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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>
## Accessing the Console
- Use the following URIs on a browser or a file manager to open GUI client with the console:
- `steam://nav/console`
- `steam://open/console`
- will not work if the Steam client is running in the background
- The `-console` flag can be used with the client executable.
- Alternatively, [SteamCMD.zip](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip), a command-line only version of the Steam client, can be used.
## Downloading Older Depots
Download a single depot (used to download older versions of applications/games):
```
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)
- [Valve Developer Wiki](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page)
## Third-party Resources
- [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/)
- tracks depot changes, price history, everything steam
- [SteamGifts](https://steamgifts.com/)
- giveaway Steam keys or take part in giveaways
- [SteamTradeMatcher](https://steamtradematcher.com/)
- 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