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Players Think This Is The Biggest Leak In The History Of Steam
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- A 13-terabyte leak of Steam depot data from 2003 to 2013 has surfaced online via a torrent, containing beta builds of thousands of games including Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
- The leak, dubbed “Steam2,” appears genuine and is being actively cataloged on GitHub, though the exact source of the data remains unconfirmed.
- The data was reportedly accessed from a publicly accessible but authorized endpoint on Steam’s servers, possibly linked to Valve’s transition to a new storage system around the 2013 release of SteamOS.
- Early confirmations include the existence of Portal 2 beta builds, with gameplay videos emerging online, prompting comments from former Valve developer Elan Ruskin.
- Due to the age of the data and the scale of the leak, unverified rumors—such as alleged Half-Life 3 content—should be treated with skepticism in the coming weeks.
