Microsoft Merges Steam and Other Leading PC Storefronts Within Xbox PC App

Microsoft Merges Steam and Other Leading PC Storefronts Within Xbox PC App
XBOX controller. Source: Unsplash/Sayan Majhi
Listen to this article
0:00
Key points
  1. The library in the Xbox PC app brings together user’s games from Xbox, Game Pass, Battle.net, and other major PC storefronts.
  2. According to the announcement, the feature will be available this holiday on the ROG Xbox Ally, ROG Xbox Ally X, and Windows 11 PCs.
  3. Installed titles from a supported PC storefront will instantly show up in the “My library” section of the Xbox PC app and in the “Most recent”.

The library in the Xbox PC app brings together user’s games from Xbox, Game Pass, Battle.net, and other major PC storefronts as was officially announced on June 23, 2025.

This aggregated gaming library allows users to launch all installed games from leading PC storefronts on both Windows 11 PCs and handheld devices

According to the announcement, the feature will become available on holiday 2025 on the ROG Xbox Ally, ROG Xbox Ally X, and Windows 11 PCs.

With this new feature deployed, installed titles from a supported PC storefront will instantly show up in the “My library” section of the Xbox PC app and in the “Most recent” list on the sidebar.

If a user already has games installed from supported PC stores, they will appear in both the My Library and Most Recent sections. To hide these titles, the user needs to click on their profile picture, go to Settings, then Library & Extensions. From there, players can view the available storefronts and choose “Hide” for each game that needs to be removed from view.

Notably, Microsoft Xbox doesn’t call leading PC storefronts by name, it seems that Steam is one of them as Valve’s platform holds over 75% of the market share in the US, has 132 million monthly active users and sees 69 million daily active users.

The news comes two weeks after Xbox announced the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X for holiday 2025.

Previous article
Splitgate 2 Developer 1047 Games Lays Off Staff Following Series of Apologies from Director
Next article
BAFTA 2025 Young Game Designers Award Winners Announced

Related articles

  • Microsoft Gives Away Gears of War: Reloaded Codes to Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Owners
    PC
    Microsoft Gives Away Gears of War: Reloaded Codes to Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Owners
    • By Cedric Pabriga
    • June 12, 2025
    • 2 min
  • ZeniMax Workers Union and Microsoft Reach Tentative Agreement for Contract Negotiations
    Gaming Industry
    ZeniMax Workers Union and Microsoft Reach Tentative Agreement for Contract Negotiations
    • By Terry Oh
    • May 30, 2025
    • 2 min
  • Microsoft Rolls Out AI Gaming Assistant Copilot on Mobile
    Android
    Microsoft Rolls Out AI Gaming Assistant Copilot on Mobile
    • By Igor Belkin
    • May 29, 2025
    • 3 min
  • Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 Delayed
    Nintendo
    Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 Delayed
    • By Terry Oh
    • 4 minutes ago
    • 3 min

Today’s top stories