GameFAQs vs Steam Community

GameFAQs is a free website for video game information and player communities. Its database covers games from the last five decades, while individual game pages may include guides, questions and answers, message boards, cheats, achievements, reviews, media, news, and release details. Players can ask or answer questions and join boards for games, communities, special interests, and gaming systems; the homepage says questions are usually answered in under an hour. Logged-in users can save favorite games and boards and request notifications about new guides, cheats, reviews, questions, news, and board activity. The site also lists game companies and credits, contests, rankings, and user-submitted Top 10 lists. Its Top 100 page ranks the 100 most visited game pages and is updated daily. Contributors can submit original HTML guides, FAQs, and walkthroughs for selected bounties, sometimes with GameFAQs Answers content. Bounty contributors must be at least 18, legally permitted to work where they live, and provide identity and tax information when requesting a first lock. Registration and login are available, with help categories covering accounts, contributions, guides, boards, Q&A, and saved files.

Steam Community is a social space for players to share content, follow games and connect with friends. Game hubs gather discussions, uploaded material and game updates; users can browse screenshots, artwork, broadcasts, videos, Workshop items, news, guides and reviews. Steam Chat supports text and voice conversations with friends or groups, including videos, Tweets and GIFs. Steam Broadcast lets users stream gameplay to friends or the wider community. Workshop offers player-created mods and cosmetics for nearly 1,000 supported games. Steam also lists achievements and custom recommendations. Its mobile app for iOS and Android provides access to Community, Discussions, Market, Workshop, broadcasts, friends, groups, screenshots and inventory. Steam Community is free, though access to more Hubs requires a Steam account. The client supports 28 languages and counting. Steam accounts are personal and generally cannot be sold or transferred. Users under 13 may not subscribe, and local law may set a higher minimum age for account creation.