Who owns Steam?
Steam is owned by Valve (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Valve Corporation — about. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Valve Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Bellevue, Washington
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2003
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Games & gaming platforms
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Steam
Steam sells the large majority of PC games and began as a patching tool players resented being forced to install. Its thirty per cent commission is the benchmark that every competing store and every antitrust argument about app stores is measured against.
Ownership timeline of Steam
Where Steam sits in Valve
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Valve ownership tree →
See the full Valve brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Valve
Valve controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Counter-Strike (1999)
- Dota 2 (2013)
- Half-Life (1998)
Other brands in games & gaming platforms, and who owns them
The 22 brands in games & gaming platforms on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is DoubleDown Interactive, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Duelz | DoubleDown Interactive | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Activision Blizzard | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Supersonic from Unity | Unity | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Epic Games Store | Epic Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hago | JOYY | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| GameMaker | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Nintendo Switch | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Roblox | Roblox | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Valve
Valve is a privately held company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States, founded in 1996. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Valve is privately held and majority-owned by its co-founder, a former Microsoft employee. It publishes no financial results, has no conventional management hierarchy, and runs the dominant PC games store, which makes it one of the most commercially significant private companies in entertainment.
🇺🇸 Steam and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Steam is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Steam?
The parent company of Steam is Valve, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Steam American?
Yes. Steam originated in the United States in 2003 and its owner, Valve, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Steam still owned by Valve?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Steam is still owned by Valve. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Valve Corporation — about — Valve Corporation, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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