The app will work over a local network within a user's home or office. Steam users will need a 5GHz Wi-Fi network and Valve recommends that the PC running Steam should be connected to the Wi-Fi router with an Ethernet cable. The app has been available for Android for some time already. It is unclear why the approval process has taken a full year.

Now, the Steam Link app is finally available for iPhones, iPads, the iPod touch, and the Apple TV, but the approved version does not let users purchase Steam games. The company later said it was working with Valve to clear the app.

Valve said that it had pointed out to Apple that the Steam Link app works like a remote desktop tool, of which there are many in the App Store, and as such users are actually making purchases through the desktop Steam client. The conflicts in question arose from the fact that users could purchase games through Steam using the app.Īpple has on many occasions denied approval for apps that allow users to make purchases without going through the App Store, which gives Apple a percentage of the transaction. A statement released by Valve attributed this to 'business conflicts' that Apple said its original review team had missed. The app allows users to play their Steam games on Apple's devices although they are actually running and being rendered on a powerful enough PC, as long as they have a high-speed local Wi-Fi network.Īlthough Valve announced the app for Android and iOS on May 9 last year after having made it through Apple's App Store approval process, the iOS app was withdrawn the next day. Valve's Steam Link app, which allows PC users to stream their Steam games from a PC to an Apple TV, iPhone, or iPad, is finally available to users after having been rejected from the iOS App Store by Apple over a year ago.

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