Steam MCP Server

An MCP server for Steam: search games and read store details, prices, reviews, discounts and news (no key), plus player profiles, libraries and achievements via the official Steam Web API (free key). Its 25 documented tools cover games, game, achievements, player. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting gaming tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-13 · ★ 4 · #11 OF 35 MAINTAINED GAMING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Steam MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

STEAM_API_KEY, STEAM_ID, STEAM_COUNTRY, STEAM_LANGUAGE are optional or environment-specific per the README.

Claude Code

claude mcp add grinv-steam-games-mcp -- npx -y steam-games-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grinv-steam-games-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "steam-games-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

repo age created 2026-06-29 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package steam-games-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.Grinv is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Steam MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 25 documented tools spanning games, game, achievements, player, including search_games, get_game, get_items, discover_games.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Steam MCP Server lets an agent do.

read & search

15 tools - e.g. –; –; –

search_games · get_items · get_review_histogram · get_prices · get_specials · get_featured…

Game

4 tools - e.g. –; –; –

get_game · get_game_reviews · get_game_news · get_game_achievements

Player

3 tools - e.g. K; K; K

get_player_summary · get_player_bans · get_player_achievements

Discover

1 tool - e.g. –

discover_games

Resolve

1 tool - e.g. K

resolve_vanity_url

Compare

1 tool - e.g. K

compare_players

Latest releases

v0.13.1 · 2026-08-13

Changed · Cap discover_games at 60 results per call, best discount first, and report the pre-cap count as matched - at its own advertised count: 200 the response was ~104 KB, which MCP clients reject outright. · Fixed…

v0.13.0 · 2026-08-13

Security · Collapse whitespace in the prompts' free-form arguments, so a multi-line value can't render as its own paragraph of agent instructions. · Changed · Halve get_items' appid cap to 50 and get_prices' to 250…

v0.12.2 · 2026-07-31

Security · Reject a non-digit min_discount/min_review in the deals_digest prompt, so it can't smuggle directives into the interpolated agent instructions. · Redact credentials from every tool's error message as a final…

04 · Who maintains Steam MCP Server

Steam MCP Server is maintained by grinv. We track 4 MCP servers from grinv - 4 actively maintained, 11 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Jun 2026. Full record: all servers from grinv.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/grinv/steam-games-mcp
website: https://github.com/Grinv/steam-games-mcp#readme
category: gaming - ranked #11 of 35 actively-maintained gaming servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-13)
registry: io.github.Grinv/steam-games-mcp (active, first published 2026-06-30 · 23 versions)
packages: npm:steam-games-mcp · mcpb:https://github.com/Grinv/steam-games-mcp/releases/download/v0.13.1/steam-games-mcp.mcpb

06 · Steam MCP Server FAQ

Is Steam MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-13 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Steam MCP Server do?

An agent gets 25 documented tools spanning games, game, achievements, player, including search_games, get_game, get_items, discover_games.

How do I install Steam MCP Server?

Run `npx -y steam-games-mcp`. The README documents 4 environment variables (STEAM_API_KEY, STEAM_ID, STEAM_COUNTRY…) to set first. STEAM_API_KEY, STEAM_ID, STEAM_COUNTRY, STEAM_LANGUAGE are optional or environment-specific per the README. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Steam MCP Server run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Steam MCP Server

Alternatives to Steam MCP Server

Maintained gaming servers if Steam MCP Server isn't the fit.

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