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Valve Steam 20th Anniversary Meme Tribute refers to Valve Corporation, the creators of the video game distribution company Steam, making a 20th-anniversary tribute to Steam's history with the help of notable games and memes during that time period. Discussions about the timeline and its pop culture references took place soon after the project's release on September 12th, 2023.

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On September 12th, 2023, Valve changed the Steam[1] homepage to its original olive green background shade and released an interactive timeline of Steam's 20-year gaming history with the help of pop culture and meme references through the years.

Steam also released a YouTube[2] video commemorating the event, titled, "Thank you for 20 Years of Steam!" The upload gathered over 500,000 likes in a day (seen below).

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Various internet users reacted to the release of the timeline, with X[3] user @OssyFlawol making a post that read, "WITH THE 20 YEAR CELEBRATION OF STEAM, VALVE HAS LET CHELL SPEAK HER FIRST WORDS EVER AND ITS THIS," gathering over 50,000 likes in a day (seen below, left).

Also on September 12th, X[4] user @Glumpc0re reposted art showing Spy from TF2 dressed in The Dress, gathering over 30,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Ossilia Flawol - The Portal Lore Master @OssyFlawol WITH THE 20 YEAR CELEBRATION OF STEAM, VALVE HAS LET CHELL SPEAK HER FIRST WORDS EVER AND ITS THIS 2014 2015 2016 2017 I'M SAD 2018 WHEATLEY PLAY DESPACITO STEAM 10:53 PM. Sep 12, 2023 1.5M Views 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2018 Proton is introduced as a compatibility layer for Windows games to run on Linux; Steam Chat launches, and Artifact comes out of beta. In other news: Alexa, play Despacito. ...
ioletsgo @GlumpcØre there's no way in hell an artist at valve made this with a straight face 11:11 PM . Sep 12, 2023 664.8K Views :

On September 12th X[5] user @DaveOshry posted a collection of images from Valve's Steam timeline, gathering over 28,000 likes in a day (seen below).

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[1] Steam – 20th Anniversary

[2] YouTube – Steam

[3] X – OssyFlawol

[4]  X – Glumpc0re

[5] X – DaveOshry



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