Bot intelligence record
Steam Chat
Review firstUse the SteamChat identifier to separate Valve Software scraping, SEO, or data-collection traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
- Operator
- Valve Software
- Family
- Valve Software
- Type
- Scraper
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
User-Agent Pattern
Valve SoftwareSteamChat
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: SteamChat Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Public web data collection, SEO analysis, content extraction, or third-party crawling activity.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Valve Software
- Family
- Valve Software
- Type
- Scraper
- Purpose
- Scraping
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Verification
- Validate the identifying user-agent or signature against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
Notes
Steam Chat is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a crawler used for scraping, SEO analysis, or data collection from Valve Software. The primary identifier for log review is SteamChat.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
SteamChat - Family: Valve Software
- Type: Scraper
- Kind: Preview
Common use
Public web data collection, SEO analysis, content extraction, or third-party crawling activity.
Verification and handling
Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, or other trust signals when available.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: No.
Evidence and Source
- Validate the identifying user-agent or signature against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
- Match `SteamChat` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Public web data collection, SEO analysis, content extraction, or third-party crawling activity.
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
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