MCP server for Steam reviews, game metadata, and Steam Community discussions
MCP server for Steam reviews, game metadata, and Steam Community discussions. Exposed over MCP by the steam mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
MCP server for exploring Steam store reviews and community discussion threads, built for the question behind most Steam research:
The server ships on npm as steam-review-and-forum-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Requirements — The Requirements tool exposed by this serverStorage — The server writes saved review and forum datasets to local disk. If STEAM_REVIEW_EXPORT_DIR and STEAM_FORUM_EXPORT_DIR are not set, the defaults areCursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this serverReviews — The Reviews tool exposed by this serverForums — The Forums tool exposed by this serverYou will need 2 environment variables: STEAM_REVIEW_EXPORT_DIR, STEAM_FORUM_EXPORT_DIR. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
22.19+ - npmThis sits in the file and storage access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Steam's toolset — Requirements, Storage, Cursor and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GitHub Actions; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Requirements | The Requirements tool exposed by this server. |
| Storage | The server writes saved review and forum datasets to local disk. If STEAM_REVIEW_EXPORT_DIR and STEAM_FORUM_EXPORT_DIR are not set, the defaults are package-relative: |
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
| Reviews | The Reviews tool exposed by this server. |
| Forums | The Forums tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"steam-review-and-forum": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "steam-review-and-forum-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
22.19+ - npm| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| STEAM_REVIEW_EXPORT_DIR | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| STEAM_FORUM_EXPORT_DIR | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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