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Steam phishing: sites, fake domains & scam patterns

Name: Steam phishing hostnames and lookalike domains
Creator: PhishPin
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PhishPin's phishing-feed index currently lists 757 hostnames that reference Steam, across 1,136 reported URLs from 3 of 5 threat feeds we track. Steam ranks #18 of 579 brands we track by reported hosts. In the last 15 days, 12 newly registered domains contained or closely resembled the name.

Streaming & gaming · rank #18 of 579 by reported hosts

757hosts in phishing feeds+0 vs last week

1,136reported URLsacross all matching hosts

3 of 5feeds list this brand0% of hosts seen in 2+ feeds

12new lookalike domainsregistered in the last 15 days · +4 wk

Key findings for Steam

Impersonation pressure is High (67/100): Steam has more reported hosts than 96% of the 579 brands we track.
That is 7.1× the average for streaming & gaming (107 hosts per brand).
0% of the hosts (1) are listed by two or more independent feeds, so most of this is not single-source noise.
369 hosts (49%) hide the Steam name in a subdomain of an unrelated site, the trick that makes a link look official at a glance.
The most common ending is .com (398 hosts, 53%).
2% of hosts pair the brand with a bait word. The most common is “wallet” (4 hosts).
12 lookalike domains were registered in the last 15 days, 3 of them in the three most recent days of data.
2 of the new domains are typo or look-alike-character copies, which are the hardest for people to spot.

How attackers fake Steam

These breakdowns cover all 757 matching hostnames, not only the rows listed below.

Top endings (TLDs)

.com398 53%

.top165 22%

.ru38 5%

.asia35 5%

.cn12 2%

.xyz9 1%

.club7 1%

.icu7 1%

Bait words next to the brand

wallet4 1%

help3 <1%

confirm2 <1%

account2 <1%

activate1 <1%

claim1 <1%

online1 <1%

reward1 <1%

Hostname tricks

Name in a subdomain of another site369 49%

Name inside the domain itself388 51%

Name + a bait word15 2%

Listed by 2+ feeds1 <1%

Hosts reported in phishing feeds

The most widely reported hostnames that reference Steam, ranked by how many feeds list them and then by reported URLs. Search, filter and export all 100 rows.

#	Hostname (defanged)	Pattern	Feeds	URLs
1	steamcommunitylog[.]chez[.]com	subdomain trick	2 feeds	3
2	steam[.]guesskings[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	125
3	steamcommunityf[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	22
4	steamcommunity[.]link	name in domain	1 feed	18
5	steamcommunityk[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	17
6	steamcommunity-25[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	11
7	steamcommunityj[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	11
8	steam[.]lli5[.]cn	subdomain trick	1 feed	7
9	steamcommunity-50[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	7
10	steamcommunitys[.]it	name in domain	1 feed	7
11	steamcommunity-tickets[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	6
12	steamcommunity[.]cn	name in domain	1 feed	6
13	stora-steampowered[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	6
14	steamcommunity-20[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
15	steamcommunity-cash[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
16	steamcommunity-spring[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
17	steamcommunity[.]gifts	name in domain	1 feed	5
18	steamcommunityh[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
19	steamcommunityo[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
20	steam-help[.]guesskings[.]com	subdomain trickhelp	1 feed	4
21	steam-shortlink[.]cfd	name in domain	1 feed	4
22	steam[.]browsercommunity[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
23	steamcommunity-money[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	4
24	steamcommunityv[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	4
25	store[.]steampowered[.]naaaga[.]top	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
26	steam-500-usd-gift-card-free[.]santaclaraglass[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
27	steam-activate[.]com	activate	1 feed	3
28	steam-community[.]ru	name in domain	1 feed	3
29	steam[.]archive[.]com[.]im	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
30	steam[.]communitydisscussion[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
31	steam[.]communityfileshareds[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
32	steam[.]vtl[.]wang	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
33	steam[.]workshopmodels[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
34	steamcommunity[.]help	name in domain	1 feed	3
35	steamcommunity[.]my	name in domain	1 feed	3
36	steamcommunity[.]skinsworkshop[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
37	steamcommunityn[.]ru	name in domain	1 feed	3
38	steamcommunityraffles[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	3
39	store-steampowered[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
40	store[.]steam[.]game	name in domain	1 feed	3
41	store[.]steampoweredaccount[.]com	account	1 feed	3
42	eu-steamcommunity[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
43	fr-steam[.]online	name in domain	1 feed	2
44	s-steam-m[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
45	steam-api[.]kenrich[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
46	steam-gift[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
47	steam-glftcard[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
48	steam-hel-p82-d01[.]web[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
49	steam-invite[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
50	steam-software[.]bid	name in domain	1 feed	2
51	steam-store[.]ys7z[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
52	steam[.]awardsworkshop[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
53	steam[.]communityartworkfiles[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
54	steam[.]communitygamelist[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
55	steam[.]communitylistwork[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
56	steam[.]communyty[.]worldhosts[.]ru	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
57	steam[.]iplay[.]fit	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
58	steam[.]powerartswork[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
59	steam[.]poweredartswork[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
60	steam[.]poweredcreate[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
61	steam[.]skincommunityworkshop[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
62	steam[.]sourceartshop[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
63	steam[.]storepoweredcreate[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
64	steam[.]usercommunitysection[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
65	steam[.]userscommunitysection[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
66	steam[.]workshopcertified[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
67	steam[.]workshopcosmetics[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
68	steam[.]workshopdetailprofile[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
69	steam[.]workshopmod[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
70	steam[.]workshopoweredskin[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
71	steam[.]workshopratings[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
72	steam[.]workshopscosmetics[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
73	steam[.]workshopshareddetail[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
74	steam[.]workshopsharedetail[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
75	steam[.]workshopsharedfile[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
76	steam[.]workshopsload[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
77	steam[.]workshopstool[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
78	steam[.]workshopstyle[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
79	steam[.]workshopviewer[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
80	steam[.]yuantingkeji[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
81	steamcommunity-bless[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
82	steamcommunity-game[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
83	steamcommunity-lala[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
84	steamcommunity-ru[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
85	steamcommunity-secret[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
86	steamcommunity[.]app2622380[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
87	steamcommunity[.]app431617[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
88	steamcommunity[.]app437991[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
89	steamcommunity[.]appwallpapersenginse[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
90	steamcommunity[.]doom-the-dark-ages-games[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
91	steamcommunity[.]huangyinhao[.]top	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
92	steamcommunity[.]it	name in domain	1 feed	2
93	steamcommunity[.]naaaga[.]top	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
94	steamcommunity[.]storewallpaperengine[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
95	steamcommunity[.]wallpaperenginestore[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
96	steamcommunity[.]wallpapersengineshub[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
97	steamcommunitya[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
98	steamcommunityb[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
99	steamcommunityd[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
100	steamcommunityi[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2

Showing the top 100 of 757 matching hosts. Need the full list, daily alerts or takedowns for your own brand?Get the full feed

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New lookalike domains registered recently

Domains registered in the last 15 days that contain Steam's name, sit one character away from it or use look-alike characters. Attackers often register these days before sending the first email.

Registrations per day

17 Oct 2026peak 2 in a day31 Oct 2026

Top endings of new lookalikes

.com5 42%

.blue2 17%

.ru2 17%

.world1 8%

.works1 8%

.page1 8%

Bait words in new lookalikes

verification1 8%

login1 8%

pay1 8%

#	Domain (defanged)	Why it matched	Registered
1	steamcomrnunity[.]com	look-alike characters	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
2	steampowered-verification[.]com	brand name + keywordverification	24 Oct 2026 · 8 days ago
3	steam-login[.]ru	brand name + keywordlogin	23 Oct 2026 · 9 days ago
4	steampowered-payment[.]com	brand name + keywordpay	18 Oct 2026 · 14 days ago
5	steamcomunity[.]ru	1 character off	17 Oct 2026 · 15 days ago
6	steampowered[.]world	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
7	steamcommunity[.]works	contains brand name	29 Oct 2026 · 3 days ago
8	steamcommunityli[.]com	contains brand name	28 Oct 2026 · 4 days ago
9	steam[.]blue	contains brand name	26 Oct 2026 · 6 days ago
10	steamcommunity[.]page	contains brand name	20 Oct 2026 · 12 days ago
11	yojyo-steam[.]com	contains brand name	19 Oct 2026 · 13 days ago

Showing the 11 highest-priority of 12 lookalikes. Want every one of them monitored for your brand, with alerts?Talk to us

Newly registered is not the same as malicious. Many of these are unrelated businesses or hobby sites. They are listed because attackers use exactly this pattern. Domains sharing a brand name with a keyword such as login, secure or verify deserve the closest look.

How Steam phishing works

Phishing against Steam follows patterns common to streaming & gaming. Typical lures:

A "payment failed, your membership will end" email asking you to update your card.
A free gift card, skin or in-game currency offer that requires you to log in.
A fake trade, tournament or support message in game chat that links to a login page.
A "new device sign-in" alert that links to a cloned sign-in form.

Red flags

Billing problems are reported inside the real app or site, not only in an email link.
"Free" currency, skins or subscriptions that need your password are credential theft.
The login page is on a domain that is not the service's own.

Real Steam domains

If the address in your browser is not one of these (or a subdomain of them), it is not Steam. The list is not exhaustive.

steampowered.comsteamcommunity.comsteamstatic.com

If you already clicked or entered details

Change the password, sign out of all devices, remove saved payment methods you do not recognise, and enable two-factor authentication. For games, check for unauthorised trades and contact the official support page.

Protecting a brand like Steam from lookalike domains

If you run security, brand or fraud for a company that is copied this way, this is the order that works in practice:

Enforce DMARC. Move your policy to quarantine, then reject, so attackers cannot send mail that passes as your domain.
Watch new registrations. Lookalikes appear daily; the earlier you see one, the sooner you can act, ideally before the first email goes out.
Register the obvious typos and keyword variants you can afford to hold, and check which lookalikes are already registered by someone else.
Report fast. A live fake needs a request to the registrar and host, plus a report to browser safe-browsing lists and the public feeds shown above.
Tell your customers where you will and will not ask for logins, codes or payments.

Protect your brand from lookalike domains

Steam is one of 579 brands in this index, but attackers copy any company whose customers log in or pay. PhishPin checks your domain for registered lookalikes, email-spoofing gaps and listings in these same phishing feeds, then helps you get the fakes taken down.

Lookalike domain checkRegistered and newly registered copies of your name.

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Questions about Steam phishing

How can I tell if a message from Steam is phishing?

Check the sender and link domain first. Billing problems are reported inside the real app or site, not only in an email link. "Free" currency, skins or subscriptions that need your password are credential theft. The login page is on a domain that is not the service's own. When in doubt, do not use the link: type steampowered.com into your browser or open the official app.

How many Steam phishing sites has PhishPin found?

As of 1 Nov 2026, 757 hostnames referencing Steam appear in the phishing feeds PhishPin indexes (1,136 reported URLs); 1 of them are listed by two or more feeds. These are reported hostnames, not a count of sites that are online today; many are removed quickly and some matches are coincidental.

What do fake Steam domains look like?

In our data, the most common ending for reported hosts is .com. The brand is most often combined with the word "wallet". 369 hosts put the brand name in a subdomain of an unrelated site. Always read the part of the address just before the first single slash: that is the real site. Real Steam addresses end in steampowered.com.

What should I do if I entered my details on a fake Steam page?

How do I report a fake Steam website or message?

Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org, report scams at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and report the page to Google Safe Browsing. Also tell Steam through the contact options on its official website (steampowered.com).

Is it safe to visit the domains listed on this page?

No. They are shown defanged, with dots in brackets, so they cannot be clicked by accident. Do not type them into a browser. Listings are warnings from automated matching, and some are harmless coincidences.

How does PhishPin find lookalike domains of Steam?

We read the daily list of newly registered domains (1,050,000 domains over the last 15 days) and flag those that contain the brand name, differ by one character or swap look-alike characters. A match is a warning sign, not proof of abuse.

How can a company protect its own brand from lookalike domains like these?

Publish an enforced DMARC policy so nobody can send mail as your domain, monitor newly registered domains that resemble your name, register the obvious typo domains, and file takedown requests with the registrar, host and browser safe-browsing lists when a fake goes live. PhishPin's free brand audit checks the first three for your domain.

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