Valve’s presence in China has been an interesting topic, especially in the last few months. Although the global version of the Steam store has been available for a long time, it was not “approved” by the government, meaning it could be banned at any time. Valve released a government-approved version of Steam for China earlier this year. Here, only games that were approved by the Chinese government and adhered to strict rules were included.
Recent developments indicate that the global version of Steam has been blacklisted in China and is no longer accessible. This ban applies to both the Steam client and the Steam Community page, as reported by thousands of users on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media platforms. By the way, the Chinese version seems to work for everyone.
However, it is unclear what the real root cause of the problem is. While the vast majority seem to agree that China has blocked the global version of Steam, there have been other reports that people were able to use it without any issues. By the way, some also claim that this is a DNS Cache Poisoning attack. The issue still remains a mystery, as no official statement has been made by the Chinese government.
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