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Steam is a leading online distribution platform, managing digital rights, multiplayer electronic games, and social communication services developed by Valve Corporation. Acting as the exclusive intermediary for numerous online games, perhaps most notably Dota, Steam requires users to have their own account to access certain games. In this guide, SoftwareHacks.com will walk you through the process of registering a Steam account on your PC or laptop.
1. Steps to Register a Steam Account
To create a Steam account, you'll need to visit the following link: https://store.steampowered.com/login/
Here's the link for you to access the account registration page. When you click on it, you may see the interface language change to another country like China, Russia, or English... You can switch it by clicking on the language option in the top right corner. When it's in a different language, you won't see the word 'language' but remember the location is still in the top right corner. You can switch it to Vietnamese for easier use.
Click on Join Steam.
To sign up for a Steam account, you need an email address. Fill in your email address under Your current email address, then fill it in again under Re-enter email address to make sure there are no mistakes in the email address you provided.
Choose Your country of residence as Vietnam.
Check the box next to I'm not a robot to confirm to the Steam system that you are not a robot.
Check the box next to I agree and I am over 13 years old.
Click on Continue to confirm the information provided and start creating your Steam account.
The Steam page interface will display as shown below to prompt you to verify your email for the account. Note that you should not close the current registration page on Steam.
You need to open a new tab in your browser to log into your email. Open the confirmation email that Steam sent to your registered email. Click on Create my account to verify your email.
By clicking on that, you have successfully verified the email for your account. However, the process of registering a Steam account is not yet complete.
Switch back to the initial Steam tab and fill in the account registration information. Here, you need to complete the final step of registering your username and password for your account.
Enter your username in Create Steam account name. This username must be a name that has never been registered before, otherwise it will not be Available.
Finally, enter and re-enter your password in Choose a password and Re-enter password.
Click on Complete registration to finish registering your Steam account.
2. How to download and install Steam
Steam is standalone game linking software, so to use it, you need to download the software file. Visit the following link from Steam to download it: https://store.steampowered.com/
Click on Install Steam at the top of the browser interface.
Choose the operating system that matches your computer to download the compatible version of Steam. Then click on INSTALL STEAM to download the installation software.
Then double-click on the installation file to begin the Steam installation process on your computer. Click on Next to proceed.
Select the appropriate language for the Steam file you are about to install. Press Next to continue.
Choose the drive where you want to install the Steam file by clicking on Browse. Or you can leave the installation path on drive C as default.
Then click Install to proceed with the installation process.
The installation process will take a little time, please wait for the computer to finish and then click Finish to complete.
Your computer now has Steam installed, you just need to double-click on the Steam icon on the Desktop screen to open the Steam software. Click on LOGIN TO AN EXISTING ACCOUNT to log into your existing Steam account.
Enter your Account name and Password information, then click LOGIN to sign in.
Thus, you have successfully accessed your Steam account using the Steam software on your computer.
3. Downloading free games on Steam
Steam offers buying and selling various game products. There are games you have to pay for, but there are also many games offered for free to users.
If you're purchasing games on Steam, check out this article:
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If you want to download those free games, you can click on STORE.
In the Games section on the STORE toolbar, select Free to Play.
On this page, you can see games labeled Free to Play. These are games you can download for free. Click on those games to view information about them.
If you like it and want to download the game, you can click Play Game.
Steam will provide a small notification about the game's file size compared to the available space on your computer. Click NEXT to proceed.
The download time depends on the size of the game you want to download. You need to wait for the DOWNLOADING line to be filled.
Once the download is complete, Steam will notify you at the same location. Clicking there will take you to your game library, where you can click PLAY next to the newly downloaded game to start playing.
Thank you for reading the article by SoftwareHacks.com on How to Sign Up and Create a Steam Account on your PC or laptop. We hope that after reading this article, you have learned how to create your own Steam account.
