Site: Play Games Anywhere | XBOX
Play with XBOX on PC, console, & more. Explore Game Pass. Discover thousands of games. Shop controllers, handhelds, & consoles. Join players anywhere.
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PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
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Wargaming.net games — the full list of games available for players on the official website
A catalogue of games produced by an award-winning online game developer and publisher. Legendary and new games from Wargaming for PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and Playstation.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to steampowered.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones steampowered.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What steampowered.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://store.fastly.steamstatic.com/public/shared/javascript/jquery-1.8.3.min.js?v=NXam5…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS a9-66.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=mi-0skdaq4tg4owg4lUJpeS-vWiiBsrQqnY9tVXb7es
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what steampowered.com adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Atlassian · not on steampowered.com 11/20
- Apple Business · not on steampowered.com 10/20
- Google Workspace · not on steampowered.com 8/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on steampowered.com 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on steampowered.com 7/20
- OpenAI · not on steampowered.com 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on steampowered.com 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on steampowered.com 6/20
- Adobe · not on steampowered.com 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on steampowered.com 6/20
- jQuery 5/20
- nginx 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on steampowered.com 5/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on steampowered.com 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on steampowered.com 4/20