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Steam

Connecting Steam lets Kinn read the reviews and community discussion for any game on Steam. Of all your sources, Steam tends to be the most opinionated and reaction-heavy — which makes it valuable for catching strong feedback early, as long as you read it for what it is.

Because you point Kinn at games by their store page, you can track any game, not just your own. That makes Steam as useful for sizing up competitors as it is for watching your own titles.

What it pulls in​

For each game you track, Kinn ingests:

  • Reviews — the recommended / not-recommended verdict and the review text
  • Review comments and replies — the discussion underneath reviews
  • Community / discussion forum posts — the game's Steam forums
  • Review metrics — recommend percentage, playtime, helpfulness, and similar signals
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Steam content is public, so there's no account to connect or authorize. You simply point Kinn at the games you want it to follow.

How to connect​

  1. From your dashboard, go to Sources → Add source → Steam.
  2. Add the games you want to track by pasting each game's store page URL or App ID. You can track any game, including competitors' titles.
  3. Wait for the initial sync to finish. Once it shows as synced, you can run your first query.
tip

Because Steam skews toward strong reactions, it's especially powerful in cross-platform queries. Pairing it with a calmer source like Reddit, or with your core community in Discord, helps you tell a vocal minority from a genuine trend. Review metrics help here too — negative reviews from players with very low playtime can be a sign of review-bombing rather than a real problem.

What you can now ask and do​

Once Steam is connected and synced, try:

  • What are the most common complaints in our recent Steam reviews?
  • Has our review sentiment improved since the last patch?
  • What are players asking for in the discussion forums?
  • What's praised in positive reviews versus criticized in negative ones?
  • Are negative reviews mostly coming from players with low playtime?
  • Chart our recommend percentage over time.
  • How does feedback on our game compare to a competitor's on Steam?

See Writing good queries for sharper questions, and Example queries for a fuller library.