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title: Steam Store
last_updated: '2022-09-29T03:15:58.777Z'
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< a href = 'https://store.steampowered.com' class = 'link button extern blue' > Steam Store< / a >
< a href = 'https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD' class = 'link button extern blue' > SteamCMD< / a >
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## Accessing the Console
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- Use the following URIs on a browser or a file manager to open GUI client with the console:
- `steam://nav/console`
- `steam://open/console`
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- will not work if the Steam client is running in the background
- The `-console` flag can be used with the client executable.
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- Alternatively, [SteamCMD.zip ](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip ), a command-line only version of the Steam client, can be used.
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## Downloading Older Depots
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Download a single depot (used to download older versions of applications/games):
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```
download_depot < appid > < depotid > [< target manifestid > ] [< delta manifestid > ] [< depot flags filter > ]
```
[SteamDB ](https://steamdb.info/ ) can be used to find the required argument values.
## Resources
- [Steam Web API Documentation ](https://steamcommunity.com/dev/ )
- [Steamworks Documentation ](https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/home )
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- [Valve Developer Wiki ](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page )
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## Third-party Resources
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- [SteamDB ](https://steamdb.info/ )
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- tracks depot changes, price history, everything steam
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- [SteamGifts ](https://steamgifts.com/ )
- giveaway Steam keys or take part in giveaways
- [SteamTradeMatcher ](https://steamtradematcher.com/ )
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- one-to-one trading of items on Steam
- [ArchiSteamFarm ](https://asf.justarchi.net )
- useful bot written in C# to farm trading cards for owned games that can be sold
- [IsThereAnyDeal ](https://isthereanydeal.com )
- tracks game deals for steam, steam key stores and other platforms
- somewhat broken although it is being migrated and modernized, see [New ITAD ](https://new.isthereanydeal.com )
- [gg.deals ](https://gg.deals )
- newer than and similar to IsThereAnyDeal with modern UI
