Steam

Steam is intended for people over the age of 13.

By creating an account, you agree to comply with Steam's Subscriber Agreement.

Default privacy settings for users 13+

By default, anyone can view your Steam profile. However, only your Steam friends can leave comments on your page.

Adjusting your privacy settings

You can adjust your privacy settings for the following sections:

• Profile Status – you can choose whether your profile is viewable by the public, only other Steam users, only your friends, friends of friends, or only you can view it.
• Comment Permissions – you can choose who is allowed to leave comments on your profile page. You can select anyone, only your friends, or only yourself.
• Inventory – you can choose who can view you game inventory, such as the games you have purchased and played. You can select viewable by the public, only other Steam users, only your friends, friends of friends, or only you can view it.

To adjust your settings, you can:

1. log into your Steam account
2. hover over your username located in the top right corner and click View Profile
3. click Edit my profile on the right hand side of the page
4. click My Privacy Settings
5. adjust your privacy settings
6. click Save.

Right: an example of how to adjust your privacy settings on Steam.

You can report inappropriate posts in the Steam community forums by clicking the flag that appears on the right hand side of the post. This will send a report to the site moderators to review.

Report a User

You can report a specific user for offensive behaviour.
To report a user, you can:

1. log into your Steam account
2. navigate to the users profile page
3. click More located on the right
4. click Report Violation
5. select your reason for reporting and write a description of the issue
6. Click Submit Report.

Right: an example of how to report a user on Steam.

Blocking a User

Blocking a user on steam will block all communication from that user.
To block a user, you can:

1. log into your Steam account
2. navigate to the users profile page
3. click More located on the right
4. click Block all communication
5. click on Yes, block them.

Right: an example of how to block a user on Steam.

Steam is free to join and use.

For a fee, you can purchase games through Steam's online store. Payments can be made using a credit card or through PayPal.

The Steam Wallet allows you to add funds to your account to make purchases from the Steam Store, subscriptions, as well as in-game purchases where steam wallet transactions are enabled. Funds that are added to your Steam Wallet are payable in advance and are non-refundable.

Right: an example of Steam Wallet vouchers.

More information is available at Steam's Wallet page.

You can visit www.steampowered.com for more information, including:

• Steam Support provides help information about Steam
• Steam's Information for New Users page provides general information about Steam
• the Steam Online Conduct page outlines the rules users must agree to and abide by when using Steam
• the Rules and Guidelines for Steam Community Discussions page outlines the behaviour guidelines for the community forum.