Chinese users found their Christmas soured over the weekend after Steam Global became inaccessible throughout the country. Although Steam technically isn't banned yet (at least not officially) and the Chinese version remains available, this hasn't stopped users from complaining, as it limits their access to the digital games distribution platform's library from 110,000 games down to just over 100.
Did the Chinese government just ban Steam?
One of the first to notice the downtime of Steam Global in China is Ricky Owens, who is otherwise known as iFireMonkey on Twitter. He uploaded a photo of a list of websites that are currently blocked in China, which now includes "store.steampowered.com". Weirdly enough, others have found out that "store.steamchina.com" remains available in the country, which has led many to believe that the Chinese government has banned Steam Global.