Highlights
- Nexus Mods has acquired SteamDB, with Chosen becoming its owner.
- SteamDB will retain its name, branding, community, free features, and browser extension.
- Nexus Mods plans to use SteamDB’s game version data to improve future PC modding tools.
Nexus Mods has acquired SteamDB, the 13-year-old Steam data service. The platform will continue under the ownership of Chosen while retaining its existing site, branding, and community.
Announced Sep 2, 2026, the deal follows founder Pavel “xPaw” Djundik’s decision to find a long-term partner after maintaining the platform became unsustainable.
SteamDB Moves From One-Person Operation to Funded Team
Djundik and Marlamin started SteamDB in 2013 as a project driven by curiosity and a desire to build useful public services. Marlamin later stepped away, while Steam’s expanding catalog, user base, and features increased the workload. Djundik stated that the hours had reached full-time levels and eventually caused burnout. After earlier unsuccessful attempts to find a successor, he began searching for a partner in January 2026.
“What mattered most to me was finding a team that understands what it means to be responsible for something the community depends on,” Djundik said.
Nexus Mods, which has served gaming communities for more than two decades, will provide SteamDB with additional staff, security, infrastructure, and scalability. The service will remain free, its browser extension will continue, and its Discord and Steam groups will remain separate communities. Users will not need a Nexus Mods account, while Djundik will assist during the transition.
Nexus Mods will also fund Steam keys to improve coverage of game files and depots, which previously depended partly on donations.
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SteamDB Data Could Strengthen PC Modding
The acquisition creates a technical opportunity beyond ownership.
SteamDB maintains historical information on Steam builds, manifests, depots, files, and updates. Nexus Mods wants to connect that data to modding tools so they can identify game versions, check whether mods match those versions, and warn users when updates could break installations. Collections could eventually specify required game versions more precisely.
Nexus Mods itself changed ownership in June 2025, when founder Robin “Dark0ne” Scott stepped back from daily operations. Victor Folmann, CEO of Nexus Mods and founder of Chosen, now oversees the company.
Folmann indicated that the aim is to provide SteamDB with the “resources, team and long-term stability” needed to preserve the service while further developing it.
The immediate priority is continuity. Longer term, the acquisition could connect SteamDB’s game-version data with Nexus Mods’ modding infrastructure without turning SteamDB itself into a modding platform.
