Steamr.io

Steamr, democracy for game night. Find the games your crew owns in common on Steam, then vote on what to play.

No account. No setup. Just your crew.

Introducing democracy to game night.

You and your friends already own plenty of games between you. Steamr runs a quick vote so you can settle on one, instead of spending twenty minutes on "I don't mind, you pick".

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One click if you're already signed in to Steam in this browser. You stay on Steam's own site, so we never see your password.

Tonight's ballot5 left
62 games in common
Helldivers 2Stardew ValleyValheimSea of ThievesTerrariaDeep Rock GalacticPhasmophobiaAmong UsRocket LeagueGarry's ModLeft 4 Dead 2Lethal CompanyFall GuysProject ZomboidDon't Starve TogetherNo Man's SkyGolf With Your FriendsOvercooked! 2Human Fall Flat7 Days to Die
  • Helldivers 2Winner54 ptsVetoed
  • Valheim47 ptsVetoed
  • Deep Rock Galactic47 ptsVetoed
  • Rocket League34 ptsVetoed
  • Lethal CompanyVetoed
  • Left 4 Dead 233 ptsVetoed
Helldivers 2 wins on 54 points. First or second on every ballot.Diplomatic
▶The vote

Three rounds and you're playing

Most tools show you a list and leave you to argue about it. Steamr runs the vote as well. Takes about a minute.

  1. Round 1

    Everyone picks in secret

    Nobody can see what anyone else picked while voting is open, so you don't end up with everyone just agreeing with whoever spoke first.

  2. Round 2

    Then one veto each

    Everyone gets one veto to take out a game they don't want to play. Nobody sees who used theirs.

  3. Round 3

    And a result that sticks

    Whatever is left gets scored and one game wins. No re-votes, no "I don't mind", no sitting in a lobby for half an hour.

Consensus

Diplomatic

Everyone ranks what's left. Your top pick is worth the most points and the highest total wins, so you get the game the group is happiest with overall.

Consensus + a little chance

Variety

Same idea with a bit of luck in it. Every vote a game got is one ticket in the draw, so the popular ones are still most likely to win, but not guaranteed. Useful if you keep landing on the same game.

▶No catch

Nobody signs up for anything

There's no Steamr account. Not for you, not for anyone you invite. Sign in through Steam if that's easier, or just paste your Steam ID or profile URL instead. Your friends click the link and they're in. Nothing to install, no ads, nothing to pay for, and we never see anyone's password.

Steamr reads public Steam libraries using Steam's official Web API. It's not affiliated with Steam or Valve.

▶In common

Your whole crew at once, not one friend at a time

Steam can show you what you and onefriend both own. That works for two people, less so for five. Steamr checks everyone's library at once and only keeps the games you can play together, so single-player titles get filtered out. Most groups end up with somewhere between 50 and 80 games, which is where the real problem starts.

How to find the games you and your friends all own
▶After the vote

Then split the teams

Once you have a winner, Steamr can sort the teams out too. Either draw them at random, or run a captains' draft where the captains take turns picking players. Saves everyone standing around waiting for someone else to organise it.

▶The research

Why these two voting systems

I built Steamr with a few different voting systems taken from electoral theory, then watched what happened across more than 350 sessions and over 2,000 votes. Two of them worked. Diplomatic when you want a fair result, Variety when you are bored of playing the same thing. Vetoes stayed because they were what stopped one game splitting the group up.

Frequently asked questions

What is Steamr?

Steamr is a free tool for working out what to play when you are all online and nobody can decide. It finds the games you all own on Steam, then runs a quick vote on them. Everyone picks in secret, everyone gets one veto, and you come out with a single game. No account, nothing to install.

Do I need an account, or to sign up for anything?

No. There is no Steamr account for you or for anyone you invite. Sign in through Steam if that is easier, or just paste your Steam ID or profile URL instead. If you do sign in, that happens on Steam's own site, so we never see your password. Everyone else clicks your invite link and they are in.

Is Steamr free?

Yes. No subscription, no premium version, no ads, no account.

How do I find the games my friends and I both own on Steam?

Add yourself, pick who's playing, and Steamr checks all of those Steam libraries at once and shows you the multiplayer games everyone owns. Steam's own profile filter only does you and one friend at a time. Steamr does the whole group in one go, and leaves out anything single-player so you only see stuff you can actually play together.

How does voting work in Steamr?

Three rounds. First everyone marks the games they would actually play, and nobody can see anyone else's picks while that is happening. Then each person gets one veto to take out a game they do not want. Then whatever survives gets scored and one game wins.

All 18 questions are on the full FAQ.