A parent's guide to Steam — the world's largest PC gaming platform — including community chat risks, profile safety, and adult content mods.
อายุทางการ
13+
เราแนะนำ
13+
นักพัฒนา
Valve Corporation
ความเสี่ยง
4
Steam is the world's largest digital distribution platform for PC and Mac games, operated by Valve Corporation. It has over 130 million active accounts and sells games across every genre and age rating. Beyond being a game store, Steam has a significant social layer: user profiles, friend lists, community forums, group chats, and a marketplace for in-game items. For children, the risks come less from the games themselves and more from the social and community features.
Children use Steam primarily to buy, download, and play PC games. Many games on Steam are age-appropriate, but the platform also sells adult-rated titles including games with PEGI 18 content. Children communicate with friends via Steam chat and may join community groups or forums for games they enjoy. Some children use the Steam Marketplace to trade in-game items, which can involve real money.
Profile Privacy
ตำแหน่ง: Steam profile → Edit Profile → Privacy Settings
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Private (for under-16s)
A public Steam profile can be viewed by anyone on the internet. Setting it to private ensures that only friends can see your child's game library, activity, and hours played.
Friend Requests
ตำแหน่ง: Privacy Settings → Who can send me friend requests
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Friends of friends only
Preventing strangers from sending friend requests significantly reduces unsolicited contact.
Family View (Parental PIN)
ตำแหน่ง: Steam menu → Settings → Family → Manage Family View
ตั้งค่าเป็น: Enabled
Family View lets you set a PIN to restrict access to certain games, the Steam Store, and community features. It is one of the most useful parental tools available on the platform.
Set up Family View with a PIN to restrict access to adult-rated games and community features
เวลา: 15 minutes
Set your child's Steam profile to private so it cannot be viewed by strangers
เวลา: 5 minutes
Talk to your child about not accepting friend requests from people they do not know in real life
เวลา: 10 minutes
ตรวจสอบล่าสุด: 2026-04-19
เนื้อหาต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษ: /apps/steam