ACaccount42·Sep 3, 2026
The fundamental function is already on GitHub: https://github.com/steamre/steamkit
That only leaves the remaining 99.9% of work. Good luck.
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SteamRE / SteamKit
SteamKit
SteamKit2 is a .NET library designed to interoperate with Valve's Steam network. It aims to provide a simple, yet extensible, interface to perform various actions on the network.
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SteamKit2 is a .NET library designed to interoperate with Valve's Steam network. It aims to provide a simple, yet extensible, interface to perform various actions on the network.
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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5 sourcesMe: Okay. I'm just going to prototype a game. Don't want to get carried away. I won't even use a game engine. I'll use Tabletop Simulator.
Friend: Sounds good. How's it going?
Me: Well. I needed to be able to debug my code. https://github.com/tts-community/moonsharp-tts-debug
Friend: Oh, neat. So your game is done now?
Me: Not exactly. I had to add in matchmaking by reverse engineering Steam. https://github.com/SteamRE/SteamKit/pull/704
Friend: Ah. Alright. Can I play it now?
Me: Nah, I was finding it hard to maintain code. I wrote a Lua code bundler. https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/luabundle
Friend: Sweet.
Me: Yeah, I decided to integrate it into the official tooling. https://github.com/Berserk-Games/atom-tabletopsimulator-lua/...
Friend: I'm sure the community will be thankful.
Me: I hope so. I now run a small community of TTS develo
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pers. https://github.com/tts-community/
Friend: Right. You must be done by now.
Me: Nah, I couldn't statically type check my code. So I wrote some types. https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/tts-types
Friend: Seems unnecessary for a prototype, but sure.
Me: I had to write my own IDE to use them though. https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/IntelliJ-Luanalysis
Friend: Right... So how's the game going then?
Me: Oh, I'm not doing that anymore. I now consult for Berserk Games, developer of Tabletop Simulator.
Friend: ...
Steam protocol has been well understood for a while now: https://github.com/steamre/steamkit
Which is based on reverse engineering the Steam client, so you can implement game downloading yourself.
In A Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in the Steam Client>"use Valve’s software"
Not really that accurate; sure they access the valve servers, however most all of them use custom software made by reverse engineering the steam client called steamkit [1] and it's forks. Steam doesn't provide any public api's for trading.
[1]https://github.com/SteamRE/SteamKit
In Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious GamblersA similar project is ProtobufDumper from SteamRE[1]. It's tailored to Valve games and Steam.
[1] https://github.com/SteamRE/SteamKit/tree/master/Resources/Pr...
In Show HN: Pbd – Protocol Buffers Disassembler