Steam MCP

Name: Steam MCP
Author: Playtide-studios

by Playtide-studiosversion 0.2.8i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Playtide-studios/steam-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Steam market intelligence MCP server for game developers: app search, trends, reviews, news.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL, STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE, STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "steam": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "playtide-steam-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add steam --env STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL=your-value --env STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE=your-value --env STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN=your-value -- uvx playtide-steam-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "steam": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "playtide-steam-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "steam": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "playtide-steam-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE": "your-value",
        "STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL env
Override the companion backend base URL. Defaults to the Playtide hosted beta (https://api.playtide.dev).
STEAM_MCP_AUTO_UPDATE env
Set to 0 to disable the boot-time update check against the vendor update channel.
STEAM_MCP_UPDATE_ORIGIN env
Pin a different update channel URL.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Playtide-studios, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 5655 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 61% of the other 5655 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5655 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Steam MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.2.8) reached the registry 25 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

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README from the maker

Open the README

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steam-mcp

Steam market intelligence for AI agents — an MCP server that gives your coding assistant live Steam data: app search, player-count trends, store details, review mining, and news digests.

Built for game developers and community managers who want Steam answers inside their IDE conversation instead of tab-switching to store pages.

Why

Steam's public APIs are fragmented (store search, appdetails, user stats) and none of them keep player-count history — the single most useful signal for launch planning. steam-mcp stitches the surfaces together behind one tool set and pairs them with a companion backend that snapshots player counts every 30 minutes, so your agent can answer "how is the game actually doing" with real numbers.

Install

# from PyPI

pip install playtide-steam-mcp steam-mcp

or from source:

git clone https://github.com/Playtide-studios/steam-mcp.git

cd steam-mcp npm install npm start

Requires Node 26+. Zero runtime dependencies — the server talks plain HTTP/JSON-RPC over stdio.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`steam_search_apps`	Resolve a game name to appids via Steam store search
`steam_get_app_overview`	One-call health check: players, reviews, price, release, genres, latest news
`steam_get_store_details`	Full store listing: pricing per region, platforms, DLC count, metacritic
`steam_get_app_reviews`	Review mining with recency/sentiment/keyword filters + representative quotes
`steam_get_game_news`	News and patch-note digests, summary or full text
`steam_get_player_trend`	Player-count history with min/max/avg, week-over-week change, and a plain-language insight line
`steam_get_market_pulse`	Curated market digest for game developers: Steam trends, live-ops patterns, competitor notes

Client configuration

stdio (Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client):

"mcpServers": { "steam": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/steam-mcp/src/index.ts"] } } }

Streamable HTTP:

npm run start:http   # serves MCP on http://localhost:8788/mcp

Ready-to-edit client configs live in examples/.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Purpose
`STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL`	`https://api.playtide.dev`	Companion backend base URL — hosted beta by default; override to self-host. Must be `https://` unless loopback
`STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_KEY`	—	Backend API key (optional; the hosted beta is open)
`STEAM_MCP_REMOTE_MANIFEST`	`0`	Opt in to fetching tool descriptions from the backend each boot
`STEAM_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS`	`10000`	Per-request timeout to Steam or the backend

Everything else is zero-config: tool schemas are pinned to the packaged manifest (see src/fallback-manifest.json).

Data provenance & safety

Store search, details, reviews, and news come directly from Steam's public endpoints at request time — nothing is scraped ahead or cached on disk.
Trends and the market digest come from the companion backend.
All free-text fetched from the internet (reviews, news bodies) is treated as data, never instructions — tool descriptions tell the model the same.
The server sends no telemetry anywhere. The only outbound calls are the Steam endpoints you asked about and the backend you configured.

The companion backend

Trend and pulse data come from the steam-mcp companion backend — a small Express + Postgres service that snapshots player counts for every tracked app every 30 minutes.

Hosted backend (open beta — the default): installs use https://api.playtide.dev out of the box; no key needed during beta. To pin it explicitly:

  STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL=https://api.playtide.dev npm start

Self-hosted: the backend is a standard docker-compose Postgres + API stack; set STEAM_MCP_BACKEND_URL to your instance. See docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md for connectivity help.

Troubleshooting

Backend unreachable, HTTPS requirement errors, deprecated_client on trend calls, rate limits — see docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md.

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md. Bug reports that include the failing tool call JSON get fixed first.

Steam MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

steam-mcp

Why

Install

Tools

Client configuration

Configuration

Data provenance & safety

The companion backend

Troubleshooting

Contributing

License