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“You may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or Account except as otherwise specifically authorized by Valve. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the security of your computer system.”
“Your Account...is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions...”
“All charges incurred on Steam, and all purchases made with the Steam Wallet, are payable in advance and final, except as described in Sections 3.I and 7 below.”
“You grant Valve and its affiliates the worldwide, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, transcode, translate, broadcast, and otherwise communicate, and publicly display and publicly perform, your User Generated Content...”
“IN NO EVENT WILL VALVE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES...EVEN IN THE EVENT OF VALVE'S OR ITS AFFILIATES' FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF VALVE'S WARRANTY...”
“TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, VALVE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM (I) ANY WARRANTY FOR STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, AND THE SUBSCRIPTIONS...PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS...”
This document governs your relationship with Steam: it sets out what you can and cannot do with your account and the games and services you access through it. Your account is personal and cannot be shared, sold, or transferred, and all purchases are final except under Steam's Refund Policy. If anything goes wrong — including situations where Steam is at fault — you generally cannot recover lost profits or other consequential losses, and Steam makes no guarantees about the quality or availability of its services.
The Steam Subscriber Agreement establishes the terms under which Valve grants users a non-exclusive, personal, non-commercial license to access Steam's Content and Services, while imposing strict account confidentiality, personal-use, and advance-payment obligations on subscribers. Users grant Valve and its affiliates a broad worldwide license to exploit User Generated Content across a wide range of uses without further permission or compensation. The Agreement disclaims all warranties to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and excludes Valve's liability for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, and exemplary damages even where Valve is at fault, negligent, or in breach of warranty. Acceptable-use restrictions prohibit all forms of automation, cheat creation or facilitation, interference with anti-cheat systems, and unauthorized reproduction or reverse engineering of Steam content. Refunds are available under Valve's Refund Policy without prejudice to any applicable statutory rights, and all charges are otherwise final and payable in advance.
As a Steam user, your account and subscriptions are strictly personal — you cannot share login credentials, sell your account, or transfer your game library to someone else. Any content you submit to Steam can be used, modified, and distributed by Valve globally without additional permission or payment to you. All purchases are final and paid upfront; refunds are only available under the terms of Valve's separate Refund Policy, though your statutory rights under applicable law are preserved. If you promote or endorse products on Steam in exchange for any benefit — including free games — you must clearly disclose that arrangement to your audience. If you believe you are owed a refund, you can request one under Valve's Refund Policy.
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4 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: September 2026
We withheld clauses we had published from this document. Each withholding is recorded in our correction log:
“You may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or Account except as otherwise specifically authorized by Valve. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the security of your computer …”
“Your Account...is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions...”
“All charges incurred on Steam, and all purchases made with the Steam Wallet, are payable in advance and final, except as described in Sections 3.I and 7 below.”
“You grant Valve and its affiliates the worldwide, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, transcode, translate, broadcast, and otherwise communicate, and publicly display and publicly perform, your User Generated Content...”
“IN NO EVENT WILL VALVE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES...EVEN IN THE EVENT OF VALVE'S OR ITS AFFILIATES' FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF VALVE'S WARRANTY...”
“TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, VALVE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM (I) ANY WARRANTY FOR STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, AND THE SUBSCRIPTIONS...PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS...”
“Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable Subscription Terms).”
“You may not use any form of scripts, bots, macros, or other non-human-controlled systems ("Automation") to interact with Content and Services on Steam in any manner, including but not limited to: Automating the Steam account creation process...”
“You agree that you will not create Cheats or assist third parties in any way to create or use Cheats. You agree that you will not directly or indirectly disable, circumvent, or otherwise interfere with the operation of software designed …”
“You may not, in whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, publish, distribute, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile, create derivative works based on, or remove any proprietary notices...without the prior consent, in writing, of Valve.”
“If you use Steam services...to promote or endorse a product, service or event in return for any kind of consideration from a third party (including non-monetary rewards such as free games), you must clearly indicate the source of such consideration …”
“Without prejudice to any statutory rights you may have, you can request a refund for your orders or purchases on Steam in accordance with the terms of Valve's Refund Policy http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/.”
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