Steam

Steam is always my first choice to purchase games, because it almost never has problems and discounts are frequent. However the launcher feels slow, it takes longer than other launcher to boot.

Steam always have BETA games on their launcher that never make it to release. So you purchase a game that is in development and it shut downs in 30 days. You just wasted your money. Steam does not refund you the money back because you pass a hourly threshold of gameplay.

Do not bother with Steam or any games on Steam. If a game developer uses both a standalone launcher and Steam, go with their standalone. You will save yourself from getting headaches trying to get into the game.

Steam has games that i purchased where a download of a third party platform was needed and also the creation of a third party account there by creating more crap for identity thiefs to find.

Steam scammed me in that way more than once. I am using Steam and with some games a third party installed and platform is running in the back ground too. It's bad enough Steam uses a bunch on steam.exe processes in the task manager.

#HAGAYYY

For a while last year, I bought games on Steam a lot. Like, A LOT lot. Frequent discounts practically made sure of this. Spent endless hours in front of my PC instead of going outside. That changed thankfully, but really has nothing to do with the quality of Steam services.

Anyway, the selection of available titles is massive and customer service is fairly decent: I had no problems returning a game I bought after it turned out my PC was unable to run it. I try to stay away from games nowadays, but, yeah, STeam is pretty solid.

Steam Games charged my credit Card 7 times for 100.00 each for a total of 700.00. I am not a member of Steam Games nor have I ever been. I have never even heard of Steam Games until they defrauded my Visa Card. I have discovered this company has a long history of Credit Card Fraud but somehow is still allowed to operate and steal indiscriminately
If you have been defrauded by Steam Games, as many have, you need to file a Credit Card Fraud complaint with your local FBI Field Office and with your local law Enforcement. I am also notifying the U.S. Attorney's office. These people are the worst kind of criminals that defraud with no regard to the damage they are doing to peoples lives. They are disgusting and need to be shut down immediately.

I use steam daily for playing games and own 300+ games on steam. The best part about steam is there are many free to play games and apart from them the prices are low, with a steam sale which happens almost 5 times in a year you can get a game for fraction of its original price.

(Review is based on features from the launcher, NOT specifically the website) The platform is one of the best non-DRM services out there, and I can get my hands on games that I would otherwise be required to commit a crime to obtain (most notably titles that predate the platform itself). It also provides one of the most intuitive ways to access mods online, saving me from hell trying to enjoy every last moment of my games.
The only really annoying bit I have experienced is the sheer amount of times I have to log into my account on the website, making the task of purchasing games and nabbing free games on the go, or simply just trying to replace my profile picture incredibly infuriating with 2FA.

When steam first came out, it was pretty universally reviled by the gaming community. The notion that you had to be connected to the internet to play single player games was pretty mind blowing for alot of people. Now that everyone has always-on internet connections its not a big deal, and steam is actually useful for keeping your game collection in one consolidated place, along with getting new game recommendations and reviews. I've also read they are pretty good about paying developers, and don't try and screw them the way other publishers do.