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This is a two-panel reaction meme using the widely recognized Jerry Smith walking corridor template from the animated series Rick and Morty. The top panel displays the Steam platform logo at the top, with text below reading 'Steam is a monopoly! I'm leaving it!' as the character Jerry walks toward the exit of the Steam-branded corridor. The bottom panel has the same background and Steam logo, but Jerry is now walking back into the corridor, with text below reading 'OK then, that was always allowed.' The sarcastic joke pokes fun at the allegation that Steam is an unfair monopoly, pointing out that users are always free to stop using the platform if they disagree with its practices, undermining the strength of the monopoly claim.

Meme Roasting The Dutch Steam Monopoly Lawsuit

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This is a two-panel reaction meme using a scene from the US sitcom *The Office*. In the top panel, character Dwight Schrute smiles, with overlaid text labeling him as "Me opening a ticket with steam support", and another text box reading "Support resolving the issue within 5 seconds". In the bottom panel, Dwight looks shocked and panicked as he checks his watch, with the expletive "F**k" overlaid at the bottom. The joke plays on the common expectation that video game platform support teams are very slow to respond, so the unexpectedly fast resolution from Steam Support leaves the user shocked and caught off guard.

Genuinely scared me how fast they work

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This meme uses the popular angry Omni-Man screenshot from the animated series *Invincible*. The character is labeled with a red 'VALVE' banner across his forehead. The top text reads 'YOU DON\'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.', and the bottom text reads 'THE NEW STEAM CONTROLLER ISN\'T YOURS TO SCALP.'. It humorously depicts Valve taking an aggressive, confrontational stance against scalpers who purchased all available Steam Controller stock immediately upon the product's release, preventing regular consumers from buying the hardware at retail price.

Valve's reaction to Steam Controller scalpers

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This is a two-panel comparison meme using the popular Nord Chad reaction format. The top section introduces generic wealthy, greedy corporate CEOs, paired with a drawing of a blonde bearded man reacting angrily, stating he hates this type of CEO and wishes their company would go bankrupt. The bottom section shows a photograph of Gabe Newell, the well-loved CEO of Valve Corporation (creator of the Steam gaming platform), and the same bearded character is now drawn as a muscular, reverent Chad expressing total adoration for Gabe Newell. The joke relies on the widespread positive perception of Gabe Newell in gaming communities, where he is viewed as far more consumer-friendly than most other large company executives.

Gabe the GOAT Newell vs Other Greedy CEOs

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This collage meme is split into three sections: the top section is a group photograph of a nearly entirely white French game development studio team posing outside a building, labeled 'THE STUDIO' in white and red text. The bottom half has two side-by-side images of the protagonist from their game *Aphelion*, a Black woman, first shown wearing an ESA (European Space Agency) branded spacesuit, and second shown without headwear facing directly forward. This bottom section is labeled 'THE GAME PROTAGONIST' in white and red text. The meme critiques the studio for picking what it calls a 'predictable' diverse protagonist as a performative diversity choice, and notes that despite millions in development spend and a collaboration with the European Space Agency, the game only reached a peak of 219 concurrent players on Steam at launch, indicating widespread audience disinterest.

Nearly all white French studio makes predictable diverse protagonist for ESA collab game Aphelion that flops on Steam

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This meme uses an absurd over-the-top retaliation premise for comedic effect. The top section shows a fake Twitter/X exchange: a user named Chris brags about hacking a stranger's Steam account, taunting that the victim will lose access to their account. The verified Steam Support account replies, threatening the hacker by sharing an aerial photo of a residential neighborhood implied to be the hacker's home, warning it will be destroyed imminently. The bottom section features a screenshot of Peter Quill (Star-Lord) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, labeled 'Steam:' above his head with the text 'I know...' below his face, referencing the popular reaction template where Star-Lord reacts somberly to serious news to imply Steam genuinely intends to carry out the extreme threat against hackers. The joke plays on the idea that Steam has far more power and over-the-top willingness to punish account hackers than expected, prompting viewers to joke about logging out of their own Steam accounts to avoid associated trouble.

I should logout all steam account!

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This is a satirical gaming meme using crude stick figure and Wojak art. On the left side, 6 stick figures representing major gaming publishers and platforms (Ubisoft, EA, Nintendo, Epic Games, PlayStation, Xbox) each hold a gun that has backfired, shown by a red explosion from the gun's rear end, indicating their attempt to attack has failed. On the right, a calm, unbothered stick figure holds the Steam platform logo, completely unaffected by the failed attacks. Below this scene, a group of enraged, open-mouthed Wojak-style figures yell the word 'Monopoly!' in anger. The joke conveys the widely held gamer sentiment that large gaming companies attempt to enforce anti-consumer practices such as excessive pricing, exclusivity locks, and subscription mandates to build a monopoly over the market, but Steam's continued existence as a pro-consumer alternative prevents them from doing so.

Steam Ruins Gaming Companies' Monopoly Plans

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This is an animated gaming meme that uses a fight sequence from the anime Jujutsu Kaisen to joke about recovering a stolen Steam account. Every segment of the animation displays the text 'Steam employees getting my account back from the Russian hacker'. The sequence shows the two heroes Yuji Itadori and Kento Nanami working together to progressively beat down the villain Mahito, who represents the Russian hacker that stole the user's Steam account. The joke plays on the common stereotype of Russian hackers stealing Steam accounts, and celebrates effective Steam customer support that successfully recovers stolen accounts, framing the support team as overpowering the hacker.

Steam employees getting my account back from the Russian hacker

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This meme shows a side-by-side comparison of two common types of PC game collections. The left half displays a properly organized Steam game library, where games are correctly named, each has its own unique icon, and games are sorted into categories like Favorites and Uncategorized. The right half displays an unorganized folder of pirated/cracked PC games, where every entry has the same generic WinRAR W icon, filenames are messy, truncated, and incorrectly formatted with dots instead of spaces, a common sight for people who download pirated games. The joke highlights the relatable contrast between clean, organized legal game libraries and the messy disorganization of most casual pirated game collections.

2 kinds of game libraries

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This wojak-style meme depicts the long-running 'console war' rivalry between major gaming platforms. Stick figures representing Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox shoot each other at point-blank range, both suffering fatal wounds with large blood splatters. Two other platforms, Nintendo hiding behind its logo at the top and Valve's PC platform Steam in the bottom right, look on with confused, concerned expressions. The joke implies that the two largest console rivals destroy each other, leaving Nintendo and Steam as the remaining winners of the conflict. The original post was titled 'Just why'.

Nintendo and Steam Survive the Console War

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This two-panel meme humorously captures a relatable gaming experience: 1. **Top Panel**: An animated girl with a bored, unimpressed expression stands beside the text "Steam library with 100+ games", representing the feeling of disinterest in an extensive collection of owned games. 2. **Bottom Panel**: The same (or visually similar) girl appears with a wide, excited, winking smile next to the text "That one game", illustrating the common habit of gamers ignoring their large libraries to repeatedly play a single favorite title. The original context ties this to games started during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period when many people relied on gaming for entertainment during lockdowns.

That One Game You Love More Than Your Entire Steam Library

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