Isevisi yokusabalalisa kwe-digital yemidlalo I-Steam yamemezela ukuqala kokudayiswa kwehlobo. Kuze kube nguJulayi 5, wonke umuntu akakwazi ukuthenga kuphela amaphrojekthi wegeyimu adumile ngezaphulelo, kodwa futhi athole imiklomelo kumdlalo omusha omncane.
Ngesikhathi sokuthengiswa, abasebenzisi be-Steam bazoba nethuba lokuthenga ngamanani aphansi kokubili iziqu ezintsha nezinduna ezidume kakhulu zonyaka odlule. Inani elilodwa lama-ruble angu-429 lizobiza abathengi abangu-4 be-postpocalyptic abahlukumezayo be-RPG, ama-ruble angama-299 obhejethi bomuntu wesithathu no-The Division, ama-ruble angu-499 ama-Action RPG Dark Souls III nama-ruble angama-237 aphansi kwe-Bayonetta. Ngolwazi olugcwele lwemidlalo ethengiswa ngezaphulelo, njengalokhu njalo, zingatholakala kukhasi eliyinhloko yesitolo seStoam.
Kulabo abangafuni ukusebenzisa imali emdlalweni, inkampani inikeza ithuba lokukuthola mahhala ukubamba iqhaza "Empi Yabantu Abadabukisayo". Lona igama lomdlalo omusha omncane owavela ku-Steam ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba ukudayiswa kwaqala. "Empi ye-Sad", abadlali kuzodingeka balwe nabafokazi ababi nabangcolile, bathole ulwazi, bathole amakhono amasha, izinto futhi, impela, imiklomelo - imidlalo yamahhala.