• Mon. Oct 6th, 2025

Valve cracks down on bootleg games, removing shovelware from Steam

Valve cracks down on bootleg games, removing shovelware from Steam

Steam has seen more than its fair share of bootleg games and shovelware, as is to be expected with a platform so large. Valve responds to such issues quite promptly, banning and removing any low-effort PC games from Steam that are obviously cash grabs with stolen assets or otherwise scams. The company also subsequently bans many of the games’ developers to ensure that Steam stays clear of more random influxes of shovelware. Just today, Valve shut down almost 100 asset-flipped and bootleg games in one of Steam’s biggest ban waves yet.

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