Apple picker Of course, this is not a full-fledged client, and we will have to wait for some time to play Portal on our mobile devices. However, Dutch Supportware released the app on 17 August 2010 My Steam, which makes everything else available.
Steam is not only a platform for the distribution of digital content, but also an information and communication channel. All of this is now accessible directly from your phone. The application offers five screens, including an overview of your own account, where statistics can be seen just like on the PC/Mac client.
You can also view a list of your friends and possibly the game they are playing and information about it. Unfortunately, the chat does not work and in my opinion it never will. I am not aware of Valve opening this protocol. In addition to friends, you can also see a list of favorite servers with all the usual information in the application. The application can even recognize the link to the server in Safari and add it to the list. The fourth screen is news directly from Valve, most often about the latest updates of individual games.
Even if an ordinary mortal is not so excited by this application, for a person who plays professionally and needs to be in constant contact with people around the clan or just needs to monitor the servers being operated, it is certainly a handy thing.
The application costs App Store regular €0,79, or there is also a version free with ads. My Steam it's also built for the Retina display, so the app looks fantastic.
So I found the free version. Downloaded and tried. It keeps throwing me an error message after entering my steam id. It says I entered the wrong ID. And since I use my id quite often, I know I entered it correctly.
But I'm not too sorry. I just wanted to try it out. Without the ability to send messages, it is meaningless to me. And I dare to guess that the majority of steam users will miss the chat.