steam

a launcher for the Steam client from Valve Corporation

Launch Steam, printing debug messages to stdout

$ steam

Launch Steam and enable its in-app debug console tab

$ steam -console

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

Exit Steam

$ steam -shutdown

steam [ -options ]

Steam is a software distribution service focused on games, automatic updates, achievements, and social features for gamers.

This program currently has no documented commandline options.

The steam launcher script is written and maintained by Valve Corporation.