Applications Like Steam?

Does anything exist which is an alternative to Steam? Something which you can purchase games on, maintain a friends list and basically be part of a large online gaming community. I love Steam, but I've always wondered if there's an alternative out there which a lot of people don't know about.

Thanks for any feedback! :D

Comments

  • KraneKrane Regular
    edited March 2011
    Have a look at this list:

    http://steamunpowered.eu/steam-alternatives/

    Personally i've never used anything other than steam, I even managed to get it running through WINE.
  • LethargicaLethargica Regular
    edited March 2011
    Yup..a lot of game companies understand that steam is extremely successful in marketing games. ESPECIALLY, when they create partnerships with tf2 that throw away incentives for purchasing non-valve, games. Truly a brilliant marketing approach.
  • BoxBox Regular
    edited March 2011
    Not sure about purchasing, but Xfire is commonly used as an application for having a friends list, groups, clans etc..
  • SpookSpook Regular
    edited March 2011
    Onlive lol ?
  • IndulgenceIndulgence Regular
    edited March 2011
    Lethargica wrote: »
    Yup..a lot of game companies understand that steam is extremely successful in marketing games. ESPECIALLY, when they create partnerships with tf2 that throw away incentives for purchasing non-valve, games. Truly a brilliant marketing approach.

    Yeah, Valve more or less has a monopoly on the digital game distribution thing. Pretty brilliant company.
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