Valve’s Steam App Arrives for iOS & Android – Don’t Get Too Excited

So you’re undoubtedly familiar with Steam – Valve’s game management/download application that is single-handedly combating piracy by offering good service, convenience and decent pricing in one juicy cross platform hunk of gaming love? Yea, me too. Steam’s great. And now you can get it on iOS and Android.

Does this mean that Half-life or Portal are coming to either mobile platform? Course not. The Steam app is a front-end for the shop and the social elements of the app. Now personally speaking, I’m a scrap gamer who plays solely on public servers and has no interest whatsoever in joining a clan. However if I was the sort of dude or dudette that need some wack name in square brackets after my gaming handle, then I’d probably dig the access to Steam’s chat facility. If I was in a clan or, you know, had friends, then I could use the chat facility to hook up some games for later in the day.

Oh and there’s a shop too, like we hadn’t noticed, you tricky so-and-so’s, Valve. The idea here is that instead of browsing the App Store for games Zynga have ripped off from independent coding teams, you splash out on Skyrim for your PC, or some four game indie-gaming bundle that you try once and never go near again. Anyway – you can find Steam mobile, here.