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Even if Steam will be going away at some point, I bed an archival effort will start similar to what we've seen for Geocities etc.

• jka 5y ago
  There's already at least one effort to gather a list of games that are no longer available* on Steam: https://steam-tracker.com/ https://steam-tracker.com/ I wonder how many of those can be retrieved (and are playable) from archived copies? Edit: available meaning "available for purchase" (my mistake, thanks for the corrections)
  • Ekaros 5y ago
    Delisted means no longer sold. Unless developer does something shady those games can still be downloaded and played (any third-party DRM not withstanding)
    • agilob 5y ago
      How is "delisted" different from "purchase disabled"?
      • Ekaros 5y ago
        Store page is removed for example you can still see community hub: Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition https://steamcommunity.com/app/225140/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/225140/ On other hand purchase might be disabled by developer, but game page is still visible: https://store.steampowered.com/app/210550/Angry_Birds_Space/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/210550/Angry_Birds_Space/
      • dharmab 5y ago
        Whether the store page is visible. A publisher might want to keep the page up to direct users to a newer title that deprecates the old one. Or they might hide a page if they no longer have rights. I also noticed that Prey (2006) is delisted to presumably avoid confusion with Prey (2017).
        • account42 5y ago
          The original Prey was delisted a long time before Bethesda repurposed the name.
  • agilob 5y ago
    It says "Dead Island Riptide" is delisted, but I still have it in my library and still can install it, background image doesn't load. There is another "Purchase disabled" category, looks like it cant be bought anymore, but can be installed.
    • dharmab 5y ago
      Delisted usually means "purchase disabled and also store page hidden". Delisted is most common due to IP issues such as expired rights.