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leydendt 10 Sep @ 2:01pm
Steam on old windows (XP, Vista, 7)
Hi, is it possible to bring back steam on old operating systems like windows xp and 7, because ive found my old computer this weekend and I wanted to play old steam games like Half-Life and Counter-Strike, but steam is no more available on windows xp and it makes me sad.

So is it possible to bring it back :(

Have a great day
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GeForce 2 GTS 10 Sep @ 2:14pm 
No. Valve didn't end support accidentally.

The number of users using those unsupported OS'es was already a fraction of a percent by the time support ended. Valve relies on technology for Steam that itself doesn't support those older OS'es. Valve is not going to make another client for people with ancient systems they refuse to upgrade.

This definitely falls into the bucket of "anything is possible, not everything is plausible". And I can't think of too many instances where something had support end for years only for it to be re-added when the userbase is even smaller and only ever going to shrink.
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_I_ 10 Sep @ 2:38pm 
if you copy a install from another win 7-10-11 pc it will work on win 7

x/vista are no longer supported
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leydendt 10 Sep @ 2:38pm 
ok
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The_Abortionator 15 Sep @ 2:40pm 
No support is dead for any platform older than win 10.
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_I_ 15 Sep @ 3:48pm 
Originally posted by The_Abortionator:
No support is dead for any platform older than win 10.
not completely

you can still use steam on win 7
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RJS 15 Sep @ 4:00pm 
afaik I have an old alienware xp laptop, I expect I could fire it up and play as long as I didn't have to re-log in the ancient steam app. I still remember what I was doing in my Medieval II playthru from 6-7 years or so ago lol, darth mods with new world + half of Africa, playing as Spain taking over Cuba with traders on gold in Brazil and timbuktu (or whatever was on coast west of what would be inland Timbuktu).
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Dryspace 15 Sep @ 4:22pm 
Originally posted by leydendt:
...and I wanted to play old steam games like Half-Life and Counter-Strike...

It depends upon just what you mean by "playing old steam games". Does Half-Life not run properly on Windows 10 or 11?

If not, Windows 7 runs 99% of games for XP and Vista, and is still compatible with Steam. I'm running Steam right now on my Windows 7 system.

If you like playing older games, I suggest maintaining a Windows 7 system. Nevermind Steam --- all kinds of disc-based games, games from MyAbandonware, and games from GOG will continue to run perfectly on Windows 7 as long as you live.
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