steam - Man Page
a launcher for the Steam client from Valve Corporation
Examples (TL;DR)
- Launch Steam, printing debug messages to
stdout:steam - Launch Steam and enable its in-app debug console tab:
steam -console - Launch Steam without opening the GUI:
steam -silent - Enable and open the Steam console tab in a running Steam instance:
steam steam://open/console - Log into Steam with the specified credentials:
steam -login username password - Launch Steam in Big Picture Mode:
steam -tenfoot - Open a URL:
steam steam://openurl/https://example.com - Exit Steam:
steam -shutdown
Synopsis
steam [ -options ]
Description
Steam is a software distribution service focused on games, automatic updates, achievements, and social features for gamers.
Options
This program currently has no documented commandline options.
Author
The steam launcher script is written and maintained by Valve Corporation.
Info
2012-06-19