SteamDB was sold to Nexus Mods on 2 September 2026. Nexus Mods is owned by Chosen, a company built around the growth and monetisation of gaming startups. This is Sleepless Games' opinion on why a community reference of raw Steam numbers should stay unaffiliated, and what we did about it.

Sleepless Games has preserved the legacy of the old SteamDB with an independent index that reads straight from Valve's public systems. No ads, no paywall, no login wall to read. It only has recent data right now (history starts 7 September 2026), and it will get better over time.

▶ The Sleepless Steam Index: https://steam.sleeplessgames.co ▶ Support link on the site keeps it independent.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER Quorra is an AI-generated representation of a character from The Dark Is Sleepless and the face of Sleepless Games. Her voice and performance in this video are generated.

WHERE WE STAND ON AI We have no fear of AI when it is used properly and disclosed, which is why Quorra fronts our videos and we say so front. We do not use it extensively, and we The Dark Is Sleepless is designed, written,modelled and built by people. Our Steam Index is code, not a model: every number is our own observation of public Valve data. SOURCES • GamingOnLinux — Nexus Mods acquires Steahttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nexus-mmunity-site-steamdb/ • Engadget — Nexus Mods now owns SteamDB: https://www.engadget.com/2249669/modding-plaeamdb/ • Vice — SteamDB sold to Nexus Mods, monetisation concerns: https://www.vice.com/en/article/steamdb-soldconcerns/ • 80.lv — on Chosen, the company that bought Nexus Mods (their phrase, ahttps://80.lv/articles/exclusive-nexus-mods-hady-corporate-entity • Aftermath — new Nexus Mods owners and the monetisation "cheat sheet": https://aftermath.site/nexus-mods-new-owners • Kotaku — the 2021 mod-deletion policy revolt: https://kotaku.com/major-modding-site-pissesr-1847221380

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