> I don't think there's any instances of games getting pulled from steam.
Dead Island, Firefall, a slew of indie games. Usually Steam lets you keep downloading them even after the fact if they're in your library but the indie devs will often upload a garbage EXE prior to them abandoning the project so you can't do that. Those are cases where the publisher has opted to do that, however.
Steam has also pulled games - even their own. It's rare but it happens. CS:GO is a good example.
Like I said, if you own the game in your library you will always be able to download it. And I don't think there have been any instances where Steam has allowed a developer to purposely corrupt their game.
So if you've bought Firefall[1] or Dead Island[2] I am sure you can still play them. The store listings might've been removed but they'll never leave your library and they'll never leave the servers.
Even if the developers did intentionally worsen a game with an update, you could still search steamdb for the older version and attempt to manually download it.[3]
As for Steam pulling their own games, they're notorious for not doing so. For most of Valve's games you can download older versions as a beta. With CS2 you can play the original CS:GO on the csgo_legacy[4] branch. Just right-click the game and go to "Betas".
> And I don't think there have been any instances where Steam has allowed a developer to purposely corrupt their game.
I literally own two where this has happened.
> So if you've bought Firefall[1] or Dead Island[2] I am sure you can still play them.
Dead Island maybe, Firefall definitely not as it's an online only game. However I'm not sure your point, I already stated that you can download them anyway.
> With CS2 you can play the original CS:GO on the csgo_legacy branch
This is not the same as keeping the game you originally purchased. And it was also not really my point.
Steam has removed games from their platform. I'm not sure why you're arguing this easily searchable fact.
Dead Island, Firefall, a slew of indie games. Usually Steam lets you keep downloading them even after the fact if they're in your library but the indie devs will often upload a garbage EXE prior to them abandoning the project so you can't do that. Those are cases where the publisher has opted to do that, however.
Steam has also pulled games - even their own. It's rare but it happens. CS:GO is a good example.