32-bit
nullsoftmachine scopecdn.akamai.steamstatic.com · publisher-owned- File name
- SteamSetup.exe
- SHA-256
- 7d3654531c32d941b8cae81c4137fc542172bfa9635f169cb392f245a0a12bcb
Steam
by Valve Corporation · Proprietary
88/100how this is calculated
Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.
Record
- Latest version
- 2.10.91.91
- Release date
- 20 May 2024
- Official page
- https://store.steampowered.com/about/
- Minimum Windows
- 10.0.0.0
- Package identifier
- Valve.Steam
Official downloads
These URLs are the ones Valve Corporation declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.
Verify the file you downloaded
Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Valve Corporation published. Delete it.
Windows · PowerShell
Get-FileHash "SteamSetup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256macOS · Linux
shasum -a 256 "SteamSetup.exe"Expected output
7d3654531c32d941b8cae81c4137fc542172bfa9635f169cb392f245a0a12bcb
Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.
Download Steam for Mac
The macOS build as Homebrew declares it, with the same treatment as the Windows side: the publisher's own URL and a hash to check it against.
- Version on Homebrew
- 6.0
- File name
- steam.dmg
- Install with Homebrew
- brew install --cask steam
How we scored this 88 out of 100
| Signal | Finding | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 hash published | 1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built. | 30 / 30 |
| Binary provenance | 1 on a domain owned by the publisherThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for. | 35 / 35 |
| Served over HTTPS | 1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit. | 15 / 15 |
| Release recency | last release about 27 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities. | 3 / 15 |
| Licence declared | ProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software. | 5 / 5 |
Is Steam safe to download?
Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from steamstatic.com, which is a domain we have tied to Valve Corporation.
The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 Valve Corporation declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.
What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.
If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.
How the 88/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation
Install Steam with winget
Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.
Install
winget install --id Valve.Steam --exactUpgrade later
winget upgrade --id Valve.SteamWhy --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.
Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.
Every version on record1
Every Steam version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.
- 2.10.91.91
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Where our data comes from
- macOS cask
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/steam