Privacy Policy
What we collect
You can browse SteelGames without an account. We never ask for or store payment details.
SteelGames accounts
If you create an account, we store your email address, your username and what you post. Reviews, chat messages and comments are public under your username. If you upload a receipt to become a Verified Buyer, only our moderators can see it. You can delete your posts at any time, and you can delete your whole account in the app under Account → Delete account, which permanently removes your profile, posts, reviews, receipts and points.
Links to stores and retailers
Some links on SteelGames are affiliate links. When you follow one, the store or retailer may use cookies to record that you came from SteelGames so we can earn a commission if you make a purchase. Those sites have their own privacy policies, which apply once you leave SteelGames.
Advertising
SteelGames is free because it shows ads and sponsored spots. Sponsored spots are always labeled. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites. You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings, or visit aboutads.info to opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies.
We use GoatCounter, a privacy-friendly analytics service, to count page views. It sets no cookies and does not collect personal information.
To send you to your own country's Amazon store, your browser asks a free country lookup run by Cloudflare. The answer, and any country you pick yourself, is saved in your browser only; it is not sent to or stored by SteelGames. If the lookup fails we use your browser language instead.
The SteelGames app
- Purchases happen on the store's or retailer's own website. SteelGames never sees your card or payment details.
- Price alerts and wishlists are used only to send you the notifications you set up.
- The free version shows ads, and ad providers may use device identifiers as described in their own policies.
The SteelGames Price Check browser extension
- It reads the Steam game number from the page address on store.steampowered.com game pages, only to look up prices.
- That number is sent to the CheapShark price service. No names, accounts or personal details are collected or sent, and the number is not linked to you. SteelGames does not keep a record of the pages you visit.
- Recent price results are saved in your browser's local extension storage for 30 minutes to a day so pages load faster. SteelGames does not receive them.
- The extension has no ads and no tracking.
Contact
Questions about privacy: steelgames.app@outlook.com