SteamChat
recommended: observeSteamChat is Valve's web crawler that fetches URL previews and metadata for links shared within Steam's chat functionality, enabling rich link previews in conversations between Steam users.
What it does
SteamChat usually makes a single request within seconds of a URL being shared, without crawling further. Traffic rises and falls with sharing activity, so a widely circulated link can produce a sharp burst of fetches.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
SteamChat
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control SteamChat:
Allow full access
User-agent: SteamChat
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: SteamChat
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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